Falling For My Cruel Mate novel Chapter 29

"How's Cipher?" I ask as I watch him dig through the cabinets trying to find something. He gave me a small roll of the eyes, but I could help but laugh a little.

"She was the biggest pain in my ass when we got back. If I would've allowed it she'd probably be here making sure you don't move a muscle so you don't get hurt."

"She's sweet." I mentioned, he should be happy that his sister is willing to be so gracious and helpful. Family is something that I value so much. It's very close to my heart.

"Yeah," He grumbled as he pulled out a box of plain crackers. "She's too sweet, especially towards you." Wait... what?

"You can't seriously believe that your sister would ever make a move on me, right?" I giggle and watch as he shrugs his shoulders casually and begins to wash some fruit that he retrieved from the fridge.

"Until you started living here I never really talked to my sister. We're not that close, not the way we used to be."

I was shocked to say the least. I guess I never really thought too much about Ajax's relationship with his sister. I guess I just assumed all siblings were close because well... they're siblings. I was also shocked because he was beginning to open up to me a bit.

"What happened that caused you guys to not be so close?" I ask, I was feeling sympathetic towards him. It hurts to know that not everyone has a great relationship with their family.

"Octavia, there's a lot of things you don't know about Cipher and I. Our family is no where near as great as yours." He sighed heavily and turned around handing me some water and plate of fruit and crackers. "Eat lightly, just in case you feel sick later."

"How would you know if my family was great or not?" It was rude of him to just assume that I had a perfect family and that we didn't have struggles. I'll admit that we didn't have many and the majority of the struggles fell upon the eldest, Orion. They fell upon him because he was to be the next leader and most of our struggles were pack related.

"That's a story for another time, Octavia. I'm not just going to spill all of my dirty secrets to you in one night."