Page 3 of Pack: Posy 3

"Oh?" Curious, I tilted my head.

"As we were tearing down the alpha house, we found some items Mom hid to save for us," he explained as Jayden and I followed him to the kitchen. "It's a miracle Father didn't find and destroy them."

"Whoa! What kinds of things?" I asked, threading my fingers through Jayden's.

"She made each of us a photo album," Aiden said as he came into the kitchen, too. "It has pictures of her, us as kids, and her family that we were never allowed to meet. Some other people, too."

"I always thought she didn't have any family." In my shock, I squeezed Jayden's hand and he gently squeezed back.

"That's what Father wanted us to think," James muttered darkly. "We're having a reunion with Mom's family in August. You should come with your mates."

"I'd like that. Is it at Green River?"

Now I was bursting with curiosity. Did I have aunts and uncles and cousins? Did I have grandparents?

"No, Mom's dad, our grandfather, was the alpha of the Crystal Caverns pack. His grandson, our cousin, is now the alpha, and Mom's family still lives there."

"Crystal Caverns?" Jayden eyebrows flew up in surprise. "Alpha Liam Swift?"

"Do you know him?" I asked right as James answered, "Yes."

"We helped him out with an issue three months ago," Jayden said.

His beautiful dragon eyes grew sad and his brow wrinkled up. At the same time, Quartz growled quietly, and I knew there was more to the story.

Three months ago? Everett Breckenridge die three months ago,Lark reminded me.You think it happen at Crystal Caves?

CrystalCaverns,I corrected.I don’t know, but we'll find out,just not when there’s a risk of setting Quartz off.

Yes, yes, no ask when my Q around,she agreed solemnly.

"Well, anyway," Aiden continued, "Mom left us a letter, too. After reading it, a lot of things make sense."

"Did you bring my letter? Or was it one letter to all of us?"

"One letter, and yes, we brought it." James handed me a white gift box. "This is your photo album. It's the exact same as ours. Somehow, she managed to go behind Father's back and get it professionally bound. The letter is in the box, too. Aiden and I made photocopies for our albums, so you can keep the original."

"Posy, be sure you want to know the truth," Aiden cautioned me. "You have every right to read that letter, but you might wish you didn't once you find out what really happened. You know the old saying that ignorance is bliss, right?"

Could the truth be that bad? Did I want to know? Or should I let it stay in the past?

I met Jayden's eyes as I thought about my brother's words.

It's whatever you want, sweetness. I will support you in any decision you make.

"James, Aiden, do you regret reading it?" I asked them.

"No, but it affects us differently than it does you," James said. "Just remember one thing, Posy. You have always been, and will always be, our baby sister."

I took the lid off the box to reveal lined paper resting on top of a hardcover book beautifully bound in celery green linen.

Picking it up with trembling fingers, my eyes ran over the letter, greedy to see what secrets my mother had to share, then pouted in disappointment.

"I can't read this kind of English." I dropped my hands to my lap, still clutching the paper.

"Baby sister, what do you mean?" Aiden laughed. "This kind of English?"

"Curved if. Or something like that. Emerson is going to teach Ty and me, but we haven't started lessons yet. He got busy with his mate and little brother."

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