Thorne's POV
All eyes turned to me the second I stepped inside.
“Brother!” Gina jumped up from her seat and rushed over, wrapping her arms around me in a quick hug. She pulled back with a bright grin. “You know, I thought you were going to die lonely. I didn’t know the Moon Goddess would bless you with such a wonderful wife.”
I narrowed my eyes at her. Gina had always been dramatic, but this was too much even for her. Elara looked up at me from her chair with a warm, soft smile that almost looked real. If I didn’t know better, I might have believed it.
“Exactly,” my mother said, nodding in agreement.
I stared at her like she had grown another head. My mother…the woman who could make hardened warriors tremble…was smiling gently at Elara.
“Thank you, Mom,” Elara replied smoothly, like
