Elijah
I stood in Warrick's room, my mind reeling from the revelation. Ari...our adoptive little sister....our best friend...was our mate.
My brother Jackson's eyes mirrored my own shock and uncertainty.
Our dad, Beta Zane, had taken Ari out of the room when she'd started to panic, leaving us with Warrick.
The fact he'd apologised, not only once but twice...and to Ari...It was the only thing that made me think maybe he was serious about being her mate. The only thing that stopped me from ripping my Alpha's throat out.
But it didn't erase the last three years he and his brothers had spent tormenting her.
She'd avoided most of it throughout her childhood; being younger than us by four years, they never noticed her at school or around the Parklands.
Jack and I may have also been o
