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 calling

know. I mean..." I

hard enough that I feared he might crush it. His

shift in him like a temperature drop. His whole body had

and placed it in his

calling her phone?" He asked through clenched

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change in

near his temple began to pulse like it was trying to escape his skin. His breathing

palm flexed open and closed at his side as if trying to hold onto anything that

"Kester. What's wrong?"

He didn't answer.

his ear like it

that led to the ER, and my heart gave a loud thud before it

No. Please no-

doctor emerged from

yanked me up, my legs nearly

taking a

how is she?" My voice trembled. For some reason, my hands wouldn't stop shaking.

his arm around my

eyes said everything before his mouth

a man dragging a mountain

His

gaze

my shoulder, like if he looked directly at me,

"Miss Kasmine... Alpha Kester."

I knew.

God, I knew.

say, "She's stable"

shaking my head, already stumbling back a step.

lights above him blurred

a wall and then

swallowed hard.