Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 336

"I'll fix a date for your Luna coronation," he added, his voice suddenly turning colder, "Let them choke on their outrage. They'll have enough time to throw tantums and go fuck themselves before they accept the reality. You are their Luna, Kasmine."

My heart thudded in my chest like it wanted to escape.

1... I sincerely didn't know if this was what I wanted. I wanted him to get better first before we addressed the issue of us being mates. But everything was spiraling too fast and...

I blinked at him. "Kester, this... this wasn't the plan."

He turned his head slowly toward me with his brows drawn. "What plan?"

"You were meant to go for therapy first," I whispered. "We were supposed to deal with you first, before us... before all this."

"And risk my pack being stolen out from under me?" he snapped softly like the idea itself was insanity. "No, baby. We save the pack first. Then, everything else can follow. You want therapy? Fine. After I clean the house. If you still think I'm not fit for you after all

that, we'll end it. Reject each other and move on."

I stared at him, and he stared back.

But we both knew he was lying.

If Kester ever got the chance to name me his Luna publicly, under the banner of his leadership, there'd be no walking away from it. I had to tread carefully, or I'd be swallowed whole by his world before I even figured out where I stood in it.

"I saw Rex," I said, shifting gears before my panic became too visible "At the house. He and Dad were in a heated argument. He said something about a takeover. That nothing's going to stop Blaine."

Kester's jaw locked. His hand, which was resting on his knee, curled into a slow fist. I caught a flicker in his eyes, and it was dark and dangerous.

"It's time I showed Blaine who the fuck is in charge. He needs to learn the hard way."

Before I could caution him not to get his hands dirty with more blood since that was one of the easiest ways Kester resolves his issues, my phone rang, shattering the moment.

When I looked at the caller ID, it was June. I narrowed my brows.

Speak of the devil.

"Who is it?" Kester asked, already leaning closer. Before I could speak, he snatched the phone from my hand.

fuck is she

know. I mean..." I

fingers clenched around the device, hard enough that I feared he might crush it. His eyes were

feel the shift in him like a temperature

phone and placed

the fuck are you calling her phone?" He asked through

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was saying on the other end because the change in

vein near his temple began to pulse like it was trying to

his side as if trying to hold onto anything that would

"Kester. What's wrong?"

He didn't answer.

just dropped the phone from his ear like it had

the ER, and my

No. Please no-

doctor emerged from

my feet like something had yanked

taking a

hands wouldn't stop shaking. They twitched at my sides like they

me, wrapping his arm around my shoulder for

eyes said everything before

like a man

His

gaze

around my shoulder, like if he looked directly at

"Miss Kasmine... Alpha Kester."

I knew.

God, I knew.

say, "She's stable" or "She's awake," I

my head, already stumbling back

lights above him blurred into lines. My heart

wall and then shattered on

swallowed