Kross, and Kayne are my family as much as Memphis and his family are. As far as I’m concerned, my family didn’t change, it just got bigger.”
He kissed her forehead and smiled.
Chapter 9
Fade rubbed the top of Whisper’s hand as they drove back from the lab where she’d had her blood taken for a DNA test. It was a sibling blood test, which would prove whether she was related to Memphis and his brothers. Not that she had any doubt, however. They just felt like family to her.
According to Memphis, who was the oldest brother, their parents had searched for her all these years, hoping that she was still alive.
“I think Mom will pass out,” Link, the middle brother, said.
After the test was done, she had felt guilty for all the years that she could have looked for them herself. Mack had pushed her to seek out hyena clans, but she’d been too much of a coward to find her own people. The guilt she now carried was from knowing that her biological family had been looking for her, praying for her return, and she’d been so close. Just a few hours separated Atlantic City and Ocean City.
Azrael said, “Don’t feel guilty, sweetheart. No one blames you for not contacting them. You were safe and happy in the pack. There’s nothing wrong with having a good life.”
“All those years.” She looked at him, the golden flecks in his eyes shining brightly. “They suffered because of me.”
Fade snarled, and the sound was louder than the engine. “You are not responsible for the situation. If I had a sister and she was kidnapped and ended up being adopted by an amazing family, grew up loved and cherished, then I’d sure as hell be glad for that. Don’t burden yourself for something you had no control over.”
She opened her mouth to argue, but thought better of it. He was right, anyway. She hadn’t asked to be kidnapped, and she was grateful that Mack and her brothers had come into her life and taken such good care of her.
“Thanks, Fade.”
He nodded sharply and squeezed her hand.
She was one lucky girl.
* * * * *
“So,” Bliss said over dinner as they sat at a long table while their mates got food for them from the buffet line.
Whisper shifted her gaze from watching Azrael’s cute butt as he walked down the buffet line and looked at her best friend. “What?”
“Tell. Me. Everything.”
Laughing, Whisper shook her head. “There’s not a ton to tell yet. Nyte said he wanted to take time for us to get to know each other before we mate officially.”
Bliss glanced at Link, who was sitting next to her and speaking quietly to Fade, who was sitting next to Whisper.
“My guys said the same thing to me. Apparently there’s some kind of special ritual before we get to mate.” Fanning herself exaggeratedly, she said, “Sounds hot.”
Link made a snorting sound, and Bliss grinned.
Switching gears, Whisper asked, “Did you call your parents?”
“No. Me calling out of the blue to say that I found my mates isn’t going to go over well. It’s the kind of thing that needs to be talked about in person. What about you?”
Nodding, she said, “I called Mack when we got back from the lab and told him about my mates and my biological brothers. He’s happy for me on both counts and said he knew that he was right in wanting me to come to the gathering .”
She hadn’t worried about Mack’s reaction to her finding her mates. He’d seemed to expect that she would find them at the gathering . But she knew that finding her biological family was a true surprise. She’d been worried about not only Kross and Kayne’s reaction to finding her biological brothers but also Mack’s. None of them had wavered in their support of her. Mack promised he would be there for her in any way that she wanted and so had Kross and Kayne.
After her conversation with Mack, she and her mates had discussed the future. Or at
He kissed her forehead and smiled.
Chapter 9
Fade rubbed the top of Whisper’s hand as they drove back from the lab where she’d had her blood taken for a DNA test. It was a sibling blood test, which would prove whether she was related to Memphis and his brothers. Not that she had any doubt, however. They just felt like family to her.
According to Memphis, who was the oldest brother, their parents had searched for her all these years, hoping that she was still alive.
“I think Mom will pass out,” Link, the middle brother, said.
After the test was done, she had felt guilty for all the years that she could have looked for them herself. Mack had pushed her to seek out hyena clans, but she’d been too much of a coward to find her own people. The guilt she now carried was from knowing that her biological family had been looking for her, praying for her return, and she’d been so close. Just a few hours separated Atlantic City and Ocean City.
Azrael said, “Don’t feel guilty, sweetheart. No one blames you for not contacting them. You were safe and happy in the pack. There’s nothing wrong with having a good life.”
“All those years.” She looked at him, the golden flecks in his eyes shining brightly. “They suffered because of me.”
Fade snarled, and the sound was louder than the engine. “You are not responsible for the situation. If I had a sister and she was kidnapped and ended up being adopted by an amazing family, grew up loved and cherished, then I’d sure as hell be glad for that. Don’t burden yourself for something you had no control over.”
She opened her mouth to argue, but thought better of it. He was right, anyway. She hadn’t asked to be kidnapped, and she was grateful that Mack and her brothers had come into her life and taken such good care of her.
“Thanks, Fade.”
He nodded sharply and squeezed her hand.
She was one lucky girl.
* * * * *
“So,” Bliss said over dinner as they sat at a long table while their mates got food for them from the buffet line.
Whisper shifted her gaze from watching Azrael’s cute butt as he walked down the buffet line and looked at her best friend. “What?”
“Tell. Me. Everything.”
Laughing, Whisper shook her head. “There’s not a ton to tell yet. Nyte said he wanted to take time for us to get to know each other before we mate officially.”
Bliss glanced at Link, who was sitting next to her and speaking quietly to Fade, who was sitting next to Whisper.
“My guys said the same thing to me. Apparently there’s some kind of special ritual before we get to mate.” Fanning herself exaggeratedly, she said, “Sounds hot.”
Link made a snorting sound, and Bliss grinned.
Switching gears, Whisper asked, “Did you call your parents?”
“No. Me calling out of the blue to say that I found my mates isn’t going to go over well. It’s the kind of thing that needs to be talked about in person. What about you?”
Nodding, she said, “I called Mack when we got back from the lab and told him about my mates and my biological brothers. He’s happy for me on both counts and said he knew that he was right in wanting me to come to the gathering .”
She hadn’t worried about Mack’s reaction to her finding her mates. He’d seemed to expect that she would find them at the gathering . But she knew that finding her biological family was a true surprise. She’d been worried about not only Kross and Kayne’s reaction to finding her biological brothers but also Mack’s. None of them had wavered in their support of her. Mack promised he would be there for her in any way that she wanted and so had Kross and Kayne.
After her conversation with Mack, she and her mates had discussed the future. Or at
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