Home / Werewolf / Claimed By My Stepbrother / CHAPTER 112: Oblivious To It All

Share

CHAPTER 112: Oblivious To It All

Author: Lady Sheldon
last update publish date: 2025-07-08 20:06:35

I stared at my phone for a long time before calling.

As much as I hated to admit it, I needed Greg. The ache in my side from where I got shot was starting to burn in a way I couldn’t ignore. I was still bleeding, the blood soaking into the edge of my shirt. I wasn’t healing fast enough.

The bastards had used something new—silver-laced or chemically modified to screw with our regeneration. Whatever it was, it worked.

The line clicked, and Greg picked up after two rings.

“Hello.” I exh
Continue to read this book for free
Scan code to download App
Locked Chapter

Latest chapter

  • Claimed By My Stepbrother    CHAPTER 227: But I Was Managing

    He didn’t answer right away. Just shoved his hands into his pockets and shifted his weight, those stupid fucking slippers making a soft, ridiculous squelch in the slush like some pathetic sound effect from a bad movie. The silence stretched, awkwardly might I add, the kind that made me want to fill it with more yelling just to hear something besides the wind rattling the bare branches overhead. I could feel the cold seeping through my own jacket now, biting at my fingers and nose, but I wasn’t moving until he gave me something—anything—that wasn’t this blank, broken stare.Finally he sighed, the sound dragging out of him. “I’m fine, kiddo. Just… thinking. Got a lot on my mind these days. Your mom leaving, Jake going with her. Feels like I messed up everything, doesn’t it? Like I’m the reason the whole family splintered apart.”I rolled my eyes, but there was no real heat in it, just exhaustion and that familiar ache that never fucking left. “Dad, stop. It’s not all on you. Mom’s th

  • Claimed By My Stepbrother    CHAPTER 226: You Okay?

    ❁✿❀“I’m off!” The words burst out of me as I thumped down the stairs, my backpack slapping against my shoulder blades with every step. I pushed into the kitchen, yanked open the fridge door, and stared at the sad contents. What was left in it was half a carton of milk that was probably going bad, some leftover Chinese takeout from two nights ago, and a couple of apples that looked like they’d seen better days. Fuck it. I grabbed one, shiny red on the outside but probably mealy as hell on the inside, and sank my teeth into it hard. The crunch echoed in the silent kitchen, juice running down my chin as I chewed. Still no response from upstairs though, not even a grumbled “Have a good day, kid” drifting down the hall. Didn’t he hear me? I wiped my mouth with the back of my hand and yelled again, louder this time. “Dad? I’m off to school!” Nothing. Just that heavy, suffocating quiet that made my skin crawl. I waited another few seconds, apple halfway to my mouth for anothe

  • Claimed By My Stepbrother    CHAPTER 225: Yeah… It Was Time

    Everything moved pretty fucking fast after that night—like someone had hit fast-forward on the worst parts of our lives and forgotten to give us the remote. One minute we were all sitting in the living room bleeding out our secrets, the next the house was full of cardboard boxes, packing tape screeching across seams, and the kind of quiet conversations that happen when nobody really wants to be heard. Mom threw herself into organizing like it was therapy, labeling shit with Sharpie in that neat handwriting she always used for grocery lists: “Kitchen—pots & pans,” “Fragile—photo albums.” While Jake wandered around hauling boxes to the garage for the moving truck that would show up in three days. Dad mostly stayed in his study with the door closed, the faint clink of a bottle against glass the only proof he was still breathing in there.And the morning they left? The sky was that flat gray that made everything look washed out and tired. The moving truck idled in the driveway, exhaus

  • Claimed By My Stepbrother    CHAPTER 224: Staring At Nothing Yet Feeling Everything

    The words landed like a brick through glass. My mouth opened, but nothing came out at first. Just air. Just the sudden, hollow rush of understanding why the house had felt wrong for months, why Dad had been sleeping on the couch more nights than in their bed, why Mom’s smiles never reached her eyes anymore.“You’re… what?” My voice cracked on the last word, sounding younger than I’d sounded in years.“We’ve been trying to figure it out,” Mom continued, words tumbling faster now like she needed to get them out before she lost her nerve. “We’ve been in counseling for almost a year. We thought we could fix it, that we could wait until you graduated, until things settled down. But after Camila… after everything… it just became clear we can’t keep pretending. We’re hurting each other more by staying together. And we’re hurting you kids by dragging it out.”Counseling for a year??!I could stop the ugly bark of laughter that slipped from my mouth.“You’ve been in counseling for a year? A

  • Claimed By My Stepbrother    CHAPTER 223: What The Fuck Is That Look?

