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Chapter 31

OliviaBy lunchtime, I had reached an uncomfortable conclusion about the Hawthorn family.They were all completely insane.There really wasn’t another explanation for what had been happening since breakfast. Every time I turned around, one of the four brothers was standing nearby, pretending he had a perfectly reasonable excuse for being there. Logan had followed Lily and me into the playroom because he apparently needed to inspect the windows. Ethan wandered in ten minutes later claiming he had misplaced his phone, even though I could see the outline of it in his back pocket. Jeremy arrived carrying two mugs of coffee and announced that he had accidentally made an extra one, while Thomas sat in the corner repairing the loose hinge on Lily’s toy chest before I had even noticed anything was wrong with it.At first, I wondered whether Mrs. Hawthorn had secretly assigned them to supervise me. Then I remembered her rule about staying away from her sons and decided that probably wasn’t it.

Chapter 32

LoganThe old council chamber sat beneath the east wing of the house, hidden behind a stone wall most people probably assumed was part of the foundation. I hadn’t been down there in years. Dad used it mostly for meetings involving things he didn’t want overheard, which meant the second he told all four of us to meet him there after Olivia and Lily were asleep, I knew whatever conversation we were about to have wasn’t going to be pleasant.Ethan walked beside me in silence while Jeremy and Thomas followed a few steps behind. For once, Jeremy wasn’t making jokes. That alone told me he was as unsettled as the rest of us. Dad had said the truth about our births, and those words had been sitting in my head ever since.What truth?As far as I knew, there wasn’t anything mysterious about our births. Ethan and I were identical twins. Jeremy and Thomas were identical twins born a little over a year later. It was unusual, sure, especially for wolves, but unusual didn’t mean secret.Apparently,

Chapter 33

OliviaBy the time I woke up the next morning, I had officially decided the Hawthorn family was going to drive me insane.Not because they were mean. Actually, that would have been easier to understand. Mean people made sense. You knew where you stood with them. The Hawthorns were different. They had secret passages, a soundproof library, wolves the size of small horses, spare clothes hidden in the woods, and conversations that stopped the second I walked into a room. Their five-year-old daughter knew more about what was happening around here than I did, and lately every member of the family had started watching me like I was some complicated puzzle they were all trying to solve.And then there were the four brothers.I wasn’t even going to start trying to figure them out.I got dressed and went to Lily’s room, only to discover she wasn’t there. Her bed was made, her stuffed animals were lined up against the pillows, and the little pink slippers she usually wore around the house were

Chapter 34

OliviaFor several seconds, I couldn’t speak.I stood there with my phone pressed against my ear, staring at nothing while the words my father had just said repeated in my head.Her name wasn’t Elara when I met her.The strange part was that Dad didn’t know what that name meant to me. I hadn’t told him what the silver wolf called my mother. I’d only told him a wolf had spoken inside my head and that there were things happening here that made me question what I knew about her. Yet somehow my father had just confirmed the exact name I’d heard in the woods.“Dad,” I finally managed, my voice coming out quieter than I intended. “What did you just say?”There was a long pause on the other end. I could hear him breathing, and somewhere in the background a television was playing. Usually when I called him this early, I could tell exactly how much he’d been drinking by the way he spoke. This morning I’d already heard the familiar heaviness in his voice, but now there was something stronger cu

Chapter 35

OliviaNobody moved.For once, Jeremy didn’t have a smart comment. Thomas wasn’t quietly watching everyone like he was trying to solve a problem before anyone else noticed it existed. Ethan looked ready to say something and kept stopping himself, while Logan stood closest to me with one hand still half raised from where he’d tried to catch me.I barely noticed any of them.Because I knew what I had heard.Mate heard him.It hadn’t come through my ears. Jeremy’s mouth hadn’t moved. The words had simply appeared inside my head exactly like the silver wolf’s voice had yesterday, only this time I recognized the voice. It was Jeremy. I’d spent enough time around these brothers now to know the difference between them, even when they sounded similar.“Somebody say something,” I finally demanded. “Preferably out loud, because apparently I need to specify that in this house.”Jeremy’s lips twitched.“Don’t you dare laugh.”“I’m not.”“You’re thinking about it.”His expression changed.My stoma

