“Then why did you stay with me? Why not break up with me and be with him?” Brady asked, the pain evident in his voice. “BECAUSE I STILL LOVED YOU! I NEVER LOVED ANDREW! I LOVED YOU!” Evelyn whisper-yelled. “Andrew begged me to spend my 20th birthday with him in Canada, because he wanted us to be together when I could first identify my mate. But I insisted on being at Black Moon because a small part of me hoped that you would be my mate and not him. And then you were. And I was so happy. But you were not. Instead, you panicked. I wanted you to have the same excitement about marking each other that Andrew would have had, but you did not. He made me feel special, but you made me feel like an obligation or a burden.” Brady frowned as Evelyn paused. “I moved to Andrew’s pack as soon as I could after the rejection. Andrew was relieved that I came back to him. He said it did not matter that we were not fated mates, because he knew that the Moon Goddess wanted us to be togethe

Andrew had been really angry when Evelyn chose to spend her birthday at Black Moon, and they had multiple fights about her plans. During the last fight, he told her that he was only letting her get away with staying in Black Moon for her birthday because of how "special” she was. After the reject

I ran my hands through my hair. “Who are you working for, Andrew?” I asked, trying to get back on topic. “Like you care.” “WHO ARE YOU WORKING FOR?” Brady said using an alpha command. Feeling the weight of the alpha command, Andrew started laughing. “You want to try that again, Brady? Go ahead. Give it all you got.” Brady looked at Andrew and the rest of us with confusion. He gave the command again. Andrew still did not talk. Instead, he laughed. “Just now figuring it out? Most alpha commands do not work on me.” Dr. Hyder and Brady looked at Andrew in confusion. “How?” “Oh, it was easy. I asked a friend on the werewolf council to order me to NOT OBEY any alpha commands given to me. His order trumps your order,” Andrew announced proudly. “The council member’s order does not trump my order,” Lily said, stepping forward. Suddenly, the confident and menacing look on Andrew’s face vanished. “You must be Lily?” “Yes.” He stood, smiled at her, and reached out to touch h

(James POV) “Evelyn is your half-sister,” I said softly. Lily stared at me silently for what felt like forever…. and then she sat down in the chair again… and started laughing. “I did not know that I could laugh so hard at a time like this. Thank you, James.” “Lily?” “That was a really good joke. I almost believed you.” “Lily, my love, I am not joking,” I said seriously. Lily rolled her eyes. “Of course, you are. Evelyn and I look a lot alike. I look just like my mother. There is no way that my mother had another pup and did not tell us. She worshipped Stephanie largely because she was having so much trouble having a pup back then.” I took both of Lily’s hands in my own. “Sweetheart, you do look a lot like Margie. I agree with you on that. But you also look a lot like your dad, too.” Lily stopped laughing. “You aren’t seriously suggesting what I think that you are suggesting, are you?” I frowned. “I am so sorry, Lily. I know this is hard to hear.” “James, I lo

(Brady POV) My parents, James and Lily, Charlotte, and I were all sitting in the alpha office talking about last minute details relating to the takeover of the council, the takeover of the werewolf council, and the related trials. The allies had all already gone back to their packs to ready their