Their welcome struck me harder than I expected. There had been a time when I believed needing people was a weakness. I had survived without family, rank or protection. I had taught myself to work, fight and disappear before anyone could use me. Then I claimed Sienna by accident and thought I had destroyed both our lives. Instead, she brought me a family. The two men in front of me were not people I would have imagined calling friends. Darius had been the Alpha meant to join with Sienna. Nolan had once despised me for ruining his sister’s future. Yet our lives had become tangled together, and somewhere along the way, resentment had turned into trust. I thanked Leon silently for claiming her that night.
‘You blamed me for weeks,’ he reminded me smugly.
‘Do not ruin the moment,’ I warned hi