Chapter 36

OliviaThe kitchen went so quiet after I asked the question that I could hear the refrigerator humming behind me.Nobody wanted to answer.That alone told me I wasn’t going to like whatever came next.Logan still had one arm around my waist because apparently discovering that the man holding me could turn into a six-foot wolf wasn’t enough excitement for one morning. Ethan stood several feet away looking like he wanted the floor to swallow him after I realized I had ridden around the woods on his back, while Jeremy had finally stopped laughing. Thomas, as usual, looked calmer than everyone else, but even he seemed uncomfortable.I looked up at Logan. “I asked you a question. Why does Brutus keep calling me mate?”Logan took a slow breath. “Because you are.”I stared at him.“I’m your wolf’s mate?”“No.”“That sounded like a yes.”“I mean you’re not just Brutus’s mate.” He rubbed the back of his neck. “You’re mine too.”My brain seemed to stop working for several seconds.“You’re sayin

Chapter 37

LoganThe second Olivia disappeared upstairs, all hell broke loose.Not literally, although with four pissed-off wolves crammed inside four brothers who had just discovered their human mate could hear them, we probably weren’t far from it. I stood in Dad’s office with Ethan, Jeremy, and Thomas while Brutus paced inside my head, demanding that I go after her. Maximus wasn’t doing much better from the look on Ethan’s face, and judging by the way Jeremy kept rubbing his chest and Thomas had gone unusually quiet, Helios and Titan were giving them hell too.Mate is upset.“I know,” I told Brutus.Then go to her.“She just found out she has four mates. Maybe having all four of us chase her upstairs isn’t the best idea.”Brutus growled.Jeremy dropped into one of the chairs. “Well, this went better than I expected.”I stared at him. “She fainted.”“She woke back up.”“She fainted because she found out we’re her mates.”“Technically, she found out you and Ethan were her mates and handled that

Chapter 38

OliviaI couldn’t stop staring at the silver wolf.Now ask them what you are.The words sat inside my head like they belonged there, and that might have been the most terrifying part. Yesterday, hearing a wolf speak inside my mind had nearly sent me into a panic. Now I was apparently adjusting to supernatural telepathy at an alarming rate.“Olivia.”Logan’s voice pulled my attention away from the window.He was sitting beside me on the bed, but his entire body had changed. The relaxed man who had been joking with me minutes ago was gone. His shoulders were tense, his eyes fixed on the woods.“What does he mean?” I asked.“I don’t know.”I stared at him.“Try again.”“Liv—”“No. I have officially reached my lifetime limit for Hawthorn secrets, and I’m only twenty.”His mouth tightened.I pushed myself off the bed and went to the window. The silver wolf hadn’t moved. Those golden eyes remained fixed on me, and instead of fear, I felt something strange coming from him.Protection.I didn

Chapter 39

Logan“What if the silver wolf is the only one telling me the truth?”I hated that I didn’t have an answer.Olivia was still gripping my shirt, but I could feel the difference in the way she held me. A few minutes ago, she had been confused and overwhelmed. Now there was suspicion in her eyes, and I couldn’t blame her. Since coming into our home, she’d been lied to about practically everything. Ethan had let her believe he was going into law enforcement rather than explain what an enforcer really was. We’d convinced her our wolves were some protected animals roaming the property. We hid the mate bond, her Fae blood, and what we suspected about her mother.From where Olivia stood, we weren’t exactly the trustworthy ones.“Liv, I’m not going to tell you that wolf is lying when I don’t know if he is.”Ethan shot me a look.I ignored him.Olivia loosened her grip on my shirt. “Thank you.”“For what?”“For finally saying I don’t know instead of making something up.”That stung.Jeremy shif

Chapter 40

Olivia“Someone else found Olivia.”Nobody actually said those words, but judging by the way every Hawthorn in the room looked at me after the man on the phone announced there was a Fae scent near the border, they were all thinking it.I was getting really tired of being the most interesting person in a world I hadn’t known existed three days ago.Richard immediately started firing questions into the phone. “Where was the scent picked up?”“North border, near the old service road.”“How fresh?”“Very.”“Any visual?”“Not yet.”Richard’s jaw tightened. “Double the patrols. Nobody approaches whoever it is alone, and nobody engages unless they cross onto pack territory.”“Understood, Alpha.”The call ended.I stared at Richard. “Pack territory?”Nobody spoke.I slowly turned toward Logan.“Don’t.”His eyebrows lifted. “I didn’t say anything.”“You were about to.”Jeremy leaned toward Thomas. “She’s learning.”“I heard that.”Jeremy straightened. “See?”Despite everything, I almost smiled

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