I groaned, covering my face with my hands. "Please tell me everyone doesn't know."
"Everyone knows," he confirmed, his voice gentle despite the teasing glint in his eyes. "The Steel twins kissing the new Graystone Alpha under the full moon? That's the kind of gossip that spreads faster than wildfire."
"It wasn't like that," I protested weakly. "It was just... I don't know what it was."
"It was inevitable," Mateo said simply. "Some things are written in the stars, little one. No matter how far or fast you run."
I shot him a suspicious look. "Did you know? About the mate bond?"
He sighed, his expression turning serious. "I suspected. The way they watched you, even when they were pretending not to. The way Logan kept them on such a tight leash where you were concerned."
"Why didn't you
