My Sister Stole My Mate, And I Let Her

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rgency in my mother's voice on the phone. Her voi

't reached out in ten years-not un

ath hitched, then brok

ched. Ice-cold

ha

clinging to life!" my

the covers off me an

" I said in a shaky voice. "I'

wake my son, Daniel. The light underneath my husband, Kieran's, office told

with myself-too much

bound us together. A mi

't plan to

the driver's seat, tea

nshakable. The giant of my heart, even

I never imagined he could

foot on the

er sat like shadows outside the operating room.

disgust had exiled me long ago. After that night ten years ago, th

I even

born, all communication with the family had gone through Kieran.

ally want t

What if his resen

swish of the operating room doors cut through my thought

ore I could stop myself, my vo

all. "I'm sorry. We did all we could..

outh, choking back the s

, barely glanced at me before addr

lowly. "But he won't last the night

nctive step for

daug

fference and resentment, the daughter my d

years, and our family is sti

od this close-since he'd looked at me. Time had sharpened him into a true Al

atred in

adn't

cious twist, like

away. Because of you, she can't be here. Because of

h decades of pain. "After all these years, I'm still the fi

ng Ethan for a heartbeat. But just as

your sister's fiancé and d

to my palms, reopeni

ty-the age when every werewolf finds their mate. After a li

n he fell for Celeste-perfect, radiant Celeste, the darling o

ctive daughter, the one who

I never expected to change anything. But that night, when I heard about his impending engagemen

me dark corner. Never did I imagine I

fractured memories. Before I could piece together what happened, Celest

dden apologies, the pack's venomous whispers, my stammered explan

bringing you in

an snarling at gawking packmates. My mother's muffled weeping. And Father's eyes-Gods-that look of pure re

per died unheard. No

they spat "whore" like a benediction. Even low-ranking Omegas cornered me in shadowed corridors, their hand

athered what little I owned and fled under a new moon. I intended to vanish forever... until the

ied me. He was an honorable man, an

re my fam

Kieran's pack, NightFang, loathed me because I was not the L

oice cut through my thoughts. The venom in

once treated me as his sister. Celeste was the only s

but never so vile as to deliberately seduce my sister's lov

xistence never mattered. So tell me, Mom-" I turned to face her, throat constricted. "If you never want

anines lengthening. "Marrying Kieran didn't magically make

y tone. "I was ready to disappear. You could have let Celeste and Kie

y the martyr," he sneered. "You knew damn

authority, though her scent now held only exhaustion and grief. "Enough

." Her gaze darted away like the sight of me pained her. Etha

lf, I pushed

tment in his eyes one last time. But when I saw him lying there,

ble now lay motionless, his chest swathed in bandages, his face ashen. The eyes tha

n my face. Why did

moment I presented as a wolfless. Who'd lo

last meeting still

celebration. Only my father's iron grip forcing

, his Alpha power choking the air between us. "Fr

esperately. But all I earned was the frozen l

to show your face again, and I swear you'

t his

le my "honorable" husband turned our marriage into

ed them all-this

sheets, my traitorous heart lurched. Before I could

ed with something dang

slightly, as if str

re he co

EE

reamed. The line on

t like this. Not before I saw forgiveness in his eyes.

d Mother shoved me aside, sen

nst Ethan, her body wracked with vio

e. His wolf was on the surface, teeth bared. I didn't doubt fo

ver scrap of happiness you've

hy were they all so obsessed with steali

to my mother, "Luna, we must p

tears falling unchecked. As the pack's elite arriv

b before the chamber holding Father's body, still unable to

voice cut throu

er's hands, every inch the dutiful son-in-law. "Res

streaks at his temples only heightening the aura of a prime Alpha

htFang Pack. Just his presence

s me, Kieran," Mother

yes found mine over her shoulder-then flick

sked as he turned to Ethan. "

in numbers we've never seen-armed with silver weapons." His throat worked

illed the corridor. Kieran

ill pay for t

hery, an outsider in m

ieran-stood united in their grief, an

Ethan added suddenly. "Sh

pt into her hands. "To miss h

red unbidden t

s locke

readable-arctic, assessing

he still felt galaxies away

e truth crushed my chest like an iron wei

in her throat. I didn't know if I could survive the

ved, no one would t

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