Lucien held his breath unintentionally.
Looking at the shocked expression on her brother's face, Annalynne's beautiful face crumpled into a heap of mess. She felt like a huge failure. An embarrassment to her family if not her whole pack.
What would her father say? And her mother? Her mother might beat her up for her shamelessness.
"Big Brother..."
Annalynne threw her arms around Lucien's neck and leaned against the latter's body. Lucien in turn put his arms around Annalynne's waist and pulled her into a hug. It was one of the rare moments in the siblings' adult life.
Moments when Annalynne was vulnerable and sought her brother's warmth and protection.
"Lulu, it is so unfair," she lamented.
"We are born identical, but he only has eyes for you. It is ironic. He loves you so much, but you don't even like him," she added with a hint of resentment.
