His plump mate (Rebel and Austin) by Buchanan novel Chapter 499

Aric POV

Isaiah called Aiden and explained what Sinclair and I found. Then they all became excited. I’m not sure I understand why, but I will tell Sinclair about it later. Once we finished the meeting, Isaiah took Kaia to the dining hall to get food.

It was almost noon, and Sinclair and I told everyone we were heading back to the pack hospital to get the results. Sinclair’s eyes gave away her nervousness. Iris used to have that same tightness around her eyes when she got nervous. She has to be Iris’ twin. The twin no one knew existed.

As we are getting ready to go, Kaia stops us. “Aric, Sinclair, if you two are siblings, then I think you need to investigate who your parents really were.”

Sinclair gives a knowing look. “I know. Who were they, and who did they piss off?”

I looked at both of them. They really do act like sisters, but I’m listening to what they are saying. My parents weren’t bad people. They kept to themselves. I’m not sure what to make of the question. Either way, we start making our way to the pack hospital. Still, it’s bothering me what Sinclair said.

“What are your thoughts about our parents if we are siblings?” I asked.

Sinclair sighed, “Aric, if there is something I learned from being a hitman, it is that nothing is ever what it seems on the surface. Why would someone grab me? Did our parents ever look for me? Was I payment? Was I away for someone to get revenge against our parents? If so, why? Kidnapping a newborn from the hospital and then dumping said newborn in an orphanage is an act of revenge against the parents. No one does something like that because they are crazy. They do something like that because they are calculative.”

In all of the excitement of Sinclair possibly being my sister, I hadn’t stopped to think that far ahead. I mean, I have, but not to that extent.

“I don’t think it’s a coincidence that both our parents and my sister were killed by rogues, years apart. It was almost like completing that person’s revenge.”

“You think both attacks could be related?”

“I have a lot of possibilities moving through my mind. One thing is for sure, though: if we are siblings, then this was a revenge kidnapping. Luckily, I already have a starting place,” she said.

“You do?”

“Yup. The woman listed on the adoption papers as my mother is Cherise Clay. She is now Cherise Mandeb,” she said.

“How did you get the adoption papers?”

I’m in shock. Iris had a twin. Sinclair and I are siblings. I pulled her in for a tight hug, and we are both crying. She is literally the only family I have left, and she has suffered her whole life. She is crying in my arms, and when she pulled back, she looked at me with the most innocent look I haven’t seen since Iris was alive.

“I have a brother. I have a family,” she said.

I picked her up and swung her around. “Now I get to be the overprotective and overbearing big brother?”

She laughed and then stopped. She looked at me, as if what I just said was something unbelievable. “I’ve never had family that wanted to protect me,” she said quietly.

My heart squeezed from the pained look on her face. Her whole life she thought she was abandoned. Then every time she hoped she would be adopted, it always fell through. Not once has she had a stable upbringing.

Ironically though, being in the human world probably saved her. If her theory is true that my parents’ death and Iris’ death are connected, she could have died too. Still, I now need to figure out who the fuck was targeting my family.

I pulled her in for a hug and kissed the top of her head. “You do now. Now, tell me about the adoption papers.”