Chapter 51

Ashton's brows furrowed in confusion, and he took my hand in his and helped me up before we headed downstairs to find out what was going on. *** Ashton and I rushed downstairs to see what all the commotion was about, and my eyes nearly popped out of my head when they landed on our unexpected visitors. There were three of them, waiting for us at the bottom of the landing. Cyrena stood to the side with a poorly disguised frown. My presence quickly caught their attention and they immediately froze. "What are you guys doing here?" Ashton asked, with a frown as he stared at Raúl, Kristof, and Jun. They remained petrified-disbelief etched on every inch of their faces-which I'd come to realize was the most common reaction to seeing someone who formerly appeared human standing in front of them as an Origin. Hopefully, I didn't scare them too much. Jun was the first to recover his senses, and a smile slowly stretched across his face as he obse