Forbidden Temptation My Mafia Fiance's Alpha Father

Chapter 56

Chapter 56

Brooklyn

"Really?" I ask, nodding to the bartender who hands me a glass of wine. "Are we really cousins?" "Sure," he says, laughing. "I'm Alexander, this is Carter," he says, indicating the slightly smaller version of himself next to him. "And our sister Audrey."

I raise my eyebrows in surprise. "Wow, it's really nice to meet you all."

"Not quite cousins," Audrey corrects him, leaning in familiarly to talk to me.

Her words are just a little bit slurred. Not sloppy, but I can tell she's had a couple of drinks. "We're second cousins! Your dad is our mom's cousin, which means-" she screws up her face in thought, thinking, "— we have great-grandparents in common. Then again, most wolf shifters can trace themselves back to some common family member."

I take a sip from my glass. "Um, my family-I mean, the family I was adopted into-we didn't pay a lot of attention to that sort of thing. So to find out I have great-grandparents and second cousins all in one day..."

I raise my eyebrows in emphasis, and they laugh, nodding.

"Yeah," Alexander says. "It must be a lot, to go from nothing into a big Italian wolf pack like this."

Something about the way he says that gets under my skin. Sure, we didn't have an extended family, but where I came from was hardly nothing.

Before I can protest, Audrey speaks.

she says with a big smile. "Because

Baby Brooklyn... Only one other person calls me that— "We used to play with you at family parties," she continues. "Like, I remember one summer,

then, nudging

her fingers to her mouth. She rushes to continue, then, trying to move the conversation on. "Yeah, anyway, I remember you when

though, Aden is

new cousins. "Did you have some trouble getting your drink?" Alexander, Carter, and Audrey go silent.

say, gesturing towards them. "These are my

says, ignoring them and taking me by the

away. They all give me a little wave. As I walk

the big deal?" I murmur to Aden when we're out of

them," Aden says, bringing me back to the table. "And

his head. "We can't take risks like

I'm going to come to these things to meet my family, you have

and turns away to survey

are starting to filter out, I notice. It's

father and

looking for them. "A problem with the baby," he says, shrugging. "They

me, though, and I

grown a little quiet. There are very few children left, mostly

Looking, largely, at us.

out a hand then and