Branded by the Alpha, Claimed by His Brother
My name left his lips in a low, rough voice, as if saying it took more effort than he wanted to admit.
I flinched, then went still. "You... you know my name? You think I'm Clara, everyone thinks I'm Clara—"
"I'd know your scent anywhere, little bird." His silver eyes fell to the brand, and something dark settled behind them. Unlike Tristan's public outbursts, this anger didn't need to announce itself. "I've known your scent for years. Long before my brother ever put his hands on you."
"Your brother," I whispered, the realization creeping in one piece at a time. The banished prince. The Wild Monster of the borders, the name mothers in the northern territories used to make children behave.