ARIA POV I was pacing. Again. Back and forth across the apartment while the first weak light of dawn slowly crept through the windows and turned the kitchen pale silver around me. My nerves felt fried. Kara too. Restless. Agitated. I couldn't go back to sleep. Because Alaric’s last words through the bond kept replaying inside my skull over and over again. The vulture is Jasper’s half brother. And I was so shocked that I asked WHO on autopilot instead of which one!? Which brother? Which one?! That was the problem. Jasper had two f*****g half brothers. And the second my brain actually caught up with the idea, I knew it was Noah. Because Graham wasn’t— No. It had to be Noah. There was no way Graham could have pulled that stunt, plus... he had a mate and pups and... no. N

