“I knew you were half-human. I’ve known since Kane told us that he thought Brielle was his fated mate. I looked up every member of the Johnson City pack, and it was in your file.” There was a strange buzzing noise between a whine and a high-pitched squeal. “Leigh? Princess?” He touched my cheek lightly, as if I was going to faint on him. “You knew?” I blurted, my brain struggling to come back online after it had been completely derailed by his revelation. He nodded. He knew. “Then why were you so angry? Why go through with the whole challenge if you knew it was true!” The fury consumed me between one heartbeat and the next. “What was it, to save face? Were you ashamed and didn’t want anyone else to know? Some trumped-up plan to cover yourself when it eventually came out?” “Are you

