Chapter 496: A Spark of Life

“All right, how do you want to do this?” Lily asked. “Should we go over everything and then slowly choose a topic to explore further, or we could–“

“Loki is your brother?!”

“Oh, okay, so we’re just going to dive straight in… got it… Uhm… yea, he was my twin brother.”

“How could you not have told me that Loki was… I mean… he is considered the greatest enemy of Winter!”

“That’s exactly why I couldn’t tell you,” Lily sighed. “That and the fact that if I had told you before everything was revealed to you, you would have had a seizure or something.”

“Why?”

“Your Goddess, my Queen,” Lily paused, taking a deep breath and pushing it back out through her nose. “My mother… she insisted that the heritage of the wolves be kept a secret. After everything Loki did, she didn’t want the trust between werewolves and humans to be damaged.”

“I don’t understand… I thought she died before he did.”