Chapter 59DreyvenAll the blood drained from my face.The words had slipped out before I could stop them and now they hung between us.Aurelia sat up straighter against the pillows, the sheet pooling around her waist. Her green eyes sharpened with curiosity. “You have other brothers?” she repeated, tilting her head. “You’ve never mentioned them before. How many?” I swallowed hard. My mind was still foggy from the night we’d shared, from the way she’d looked at me when she came apart in my arms. I hadn’t planned to say anything. The sentence had just fallen out in the comfortable morning haze.“Four of us total,” I said, keeping my voice steady. “I’m the youngest, the last child.” It wasn’t the full truth, but it wasn’t a complete lie either. We were four. Aurelia’s eyebrows rose. “Four brothers? That’s a big family. Are you close?”“Too close sometimes,” I said. I reached for her hand and laced our fingers together, needing the anchor. “We’re… complicated. Same parents, same pres
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