Chapter 76

Kade

For several seconds, nobody spoke.

I looked at my mother.

“Say that again.”

Her hands were clasped tightly in her lap.

“Malachi Blackwell.”

The surname hit harder the second time.

Liam frowned.

“Blackwell?”

My mother nodded.

I stared at her.

“My father didn’t have a brother.”

“Yes, he did.”

I laughed once because there was no other reaction available.

“No.”

“Kade.”

“No. I would know.”

“Nathaniel didn’t talk about him.”

“That isn’t the same thing.”

My voice rose.

Abby shifted in the bed.

The movement immediately pulled my attention toward her.

She looked exhausted.

Too pale.

This wasn’t the room for this conversation.

My mother noticed too.

“We can do this later.”

“No.”

Abby’s voice was quiet but firm.

I looked at her.

“You need rest.”

“I need to know why the man who kidnapped me has your