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Orion pushes forward, letting a pout settle on my face. “But, mate, we don’t like him.”
“And?” Maia laughs, a twinkling laugh, as she approaches me. “Regardless of your feelings, I want to know how this entire situation is even possible. Seb mentioned that Oliver has been exiled for not being a wolf, for not being like the rest of you, despite being part of the triplet bond. I want to at least hear his story.”
“Oh, he’s got some tall fucking tales,” Alex says, turning his glare back towards Oliver. “He’s a traitor. He’s an embarrassment to his family. And he’s?—”
“Phoebe’s uncle,” Maia interjects. “If he’s been exiled, it’s not like he can go tattling, now, can he?”
“He still talks with Ethan.”
“Ethan is a good man, and we’re working together,” Oliver hisses. He shakes his head, turning to Maia.
“You’re working together?” Maia asks.
“Yes. We’ve been working with Ryan for years,” Oliver continues. “In fact, we even knew about Phoebe from the moment she was conceived.”
“Wait, what?” Maia stops, and a blank expression fills her face. Her emotions are too hard to pick out of her already turbulent feelings. Her scent is just as overwhelming. It’s the best thing to ever hit my nostrils, but when it’s as overpowering as it is, I can’t wade through it as easily.
“We’re a third of a whole, Maia. The moment you conceived with Ryan, we knew,” Oliver says, rubbing the back of his neck. A blush fills his face.
“Ryan knew? He knew about Phoebe?” Maia demands. She glares at Oliver as tears well up in her eyes. “Do all wolves know when they have a child?”
Oliver freezes at the four growls directed his way before a slow, mischievous smirk fills his face.
I won’t stop Alex if he tries to punch him again.
I won’t even stop him if he decides to kill Oliver for breathing our air.
“Yes,” Oliver says.
Fucking cunt.
I don’t need help wading through her scent now. It’s dripping with despair, with anger, with betrayal. The pang hits me so hard that I stumble back.
“I see.” Her voice is shaky as she tries to hold her tears back.
Seb reaches for her, but she moves to the side and doesn’t take my offered hand, either.
“I need…” she trails off, releasing a slow breath. “Phoebe needs a feed and to get settled. Cancel the lunch plans because I’m not—” She cuts herself off and turns to Seb, who has Phoebe. “Pass me my daughter.”
I flinch, the words a harsh sting in her current mood, but Seb dutifully hands Phoebe over. Maia cuddles Phoebe in and takes the keys to let herself back in her home.
Nobody moves until the door clicks shut—but not locked—and then the four of us turn our anger onto our deformed cousin.
“Bad move?” he says with a hint of amusement in his words.
“Fucking terrible move,” Ben replies as he shifts and launches himself towards our cousin.
“My turn,” Orion begs, and I pull back, letting my wolf push forward.
Oliver doesn’t back down.
But honestly… I hoped he wouldn’t.
49
MAIA
He knew. All this time.
