A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

Ulysses stood off to the side, watching Calliope.

He couldn't help but notice she had three brothers-and not just any brothers. These guys were nothing like him or his own family. They were taller, more charming, looked like they'd just stepped out of a GQ photo shoot. And the way they treated Calliope? You'd think she was made of glass and spun sugar.

They absolutely adored her.

Ulysses just stared, feeling all sorts of things-none of them great. Especially when he looked at Julius. Everyone knew Julius: the guy was a big deal in show business, the kind of person whose name always got whispered at parties. Compared to Julius, Ulysses was, well... nobody, not even in the same league.

And this Julius was Calliope's third brother? So what did that make Ulysses, her "real" third brother? A distant runner-up, at best.

Of course Calliope didn't acknowledge him. Honestly, if he was in her shoes, he'd probably pick Julius as his brother too. Who wouldn't want a famous, successful brother over, well... him?

It made sense, but it stung all the same.

He stood there, lost in thought, until he realized Quentin and Norton were both staring right at him. They had this presence about them-like they could command a room just by walking in-and now they were heading his way.

They stopped in front of him, looking down their noses.

our Callie. That's fine. She's never been short on brothers. She's got us,

off Callie. If you mess with

if you're a blood brother or whatever. You don't want her, fine. But don't you dare make her

at the Jewell family? We've got more money, more style, and let's face it, we look a hell of a lot better on

knew they weren't just spouting nonsense. Everything they said was true. He'd heard about. Calliope's other brothers before, but he never realized just

He never imagined Calliope had

other two didn't waste any more time on Ulysses. They'd

Calliope walked past Ulysses

glance, sticking close to her brothers. The

ing and laughing.

for Christmas this time!"

your help with something! You'll say yes, right?"

that. He realized,

soft and affectionate, just like his sister Lisette. She just never

She