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Serena headed to the porch while Logan went around back to see the kids. Santino watched Logan
disappear around the house.
âDonât stare at him,â Serena muttered to her twin.
âHe has a temper,â Santino argued, but he smirked at her. âTell me something I donât know,â Serena
said with a humorless laugh. âLook, are mom and dad inside? I guess I have some explaining to do.â
âYea, you definitely do,â Santino said. He slipped his arm around his sisterâs shoulders. Serena smiled
as they went inside to find Thomas and Charlotte.
Serenaâs parents were huddled together in the kitchen whispering. The moment they saw Serena, they
both stopped whispering and stood up straighter. âYouâre back,â Charlotte said. Serena nodded, joining
them in the kitchen. âLogan is outside with the twins,â she clarified when her father looked around her.
âAre you going to tell us what is going on with him?â Charlotte asked. Serena sighed.
Nodding, she sat down at the kitchen table. Santino, Charlotte, and Thomas all joined her. They looked
at her expectantly. For a moment, Serena just picked ad a crack in the surface of the wooden table.
âIâm sure that was awkward for everyone,â she started.
âThatâs an understatement,â Santino blurted out. Thomas held up his hand to silence his son.
âYou must understand our concern,â Thomas said. âThere was clearly tension between the two of you,
and for Logan to drag you offâ¦he didnât even give you a chance to speak to the twins or make sure we
could look after them.â
âI know,â Serena said. âThatâs why I texted you to tell you I was fine and we would be back soon.â
âYou shouldnât have left in the first place,â Charlotte argued. Serena groaned. She always felt like her
parents were expecting more of her, like she wasnât ever doing thing to their expectations. It was what
she had tried to tell Logan. âI know!â she snapped. âCan you just back off and let me talk. This isnât the
easiest
situation we find ourselves in.â Charlotte and Thomas nodded, backing off. âAlright, fine,â Santino
grumbled, crossing his arms. âI found out a while ago, but Logan is my mate,â Serena said. âI didnât
want him to know thoughâ¦heâs involved with someone else, and I have the twins⦠anyway, when he
saw me in wolf form, he understood.â âThat makes sense,â Charlotte said. âYou should have hidden
that from him.â
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âProbably not, but it was my choice,â Serena said. âBesides, thatâs not why he was really mad at me.â
âNo?â Thomas asked, glancing to the nearest window. Serena shook her head. âHeâs smelled me in
wolf form before, he just didnât know it was me. This timeâ¦I guess it jogged his memory because he
remembered when we first met,â she explained.
âWhen you first met?â Charlotte asked. Serena glanced at Santino who raised an eyebrow at his sister.
âThe masquerade party after my graduation,â Serena reminded him. Santino snorted and then laughed.
Then his eyes widened. âHoly crap!â he said, âWait, that was the guy from the treehouse?â Serena
nodded, her cheeks reddening when her parents realized what Santino was talking about.
âYup,â she said. âI knew from the moment I met him, but he didnât remember me. I didnât see the point
of dredging up an inebriated one-night-stand from years ago.â âHoney, thatâs interesting and all, but
why would Logan get so mad about realizing that?â Charlotte asked. Serena swallowed and then
cleared her throat. âThe twins,â she said simply. Her parents and brother all took a moment to digest
the information. They exchanged looks and then started nodding. âHeâs their father?â Thomas asked.
Serena nodded. âI didnât know for sure, not until I got the DNA results back, but there wereâ¦things,â
she said. âLuna Flo thought the twins looked like Logan as a kid, and the way they all bonded so
quickly. I had my suspicions, but I couldnât tell anyone until it was confirmed.â âBut you didnât tell
anyone,â Santino pointed out. âYou didnât tell Logan.â Sighing, Serena dug her thumbnail into the pulpy
wood in the crack on the table. âNo, I didnât,â she admitted. âI guess I was waiting for the right time. I
needed to figure out how it would affect the twins, and then there was Logan himself. I didnât know
enough about himâ¦â she trailed off.
Her excuses were still valid in her own mind, but she wasnât sure if her parents would understand.
âIt is natural to want to protect your children,â Thomas said in validation. âI think you made some difficult
decisions. You shouldnât have had to do it on your own.â âThanks, Dad,â Serena said. âI didnât want to
tell anyone though, and then have Logan find out that everyone but him knew the truth.â âAnother good
choice,â Charlotte added. Serena nodded. âI know this is all weird, but Logan and I agreed only to tell
our immediate families,â she said. âIâd appreciate it if you guys kept this to yourselves for now.â âWe
willâ Santino said. âYou are a lucky female.â Serena scoffed. 2/4
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âHow so?â she asked. âTo have a one-night-stand, get pregnant, and then serendipitously run into their
father again and figure out who he isâ¦the chances of that slim,â he said. Serena smiled. She hadnât
thought about it like that, but he wasnât wrong! âI wish it was that simple, brother,â she said. âThere are
a lot of things about Logan being their father that are more complicated than lucky,â she explained.
Santino shrugged. âThe truth is out now, though,â he said. âThank you for telling us,â Charlotte said. âI
donât know what is going to happen.â Serena admitted. âWe still have a lot to work through, and there
are things we havenât figured out yet.â âIs Logan going to be their father now?â Thomas asked. âThatâs
another conversation altogether,â Serena said. âFor now, he knows the truth. He lost his temper a little,
but he knows he was out of line, and we were able to talk about everything. He knows not to step out of
line with the kids.â âYou trust him, then?â Santino asked giving her a hard look. âI do,â Serena said. She
heard the kids laughing in the yard and it brought a smile to her lips. She was happy that they had time
to spend with Logan now that he knew the truth. She thought it was best for them to have some time
together, just the three of them. It would be a good time for them to bond more as a family, even if the
twins didnât know he was their dad. âItâs been a long day,â Serena said. âCan I have a snack and a cup
of coffee before talking more about this?â Her parents nodded. Getting up from the table, Serena got
herself a snack while the coffee pot was bubbling. Santino appeared beside her with a mug. She
looked out the kitchen window to watch Logan and the kids playing together. âHe is good with them,â
Santino commented. âI know he is,â Serena said. âHe always has been. Did I tell you about the time
there was a thunderstorm, and Logan stayed to make sure the kids were okay? A tree collapsed on our
house and Logan stayed with us the whole time. He didnât even know the kids were his then, but he still
protected them, gave them strength.â âHeâs a good man, a good Alpha, and heâs obviously a good
father,â Santino said. âYou
should let him in more.â âLet him in?â Serena asked, raising an eyebrow at her brother as she poured
herself a mug of coffee.
âYea, let him get to know you too. Maybe he would ditch that other girl he is tramping around with,â
Santino said. Serena laughed and shook her head.
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âI doubt it,â she argued. âSerena, you remembered him from your encounter because you had kids that
you thought might be his,â Santino pointed out. âLogan remembered your encounter and had no real
reason to, other than he wanted to.â Santinoâs words gave Serena something to think about. It meant
that through the years, Logan was holding on to something more than in their past than he had told her,
maybe more than heâd wanted to admit to himself. âYouâre overthinking it,â she said, brushing off her
brotherâs words. She grabbed her coffee and her snack and went back to the kitchen table. Charlotte
and Thomas were waiting patiently, but Serena didnât like the way they were watching her so closely. It
was like they were judging her silently. They said they were okay with everything, but she didnât believe
it. She knew her parents loved her and the twins. She also knew that they supported her and trusted
her. That didnât mean they wouldnât impose their own thoughts and feelings on her, though. Especially
since they had always been more critical of her than Santino.
Serena sighed.
âAlright, should we get back to it?â she asked.
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