After Six Years The Alpha Begs For My Return Chapter 10
Her tears fell at once, and she swayed as if she might collapse.
“Avery!” Franklin barked. “How can you speak to Ophelia like that? Her wolf is weak, and you still push her like this. Have you no sense of responsibility as an older sister?”
“We never had a real sisterly relationship.” My voice turned to ice. “My mother adopted her, made her a Calloway, and gave her the protection she deserved. That does not give her the right to choose my mate for me.”
The moment those words came out, even my grandfather’s expression changed.
That Ophelia was my mother’s adopted daughter had never been a secret in White Ash River.
For years, the family had protected her as if she were blood. And after she took the acting Luna’s place by carrying the supposed Alpha heir, no one in the pack had ever openly questioned the nature of our relationship.
I wasn’t saying she had no right to remain a Calloway.
I was only refusing to ever call her my sister again.
Ophelia covered her mouth, her shoulders shaking violently, then turned and threw herself into Gideon’s arms.
Gideon instinctively lifted a hand to steady her. He glanced down at her tear-streaked face, then looked up at me.
“Avery,” he said hoarsely, “that’s enough.”
I laughed.