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"For her," Amina answered without hesitating, before she realized what she had just done. She wanted to correct herself but the sad smile on her brother's face told her that he understood her. Of course, he did.
Trey was the first one to point out the bond to Amina, when she didn't know what mating was. He had helped his sister navigate her feelings for Mbali even though it was more like a suicide mission, Trey had taught her what it meant to love and to be loved.
Granted, they were siblings, but there was none that Amina trusted with her secrets more than Trey Russel.
"I meant to–" Amina begum and trey just stopped her.
"It's alright, I understand you. If I were in your position, I would have fought for her. I know that's not exactly what you need to hear at the moment, seeing we are in the middle of a war with them;