Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

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I saw how worried she was.

III take care of Blaine. Don't worry about it. I'm already putting things in place." I crossed back to her and

brushed a thumb across

her cheek.

"Soon," I promised, "he won't be a problem anymore."

Her shoulders sagged just a little, but she nodded.

"Don't forget, baby..." I saids I backed toward the door. "Stay in the house, okay?"

As soon as I stepped into the hospital, the first person I went to see was the doctor. He told me that there

was no improvement in Norlan's condition yet."

That was all he said. He didn't sound hopeful or anything.

No encouragement? No "we're trying this, or there's still hope"?

Just that?

And I was meant to hold onto it?

Fuck.

When I reached Norlan's room, I paused outside the door. My hand hovered over the handle.

His mother was here.

She was sitting by his bedside with her fingers wrapped around his limp hand, her head bowed, as she cried quietly.

I felt guilty. This was all my fault. What the hell would I tell Freya?

I pushed the door open as gently as I could, and Freya immediately turned to see who it was.

"My Norlan..." she whispered, stumbling toward me, "I don't want to lose him, Kester..." My presence se

She wrapped her arms around my waist, sobbing into my chest.

Mrs. Freya still looked really young despite her age. One would think she was only in her mid-thirties.

! to intensify her grief.

I held her tightly, placing one hand at the small of her back, with the other cradling the back of her head as I whispered into her hair.

"Norlan will be fine," I said, forcing my voice not to shake. "He's a fighter, Freya. He'll come back to us."

a voice at the back of my mind told me otherwise. Because right now, she needed something. And

the sight of him

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saw how worried she

care of Blaine. Don't worry about it. I'm already putting things in

her cheek.

won't be a problem

a little, but she

I backed toward the door. "Stay in the

soon as I stepped into the hospital, the first person I went to see was the doctor.

no improvement in

he said. He didn't sound

encouragement? No "we're trying

Just that?

meant

Fuck.

Norlan's room, I paused outside the door. My

His mother was here.

sitting by his bedside with her fingers wrapped around

This was all my fault. What the

as gently as I could, and Freya immediately

Norlan..." she whispered, stumbling toward me, "I don't want to lose him,

her arms around my waist,

young despite her age. One would think she was only in

the small of her back, with the

hair.

said, forcing my voice not to shake. "He's a fighter, Freya. He'll come back

even if a voice at the back of my mind told me otherwise. Because

and the sight of him hit me really

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were tubes, wires, and

and Tris lips looked

didn't look like

tears stung the sides of my eyes. But I blinked them away quickly. Freya didn't need to see that. She was barely holding on as

my face and forced myself to breathe

the next two

just sat there, our eyes flicking from the monitors to his

Maybe we'd see his fingers

open.

phone rang, shattering the

my heart jumped into my throat when I saw Kasmine's name displayed

screen.

Shit.

an apology to Freya, and