Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 282

It was happening again.

The yelling.

I slammed my door shut and pressed my back against it, trying to block out the angry voices. I could hear them in the kitchen and then in the living room, and then their voices would get ouder all the way up to their bedroom.

Why did they always fight? Why couldn't they just stop?

I wasn't a grown-up - I was only seven - but I didn't understand. Why couldn't we just be like the other families I saw? The ones that smiled and laughed and made cookies together. Why was it always like this at home?

Mum ad Dad were always involved in one fight or another.

Their fights never stopped.

Their anger never cooled.

And somewhere along the way, my mother's love for me

nished.

I was nothing more than a disposable variable in their equation. Just a quiet thing

corner, hoping someone would

The negligence.

my

She used to hold me tight and tell me I was the best thing in

Dad

fishing rods, showing me how to put

the hook, telling me

to ruffle my hair

used to feel like

anymore. I was just something they forgot to count when adding

curled up with my blanket, wishing for a new family. I wanted a family where people smiled and hugged and didn't yell all the time. A family where they would look at

to be there.

up. I'd find my mate, and I'd love her like I'd never been loved before. I'd make sure my kids never felt forgotten or like they weren't wanted. I wouldn't ever hurt

of glass breaking downstairs snapped me back to the

slimy whore! You've got some nerves, huh?" Dad yelled. His voice sounded so mean

a nice laugh. It was loud and

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Chapter 282

She used to be a happy, cheerful woman who did her Luna duties

Luna every woman in the pack admired. She was raceful, kind, beautiful inside and out. She'd smile at every pup and know every pack member's

flipped so hard that she was almost a