Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 186

Chapter 186

KESTER.

"Leave us," I said to Lance, James, and Dylan.

They hesitated for a fraction of a second-perhaps debating whether it was wise to leave me alone with her. But one deathly look from me sent them moving. The door clicked shut behind them.

I leaned back, studying her as she moved with that aura about her-the kind that suggested she belonged anywhere she pleased.

She sat down.

Bold of her.

I hadn't even offered her a seat.

"It's been a while," she mused, tilting her head just slightly, her gaze raking over me. "You've grown into a fine young man, Kester."

Her voice was smooth, like fine silk wrapped around a blade.

Her short, blonde hair still looked as silky as I remembered, only, this time, it was more well taken care of. Because the last time I had that hair wrapped in my hands, it took a good number of able-bodied men to tear her away from my grip. I left it in a mess.

"Good thing you've had your hair fixed, Karina," I murmured, my tone as empty as my patience, “I see your hair isn't the only thing you've fixed. Your audacity is back in perfect

condition as well."

"There isn't a single thing money can not fix, little brother," She replied smoothly. Little brother.

The words grated like rusted steel against my ears.

I wasn't little.

I wasn't her brother.

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She was my father's bastard. A stain on our family. Born two years before me to

the whore who had poisoned my parents' marriage beyond repair.

I hated her with every fiber of my being. She was as cunning and soulless as the

woman

who birthed her.

thought I'd see you after the last time we met," I emphasized the last word,. relishing the look of anger on her face. "Too bad people

same serpent's smile I remembered from years ago, the kind

a room, waiting to

wasn't seventeen

she said in

a casual reunion between long-lost

curl my lips. "Oh, I'm surprised, Karina,”

blazer. "I was under the impression that corpsest

her mouth twitched, but she didn't let the insult land

to make me

she murmured, "Seventeen years old, shaking with rage, your hands

She tapped

My jaw clenched.

what I'd said to her like it

should never have been born. That her existence

be scrubbed out. And that I would do what my

-erase her.

And I had tried.

off of her before I could

vanished.

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Until now.

you remember that night so well," I said, my voice low and smooth. "But then again, I suppose

breathy chuckle, shaking her head. "Kester, Kester, Kester," she tsked, leaning forward. "Still the same cruel little boy, aren't you? I also heard you ended

psychiatry."

Fuck.

was at it again. Stirring my demons and wanting

the reason I was admitted to the hospital for "therapy." when she was the one who always, always pushed me. Although I knew I had a terrible

I'd kill her even before she had the chance to breathe

my pack.

tilted my head, ignoring her insults, "And you're still the same

her presence. "I barely made it out that night. I had

I said nothing.

her fingers along the armrest of the

a word. I watched her

already started the process, Kester. The pack has spoken. They're ready