Chapter 43
“Wait, what do you mean Arden’s parents don’t know she’s a Phoenix?” Eddie asked as he and Kalea got ready for bed.
After the men and women had spent some time socializing separately, everyone reconvened for dinner before splitting up for the night. Eddie and Kalea were the most tired of the group, having driven all the way from Wyoming to Arizona, so they were eager to turn in early. As they made the bed in their guestroom, Kalea filled Eddie in on Arden’s background and the reality that her parents had no idea who—or what—their daughter truly was.
“It’s exactly how it sounds,” Kalea stated.
“Wait, that makes no sense. Warlord told us her parents are dead.”
“Well, based on what she told us about what she is—and what people will go through to get to her kind—she may have li
