“I am. I bonded to your brother. It wasn’t a full-fledged bond because we only had a few days together, but it would have been. It could be again,” he says, but wishes he’d said it with more conviction. “I’ve not been the same since. I’m heavily suppressed at the moment. I have been for years. Obviously, that will stop when we’re reunited, and if that’s… if he decides….” Liam can’t finish the sentence.

Logan’s gaze narrows. “You didn’t answer Robert’s question. What are your intentions towards my brother?”

“That’s up to him,” Liam says. “I want it to be his choice. He deserves that.”

Logan scowls, his distaste for that answer clear on his face.

“I want to do right by him,” Liam insists. “I never should have let him go the first time. I failed him. I can’t—it’s his decision.”

Logan crosses his arms. “He should come home with us. We have a big house with plenty of room. We need time to get to know each other again. I want him to know Robert, and even Aaron. We don’t know our older brother well, but he is family and Daniel deserves a chance to have that. I think that might be more important than a romantic connection you seem to barely remember.”

“Logan,” Robert murmurs, pressing a kiss to the side of his head.

Liam looks away, can’t stand seeing the easy affection between the two of them. It makes him want to scream at his own loss. Logan’s dislike of him is obvious. It even makes sense. If he’d been a good Dominant, he wouldn’t have let Daniel leave. He’d have fled in the night with Daniel and treated him like the perfect boy he was.

Why should Logan like him when he hates himself?

Logan jerks to his feet and walks towards the back of the plane. Robert follows him. The argument is quiet but Liam’s hearing is excellent and he can hear every word.

“I won’t turn my brother over to some stranger! He needs to come home and be with us. You can take care of him⁠—”

“I very much doubt that I can. If he’s bonded to Liam then there isn’t anything I can do and neither can you. And if one of us tries then it won’t go well. I know he doesn’t feel like a Dominant, but he is. And Daniel isn’t going to be the brother you remember. We may have very little say in the decision.”

“But, you could⁠—”

“Logan, honey. Your brother is prey. The dynamic he needs is sexual. He’s not like other submissives and he can’t cope like you did. Even if he could, is self-harm and denial what you want for him? A few rules from a brother-in-law he doesn’t even know?”