CHAPTER 31NOVA'S POVI take a step back. I reach out for Nate, holding him until my back is slammed into Cassian's front. He makes me turn to look at him, but I can still feel my aunt's eyes on my back. She would never take her eyes off.“Is this her?” Cassian asks, and Nate gives him a small nod.All those years of maltreatment.Nate and I never really healed. And now that we are in front of her, it just proves that.“Like I said, you aren't going to let me in?” She asks, and Cassian gently makes the both of us stand behind him. He walks up to her, and she cocks an eyebrow, looking at him from head to toe.Then she looks back at me. “You had the nerve to bring a man home?” She asks, raising her voice slightly. I find myself closing my eyes. “Imagine what your mom would do if she was still here.”My mom would be more than glad to meet Cassian. Especially since I know that one of my parents was of his kind.“He deserves to be here,” I say, and even my voice sounds strained. But at lea
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