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."

I hadn't even spoken. "It's still twisted! That's supposed to be family, Kasmine. Family.

My throat tightened.

cold fingers. "Mum, they

blood. It doesn't count-"

that nonsense," she hissed. "That's the kind of logic people use to justify perversion. I don't care if they met yesterday or

as I lowered the phone from my

knew my mother. This thing between me and Kester would never ever be welcomed, even if I decide to accept

will never accept it. Not in this lifetime.

clenched the phone tighter to my ear again, forcing my voice to stay even. "I just... I don't think it's the same

she spat. "I felt so bad for her mother, Rachel. That could never be me. That would have been over my dead body.

chill swept down my

They went that far?

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a single hope for me and Kester, even

purging of a "sinful bond have children tangled

Not just step-cousins.

But step-siblings.

roof

My stomach lurched.

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

scandal. A disaster. A

But I still pushed.

Goddess willed it." I tried to defend. Why was I

she continued. "You don't mate with someone tied to your family. I don't

now, her voice rising with