"No, you're not," Sera agrees. “ You actually care about your mate. You actually want to build something real with her. Graham never had that. He never wanted it." She picks up the invitation card and holds it out to me. "Go and be with her. As long as you explain, Penelope will listen.” She urges me. I stare at the card, at Penelope's name and feel something in my chest crack open. Before I can respond, Sera reaches for the card and actually reads it properly this time. Her brow furrows. "Who's Matthias?" she asks. "Apparently, Penelope's brother," I reply, watching her reaction carefully. Sera's head snaps up. "Brother? Since when does Penelope have a brother?" "Since two weeks ago, when he showed up at her pack claiming to be her half-sibling." Sera's expression darkens immediat

