Blair looks more than defeated as she hugs her knees to her chest. She is nothing like the woman who had turned up in our pack to introduce herself and cause drama. All her confidence and attitude appears to be long gone, but that didn’t mean she was trustworthy.

“Has she said anything else?” I press

Blair shakes her head, “Not really, the most she was doing was cussing out Abraxas for what he did to her. She cried herself to sleep.”

“I can order her.” Neah tells me. “I can order her to answer my questions and she won’t be able to lie. Not now the link is back in place.” I gesture to Samara’s cell

Neah moves to the bars that separate us from Samara. She takes a deep breath. “Wake up!”

Samara sits upright, automatically brushing her face like she was expecting hair to be there. For a moment I thought she was going to scream as her grey eyes flash around the dimly lit dungeon. She shuffles herself back against the wall, fearing for what’s to come as she properly registers all of us. “Get up.” Neah’s voice echoes around the dungeon

Samara is on her feet, her lips part and her grey eyes frantically dart about as she tries to figure out what is happening to her and how she has no control over what she is doing.

I smile as Neah asks Samara for her name. She held so much power and yet she doesn’t flaunt it like so many others would.

“Samara Clarkson.” She whispers through tears “But you can call me Sam or Sammie.” It was the exact same line she had given before. “You are a Lycan?”

“I was. I was drugged and now…”

“Who is Cooper?” Neah presses, cutting Samara off before she has a chance to finish.

Samara squeezes her eyes shut and tilts her face down. Her cheeks grow redder and redder as she tries to hold in the answer.

“Answer me!” Neah snaps

“He is my brother.” She blurts out and her eyes are like saucers as she stares back at us. Horrified with herself for revealing that snippet of information.

There’s silence. We were all surprised by the answer. None of us saw this coming. Brax thought they were mates, not brother and sister. ‘Seriously?’ Aero asks and I just nod.

“WHAT?!” Blair shrieks from behind us and Samara’s head snaps up. She hadn’t been aware that Blair was awake. “You are his sister? You are his fucking sister!” Blair pulls on the bars, “I’m gonna kill you. I will get out of here and I will kill you!”

“You are siblings?” Neah asks, trying to ignore Blair. I see claws appearing at the tips of her fingers, she was ready to kill Samara.

Samara’s head bobs up and down, “He is my big brother.”

“So why did you come here, to Black Shadow?” I snarl

She doesn’t fight her answer this time. “Because he asked me too. I’m sorry, Blair. I wasn’t…. I…. You are a good friend.”

“You set me up. You brought me back knowing full well that I will be killed!” Blair shouts. “Be grateful there are bars seperating us!”

“I had to, he is my brother.” Samara drops to her knees

Blair starts to pace. Her hands sit on her hips as she mutters to herself. At least she wasn’t focused on Neah anymore.

“What does Cooper want?” Damien asks Samara

“I don’t know.”

“Tell the truth.” Neah demands

“It is the truth. He asked me to convince Blair to show me where Black Shadow is. I don’t know why.” Tears run down her cheeks and she doesn’t bother to wipe them away.

“I was in the prison. That wasn’t

I was out of control and Coop

lie.

helped me. He had to do this to me before I became a danger too everyone.”

“What does that mean?” Damien frowns.

She shrugs her shoulders at us. “That’s at he has always told me. He did¶t to look after me. To keep me safe. To protect me. He’s good like that.”

“She’s delusional.” Eric tells us

“So you were just on a farm, waiting for me?” Blair asks

“Coop asked me to wait there. He said you would come my way. He wanted me to reassure you.”

“Kill her!” Blair snaps. “Just fucking kill her!”

Damien gives her a warning glare and she backs away from the bars. He turns back to Samara. “What did he do with Klaus?”

“Who is Klaus?”

“If Cooper was to take someone, where would he go?” I query

“You won’t find him.”

“Where will he go?” Neah snarls at her.

“I don’t know. I don’t keep tabs on him. He has always contacted me when he has needed me to do something. How are you doing this to me?” “She is the Alpha.” Damien tells her with a smile.

Neah’s claws lengthen, making me pull her away and she frowns at me. “I can kill her.”

“As much as I like the idea of that you can’t, not yet. If you kill her, he might kill Klaus.”