With a smile, Alexa hopped her way towards him. “Nope, it's not a witch trait, actually. I've had it since birth.”

“Probably Fae bloodline then,” Knight mused aloud.

She laughed, imagining Ludwig and Liam talking to animals, especially Hiyasmin. “Not really,” she shook her head. “It's just me.”

She wanted to tell him she could talk to snakes, bulls, or wolves merely because of the monster living inside her, but she bit her tongue. Sinister was somewhat a ...