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that?”
    “You know what.” Ruby replied with a glare.
    “Oh, because we’ve visited all the same places?”
    “Do I have to tell you the same thing every time we meet? He will kill you. Do you understand that?” She got up before she got too angry and started walking around the couch.
    “Oh, where are you going?”
    “I’m going to find him before he finds you and you then do something incredibly stupid.”
    It was odd but they never really had a conversation like that in front of us before and I had to ask. “Uncle, what’s the deal with you and Darius anyway? We know he hates you but never knew why.”
    Trever looked over at my mother and she turned to me. “That’s a road we really shouldn’t be going down.”
    “Oh, come on, Jay. We mustn’t keeps secrets among family. We both know how that turns out.”
    “First of all, you’re probably still doing it and secondly, it’s not a secret. I just don’t think it should be brought up is all.”
    “What harm is it going to do?”
    “A number of things to you if he finds out you’re talking about it.”
    Honestly, they were just fueling our curiosity by talking like this. They should have known but thankfully, uncle was going to explain something. Maybe he realized we were old enough for it.
    “Everything will be fine. It can be quick.”
    “Fine, go ahead but I warned you.”
    Trever smiled to ignore her and looked at the rest of us. “Okay. You wanted to know so I’ll tell you. This all started way back before any of you were born. Your parents found each other through love the way Fate intended and everyone was happy. Then they came here and that’s when your father’s found out about us. Us being, myself, Ryon and Kole. Now, part of this you already know. Ryon was with Adele, Kole with Jay and the part that’s never talked about was me and Red.”
    “But weren’t you married?” Dirk asked.
    “That’s a longer story. I was your mother’s sent protector so I had to be around her and that’s how she chose it to be. Now, Zayden and Troy got over the brief mishaps with Ryon and Kole but Darius, now he’s the exception to the rule. He hated me from the second he heard my voice. I really wish you could have seen it because it was so clear. He knew about the prior years she spent in my bed and he instantly formed a lasting hate for me that he has yet to let go of. Every time he sees me, something goes off inside his head to turn into a deranged, militant sociopath with a heavy desire to kill me but as the years went on he just stopped showing it. More so kept it to himself, if you will but he still wants the same things he did back then. To see me dead but I can luckily say, that has yet to happen. I’d love to see him try though.”
    “Is that an invitation?” We were all jumped to see Darius standing ten feet behind Trever while cracking his knuckles.
    We didn’t know what to do. Honestly, I was getting a bit scared by his stare.
    “Hello, Darius.” Trever said as he has yet to turn around. “We were just talking about you and no, it wasn’t.”
    He turned around to see him holding his right fist with his left hand. “Well, what a shame. You had me all prepared.”
    Trever laughed as he stood up. “And I thought you would have put it aside by now.” He started walking around the couch towards Darius and I was just getting more nervous about it. “But I was wrong and here we are almost twenty years later and your still hanging on to it.”
    “Some things never change.”
    “Indeed. Like you still believe you could win against me.”
    “Don’t believe I can. I know I can.”
    “Your confidence exceeds you. It’d be best if you abide to your own limitations.”
    Darius got madder as he reached back behind him and pulled out his sword. We immediately jumped up and rushed over to do—something, I guess.
    Trever was backed up all the way to the couch and my mother got in between them. “No, Darius! Put it away!”
    He started to