Bound To My Mate's Step Brother

~ Nyra ~A chuckle escaped my lips, followed by hysterical laughter. I cackled so hard the people in the room stared as if I had lost my senses.It took a while before I could calm myself. I raised my hand while the other rested on my stomach. "Wait, what did I hear you say?" I said, sniffing back the threat of tears disguised as amusement.My gaze roamed around the room. Alessia had the most outrageous look on her face. Her scowl was so severe, I had to bite back my anger because if looks could kill, I would have been six feet under the ground at the intensity of her glare."Do you think this is a joke?" she uttered, still glaring.I placed my hands on my waist. "Of course. I know how far Eric takes his jokes, and I do not like this one, to be honest. It makes me wonder how he was able to pull the elders into court for this." I tsked, shaking my head.The last prank he pulled almost made me lose my mind, and today was our anniversary. If he thought I was going to believe this, then t

~ Nyra ~Murmurings filled the room, everyone speaking at the same time. I tuned out the words of the elders, the voices in my head erupting without warning. My whole life was changing—I could feel the ruins spreading.Eric shouldn't have done this to me. I watched him intently. He was staring back, and no signs of remorse could be seen on his face.The man before me held himself with pride as if he had done the right thing.I pointed my finger his way, lips trembling. Yet no sound came out. It was as though words disappeared the instant I needed them most.Tears trickled down, the salty taste touching my mouth. Eric staggered forward. He crouched to where I sat, took a handful of my hair gently before tugging it hard."You should have stayed still when I asked you to. Since you so badly want the bond to be broken, then I will gladly oblige," Eric said icily.I whimpered."I, Eric Valen, Alpha of the Nightshade Pack, accept your rejection!"Cries of agony filled the air. The bond that

My eyes bulged out in exasperation. Mate. Mate. Mate. Mate! Those words kept ringing in my head.Emilia?Did she just speak?There was no way my wolf would speak, and certainly not in this kind of manner. My eyes darted to the side, my lips quivering as I tried to steady myself.“Nyra, mate. He’s our mate,” she said through the mindlink. A gasp elicited from my lips as my eyes shot toward the man who sat down on his plush chair like he owned the world.He was staring at me, his lips slightly pulled upward at the side. Almost like he knew what was going on in my head, but I wasn’t ready to believe it.“It’s not possible. You can’t just wake up from whatever abyss you disappeared to and call him our mate,” I argued. My whole mind was in turmoil, and just like that, everything was spiraling out of control.I wanted to scream at Emilia and ask her where she’d been. Why would she leave me alone all these years, just to come back at the time I least expected?Five good years, and now she’s

~NYRA~As soon as the door of my assigned room was closed shut, I threw my fist into the air. My body was fuming with so much anger, how dare he?How dare Mikael mess with my memories?How dare he take away something so important out of my life, disappear and then appear like everything is normal?I slumped on the bed before ruffling my hair roughly. I despise everything that's happening to me right now. I hate not knowing what my fate would be, it makes me go crazy with wild thoughts.A scream elicited from my lips, followed by a groan as I kept hitting my head. Exhaustion took over with my breathing unsteady. The first mistake I made after calming my breathing was to sniff my body.'Yuck!' I muttered inwardly, squeezing my face in disgust.I smell like a rotten apple and it took being exhausted to realize that. My face fell, embarrassment followed suit when I remembered I'd been in the same room with Mikael not too long ago."And he didn't even show any sign of disgust," I rolled my

~Mikael~I was about to take off my attire when Josie stepped into my room. Her face etched in annoyance as she glared at me. My second-in-command wrapped her arms across her chest."You can't come in looking at me that way and still be silent, spill it out," I stated, pulling the clothes back properly on my body before settling down on the bed.A sigh elicited from her lips as she strutted inside, dragging the chair in my room before sitting down on it. My room was dimly lit and every single thing in here had a touch of Josie. She made it her job to decorate my room knowing I wouldn't mind staying in a bland room. After all, I survived years of torture from that insane man that doesn't have the right to be called my father."Why invite that thing to dinner?" She hissed out, her eyes glaring in annoyance.I chuckled lightly, "Because I wanted to," I responded, but the little birdie wasn't having it."You are too soft on her, Kael, and I do not like it one bit. You gave her a room in t