Hera POV

Xander's confession left me frozen in place. I didn't expect to hear this sooner than I had anticipated.

I never thought I would hear about Benedict from Xander.

Now, seeing him suddenly talk about his biggest secret, which I had known about for five years, made me think that maybe Xander could sense something was about to happen.

Why else would he suddenly bring up Benedict after trying so hard to hide his existence from me?

Although I was very curious and wanted to know right away, I ...