Their Secret Obsession by Pippa Moon

Knox POV

"What?" I laughed in disbelief. "Bullshit!" but even I could hear the sharpness of apprehension that had crept into my voice. The hate that filled Anthony's eyes made him look insanely unhinged.

"Oh, you have heard nothing yet!" Liam chuckled brutally. Arching a brow, I exchanged a glance with Kane to see his features smooth out like he hadn't just heard something that would rock our girl's world. "Try not to be so excited over this bombshell!" Kane snipped, his voice controlled, unlike mine.

"Sorry, but you couldn't write this shit!" Liam shrugged, earning himself a smack up the head from Adam.

"Have some fucking respect! It's their mate we are talking about." Adam barked, shaking his head in disgust. "Chase is meant to be the wild card, not you!" He added with an apologetic nod to myself and Kane "Whatever!" I muttered, suddenly feeling tired. I pulled the chair out from behind the desk and dragged it along the floor, the loud squeak getting Anthony's attention before I sat it in front of him and plopped myself down in it. I motioned with my hand for Liam to continue, sighing, feeling Kane come to stand beside me, his hand resting on my shoulder in what I understood as a silent message.

Calm down.

Well...Fuck that!

"So after all these years of 'raising' Lottie, you suddenly have decided she isn't even yours?" I questioned sceptically. However, in my head, things were starting to fall into place. "She isn't!" Anthony growled. "No daughter of mine would be such a..."

"Finish that sentence, and I will slit your throat and tell them what I know," Adam warned Anthony with a sharp tug of his hair, forcing him to look at his dark eyes; I watched Anthony withdraw into himself, his lips tightening no doubt to keep the insult he was fighting back inside.

only letting you live so Charlotte's mates hear this from your lips, so I suggest you mind your fucking manners because I don't actually need you." Adam cautioned, a grin painting my lips

eyes dropping from Adam to the floor. "I thought raising Lottie would remind me of her, but it didn't! It just reminded me of her betrayal." I leaned

Do you know?" Kane asked calmly after a

he knows." Liam grinned. "Keep going; we ain't got all fucking

sister to visit a different pack and came back mated." He explained, his voice so weak I knew the memories were painful to recall, I should feel

growing irritated with the waiting and

Anthony to Liam and Adam, who were nodding at me

Anthony, my tone laced with shock and confusion. Was this right? Was our mate royalty among

this is true, shit's going to hit

before me. My eyes never left the crumpled form of the man who had raised my mate, a

the sound of wood crashing somewhere in the distance seemed irrelevant in comparison to the whirlwind of

mine, angry, red-rimmed and feral. "She is his cousin and heir to the Lycan throne." His lips twisted into a snarl. "But she will never rule!" His words, like ice, prickled my back. "So you planned to kill

He laughed, spitting at my feet. "I want to see her burn!" His tone filled with so much venom it made my blood turn to acid. I ran my tongue over my lip, fighting the

my brother as he processed this information. "He is going to end up telling her; you heard his comment earlier about her mother." I expressed, pulling on Kane's shoulder to get