Chapter 188

Calvin's POV I watched Evelyn hurry away with Gary and Emma. Something wasn't right. The look on her face when she'd spotted me at Alexis's bedside. Pure shock, as if I was the last person she expected to see there. But why? I'd been visiting Alexis regularly. Stranger still was my own reaction. I hadn't even noticed Evelyn standing in the doorway until after I'd finished reading that chapter to Alexis. Yet moments before, Cyra had been restless in my mind. "Something's here," he'd growled. "Go look." I'd ignored him, not wanting to interrupt the story at its most exciting part. But when I finally looked up and saw Evelyn, Cyra had fallen silent. Oddly silent. Then there was that moment when I'd touched her arm. She'd jerked away like I'd burned her. The memory made my skin tingle. Even now, Cyra shifted restlessly within me, confused and agitated. She clearly hated me. Of course she wouldn't want my touch. "Uncle Calvin?" Alexis's small voice pulled me from my thoughts. "Will you fini