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see his beast rising to the surface when his eyes began to glow. Retreating another step, I put my hands up in surrender. The last thing Sierra needed tonight was to come out here and see two wolves fighting. I could tell she didn’t exactly believe anything we’d told her yet.
    “Sean, it’s not like I knew this was going to happen. You of all people know I spent my whole life hoping I’d never find her.”
    His power glowed even brighter in his eyes. “Goddammit. You’re telling me my sister, my little sister , is your mate?”
    “Yes.” He took a step toward me. “But I never said I was going to do anything about it. I’m going to try my hardest to keep my hands to myself.”
    “You bet your ass you will.”
    “Sean, I don’t want to hurt Sierra with all the bullshit that comes from our pack. I know with your mom’s death you’ve both been through enough this year.”
    His shoulders slumped and the glow faded. “And now she’s on the verge of losing me too. Sierra’s a fighter, always has been. I’m not sure how much shit anyone can take before it takes its toll. I don’t care how strong you are.”
    Seeing him relax allowed me to let my guard down. I really didn’t want to fight my best friend.
    “I promise you I will do everything I can to fight the pull between the two of us. She never has to know I’m her mate.”
    He shook his head. “I’m not stupid. If you’ve figured it out, you already know she’s feeling the same thing as you. She doesn’t know how to label it. And since she’s a witch she should feel it even stronger.”
    “Wait. I thought you said your mother locked down Sierra’s powers. If she can’t access her powers, the connection would be the same as if our mate was human and easier for her to push aside.”
    He sighed. “That’s what I thought, but Sierra felt the power coming from one of my books tonight, which she wouldn’t be able to do without some type of access to her powers.” Slumping into one of the chairs on the porch, he looked up at me. “There’s only two things I can think of. Either Mom’s spell is wearing off now that she passed, or more likely, Sierra’s powers are stronger than we thought. Maybe even a combination of both.”
    “Does that mean she’ll be able to feel the connection?”
    He looked away for a moment. “Yes. And depending on how powerful she truly is, will impact how strongly she feels it.”
    I dropped down onto the step. “Fuck. Are you telling me I’ve sentenced her to this life, no matter what her choice would be?”
    “I wish I could say differently, but yes,” Sean said, taking the seat next to me.
    Silence filled the air between us. The hell I was about to cause Sierra ran through my mind. From the moment I saw her the night before, I knew something was different. While she was beautiful, with her deep blue eyes and lips that begged to be kissed, her looks weren’t the only thing calling me to her. It went so much deeper than the fact her looks were enough to keep any man up at night.
    But that wasn’t what kept her in my thoughts. It was the way she didn’t take shit from me. Since the moment we met, whenever I gave her a hard time, she shoved it right back in my face. If her powers were coming to the surface, like Sean believed they were, she should be able to sense my wolf and the truth in what we’d been telling her. So why couldn’t she? What kept her seeing this all as one big joke on her?
    A hand landed on my shoulder, breaking me out of my head.
    “For what it’s worth, if it weren’t for all of the other bullshit, I couldn’t ask for someone better for my sister.”
    Those few words held a bit of comfort in a shitacular situation. There I was, sitting on the porch of my best friend, with my mate not twenty feet from me, yet it was all for nothing. Sierra might be destined for me, but that didn’t mean I’d use the connection and bring her even more heartache than necessary.
    “Thanks, man, I wish