Chapter 60

~Avery's POV~ Alena and I were sitting on her porch. After she told me that her son was my father, making her my grandmother, I was stunned. I didn't speak or react for fifteen minutes. Alena had brought me coffee with milk and sugar and put it on the table. I took a sip and opened my mouth but closed it again. This same procedure carried on for another five minutes before I found my voice again. ”How?” That was all I asked. ”Love, that's how. Love is the most powerful feeling there ever was. It is from love that hate is born, and it is with love that we can truly live. However, losing love means losing a part of yourself, and for some people, it means losing all of yourself. This is a pain that not many can handle.” I nodded my head as I took another sip of my coffee. I licked my lips and looked at Alena. ”Why?” I asked. ”That’s the real question, isn't it? Because for a child to grow up without love, they choose to hang on to anything they can. In my son's case it was hate and reve