Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 295

Chapter 295

KESTER.

The dog lunged forward, barking... until I looked at it.

With just a glance, its body froze mid-growl. The hackles on its back still raised, but its eyes-those loyal, trusting, stupid eyes- went glassy.

It stared into me as if recognizing something ancient and stronger. Then it whimpered, backed away, and sat obediently.

"Good boy," I murmured as I stepped inside, brushing dust off my jacket sleeve.

The air inside was too warm. Melissa had been baking something-cookies, maybe. Something sweet and safe and homemade.

I inhaled it like perfume.

I strolled into the living room like I owned it. The couch was plush and gray with a throw blanket neatly folded over the armrest. i sat down, crossing one leg over the other, elbows spread wide across the backrest, claiming the space.

"Melissa," I called out calmly. "Bring the kids. Let's all sit together. I've had a long day. Don't be rude."

There was no response at first as they all stood frozen in the dining area.

Then, slowly, Melissa appeared first. Her face was pale, lips trembling, hands shaking by her sides. Behind her was her husband, holding the little girl, and the boy just behind them, clutching the hem of his dad's shirt.

The room was so quiet I could hear the dog's tail thump once against the floor before it stopped.

"There we go," I said with a smile, gesturing to the couch. "Come on. Sit with me. Let's be a family tonight."

Melissa didn't move.

Neither did the kids.

I tilted my head at the little boy. "You. What's your name?"

He didn't answer.

"I asked you a question."

His lips quivered. "...Jamie."

"Jamie," I repeated, tasting the name on my tongue. "Come sit beside me, Jamie. Don't be shy.

Melissa gasped and stepped forward. "Please," she said, barely above a whisper. "Don't involve them. Alpha, please. Whatever this is, just take it up with me."

I didn't respond. I slowly pulled up my phone to see who was calling at this crucial moment.

Kasmine..

Fuck. Wrong timing.

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didn't answer anyway. She was probably calling to complain about something else

with

knees, 'Alpha, please," he whispered, his voice cracking under the strain of terror, "I

at him with amusement. He thought I was

watery

hands were clasped like he thought I was

Disgusting.

Melissa again, smiling wider. "Go get dressed, will you? Something nice. We're

her next words or actions. Then, suddenly, she

carved tracks down her face, and for a brief, vicious moment, I had the urge to trace those tracks with my claws and watch the

She choked, going down on her

looked at her

asked her, and

them with satisfaction as they realized how much

and I looked at the screen. It was Kasmine. She had called four times, and now she was

text.

I

unlocked

It

Urgent?

heart gave a

the perfectly constructed moment

around the edges like fog creeping over a

fear. Real, chest-tightening,

immediately, and

eager

I'd stood up. My breath caught like it

There was a pause.

then, in the softest voice I'd ever heard from her-the voice that always reached into the beast in me and tamed it with one gentle

I froze.

anymore.

Because she had spoken.

I'm the one who made her tell me. She didn't mean to do anything wrong.

There was silence.

And it burned.

I wasn't in that

was trapped in her