“I am in love with your sister, Alexander,” I said. “I want her. I don’t care about our parents or her magic. I will help her with it all. I am not giving up on her.”

Alexander took a deep breath and narrowed his eyes a little.

“Your dad is a whole other issue I won’t be discussing right now,” he said. “Let’s just focus on dealing with this first.”

I clenched my fists tightly. Would they ever trust that my dad had changed?

The office door opened and Luna Emma walked inside followed by an older lady who had a small smile on her face.

Luna Emma approached Alexander and Sophia. She smiled and hugged them both.

“Hello, Alpha Hunter,” the older woman said politely. “My name is Anna. It is nice to finally meet you.”

Her smile relaxed me. She was the first one who wasn’t careful around me or who didn’t look at me like I was responsible for what happened 18 years ago.

“Hi, Anna,” I said, smiling back at her. “It is nice to meet you too.”

She smiled at me and looked at my mate.

“Hi, Soph,” she said softly. “How are you today?”

She sat down beside me and patted my knee gently.

“Kind of nervous,” Sophia mumbled, making my heart clench.

I looked at her and gave her a soft smile. I wanted to take her into my arms, but I knew that her brother wouldn't like that very much.

“There is no need to be nervous, Sophia,” I said softly. “Nothing will make me want you less.”

I said that to her a million times and I would repeat it a million more. I would repeat it until she believed me. If she was the darkest creature on this planet, she would be my darkest creature and I wouldn't let her go.

“What do you know about her magic?” Anna asked, making me look back at her.

“I know that she is powerful,” I said. “I know that she has both light and dark magic.”

Anna nodded. “Anything else?”

“I know that it’s unpredictable,” I said.

Anna glanced at Sophia and nodded again.

“It is,” she said quietly. “It is unpredictable and it is powerful. We’ve been trying to contain it, but it always finds a way to come out.”

I took a deep breath and released it slowly.

“Can she get rid of it?” I asked.

“I’ve never tried,” Sophia said, making me look back at her. “Every time I let just a small part of it out, it kills a part of my light magic.”

My eyes widened.

“What are you saying?” I mumbled.

“She is saying that the darkness would take over her completely if she let it out,” Alexander said, making my heart stop beating.

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE – The Darkness

Alexander’s POV