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"Sometimes, you can be really awesome," I said, watching him look up at the ceiling.
He smiled and turned to face me.
"Only sometimes?" he asked playfully and my smile widened.
"Yeah, only sometimes." I stayed firm.
"I'll have to work at it."
Then I had a thought. I knew something that would make me forget the emotional day I'd had, and I knew for sure it would make me feel better. I got to my knees on the bed and leaned in to kiss Cade. He smiled against my lips.
"I thought you were tired," he said when I lifted my lips from his.
"I'm never too tired for this," I replied in the same playful tone.
"Are you sure, Scar?" he asked with a more serious tone as his eyes held mine.
"I need this," I admitted to him. He studied me for a moment, then his arms snaked around me and brought my lips against his.
He moved his lips against mine and he gripped my waist as his tongue slipped into my mouth. I groaned and my stomach flipped at the intimate action.
It was exactly what I needed.
Afterward, I lay with his arm wrapped around me with my head against his chest.
"I think you're going to have to keep working at it," I teased. His chest rumbled with laughter.
A little later, after we'd both showered, we went downstairs to have dinner.
"Blake is joining us tonight," Cade informed me as we entered the dining room.
"Hey, look at you, all mated, shifted and everything," Blake teased as I walked in first. He was already seated.
I gave him a playful glare as I sat down across from him. Cade took the spare chair beside me and sat down as he laughed at the two of us.
We'd come a long way in a short span of time. It was hard to remember how much I'd disliked Blake and Cade when I'd first met them. I cared for Cade in a way I'd never cared for a guy, and I cared for Blake as family.
A few minutes later, Gary arrived and we started to eat.
"So, you said you had some stuff you needed to tell me?" Blake asked Cade.
"Scar and I had an eventful day," Cade began. "Kyle came onto our territory without permission."
"He can't be that stupid," Blake remarked, all humor and playfulness gone. He was all alpha.
"He was desperate to find his sister," Cade replied.
"He doesn't have a sister," scoffed Blake. I kept quiet as they talked about my brother. Before Cade continued, he glanced in my direction.
"What am I missing?" asked Blake as he witnessed the brief look.
"I have a brother," I revealed.
"You have a brother?" he repeated in disbelief. "But how?"
"I only found out about him today," I added, setting my fork down beside my plate.
"You have a brother you didn't know about and Kyle has a sister no one knew about. What are the odds," he said, shaking his head. It took him a few moments to put those two puzzle pieces together.
