“You’re being quiet again,” Zed pointed out.

“I feel like I’ve just spilled way too much of my soul to you,” I grumbled, tilting my head to lean up against the window.

“My older brother is an alpha,” Zed offered.

I glanced over at him and found him relaxed, but serious.

“My parents are, too. Our family’s just them, Zach—my brother—and me. They never said they were disappointed by what I was, but I could feel it. There was always the comparison, the complaint. I ...