Kids from One Alpha

Chapter 94: The Test

“Can we talk?” Santino asked. Logan nodded and Serena’s brother joined him outside. “How’d the talk go?” Logan asked curiously. Santino laughed. “Our parents have always been hard on Serena,” he said. “They have to be, though.” “What does that mean?” Logan asked. Santino shrugged and looked out at the water.

“You really like the kids, don’t you?” he asked. “I love them,” Logan said. “I did before Serena told me the truth. Santino sighed. “Yea, she shouldn’t have hidden that from you,” he said. “If I’d known, I wouldn’t have let her keep that a secret.” “I thought you supported her in everything?” Logan asked. He crossed his arms over his chest as he approached Serena’s twin. Santino chuckled and shrugged.

“She’s my sister and I love her, but she doesn’t always make the best choices, you know that,” Logan said.

“No, I don’t,” he scoffed. “I think she really did believe she was doing the best thing for Olivia and Oliver.”

He hadn’t said that aloud, or even admitted it to himself, but in saying it, he did feel like he believed it. Did he agree with it? Not entirely, but he could accept that Serena had believed it.

The sun had almost set completely, and porch lights flicked on as the sky darkened. Santino was still looking out at the water. Logan wondered what it was he was doing. “Well then, you are a forgiving man,” Santino observed, glancing slyly at the Alpha. “Hardly,” Logan muttered. “I accept she thought she was doing the right thing, that doesn’t mean I agree with it.” Santino nodded.

“Yea, I guess it will be a while before you see her as a friend again, won’t it?” Santino asked. Logan shrugged. He wasn’t sure why Serena’s brother was acting so friendly to him all of a sudden, and in such opposition with his sister. He’d been under the impression that Santino stood up for her with her parents a lot, but now he seemed willing to badmouth her.

“I don’t even know if we were friends,” he admitted. “I thought we were but…”

asked, turning to

shrugged. He wasn’t sure what he was

I was just drawn to her because she is,” he said. “Maybe that’s why I felt comfortable enough to confide in her. The rest of our ‘friendship’ was one

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He wondered if this was how it was going to be from now on. Would they hardly ever be in the same room together, spending time with the twins separately and parenting separately? “I was more concerned with her other lies.” Logan said, nodding to the kids. “That’ll be a conversation for another day.” “Do you get mad like that a lot?” Santino asked. Logan raised an eyebrow at him. “Serena’s told me some things.” Logan scoffed, rolling his eyes. “I have a temper, we all know this,” he said snippily. Santino laughed and nodded. “Noted,” he said. “I just mean…from the sounds of it, your two most recent outbursts had to do with my sister.” Santino wasn’t wrong. First when

control for a while, didn’t you?”

he said. Logan rolled his eyes again. “It doesn’t matter. I’m with someone else and she is having my child;” Logan grumbled. “Sure, sure,” Santino said dismissively. “You know, Serena has always been difficult. Whether it is in lying and keeping secrets, rebelling against my parents, not doing a good job in school. She’s always been a problem.” Logan growled, stepping closer to Santino. He didn’t like the way her brother was talking about her, and it made his anger explode in his chest. He was seconds away from pouncing on Santino and biting into him. One wrong word! “That’s not true!” Logan snapped. “She has done amazing things in the pack and on her own! Raising twins while being in medical school away from the pack and their support, managing a huge renovation project in the hospital and getting us the best, most up to date equipment, and she never turns a patient away, even

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giving me her own blood, and all

running into the yard and shifting into wolf form so he could go for a run. “She’s special,” he said. “And I don’t just mean because she is my mate. You haven’t seen what she has done in Night Sky, the trials she has overcome, the crap she’s had to

known anyone to be mad at someone and simultaneously in awe of them while being self-flagellating for what you’ve put her through, yet still begrudging her for what she put you through.

to know what your reaction would be if I told you something negative about my sister. It was pretty much what I thought it would be.” “What?” Logan snarled. Santino held his hands in surrender. “Hey, that’s my sister, and Olivia and Oliver are my niece and nephew. I’m not going to let them go off with any male just because he is their father,” Santino said. “But don’t worry, you passed the test.” “Thanks ever so,” Logan muttered sarcastically. “You were quick to come to her aid,” Santino pointed out. “And it was a lie. She’s never been problematic. Well, at least not in any defining way. She’s my twin and I lover her to pieces.” “It seems I’m not the only one that’s protective,” Logan said. Santino grinned at him. “Not at all,” he said with a nod. “She’s my family. But you