Initiated by my Alpha Stepbrother's Mark
He said it so casually, like it was a foregone conclusion that I would end up as his Luna, and I felt panic and hope warring in my chest because that was impossible, that could never happen, except he was looking at me like it was the most natural thing in the world.
"That's not—" I started, but he held up a hand to stop me.
"Just listen," he said. "This is important."
He pointed to a photograph of an older male who looked vaguely familiar, someone I might have seen at pack gatherings, with salt-and-pepper hair and sharp features and cold eyes.
"This is my uncle, Thaddeus Thornwell," Ronan said. "Alpha Caspian's younger brother. And he's the one who prompted the war between our pack and the