“Didn’t expect you to care about your brother so much.”

Alessia ignored the teasing and pressed on, “Besides, if he wants to go down the singer route, he’s the perfect person to fill the spot you’ve vacated since your career change. You heard his demo–what did you think?”

“He’s good. Definitely has his own style. Completely different from mine.”

“That’s exactly what we need.” Tristan’s voice had a cool edge, while Liam’s carried a warm, smoky timbre–no one would mistake one for the other. Liam could never be just a stand–in; he was his own person.

“You’re pretty confident in him. Sure he’ll be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with me?”

“Maybe he’ll even surpass you,” Alessia shot back without hesitation.

“Oh?”

“These are his songs.” Alessia pulled a small stack of papers from a folder, maybe

ten or so.

Tristan raised an eyebrow, but took them anyway and started flipping through.

Just then, the door burst open and Liam rushed in, startling them both.

“Lessie, are you okay?” Liam hurried over, tilting Alessia’s chin up to examine her face, worry written all over him. Tristan glanced up from the pages and, spotting Jason out of breath at the door, quickly pieced together what had happened.

“I’m fine,” Alessia mumbled, her words muffled by Liam’s hand, but she didn’t push him away.

he got hit by a truck.

much. I just

octave. Alessia braced herself for a lecture, expecting him to scold her for being reckless. But instead, he grabbed

“Your hand–does it hurt?“.

it doesn’t.” Alessia stared at

of Alessia looking flustered, let out

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she’s tougher than she looks.

more delicate,” Liam muttered, for the first time sounding vaguely irritated with

Are you done with your tour

“Yeah, about finished.”

take care of here. You should get going–we’ve got that final set at the pub tonight,

“And you…?”

go. Lillian will reach out about the next

need anything.” Liam still looked worried, but with Alessia insisting,

hear you.” Alessia gave him

out the door, Alessia let out

seen you look like that before,” Tristan remarked, clearly

her eyes at him, completely unbothered by appearances.

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