Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

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.

just had to because

again, pushing him to the back of my mind. I caged him in so deep I could

moment I did, she relaxed. Not fully, though, but enough

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hard. "You shouldn't have

hand through her half "They touched what's mine," I said simply,

warmth would caluer

thing I had that effect

head aggon. "It's over," I

y man who comes

hands clutched at the bare skin of my arms, gripping me tightly, "You don't have to

her face, tilting it

small, broken sound left her lips, but she didn't argue. Instead, she whispered,

pressing my forehead to

Indus

the sounds of

She tensed again.

my chest. "Kester, make

my head.

pulled back slightly, brows furrowing. "They're already

the idea, baby. Such people constitute a nuisance to the society. It is best to wipe them out," I stood and lifted her into my arms, ignoring the way she gasped as I

to her.

through the trees, ignoring the

almost at the house, but I enjoyed her silence and the way her soft breath fanned against my

about to push the door open. I stopped with her

in my

arms.

"Yes, love."

June?"

a growl. "What about

head slightly, looking up at me.

tightening around her.

from my body and reached up, brushing her fingers

you..." She began, and my heart

☐ to hers.

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she did 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

had

pulse hammering against my ribs as

liked it-fucking craved it. And that

I would do anything she

me," she began. I didn't know what she was about to ask, but I knew there was every possibility that I'd grant it. "Promise me you'll treat June right on this