My Sister Stole My Mate, And I Let Her

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amused-maybe because I was staring at

the sound rumbling in the space between us. "I se

, and I gasped out of

ack, an eye

s...

eed." He stretched out the t

s large and warm and swallowed mine. "Seraphina Bl-" No, not Blackthorne-n

stepped out of the doorway

reshold. He towered over me, almost as tall a

this

room and gestured for hi

nd something told me he could drop int

oom-the flowery wallpaper, the mismatched

ome is

astic, but I waved the comment away.

dropped my gaze. Why was I te

es?" he asked, noddi

swallowed. "Thank you. I should have said that the momen

oothed smile that made h

ery welco

though... why did you do it? Everyone was protecting

ing into something softer. "You

ket and then stretched it to m

I read out loud, looking

e Shadowveil Pack in

glanced at the card agai

elping wolfless and vulnerable wolves-Omegas, outcasts, r

t explain

eing ridiculed and cast aside for being wolfless, it was a dizzying relief to find out t

u knew me,"

is thighs. "I did some business with your

felt strange and uncomfortable receiving condolences f

ason why I attended his f

said, "I heard Edward Lockwood'

mental walls slamming

"Were you targeting me? Di

ger," Lucian said simply. "And I'm h

up on all the othe

answered

. why

you to join my

ked. "

a's daughter, an Alpha's s

I corrected

your identity and experiences could inspire many werewolves facing similar... disadvantages."

'm not role-m

e a life for yourself and your son, even in ligh

settling how much this

s more than a relief organization. We also offer the... tools every wolf needs. We can train y

he card in my hands

have to decide right now. Tak

owly. That,

u," I sai

eady sai

family, with whom belonging should have been automatic, hadn't wanted me. But here was Lucian, wh

shing himself to his fe

nd walked him b

he opened the door. "I think th

tantly. "I'll

e last smile

" I whispered. What would that be like, I wondered. If the organization was filled with wolfless wo

ck on the doo

ned it. "Did y

le burst over my head, showering me with reality.

e you do

a dark red Aston Martin pull out of my drive

this early?" Kieran hi

ough me, one I'd never felt

t any of yo

the living room, his head darting around.

e slee

ed. "Ex

ted, like my question was one of

you need a dict

ha

f the meaning of 'divorced.' Nothing conce

to me over the decade we were married. H

he snarled, "but I will always be the father of your son, an

niel?" I didn't know why I was so pissed. It wasn't like Lucian had actually slept over, or I'd d

Kieran, but I didn't real

deeply, they almost mer

e door. "There!

I don't know what has gotten into you

eran? Because I can assure you, you don't fucking know me. You never did.

k a step f

m?

Daniel at the foot of the

sidestepping Kie

ry which way, and I gently ran a h

d. "Your phone a

t the clock

ig

oulder and gave Kieran a

stepped toward us, suddenly smi

lier. "You forgot this in my office last time yo

Then he sniffed once and turned to me, his eyes

odd

"Can Dad come to breakfast?" He turned to

not. "Danny, I'm

ve to," K

he air between us, volatile and precarious. I couldn't quite