Serena_Moon

"Sterling, what have you done?"  I whispered, my voice trembling.  "He was just asking for help!"

My stepbrother's eyes, usually a deep emerald green, now glowed with predatory amber as he shifted partially back from his wolf form.  His breathing was heavy, primal.

"He was too close to you, Aurora.  His scent was all over you."  Sterling's voice was eerily calm as he wiped blood from his hands onto his dark jeans.  "No man approaches what's mine."

Mine.  That word made my skin crawl.  I wasn't his.  I was his stepsister, not his possession.

Claimed By My Stepbrother's Obsession

Chapter 82 - Monster's Confession and an Unwelcome Guest


I stared at the television screen, unable to comprehend what I was seeing. My brain refused to process the words scrolling across the bottom of the screen.


"Local student Ethan Moreau found dead..."


My stomach lurched. The room started spinning around me.


"No," I whispered, gripping the edge of the couch. "No, no, no..."


The news anchor's voice continued, detailing how Ethan's body had been discovered in an abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of town. The police were investigating it as a homicide. His parents were devastated. The university was offering counseling services.


As if summoned by my horror, Kaelen appeared in the doorway. He leaned against the frame, watching me with those unreadable green eyes. He glanced at the television, then back at me. His face betrayed nothing.


"You did this," I whispered, my voice cracking. "Tell me you didn't."
