He used the word brother, and no matter how Kaden and Isaiah tried to hide it, I felt a flicker of some unreadable emotion down the strings of the bond split between the four of us, a soft tug at the proclamation that vanished as quickly as it came. I knew Samkiel was using it to show a unified front and not out of familial love, but that word alone from his lips had sparked something, even if the flame had quickly smothered itself out.
