Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 278

Chapter 278

His hand fisted on the table, the old Alpha instincts rising in a man far too broken to bear them now.

I turned to him, tilting my head slightly and studying him like a new species of worm. "And what makes you think you have the power to tell me that, Dad?" My voice stayed even and patient, like a teacher correcting a very stupid child.

Jorja inhaled sharply, fighting for control.

"On the day of the transition," she began in a tight voice, "Jareel's daughter was mated to her step-cousin. And we the entire Council - made sure they rejected each other."

Her hands were trembling now as she gripped her wine glass. "Imagine what the pack will say when they learn that the same thing we condemned is happening in our own home."

I chuckled, "I never asked anyone to do my Alpha duties for me, Mother," I said, spearing another piece of meat with my fork. "That was your decision. Your guilt. Your belief. Your morals. Your need to appear righteous before sheep who'd stone you the moment you showed a crack. If you had consulted me before playing god with other people's lives, you wouldn't have this headache now." I explained casually, placing my hand on Kasmine's and intertwining our fingers where everyone could see.

Jorja's voice broke. "How could you say that?" she gasped, her rage finally spilling over. She slammed her palm onto the table, the plates and cutlery clattering. "This is absurd! It's an abomination! Incest! You are family!"

foolish, and she doesn't make mistakes. But you? You mistake everything you don't understand for evil. That's your sickness,

stand for," My Beta spoke for the first time. I know his moral mind had dissected the situation

slowly, letting my smile curdle into something

exactly decided that, Lance? My pack now writes laws without my

away, shame coloring his

Good.

made Jorja suddenly aware that the subject of our conflict

next to me.

you

I squeezed Kasmine's hand slightly harder, enough that I felt her bones shift under my grip. "isn't that right, baby?" I asked, turning my eyes

gulp. She looked at them before

She said nothing.

she wasn't cut out for this. But

You wouldn't want to find out what I'd do if

than what you