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I stare at my sister. She really can’t keep her damn mouth shut, can she?

Immediately, her cheeks go bright red, and I know she knows what she’s done. But it’s too late. She can’t exactly take it back now.

Lonnie laughs like this is all just the funniest story he’s ever heard.

I watch him warily. This wasn’t the reaction I expected to that news.

“That’s what you think?” he says. “You think he loves you? You think he wants you as hismate? You’re even stupider than I thought.”

I stand very still. I have no idea what he’s talking about, why he thinks I couldn’t be right about this, but I don’t want to give him any ammunition against me.

“He’s only been hanging around with you on my orders,” Lonnie says. “I told him to latch onto you when you came back into town. It was just to keep the other dipshits around here from getting any ideas about trying to mate with you so they could challenge for the alpha spot. None of it was ever aboutyouat all. I’ve just been keeping you occupied so I wouldn’t have to worry about any threats to my power.”

That’s crazy. I know that’s crazy. There’s no way Brandon would do something like that. I know him.

But what if I’m wrong?

This changes everything. I was on the verge of agreeing to stay here. I was about to tell Brandon that I was his, that he could have whatever he wanted from me. I was about to tell him about Emmy.But what if he’s belonged to Lonnie all along?

“Dumb bitches,” Lonnie says. “You really will believe anything.”

Kayla and I stand staring at each other. It couldn’t be more apparent that neither of us has the slightest idea what to do now.

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BRANDON

Thistime,IseeLonnie coming, so he can’t burst in and take me by surprise. I don’t love having that bastard in my house, so I go outside to meet him.

He’s clearly been running. His face is red and he’s out of breath. “What gives?” I ask him. “You didn’t run here all the way from the Boneyard, did you?”

He shakes his head. “I’m coming from my father’s house,” he says. “We need to talk, Brandon.”

He looks serious, and it worries me. What could he possibly need to talk to me about? What could be so urgent? I can only imagine it has to be something to do with Alicia.

“Okay,” I say. “Talk.”

“Don’t you want to go inside?”

“I’m fine out here.”

“Seriously, Brandon, you might not want to have this conversation publicly.”

Ordinarily I wouldn’t put any stock into what Lonnie thinks, but something about the look on his face makes me pause. “Okay,” I say. “Inside, then. Come on.”

We go into the kitchen. Brandon glances at the fridge, as if he’s expecting something, but I’m not going to offer him a drink. “What is it?” I ask.

He gets to the point. “Did you sleep with my sister?”

“I—what?”How does he know that?

“I’m not going to get pissed off at you,” he says. “But I need to know the truth. When she came back to the pack two years ago to visit, did you sleep with her?”

Oh.Well, what could it hurt to let him know that? “Once,” I admit, because I onlydidsleep with her once back then. “We just got caught up in the moment. It wasn’t anything.”

He waves a hand, dismissing my analysis. “I don’t care what it was or wasn’t,” he says. “That isn’t the point. Did you know her baby is yours?”

“No, it’s not,” I say. “Her ex-boyfriend is the father.”

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