Annie's POV:
"And what if it was me saying it? What if I stood in the square tomorrow and told the pack who you really are, Sister? What if I told them whose child Annie is carrying? What if I told them you were the one who put her in Alexander's bed? Would they believe me then?"
The voice came from the end of the passage, quiet and steady. Elena's hand went still on my arm.
Jasper stood in the doorway of the study, the light at his back. He walked toward us slowly, his eyes on his sister like a wolf facing another wolf. I watched Elena's face go through it. Shock. Hurt. Then something harder.
"My brother." Her voice came out quiet, shaking at the edges. "My only family. And you came out here for her."
Jasper stopped a few steps away. "Sister." His voice was gentle in a way I had neve
