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SEVENTY ONE

Penulis: Hummingbird
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-04-29 21:30:24

AIDAN

The building had no sign outside.

No company name.

No brass plaque.

Nothing that would tell an ordinary person what lived inside those walls.

It stood in the center of the financial district, polished glass and black stone rising into the grey morning like a monument to wealth. Men in tailored suits moved in and out through revolving doors with the kind of faces that never smiled unless profit was involved.

My father always did like hiding rot beneath expensive things.

I stepped out of th
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  • MY ALPHA STEPBROTHER'S OBSESSION    SEVENTY TWO

    DAHLIAThe apartment felt too quiet after Aidan left.Not the peaceful quiet.The wrong kind.The kind that made every small sound feel deliberate. The refrigerator humming in the kitchen. The hush of trees outside swaying to the wind. The distant rush of traffic far below.Even the clock on the oven sounded louder than usual.I had tried distracting myself for the better part of an hour.I folded one of Aidan’s shirts that did not need folding. I made tea and forgot to drink it. I switched the television on and stared at a cooking show without seeing a single thing. I opened the files again, then shut them just as quickly because every page felt like another trapdoor opening beneath my feet.So instead, I stood by the window and watched the city move.Rain threatened overhead. The sky had gone pale and swollen with clouds, the kind that sat heavy before evening storms. People crossed the street below with umbrellas tucked beneath arms. Cars moved in impatient lines. A delivery bike n

  • MY ALPHA STEPBROTHER'S OBSESSION    SEVENTY ONE

    AIDANThe building had no sign outside.No company name.No brass plaque.Nothing that would tell an ordinary person what lived inside those walls.It stood in the center of the financial district, polished glass and black stone rising into the grey morning like a monument to wealth. Men in tailored suits moved in and out through revolving doors with the kind of faces that never smiled unless profit was involved.My father always did like hiding rot beneath expensive things.I stepped out of the car and shut the door harder than necessary.The air was cold enough to sting my lungs. I welcomed it.I had barely slept after his call. Every time I closed my eyes I heard his voice again.It is high time you took your crown.As if I were a child late to dinner.As if crowns had ever interested me.As if he could summon me with a sentence and expect obedience.I walked through the lobby without speaking to anyone. Men at the front desk straightened the second they saw me. One reached for a p

  • MY ALPHA STEPBROTHER'S OBSESSION    SEVENTY

    Sylas woke to pain so complete it felt intelligent.It sat behind his eyes first, a slow drilling pressure that made the dark room pulse every time he blinked. Then it moved lower, spreading through his jaw, his throat, the hollow of his chest. Even his feet were cold. Not ordinary cold, but corpse-cold, the kind that made the bones ache from the inside.For a long moment he stayed where he was, staring at the ceiling as dawn bled weakly through the curtains.He wondered if this was how monsters unraveled.Not with violence.With discomfort.With humiliation.With the body turning traitor piece by piece.A curse left no dignity behind.He pushed himself upright. The movement made nausea twist through him and he had to brace a hand against the mattress until the room steadied. His breath came slower than usual. Too slow. Too measured. As though something inside him was rationing life.“Beautiful,” he muttered to no one.He crossed the room barefoot.The floorboards were freezing beneat

  • MY ALPHA STEPBROTHER'S OBSESSION    SIXTY NINE

    Sleep came badly.It dragged me under in pieces, never fully, never kindly. One moment I was lying beside Dahlia with her leg tangled over mine and her hair spread across my chest. The next I was back inside those files, reading names written in blood and ink, hearing my father’s voice behind every line.I woke with a sharp breath.My skin was damp.The sheets clung to my back.For a second, the room was only darkness and the pounding of my own heart. Then I felt Dahlia beside me, warm and soft, still asleep, her hand curled loosely against my ribs like even unconscious she needed proof I was there.The phone vibrating on the nightstand felt louder than thunder.I snatched it before the second ring.My father’s name glowed across the screen.Every muscle in my body tightened.I slid carefully from beneath Dahlia and crossed the room barefoot before answering.“What?”No greeting.No hesitation.Silence breathed through the line for a beat.Then his voice came, calm as polished steel.

  • MY ALPHA STEPBROTHER'S OBSESSION    SIXTY EIGHT

    I spread the files across Aidan’s bed with hands that would not stop trembling.The envelopes were old, thick with age and dust, tied together with fading red string. Some were neatly labelled in ink that had bled at the edges. Others had no names at all, only dates and strange symbols pressed into the paper.The bedroom was too quiet.Outside the tall windows, the city glowed in soft evening gold, traffic moving far below like streams of light. Inside, the only sound was our breathing.Aidan sat beside me on the mattress, one knee bent, sleeves rolled to his forearms. He looked calm if you didn’t know him.I knew him now.The stillness in his jaw meant rage was waiting underneath.I picked up the first file.My fingers hesitated over the flap.“Ready?” I asked.“No,” he said honestly. “Open it anyway.”So I did.Inside were three letters folded carefully into one another.The paper smelled faintly of cedar and time.I unfolded the first.The handwriting hit me before the words did.M

  • MY ALPHA STEPBROTHER'S OBSESSION    SIXTY SEVEN

    The blade spun between my fingers in clean, practiced circles.Silver flashed through the dark each time it turned, catching the low amber light from the lamp in the corner before disappearing again. Up. Twist. Catch. Up again.It was the sort of movement that required no thought.Good.Thought had become an inconvenience lately.My room was silent except for the soft click of metal against skin and the distant groan of old pipes somewhere in the walls below. I preferred silence. It asked nothing of me. It did not bring questions I had no interest in answering.The problem was that silence left too much room for memory.A pair of honey-brown eyes rose uninvited behind my own.Dahlia.The blade slipped.A sharp sting kissed the pad of my thumb.I looked down at the thin line of blood gathering there, bright and obscene against pale skin.Annoying.I placed the cut to my tongue without thinking.Copper bloomed warm across it.For one fractured second, my body reacted with violent disapp

  • MY ALPHA STEPBROTHER'S OBSESSION    TWENTY TWO

    The moment I see the tall building, I stop. I’m both scared and excited. But the fear is beginning to take over.I think of turning back but the chance of seeing Aidan is tempting. So I take a deep breath and walk faster in case I change my mind, it would be too late to turn around.There’s a few p

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  • MY ALPHA STEPBROTHER'S OBSESSION    NIGHTMARE

    “What's your middle name?” Aidan asked as he lowered me onto his jutting cock. I felt the thick head pressing against my entrance and I shifted, angling my body to the left to let him slip inside me. Suddenly, I felt my tongue watering. I felt him everywhere all at once, the fullness of him was

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  • MY ALPHA STEPBROTHER'S OBSESSION    SIXTEEN

    “Are you sure you don’t want to see Lisa?”“Why would I want to see her?” Aidan asked, leaning against the mirror wall of the elevator.“To talk her out of telling our parents?”The elevator doors opened and I stepped out. “I’ll call her dad.” Aidan said reluctantly Would that be enough?A bitter

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  • MY ALPHA STEPBROTHER'S OBSESSION    FOURTEEN

    “I can't believe I was asleep for eighteen hours.” I said to Aidan, pushing a branch away from my face.The leaves flutter and swoosh in the evening breeze. It's getting colder by the minute and I was glad I had listened to Aidan when he asked me to bring a jacket. “We'll get there soon.” Aidan sa

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