Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 83

Chapter 85

Chapter 85

KESTER

They hesitated for half a second.

Then, like puppets on frayed strings, they turned on each her,

The first blow landed with a sickening crack that sent satisfaction running through me.

Fists flew. Blood sprayed. I watched with a blank expression as they tore into one

another like rabid animals in a death match they hadn't chosen.

They weren't fighting to survive.

They were fighting to die. What an irony!

And I wanted to watch every agonizing second of it.

I wasn't even halfway through the entertainment when I heard her voice.

"Kester..." She called me, a bit firmer above the trembling of her voice.

My head snapped toward her, and everything-the rage, the heat, the violent thrumming in my veins-came to a screeching halt.

My fingers, still sticky with blood, twitched at my sides.

She was shaking. Her body curled in on itself, arms clutching what was left of her dress. Her eyes brimmed with something I never wanted to see on her face.

Fear.

Not relief nor gratitude.

My stomach twisted. My chest constricted.

She wasn't afraid of them.

She was afraid of me.

The pleasure drained from my veins. The high of violence turned to something ugly, something wrong. But never my judgment. My judgment still stood. They would fight to the death.

I forced myself to move, crossing the space between us in an instant. I dropped to my knees in front of her and reached for her.

"Kasmine,” I rasped, "Are you hurt?"

She hesitated, her body still trembling as she clutched at her torn dress. "No," she whispered. “I—I'm okay. I was just... scared." she couldn't look me in the eyes, and that was when I realized Zeth was still sharing partial control with me, and she was yet to get used to him no matter how hard I tried.

because she'd be

before forcing them open again, pushing him to the back of my mind.

she relaxed. Not fully, though, but enough that some of the tension

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hard. "You shouldn't have killed

slow exhale and ran a hand through her half "They

would caluer trembling body down. And it was working. She was

thing I had that effect on

lips to the top of her head aggon. "It's over," I murmured. "You're safe. You're always

y man who comes

of my arms, gripping me

face, tilting it

lips, but she didn't argue. Instead, she whispered, "I'm

pressing my forehead to hers. "You

Indus

of weak, sluggish blows still filled the air

She tensed again.

against my chest. "Kester, make

my

brows furrowing. "They're already dying," she

best to wipe them out," I stood and lifted her

to her.

the sickening, sluggish sounds of the two bastards fighting to

at the house, but I enjoyed her silence and

was about to push the door open. I stopped

in my

arms.

"Yes, love."

June?" She

a growl. "What

slightly, looking up at me. "What

through my nose, my grip tightening around her. "I don't give a

up, brushing her fingers against my jaw, forcing

favor from you..." She began, and my heart skipped

☐ to hers.

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this to me. How just the press of her fingers on my skin sent a ripple of heat through me how it softened the edges of my rage like ne smoothing jagged rocks ver

she had

hammering against my ribs as forced myself to

it-fucking craved it. And that was

I would do anything

to ask, but I knew there was every possibility that I'd grant it. "Promise me you'll treat June right on this vacation. That you won't do anything to hurt her. If you truly love me

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