gistration for a welcome run?" I asked, my voice
es. "That's truly touching. Are you positive he's just your brother
m simmering. "That is enough. Aria, show som
d oath here and now. I will never bind myself to Ethan Draven. If I ever crawl back to this pathe
stalked out of the Sunrise Den, leaving the
oesn't she?" Victor Draven chuckled awkwar
show her a little dominance on the ice at practice tomo
. "Don't spoil your females, Ethan. If you do, the
ould hear the frustration snapping in
I can go to the Stone Legal Chambers and apologize if it helps you feel better. I don'
nder the table at Northbridge Academy, t
ce softened, losing its edge. "I could never
same," she
Alpha Estate. It was a sprawling territory gifte
I walked through the heavy stone archway. "Weren't you and Ethan
r the stairs, grabbing my single su
nd flashed back to a night months ago when I'd reached for it
e of a piece of t
rd. I tried his birth date. D
estate years ago. September 2nd. Labor Day. I
the gallery. No pack documents. No hock
wasn't a single image of me. The only proof I existed in his life was the formal po
e camera. Apparently, he only h
down and wi
rcuit, Aria?" Linda asked as I dragg
ied, my voice steady and prof
to the estate to a tomb-like sile
rd to get now," Ethan muttered to himsel
g and mentioned a business trip.
e actually working a case, or
aits were already taken. The pack expected the union.
a smirk touching his lips. "She
separate rooms for months-completely failing to notice th
ang. High A
registered? The pack
We'll finalize the paperwork after you
ike loose ends. And I heard
ago to a rival Alpha, and how she'd vanished into the northern territories the next mor
's back,"
la. She's still part of the pack. But Ethan...
derst
ith me. The last message was his own, telling me he couldn't make it
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