Well kept secret

                                          Amelia 

Gasps and exclamations echoed around me, but my attention was on Aiden "Mates? Mates how? We're brother and sister, we can't be mated to each other." I threw sideways glances at the crowd, catching my friends eyes. 

They were laughing. What the hell was funny about this?

He waved around like a lunatic, laughing widely. "I don't know, you tell me! Dad's said we're to become mates, he hasn't exactly offered up any explanations to me, so I came here, to you." He poked a finger at me, his eyes glinting with suspicion.

"Didn't you know about this, Amelia? He tells you fucking everything, for fucks sake."

His calling me Amelia was seriously pissing me off more than anything. "It's obviously a mistake, or something, Aiden. We can't be mated to each other, that's just not possible. So calm down and—"

"You think I don't know this is freaking impossible? It's so fucking weird and dad wouldn't say it if he didn't mean it."

My mind blanked as he kept yelling at me. "Okay then, what do you want me to say? I already told you, I don't know what this is! He didn't say anything to me before." My voice caught on the last word, and I sniffled, trying hard to stave off the tears. 

I was so fucking embarrassed.

"I don't care what it is dad is playing at with this, but I'm never ever going to be mated to you, Amelia. In fact, I reject you as my mate."

He swiveled around and everyone shifted out of his path, his stupid friends trailing after him.

The tears fell freely, and I swiped at them angrily. Why the fuck was I crying?

It's not like I was hurt by his obvious rejection, he only said that because siblings can't be mated to each other. 

But that didn't explain the distaste and anger in his voice, all directed at me!

I wiped the tears, the anger already knotting me up inside. I turned to the crowd, not sure what to say or do to diffuse the situation. 

The party mood was already ruined. Nothing I do can fix this. 

My thoughts and emotions were swirling around in my head when I felt Leslie and Nadia crowd in beside me.

"What was that?" Leslie nodded towards the doorway, where Aiden and his friends had left in furious haste.

Nadia giggled and I turned on her immediately. "Is there anything funny about this to you, Nadia?"

She broke into a fit of laughter and I got more pissed. I wanted to hit her nose and shut her up, but I bet she'd just heal right up. 

Besides if we got into a fight, she'd heal up while I'd be stuck with the wounds cause I was a fucking omega. 

"I'm sorry, Amelia. It's just, can you imagine that? Being mated to your own brother? What are you guys now, fucking Lannisters?" She chortled at her own stupid joke and Leslie laughed with her, before throwing me an apologetic look.

I could hear laughter around me, and I saw red.

That did it.

"Everyone get out!" I yelled. "Get the fuck out. Party's over."

Nadia went to touch me but I yanked my hand away, turning away from them, all of them. "You two too. Just—everyone get out."

I was sure they heard me perfectly well.

I walked across the dancefloor, the decorations in the club pissing me off now that my mood was ruined. 

What the hell was wrong with Daddy, to make an announcement like that?

Was he even aware of the situation he'd put us in, put me in? And on my fucking birthday!

I got into the car, and slammed the door. Good thing I wasn't driving myself home, or there'd be trouble. 

I fumed in the back of the car as the driver drove back to the pack house. 

~

I was out of the car in a second, storming through the front doors and up the stairs. I ignored all the greetings, knowing they must already have heard of what my dad said. 

My heart beat wildly as I marched to his study, pushing the door open with as much strength as my anger fueled. 

Dad was in there with some of the pack elders and they all turned to me as I stood there, eyes blazing and guns set to fire. 

"Dad, what's going on? Why would you mate me to…to Aiden? To my brother?!"

His eyes darkened ominously and I could read his eyes. He wasn't denying it immediately.

I gasped. 

Before now I'd really thought this was some kind of sick joke. Or a prank. I'd almost fully convinced myself of it.

"Dad?!"

"This is not the time, Amelia."

There again, with that Amelia b.s. They both never called me that!

"Dad, please tell me what's going on?" My anger was dissolving fast and leaving me defenseless and unsure. 

None of this made any sense.

My dad cleared his throat and dismissed the council meeting. They all left, but not fast enough.

I walked up to my dad's desk and pulled one of the swivel chairs out and sank into it, my heart in my throat as I waited for him to talk. 

The door swung open with a loud bang against the wall and I twisted sharply in my chair to see Aiden coming in with a scowl I knew matched the one I had on my face. 

He stalked to the second chair beside me and sank into it, not bothering to say a word. 

I could feel the waves of rage rising off him, and I wanted to tell him I was sorry, but this wasn't my fault. I was just as hurt as he was by this. And it hurts me that he thinks this is somehow my fault.

"I know I shocked the both of you with my announcement today." Dad looked at me

Aiden scoffed. "Shocked is the least of it."

"Why did you say such a thing?"

Dad sighed and steepled his hands on his desk in front of him. "Aiden, Amelia, I could only make this announcement today because you turned eighteen today, Amelia and I think you are old enough to know some things now."

A chill raced up my spine and I stiffened in my chair. 

Whatever he was about to say, I knew without a shred of doubt would destroy the peace and quiet in my entire existence.

"Amelia, sweetheart, you're not my biological daughter."