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 22 - Cornered Alpha's Counterstrike


I flinched as Kaelen suddenly appeared in front of me. My heart pounded against my ribcage, adrenaline shooting through my veins. He'd nearly caught me with Liam in the restroom, and I wasn't ready for the confrontation.


"Sera." His eyes narrowed suspiciously. "What are you doing here?"


My mouth went dry. "Just... using the restroom." I gestured vaguely at the door behind me.


Kaelen's gaze moved from my face to the door, his expression darkening. "Is that so?"


I nodded too quickly. "Yes. That's all."


"Then you wouldn't mind if I went in there, would you?" He took a step forward.


Panic surged through me. Liam was still inside, hiding. If Kaelen found him...


"No!" I blurted, then tried to recover. "I mean, you probably shouldn't. It's... not very clean in there."


One of his eyebrows arched. "Since when do you care about the cleanliness of the restrooms?"
