Chapter 78

Tristan POV

"Then make me understand, Tristan." She'd watched me pace like a mother watching a child have a tantrum. "We're all family here. I'm your cousin, yes, but I'm also your sister in every way that matters. Even though we're not blood siblings, and we didn't grow up together. That has to count for something, right?"

I'd wanted to tell her that she was my sister, that I didn't care about the technicalities of our relationship. I saw her as family the same way I should see Athena.

"Don't start with that look," she'd scolded before I could speak.

"What look?"

"That look where you're comparing me...