Richard looked at the sleeping girl in his arms. She was looking so frail and exhausted. He did not know what he should feel about her.
She was close to being his wife! No matter what the reason was, he had accepted that she would be his wife even when she was not his mate.
But who would have thought his own brother would kill someone for her.
The anger and ferocity he had seen in the eyes of Alex and the way his wolf took over when he heard Hazel getting insulted, he was sure that Hazel was his brother's mate.
He was having fun or hiding with their mother was all lies. He had come here for his mate but had not claimed her yet because he wanted to assure their relationship first.
He could understand how his brother would have felt at that time, he must have been torn to choose between his brother or his mate.
