Chapter 20

“Everyone at Home knows Jack. Anya mentioned that she knew where he was, should we want to meet him. She gave us an option, for something new. Different. So we took it.”

“That’s a big risk,” Rob said.

“Not really,” Kayla countered. “It’s not like we were banishing ourselves or something. We’d be welcomed back, if we changed our minds and returned.” She rolled her eyes. “Hidden love nothing more than proof and declarations of our superiority over humans.”

Rob chuckled and rolled his eyes as well. “They sound great.”

Kayla laughed. “They’re not so bad!” She squeezed his arm, more gently this time. “Just…Look. Home is just like any small community. People get wrapped up in their own reality, and they don’t see the big picture.”

She paused to run a hand through her hair. She seemed wistful as her gaze wandered. “It doesn’t help that Home is so perfect. Honestly, for most of the Hidden, it isperfect.”