Mated in the Shadow of My Sister
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James Anderson lost his future mate and luna, Stephanie, during a rogue attack. Stephanie's death left his entire pack in mourning; her death anniversary was even declared a pack holiday. Five years later, James discovers that Stephanie's younger sister Lily is his mate. But how can that be? Wasn't Stephanie supposed to be his mate? And would his pack even accept Lily as his mate and Luna—many have always blamed Lily for Stephanie's death, because Stephanie died trying to save Lily. For her part, Lily has lived in the shadow of her beautiful older sister for years. She knows very well that pack members and her parents wish that it was Lily that died that day instead of Stephanie. Lily had looked forward to the day that she would meet her mate and finally feel important to someone. Discovering that her mate is James is Lily's worst nightmare, especially when James reacts poorly to the discovery. Lily decides that she is unwilling to live in Stephanie's shadow any longer. She will not spend the rest of her life with a mate who wishes she was someone else. She rejects James, who all too quickly accepts the rejection. Soon afterwards, horrifying truths come out and James immediately regrets letting Lily go. He sets out to get Lily back and right the wrongs that have been done. But is it too late? Will Lily find love with James, or with someone else?
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“Deal.” **** I do not know how Charlotte and I managed to hold ourselves together in the hotel gift store, but either the hotel worker just wanted our money or we did an okay job of seeming not completely drunk, because the gift shop sold us three bottles of wine, two bottles of champagne, and three bottles of tequila. Charlotte and I then headed up to my room. Once there, I asked Charlotte what she wanted to start with. She picked the champagne. “Good choice.” I popped the champagne bottle, but my drunk self did not think about where the cork might go, and so it ended up flying into one of the mirrors, shattering it. Charlotte started giggling, which made me laugh too. I poured the champagne into a plastic cup and handed it to her. “You know, it is nice to meet someone who appreciates champagne. That she-wolf I told you about earlier? She actually told me that she prefers her mate to me because he likes beer, baseball, and pizza.” “WHAT?” I nodded. “Right? You show a g
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(Brady POV) I took the shot in one fast gulp and then turned back to Charlotte. “You know that you are supposed to shoot shots, not sip them, right?” I asked her. She rolled her eyes. Even in my drunken stupor, I could not help but notice how pretty her eyes were. “I don’t normally drink whiskey,” she explained. “Ah. Then why now?” “I just rejected my…. I just broke up with my boyfriend.” I gave her a knowing smile. “Your mate. You just rejected your mate.” Charlotte looked at me like she had just gotten caught with her hand in a cookie jar. I smiled. “I am a wolf too.” She looked relieved. “Oh. Really?” “Yeah. You probably cannot smell my wolf that well right now because he is buried under a couple bottles of wolfsbane whiskey. I needed a break from all things Moon Goddess.” Charlotte nodded. “Don’t I get that.” “Wait… if you just rejected your mate, shouldn’t you be passed out in a hospital bed somewhere?” Charlotte shook her head. “No. My wolf is buried fo
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(Brady POV) I left Lily’s apartment and headed back to my hotel room. I felt rejected, lonely, and angry. It made absolutely no sense to me why Lily would reject me in favor of that a&&hole… much less how she could look me in the eye and tell me that she loves him. “She told you that because it was the truth. She does love him,” Kalen responded in our link. Kalen and I normally get along pretty well. Our first and only major fight had to do with Evelyn and my desire to sleep around. Unfortunately, I could tell that Kalen and I were about to have major fight # 2. “You are wrong, Kalen,” I growled through the link. “Lily is just confused. She can’t possibly love someone who has done the things that James has done and who has hurt her like he has. She is better than that.” “James regrets what he did, and he has changed. He has been working to become a better wolf.” I growled again. “I regretted my actions, too, Kalen. I also changed. And Goddess knows how many years I
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James studied my face, absorbing my words. “I do not deserve you, Lily.” I gave James an annoyed look. “Bullsh&t. Plus, it is a little late to worry about that now, isn’t it?” “We are not marked yet. You can still change your mind. I do not want to pressure you to do anything that you do not want to do, or that you are not ready for.” “Have you changed your mind?” I asked him. “No.” “Do you trust me?” “With my life.” “Then trust me when I tell you that I want this and I want you. I am not going to be with anyone who does not deserve me. You have earned my respect and my love, and I want to be yours now and forever.” James leaned over and kissed me gently. I wrapped my arms around his neck and returned the kiss. “I want you to mark me, James,” I said once we broke for air. “Once we do this, there is no going back.” “Good. I do not want to go back. I want to go forward.” “I am supposed to be the one with the romantic lines and speeches,” James fake-protested. I gi
