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

I watched the tear disappear into the pillow, hardly believing what I'd just witnessed. Kaelen Sterling—the Alpha who ruled with an iron fist and showed no mercy—had shed a tear. My heart pounded as I debated whether to acknowledge it or pretend I hadn't seen.


"What are you looking at?" His voice was quiet but sharp, catching me staring.


I swallowed hard. "You... you were crying."


His jaw tightened immediately. He didn't deny it, but his green eyes darkened with something between anger and embarrassment.


"I wasn't crying," he said firmly, though we both knew it was a lie. "It was nothing."


I propped myself up on my elbow, gathering courage I didn't know I possessed. "It wasn't nothing. I saw it, Kaelen."


For a moment, I thought he might lash out or shut down completely. Instead, he exhaled slowly and rolled onto his side to face me.


Chapter 80