Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 272

Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 272

My throat dried. "I don't want o talk about this right now."

"But it's important," she pushed. "You don't get to pretend it doesnt matter. This is your future we're talking about."

"I know, Mum. Maybe some other time. Please." I sighed.

"That's fine," She said, "Well, a lot happened when you left. I wish you were here

to witness them. It was equal parts celebration and near tragedy after the transition."

I got interested, "What happened?" I asked, rubbing my temples.

It wasn't every time my Mum got chatty. So, this had to be good.

"You remember Sela, right? One of the girls that transitioned with you?"

I blinked, "Yeah?"

"She ended up being mated to her step-cousin."

I frowned. "Her what?"

"Her step-cousin," she said with disgust, practically spitting the word. "Can you imagine? What kind of abomination is that? It's practically incest. I told Jareel it's sick, and I still stand by that."

I blinked, confused and disoriented. "But... Mum, they're not blood-related."

even spoken. "It's still twisted! That's supposed to be family,

My throat tightened.

creeping up my spine like cold

blood. It doesn't count-"

"That's the kind of logic people use to justify perversion. I don't care if they

hand trembling slightly as I lowered the phone from my

Kester would never ever be welcomed, even if I decide to accept the

this lifetime. Not in

again, forcing my voice to stay even.

bad for her mother, Rachel. That could never be me. That would have been over my dead body. It's a good thing we and the council were able to convince them to reject

swept

They went that far?

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hope for me and Kester, even

that the same family who spearheaded the purging of a "sinful bond have children tangled in one fat more

Not just step-cousins.

But step-siblings.

same roof

My stomach lurched.

up my throat, bitter and burning. My fingers went numb around the

scandal. A disaster. A stain that would never wash

But I still pushed.

fate, can we? The Moon Goddess willed it." I tried to defend. Why was I even defending this when I was going to

divine joke that is," she continued. "You don't mate with someone tied to your family. I

was practically yelling now, her voice rising