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198. Second Favourite Cook
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2026-03-23 23:59:43
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Mated to My Rival Step Brother 199. I Love You. I Hate That I Do.
Blake's POV:The bedroom was dim.One lamp on the far side, low and warm, the kind of light that was chosen deliberately and not left by accident. Alex moved through it with the ease of someone in a space they had arranged exactly as they intended and I followed him in and the door stayed open behind me which was the only thing in the room that felt unplanned.The table was against the wall beside the bed.I had clocked it earlier from across the room and not examined it directly and now I was looking at it properly and it was smaller than I had registered. Narrow. Padded along the surface."Sit on the table," Alex said.I looked at it.Half my height. Not even. The proportions of it were not immediately making sense to me and I said so."It is quite small," I said. "Half my height at most.""I will check on that."He moved to the side of it and reached underneath and pulled something out. A fitted extension, built in, drawer style, one section for arms and another that unfolded for l
Mated to My Rival Step Brother 198. Second Favourite Cook
Blake's POV:He crossed the distance between us in two unhurried steps.His hand came up and pushed the wet hair back from my forehead slowly, fingers moving through it once from front to back, and the sensation of it went down my spine in a way I was choosing not to analyse. He looked at my face while he did it like he was checking something. Like I was something worth checking."You always furrow here when you are overthinking," he said. His thumb pressed lightly between my brows for just a second. "Right here.""I am not overthinking.""You have been overthinking since you walked through the door.""I have been irritated since I walked through the door. There is a difference.""Mm." He did not sound convinced. His hand moved to my jaw briefly, tilting my face up slightly, and his eyes moved across my face with that focused quality he had when he was deciding something. Then he dropped his hand and turned toward the dresser."Sit," he said, nodding at the small stool in front of the
Mated to My Rival Step Brother 197. Useless Butterflies
Blake's POV:The clock on my phone said nine thirty and I was sitting on the edge of my bed staring at it like it had personally done something to offend me.Should I go.The question had been circling for the last hour with no sign of landing anywhere useful. On one side there was Alex. The shower. The things he had said. Mine. The way he had not taken it back. On the other side there was also Alex. The control. The way he moved through situations like he had already decided the outcome and was simply waiting for everyone else to catch up to his conclusion.I did not need that.I was a Silver Alpha heir with my own standing and my own mind and I did not need to go anywhere I had not chosen to go with full and independent reasoning behind the choice.My phone lit up.Alex.I opened it.~The door is opened for you. You've just an hour left.I stared at the message.I scratched the back of my nape slowly.The ceiling had nothing useful to offer. I looked at it anyway for a few seconds an
Mated to My Rival Step Brother 196. The Alpha Claims His Territory
Alex's POV:It's 8:30 PM, just 2 hours left the Blake will be here.The knock on the door pulls me away from the window where I had been standing, watching the city lights blur into each other below.I walk to the door without rushing. I already know what it is.I sign the slip, take the box, close the door.I stand there for a moment just holding it. Dark matte packaging. No branding. Discreet. Exactly how I ordered it."Finally," I mutter, carrying the box to the dining table.I slice through the tape and open the flaps.I stare.The silk ropes are folded with a precision that feels almost theatrical. Deep crimson, nearly black under my low lighting. I lift one coil and let it run slowly through my fingers. Smooth. Strong. Not a rough edge anywhere. Quality. Real quality. I had done my research before ordering and it shows. Worth every penny.I set the rope down and reach for the next items nestled in their foam compartments. I check each one carefully. Charged. Clean. Exactly as des
Mated to My Rival Step Brother 195. Sooner Than You Think
Maya's POV:My room was quiet when I closed the door behind me.The afternoon had gone the way afternoons at the Academy tended to go when too many things had happened before noon, stretched and slightly unreal, like the day itself was tired of its own contents and was moving through the remaining hours out of obligation rather than genuine momentum.I dropped my bag on the desk chair and sat on the edge of my bed and looked at my phone for a moment before I dialed.It rang twice."Maya." Lyra's voice came through warm and slightly raspy in the specific way it got when she had been resting, that soft unguarded quality that she would never allow in a public setting but was completely comfortable with on a call with me. "I was just thinking about you.""Good things I hope.""Mostly." I could hear the smile in it. "Occasionally concerning things. What is happening over there."I leaned back against my headboard and pulled my knees up. "Give me your update first. How are you feeling."A sh
Mated to My Rival Step Brother 196.The Vow
Rolf's POV:The classroom was half empty at this hour.Late afternoon theory session. Pack governance and inter-territorial law. The kind of subject that most Alpha heirs sat through with the particular expression of people who understood the material was necessary and found it somewhere between tolerable and actively painful. The professor's voice moved through the room at a consistent unhurried pace and chalk met the board at regular intervals and the afternoon light came through the long windows in flat pale strips across the desks.I sat in the back row.I always sat in the back row. Not because I could not follow from the front. Because the back row gave you the whole room without giving the room you.My notebook was open in front of me and my pen was in my hand and I had written approximately four lines since the session began forty minutes ago. The rest of the page was blank. The professor had not noticed or had noticed and decided it was not worth the conversation. Either way
Mated to My Rival Step Brother 060. What Wolves Choose
Blake’s POV:Late Monday night made the academy feel hollow.The halls were quieter than usual, but not peaceful. Lights were dimmed. Shadows clung to corners like they were listening. Every step echoed longer than it should have. Even the banners along the walls seemed to hang heavier, their color
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Alex's POV:The council chamber felt heavier at night.The stone walls did not change, but the silence did. It pressed closer, like it wanted answers carved into the air. The torches along the walls burned low, their light steady and unforgiving. Every symbol carved into the stone looked sharper th
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Blake's POV:Tuesday early time settled over the academy like a held breath.The halls were quieter than they should have been. Even the lamps outside the dorms seemed dimmer, as if the walls themselves were listening. I walked back to my room with slow steps, my bag heavy on my shoulder though it
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Blake's POV:Monday morning came without mercy.The bell echoed through Midnight Academy like a warning instead of a call. I walked through the main gates with my shoulders straight and my steps steady. My body felt whole again. The bruises had faded. The cuts had closed. But inside, something stay
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