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.

I emphasized the last word,. relishing the look of anger on her face. "Too bad

smiled. That same serpent's smile I remembered from years ago, the

a room, waiting to

wasn't seventeen

me," she said in a

reunion between

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

"I was under the impression that corpsest didn't just stroll into

but she

to make me

"Seventeen years old, shaking with rage, your

She tapped a finger to her

My jaw clenched.

what I'd said to her

never have been born. That her existence was a

would do what my father hadn't had the balls to

-erase her.

And I had tried.

before I could finish what

vanished.

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Until now.

how you remember that night so well," I said, my voice low and smooth. "But then again, I suppose you would. Dying tends to be

chuckle, shaking her head. "Kester, Kester, Kester," she tsked, leaning forward. "Still the same cruel little boy,

psychiatry."

Fuck.

was at it again. Stirring my demons and wanting me to

"therapy." when she was the one who always, always pushed me. Although I knew I had a terrible temper, it wasn't enough to end me up in a psychiatric

her, and I'd kill her even before she had the chance

my pack.

you're still the same

she murmured, eyes dragging over the room like she was claiming it with just her presence. "I barely made it out that night. I had to crawl my way out

I said nothing.

look at me now," she continued, dragging her fingers along the armrest of the chair. "Alive.

say a word. I watched her make a fool of

has already started the process, Kester. The pack has spoken. They're ready for an Alpha who actually cares