Adrian POV
What the hell is taking so long?
Maybe they are getting to know each other...? My wolf un-helpfully suggested.
I growled at him,
Shut up, Cassiel now is not the time for your commentary!
He whimpered.
I swear, my wolf is the wimpiest of them all. I cannot say a single negative word to him or he starts crying like a little baby!
I went inside the house and up to Kyra's room to see if she was okay. (Well, maybe more like to see what she and my brother were doing, but that is beside the point.)
When I got to her door, she was laughing. Laughing? WTF! I stood by the door and listened to their conversation.
"Kyra, why does this room smell like my brother?" I heard my brother Ethan ask.
Why would he care? it's not like he cares for her he threatened her home and her family and her pack. Not once but twice!
I was infuriated now. How dare he!
She laughed. Laughed like it was the funniest thing in the entire world.
"Well as luck would have it. Or as the goddess curses me with-you are both my mates. I didn't realize it at first because you aren't identical twins, but when your brother showed up and killed my father for the alpha position, I came back and we fought. I of course won, but I also found out that I had a second fated mate."
"What the f*ck?" I heard my brother say, mostly in disbelief but he also sounded, regretful?
I rolled my eyes. No matter how much I love my brother and, simultaneously, hate him, I will not let him hurt her, nor can I ever let her believe him. He has no emotions, no love for anyone. Not even himself, much less his family or his mate. I was about to knock on the door when they started talking again.
"Ethan?" She said his name so tenderly that it made me sick.
How can she stand to be so nice to him? Doesn't she realize what he has done to her? Her family? Her pack? I love my brother and, simultaneously, hate him but I will not stand by and let him treat her like this. He acts like he wants her. Wants to want her. To care for her. But he cannot even care for himself! He doesn't love anyone, not his family, his pack, or himself for that matter, much less his mate!
"Yes?" He said, sounding mildly curious.
"Can Adrian come with us? I am only just now able to sleep soundly through the night and I think it has something to do with us being mates. Please...?"
Is she begging? WHAT THE ACTUAL F*CK?! She is an alpha. A female alpha at that. Female alphas are already so rare because men in power think that women are too soft. She is currently proving them right with the nonsense!
My brother was silent for a moment. Then, when he spoke his words shocked me, "Why don't you ask him if he would like to join us. He is, after all, eavesdropping on our conversation. Right, Adrian? You can come in if you like, although, you should know how rude you are being." I could practically taste the malice left in the air by his words, and see the smile plastered to his face. Feel the snarkiness radiating from his body from outing me.
I opened the door and stepped inside.
"Hello, Adrian it is good to see you again. You look in good health. Now, tell me, how is it you came upon this clan. How is it you managed to find our lovely mate? I would love to hear you explain how you managed to kill her father and attempt to take over her pack while she was away grieving. Tell me, brother, what game are you playing this time?"
Oh sh*t. He's on to me. F*ck f*ck f*ck f*ck f*ck!
"Well...." I start,