Chapter 78: "Trust the wolf."

His voice floats into my head and I have to mask my reaction as he begins,

~I’m almost tempted to accompany you two. It doesn’t take much for an argument to start especially when you’re left alone~

I chortle because it really doesn’t, but he didn’t have to remind me of that. There’s a devious gleam in Sebastien’s eyes that tells me he liked letting me know how often Caleum and I argue, and this time when I get up, I take a look behind me and see the younger faces camped around the bed.

This time, Alora doesn’t seem to be shivering at the sight of Kellen, or feel timid considering her proximity to him.

If anything, I feel she wants him to notice her, and I gauge the tension between them. The tension they seem to have always been between them.

“They’re siblings aren’t they?”

Sebastien chuckles at my question and his response is loud enough that they can both hear, “It’s a bit more complicated than that.”

I nod because I'd always suspected it.

I take one look at Dimitri and Ophelia and