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 31 - Guilt, Desire, and a Knock at the Door


Kaelen's dismissive order to go home early left me with mixed feelings. Part of me was relieved to escape the suffocating tension at the office. Another part—a part I was trying desperately to ignore—missed his commanding presence already.


"Honestly, girl, you look exhausted," Elara said, falling into step beside me as I headed toward the parking lot. "Sterling must be working you to death."


I nearly choked at her choice of words. If only she knew what kind of "work" had left me looking this way.


"Just busy with the Goldstein account," I lied.


Elara nodded sympathetically. "Well, at least you get to leave early today."


"By Sterling's orders." I tried to sound annoyed rather than affected.


"That man," Elara sighed dreamily. "He's tough but fair."


I bit my tongue. Fair wasn't exactly the word I'd use to describe Kaelen Sterling.
