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 88 - Whispers in the Dark: A Night of Unexpected Tenderness


I sank into the passenger seat of Kaelen's car, exhaustion pulling at every fiber of my being. The day at the beach had drained me completely - physically, emotionally, and mentally. Isolde was already asleep in the back seat, her soft snores filling the silence between Kaelen and me.


The kiss we'd shared in the beach restroom replayed in my mind. I still didn't understand what had possessed me to do that. To challenge him. To taste him so desperately. Maybe it was the constant buzzing of that damn toy he'd controlled all day. Maybe it was simply my need to take back some power, any power, in our twisted relationship.


"Tired?" Kaelen asked, his deep voice soft in the dark car.


I nodded, not trusting my voice. The lights from passing cars illuminated his profile intermittently - strong jaw, perfect nose, those full lips that had ravaged mine hours earlier.
