Page 45 of Knot My Sin

“How close were you and your sister?” I ask. “We’ve been looking for her, but you’ve never said why.”

“What do you…?! Everest, she’s my sister. She just disappeared one day, and my parents told me we had too many mouths to feed, so they asked my aunt to take care of her. I always was confused by this, because I didn’t think my mom spoke to her siblings nor had any. Look… Where is this coming from?” he asks.

“I don’t recall being done yet,” I snap. Beginning to pace, I continue. “How was your relationship with her? Were you a good brother or an asshole?

“Shit. You found her, didn’t you?” Jasper breathes. “Did she say I wasn’t a good brother? She was a lot younger than me, and I was busy making sure everyone else was okay. Harley didn’t really need anyone. I could never figure her out, so I largely ignored her, I guess. I had three brothers that were always in trouble. They took a lot of my time. When she disappeared, I wished I’d paid more attention. Then when I really figured out what happened?—”

“You feel guilty,” I bite out. “There’s a lot of that going around right about now. We found her, but we fucked up. She’s Shaw’s scent match.”

“She’s what? But… Flynn.”

His words are barely a whisper as he tries to piece things together.

“Is she alive?” Jasper grunts. I guess I’ve been really cagey.

Feeling bad for the poor bastard, I sigh. “Yeah, she’s alive. Look, it seems to me as if she’s blocked out her time as Harley Rivers. I don’t know if seeing you will help or hurt her right now. Shaw and Flynn brought you up, and she broke down,” I tell him. “She ran outside and began to scream and cry. I think she needs time. There’s something else.”

“Fuck. My poor sister. What else?”

“I need you to help me find a man named Trey. I don’t have a last name, but I have a feeling he likes to buy omegas who are underaged?—”

“Goddamn it,” Jasper yells. As hard-hearted as I can be, I wince when I hear something shatter. “Is this who bought my sister?”

“Yeah,” I mutter. “He tried to break her and force her to stay a child as long as he could, Jas. That’s the only reason we found out. Trey finally sold her.”

I hear heavy breathing as Jasper struggles to get ahold of his feelings. I even hear a sniffle as he takes a breath.

“How much time?” he asks. “I’m willing to bend, but she is my blood, Everest. I want to see her.”

“Yeah, I know. It’s a bit of a shit storm here, man. She took off and almost died on us. There’s more to it, but she had her heat alone,” I confess. “Her first one. I know you’re her brother, but you know what that means for an omega. Add to this the fact that Trey was feeding her hormone suppressants…”

“How is she sane?” he rasps. “Two weeks. That’s what I can give you. I already want to come over and jump your fucking gate, man.”

“We’ll evaluate in two weeks, Jas. I won’t allow your presence to hurt her. She’s been through things I don’t even know the extent of. We want to be her pack, so we are courting her,” I tell him.

She just may not realize that’s what we’re doing, and it may not have an official name as we bumble along, but that’s our intention. To make her ours.

“And Flynn?” Jasper asks, confused. I know this doesn’t happen often, but I think we’re damned lucky.

“Flynn and your sister are practically best friends,” I chuckle. “He bid two million dollars on her. We’ve never been more shocked in our lives. The money doesn’t matter, it was the draw he’s had to her since he laid eyes on her. Wren is meant for us.”

“Wren…” It sounds as if he’s testing the new name on his tongue. “Is that what she’s calling herself now?”

Blowing out a breath, I try to find the tact I never seem to have. “I think it’s what she’s been trained to respond to. Wren is trying to find her way,” I tell him.

That’s the best I have.

“Thank you for finding my sister. I’ll start looking for this dick cheese of an alpha,” Jasper says as he hangs up.

Walking over to the window, I find myself lost in thought for way too long before the scent of lemon drop cookies brings me back.

There are so many answers Wren is the only one that can give us, and even then, they may be locked away in her mind.

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WREN

I’m curled up alone on my window seat, thinking about what Shaw said to me.

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