“You heard about the challenge?”
“Everyone heard,” Lydia said. “I bet even the newborn pups know. I just didn’t believe he’d actually claim the night. I wasn’t allowed to watch, but I heard how badly he beat you. How could he want more after that?”
“He did.”
Lydia looked ready to be sick. “I can’t believe he went through with it. Blaise is his own blood brother. He basically…” She pressed both hands over her mouth and made a strangled sound. “Kaela, why is your fated mate such a complete shithead?”
“Your guess is as good as mine.”
Lydia immediately launched into theories ranging from severe parental neglect to the possibility that a stork had surgically removed Ronan’s conscience because he kicked puppies. Kaela laughed until her stomach hurt. She had missed this. Missed her so fierce
