Chapter 88

Alistair paused for a moment, and then nodded. Mentioning this seemed to cast a shadow over his demeanor.

"Caius's dad is Lavinia's elder brother, so technically, Caius and she are cousins."

Dorian snorted, "Seems like everyone's tripping over themselves to claim some family connection. Brother? With no blood ties? That's just wishful thinking. Miranda doesn't even pay attention to us, her real brothers. And he thinks he can just waltz in and be her brother?"

Dorian's words dripped with sarcasm.

"But she did call him brother, and she stood up for him," Alistair said with a blank expression. "She even stood up to us for him."

Though his face remained stoic, Alistair's voice betrayed a hint of dissatisfaction. He was intentionally passing this displeasure onto Dorian.

It was a feeling he hated. And no way was he going to deal with it alone.

Too bad Orion and Lysander were away at school. They wouldn't otherwise have escaped this.

Dorian clenched his fists and suddenly slammed the desk.

calling some outsider her brother and won't come back to the family. Does she think we're

worked up made Alistair feel a bit better. It seemed his brother was just

was.

realized that the sister who once barely mattered to

because Miranda called someone else brother, even

sister by blood. She should be with the Hawke family. Even if they had wronged her

she didn't even acknowledge them, acting like they were dead to

ignoring everything we say. She even claimed Bella isn't

frowned. "Bella's different. We watched

to grasp something, saying, "Miranda must be jealous of

about Bella, we should talk to her next time," Dorian said casually. "We're willing to share some of our affection with her. She should

bathe family. We'll compensate

for the prison

say,

the few times he'd interacted with

knanda since her release,

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