Chapter 259-6

"And you really think that they cannot be knocked off course? You really believe that nothing can divert them from their path? Because it has happened before, as you well know." My heart sank a little to hear his words, but I held firm. "I believe in the bloodline. I believe in him." Harper flinched beside me. "Wait, what? What do you mean? What is this?" The panic was rising in his voice again and I needed him to be calm, I need him to hold it together. I reached out and grabbed his hand, smiling to reassure him even though it was killing me inside to lie to his face. Michael had been right. Sometimes you did what you had to do, even if it did make you feel shitty, because it really was the only way. "Very well," Michael said. "But know this, what I do now, I do because I believe in you, child, because you have proved yourself to be worthy of such a request and so much more besides. I take a great risk, turning a blind eye to the boy's existence but turn a blind eye I sha