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Luckily, Aria never left her bedroom and Annie saw the entire video.
The video ended and she was just staring at a black laptop screen. I could see tears forming in her eyes.
“Annie?” I said quietly and touched her hand.
She flinched and looked at me. Tears fell on her cheek.
“I… I am…” she spoke, her voice trembling. “I am so sorry Gabriel.”
“Thank you,” I said quietly, my sadness clearly showing.
“I can’t believe this,” she said, pulling herself together bit by bit. “Grace was so kind.”
I gritted my teeth together. I don’t want to be rude to her. She knew a different Grace. To me, she was a kidnapper and a killer. Nothing more.
“I know it is hard to believe,” Nick said behind us, “but it is the truth.”
“Aria is going to be crushed,” she said, wiping tears from her cheek. “Grace was the only family she knew.”
“I know. And that is why I don’t want to tell her yet,” I started explaining my plan to Annie. “I want to help her discover her power and find out everything I can about destroying Victor and Cora. I want to give her strength before I destroy her memory of Grace.”
Annie nodded. “I understand. And I agree. We shouldn’t tell her yet. Even though she is going to be pissed we didn’t. I hope you know that.”
“I do. But I will deal with it then.”
She smiled at me and squeezed my hand. “Thank you for telling me the truth. I will do anything I can to help you. And her.”
I smiled brightly at her. She was an amazing friend to Aria. And to me.
Nick coughed slightly, bringing our attention to him. “There is something else you should know, Annie.”
He came to the table and sat opposite us.
“Now it’s time for you to focus on your sister,” he winked at me.
A warm feeling appeared in my chest hearing him referring to her as my sister. I smiled. She was my sister. My beautiful, kind, small sister.
Annie looked at Nick with a confused expression on her face once again.
Nick looked at her and smiled. “She is my mate.”
Annie gasped, “Oh, my Goddess. I knew it!” she yelled.
I shushed her and she turned to me, placing a hand on her mouth.
“You know?” Nick and I said at the same time.
“Of course. I mean I wasn’t completely sure, but I had my doubts,” she smiled. “But aren’t you more of a warlock than a wolf? How can you be sure?” she asked, turning back to Nick.
“Nate, my wolf, went crazy when we first saw her. I was confused at first, but then I noticed all the signs. Her smell, I can feel her emotions a little bit, the sparks when I touch her. It is just not that intense. I think I need to shift in front of her to get the full feeling of the bond. And for her to feel it too. And Nate can’t wait. He is pressing to come out and meet her every time we are around her. It is annoying because I am not used to him having this much power and control,” he explained to her the things he said to me yesterday. But she was a wolf, so she didn’t have any questions as I did. She understood immediately.
“Must be a pretty strong bond for your wolf to gain that much power without even feeling it to the fullest,” she smiled.
Nick smiled and opened his mouth to say something, but I quickly shushed him.
“Aria is coming. I heard her bedroom door opening,” I told them.
I quickly unplugged the USB, put it back in my pocket and Annie closed her laptop.
