Gabriel's POVI had followed my father yesterday. The curiosity was eating me alive, and I needed to see for myself who this supposed stepbrother was. When his car pulled up to that run-down neighborhood, when he stepped out and walked to that shabby little house, my stomach twisted with disgust.And when I saw him talking to Paxton's mother – that woman with her tired eyes and cheap clothes – something inside me snapped. This was my father's big secret? This was the family he'd abandoned us for, even if just for a moment all those years ago?Now, standing here with Paxton's hands around my collar, blood dripping from my nose, I feel that same disgust mixed with rage."Fine," I had said, my voice barely above a whisper. "But you're not going to like what I have to tell you."Paxton's grip loosens slightly, his eyes narrowing. "Try me."I wipe the blood from my face with my free hand, tasting the metallic bitterness on my lips. The room around us is destroyed – computers overturned, p
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