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Shawna would give him a chance and not let other people like Rage get in between them.

Chapter Nine

     
    Shawna opened the door after the pounding started. She had just finished writing the final draft on the preliminary interview with Zen. She and Jimmie reviewed the video feed and had been editing all afternoon. Nigel had been right, Zen was a natural in front of the camera. He looked amazing. And the pictures that Jimmie took of him were hot. She was about to order dinner to be brought up to her suite when the pounding on her door started.
    She looked through the security screen on the panel next to the door. It was Rage and there was a short blond woman standing just behind him. Shawna sighed as she turned the locks and opened the door.
    “Hi, Rage.” Shawna moved out of the way as the large man pushed inside. The short blond woman followed after him.
    “Calm your ass down right now, Rage!” Rachel yelled at her mate. She looked over at Shawna and gave her a half smile. “Sorry. He’s being so hardheaded. I would like to say he’s normally not like this, but I would be lying. I’m Rachel by the way.” She reached out a hand.
    Shawna closed the door and took Rachel’s hand. “Shawna.”
    “Where are your things? You are packing up and heading home right now.” Rage went in search of Shawna’s bedroom.
    Shawna was about to say something but Rachel intervened, “Get your ass back out here right now or I will be moving out pronto!”
    Rage was immediately back in the living space glaring down at his mate. “You cannot keep threatening to move out every time you want something.”
    “And you can’t keep telling other people how to live their lives. You are not all knowing and you certainly are not the one in charge of Shawna.” Rachel stood her ground. “Now take some deep breaths and calm down. You are scaring your sister.”
    Rage looked over at Shawna who had remained by the door. She did look scared. That’s not what he wanted. “I would never harm you.”
    Shawna nodded. She slowly made her way closer to him. “I know. It’s just that you are acting so different from the way you were the last time I saw you.”
    “The last time?” Rachel asked, sitting down on the sofa. She motioned for Rage to sit down beside her. His big body squeezed in.
    Shawna sat in the chair across from them. “I was in an accident a couple of years ago. Rage came to the hospital I was at. I wanted to spend more time with him, get to know him. But my mother…our mother…was not happy he was there.”
    Rage snorted, “Yes, our dear mother called hospital security to escort me out of the building.”
    “Is that the first time you have seen each other?” Rachel was confused. Rage had mentioned once that he had a half-sister but nothing more.
    “Two other times. I saw him when I was six for the first time. I didn’t even know I had a brother. I wanted a sibling desperately, but mother didn’t want us to know about each other. Whenever I asked to see my brother, she would tell me that he was lowlife alien scum just like his father and that we were to have nothing to do with him. When he began to fight for the GCFA, I wrote letters to him. He would write back sometimes. My mother caught on and started intercepting the mail. The next time I saw him was when he came to my high school graduation. He stayed in the background so no one, especially my mother, would see him. I did though.”
    Rage looked at her in awe. “You knew I was there?”
    She nodded. “I wanted so much to jump in your arms and hug you and tell you how proud I was that you were my brother. But mother was always there getting in the way. And you always kept your distance. When I had my accident, you came and stayed until I was out of recovery. You held my hand when my parents weren’t there to interfere. It meant so much to me.” A tear trailed down the side of her face.
    Rachel saw Rage gulp back his emotions. “I think I will order you guys some