    I stared into the steam rising from my tea, watching it curl and dissolve, trying to force my brain to focus on something normal. “Tessa, can you hear me?” Mom’s voice cut through the fog, soft but insistent, the way she spoke when she was trying not to startle me. I blinked hard, tea sloshing against the rim of the mug. “What?” I asked, startled enough that my shoulders jerked. “What did you say?” She was sitting on the armchair across from me, knees pressed together, hands clasped so tight her knuckles were white. Jake hovered in the doorway to the kitchen, arms crossed, looking like he wanted to disappear into the wallpaper. Mom took a careful breath. “What do you think about us moving? After your final exams.” Moving out? I felt my whole body go rigid, mug trembling in my hands until hot tea splashed over the edge and burned my thumb. I set it down on the coffee table a little too fast and the liquid pooled around the base. “What?!” “It’s a nice place, I promise,” sh

  • Claimed By My Stepbrother    CHAPTER 222: On Me

    I spun so fast my hood fell back, snow flying off like confetti as my heart slammed against my ribs. I was ready to swing and scream… until I saw his face. Jake. Breathless, cheeks flushed from running, hair sticking up in wet spikes under his beanie. “Jesus, Tess, where the hell have you been?” His voice cracked on the last word, lower than usual, rough from shouting or cold or both. He didn’t let go right away, fingers tight around my sleeve like he was afraid I’d vanish if he did. “I’ve been driving around for an hour looking for you. Mom’s losing her mind.” I yanked my arm free, the sudden motion making my shoulder twinge. I rubbed the spot where his grip had been, more out of habit than pain, and let out a long, shaky sigh that fogged the air between us. “I’m fine,” I muttered, even though the words tasted like a lie. “I just… needed to walk.” “You needed to walk for three fucking hours? In a snowstorm? Without answering your phone?” He ran a hand through his hair, snowflak

  • Claimed By My Stepbrother    CHAPTER 100: He Did It For Me

    “Camila?” The voice was too soft for the way it sliced through the chaos in my head. Too gentle for the blood-soaked room. I turned sharply, breath frozen somewhere between my lungs and throat. My knees threatened to give out under me, but i didn’t move—couldn’t move. The voice was familiar,

    last updateLast Updated : 2026-03-25
  • Claimed By My Stepbrother    CHAPTER 104: The Lie Tasted Bitter

    The sound of the doorbell—or whatever the hell that ancient ding was supposed to be—ripped through the stillness of the mansion like a knife through already-thin nerves. My body tensed up so hard I probably looked like someone had poured a bucket of ice water down my back. Every part of me scream

    last updateLast Updated : 2026-03-25
  • Claimed By My Stepbrother    CHAPTER 105: Are You… Jealous?

    After what felt like forever—which, honestly, was probably just a couple of stupid, agonizing minutes—Ethan finally walked back inside. The heavy front door creaked open slowly, his footsteps soft but steady as they crossed the threshold. And then he froze. I mean, completely froze. Mid-step.

    last updateLast Updated : 2026-03-26
  • Claimed By My Stepbrother    CHAPTER 108: Good

    “I think I’m drunk,” I slurred, letting my head roll a little too comfortably against Ethan’s shoulder. He chuckled, a low hum that vibrated against my ear. “Hmm?” I pulled back just slightly, squinting up at him like I could glare the amusement right off his face. “Don’t ‘hmm?’ me. You know

    last updateLast Updated : 2026-03-26
More Chapters
Explore and read good novels for free
Free access to a vast number of good novels on GoodNovel app. Download the books you like and read anywhere & anytime.
Read books for free on the app
SCAN CODE TO READ ON APP
DMCA.com Protection Status