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(Lily POV) James took my hand and silently led me to the couch. He then sat down and pulled me onto his lap. I buried my face in his chest, and he nuzzled his chin in my hair. “Are you okay?” he asked me. I nodded. “Yeah. It just sucks. I never meant to hurt him.” James did not say anything, so then I added: “I am sorry that you had to hear all of that. That must have been uncomfortable for you.” “No, you were right. I never would have agreed to leave you two alone. And if you had actually tried to talk to him via mind-link, I would have interrupted every few seconds. As it was, it took all my willpower not to storm in and put an end to Brady yelling at you. You did not deserve his guilt trip.” “I sort-of did though. I led him on. Not on purpose, but I did.” “Do not blame yourself, Lily,” James said in a determined voice. “Brady saw what he wanted to see. That was on him, not on you.” I reached for James’ hand and intertwined our fingers together. “Thank you.” F
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How can you possibly forget all of that?!?!” I felt tears threatening to escape from my eyes. “Brady, stop. Please. I know you are angry, but ---” “Angry? No, Lily. I am not angry. I am disappointed. I thought you were better than this. I thought you were stronger. How can you just forgive and forget someone who tortured you like James did, and all the while turn your back on someone like me who wants nothing more than to love you and take care of you for the rest of your life?!?!?!?!?!?!?” The tears started to run down my face. I stood up and went over to him, putting my hand on his arm. “Brady, I ----” “EXPLAIN IT TO ME, LILY! TELL ME HOW YOU CAN TURN DOWN MY LOVE IN FAVOR OF JAMES AND HIS TOXICITY?” Despite how angry Brady was and how much he was yelling at me, I suddenly realized that Brady was crying as well. I felt my heart break for him and for our horrible situation. “Brady, you do not love me,” I said honestly. “You love the idea of me. You love who you th
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(Lily POV) Brady and I sat down on the couch, leaving a decent amount of space between us. Brady ran his hands through his hair, and then put his head in his hands. “You know that James will be able to hear everything we say. The walls in these human apartments are really thin.” I sighed. “I know. And if it really bothers you, we can mind-link. But James will never agree to leave me here alone with you, and I assumed that you would be more comfortable with him in the bedroom than sitting here with us while we talk.” “Mind-link it is then,” Brady conceded. “But you should also know that James and I do not keep secrets from one another.” “Meaning that whatever I say to you right now you are going to tell him anyway?” “Yes.” Brady looked up at me, clearly hurt. It made me second guess whether I should have said it, but it was the truth. And I needed to say it out loud not just for Brady’s benefit, but also for James’ as well. I did not want James to think that I was go
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“What the Goddess is going on here?” I demanded angrily. James let go of Brady and gave me a strange look that conveyed both guilt and male pride. Once released, Brady stood up straight and came running over to me. He wrapped me in a hug and lifted me off the ground. James immediately began growling. Meanwhile, realizing that I was not hugging him back, Brady placed me back on the ground and looked at me in confusion. “Lily, I am here. We can leave. You do not have to stay with this a&&hole anymore. I can protect you now. My dad is looking after the pack so you and I can go anywhere you want.” I walked over to a chair and dropped my purse and shopping bag down as I tried to collect my thoughts. Although I was angry and confused about what I had walked in on, when my eyes landed on the candles and roses everywhere, I softened a bit. I looked at James and gave him an appreciative smile. “Thank you. It looks beautiful in here,” I told him via mind-link. “You are late,”
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(James POV) Of all the f&&ing nights for Brady to show up in Ravenwood, he had to pick the night that Lily and I finally planned to mark one another. Because of course he would. It was like something in Brady had been pre-programmed to irritate me as much as possible. I had no idea how Brady figured out Lily’s address, and I had very little time to ask. Instead, I had to remain focused on controlling my temper and preventing Luke from taking over and doing something stupid. As much as I hated the guy, he meant something to Lily. Because of that, hurting him was the last thing that I wanted to do. After demanding to know where Lily was —and after a few choice words with me at the door—, Brady angrily pushed past me into the apartment. I did not try to stop him; the last thing that I wanted was to get into a fight with him in the middle of Lily’s apartment complex. I could not tell if Brady did not know how close I was to losing it, or if he simply did not care. Either way
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