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 104 - Betrothal's Shadow, Love's Defiant Dawn


I woke up with a start, my heart pounding against my ribcage. Two days. It had been two days since I'd seen or heard from Kaelen after the incident with Alpha Vorlag in the parking lot. Two days of silence that felt more threatening than any of his outbursts.


I checked my phone. Nothing. Not even his usual morning text demanding to know my whereabouts. The absence of his controlling presence should have been liberating. Instead, it filled me with dread. When Kaelen went quiet, it usually meant he was planning something.


"Get it together, Seraphina," I muttered to myself, throwing off the covers and padding to my bathroom.


As I splashed cold water on my face, I caught my reflection in the mirror. Dark circles under my eyes, hair wild from another restless night. But today would be different. Today I would see Liam at school.
