Allie stared at me for what seemed like hours until she finally threw her arms around me and hugged me tight. I stayed frozen to the spot, not expecting that she’d react like this, then forced myself to snap out of it and hug her back.
thisMy eyes became hot and watery, the thought of finally having family making me warm. It had been years since that day that Mom had died, years since I had found Dad’s body at the crime scene of a motorcycle accident.
accident“Allie!” someone shouted from another room, and then the door was ripped open.
Jace Harbor barreled into the room, tore me off Allie, and took her in his arms. She widened her eyes and hurried back over to me.
“What the f**k, Allie?” he asked her through gritted teeth.
“He’s my brother, Jace,” she snapped, then turned back to him
