Chapter 61

Aaron doesn’t budge.

I can feel the tension rising between them.

I smile at my brother to try and lighten the mood.

He mumbles something. I’m not a wolf but I can smell the booze on him. It’s like a cloud of alcohol. Well, duh, dad d ied. Of course he may have gone on a bender. I’ve never had that luxury. Which is probably a good thing. I keep my emotions walled up tight. One drunken night might crack those walls and I imagine I’ll be a mess if I ever let all these bottled feelings free.

I look at Aaron, willing him to back up. He’s crowding both of us and it’s like a dog marking his territory.

I don’t want him here.

I know if I’m not careful, I

inside and get cleaned up. You need

Honey? Honey?

more endearments than

sense of derision. The niceties now… There is no cause

too late, and given all

don’t say

“Yes, that’s a good

smiles like I handed

us, his brow creasing. “Uh, okay. Let me show

cross the wide open space before the main house-a massive Colonial with huge wh ite pillars and four stories of brick-I’m

paint is peeling off the

are overrun

to be a wide expanse of manicured lawns is sparse and

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