Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 201

Chapter 201

She hesitated, then shook her head. "Go on in and have a shower, sweetheart." She kissed my cheek, "You must be exhausted."

I knew Jorja. She'll never talk about it unless she wants to. So, there was no point pushing my luck. I had somewhere important to be.

Promising myself I'd get it out of her later, I turned toward the stairs, shrugging off my suit jacket as I went. The house felt stifling.

It felt unusually hot tonight.

As I reached her door, I hesitated, my hand hovering just above the handle, contemplating if I should knock or just push the door open as carefully as I could, just in case she was

asleep.

It would be better if she was asleep. I'd be able to see her without having to talk to her.

I knew I wasn't ready to see her just yet, but the pull was stronger than reason. Carefully, I turned the handle, easing the door open just enough to see inside.

The room was empty.

Lights off. Bed untouched. Everything neat and organized

There was no sign of anyone in the room.

Where the fuck was she?

I shoved the door open with more force than necessary, stepping inside, my pulse already picking up.

"Kasmine?"

Nothing.

1 stalked toward the bed, scanning the room for any sign that she'd just stepped out for a moment. Her shoes weren't by the door. No worn clothes were tossed over the chair. No discarded book on the

nightstand.

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I stood there, the more

as I spun toward

Empty.

"Fuck."

through my hair, the first

phone from my pocket and dialed, but

My

line as I swiped over to the tracking app and opened it. Without waiting for the app to load, I

TOOM.

hit the stairs,

"Mum?"

the urgency of my tone, her fingers twisting together in her lap. The way she flinched had my teeth

"Where's Kasmine?"

was enough to make my blood. churn. I didn't wait for her

screen, tapping into the tracking app before the thought

pulsing dot blinked

She was not here.

My breath locked

She was at Velarié.

jaw flexed so tight my teeth ached. I barely

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out for

my head sharply, eyes narrowing on

"With who?"

Jorja hesitated again.

my patience wearing razor-thin.

She exhaled. "Jaden."

Everything stopped.

in one sharp pull,

Jaden.

a split second, I wasn't even standing in front of my mother anymore. I was back in that old place in my mind-the one where he had embedded himself the

much from me, all because I told him never to go

to make matters worse, my parents had told me they had betrothed Kasmine to him two years

her,

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