Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 251

Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 251

I heard a soft knock on my door. One of the guards, probably sent to let me know it was time.

Claire perked up. "That's our cue, birthday girl! The moon won't wall

She reached for my hand, grinning like this was the beginning of a fairytale.

The hall was a sea of elegance-velvet drapes, floating candles, goldimmed everything. Dignitaries, nobles, visiting Alphas, Betas, and Lunas-all dressed to the teeth-littered the place like it was some royal gala. Music floated from a live quartet in the corner, spicy food, expensive wine, forced laughter...

Mum had done a perfect job setting it all up. I'd give her that. The whole thing looked like it belonged in one of those glossy magazines.

And somehow, in all that perfection, I felt like the ugliest mistake in the room.

She hurried to me, and within seconds, I was being paraded like a prized auction item, introducing me to so many guests I had no idea who they were. All the while, she wore her perfect smile-the kind that said look at us, we're still a power family. Nothing's broken here.

Not even the fact that her supposed soon-to-be son-in-law was currently behind bars, facing accusations serious enough to stain bloodlines.

And with this, I realized something cold:

People move on fast. God forbid you're the one bleeding because no one sticks around long enough to mop up the mess. Just try not to be on the other end of the table because, in a minute, they'll move on and leave you behind.

as she nudged me toward a young Alpha who looked barely older

only with my

needed to marry me off before the stench hit the wrong nose. Sometimes, I wondered if she even remembered that I was just twenty-one. Still figuring

here, emotions are luxuries. Appearances? Those are oxygen. The night dragged on

oversized cake

than I had the patience for, half of

some war heroine. Probably enough to start

go rogue.

My phone beeped.

event was slowly dragging to

phone, and my heart fluttered with a stupid flicker of hope that made me

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it

birthday for anything in the world. But who would

his fiancée was here. I'd seen her earlier, flitting around in glittery lilac dress, playing the perfect

least they

and, God, I almost lost my

the same unknown sender