My Alpha Stepfather's Dark Secret

Chapter 2 Aria’s POV The club was packed. The music hit me the second I walked through the door. It was deep and heavy‚ the kind of bass you felt in your chest before you heard it in your ears. The whole place was dark except for the neon lights that pulsed in blue and purple across the dance floor. Bodies were everywhere‚ moving‚ grinding‚ pressed together in the haze of smoke and sweat. And every single person was wearing a mask. This was a place where rank didn’t exist. Nobody cared who you were outside these walls. I found Silvia near the bar. She was wearing a silver mask and a black dress that barely covered anything‚ and she already had two drinks in her hands. “Aria!” she squealed‚ pulling me into a hug and shoving a glass into my hand. “You look fucking insane in that dress. Like actually insane. Every guy in here is going to lose his mind.” “That’s the plan‚” I said‚ taking a long sip of whatever she’d handed me. It was strong and sweet and burned on the way dow

Chapter 4Aria's POV"What the FUCK!" he roared as he jerked upright‚ grabbing my waist and shoving me off him.I stumbled off the bed and hit the wall while my thighs were still shaking. He stood on the other side of the room‚ breathing hard‚ staring at me as if he had just seen a ghost.Well I fucking have‚ cause the man I'd just been fucking was no other person than my Alpha stepfather.My mother's husband.Kael Stone.And my fucking professor!"Aria?!" he shouted‚ his eyes wide with horror as he grabbed a pillow and held it in front of himself."Kael?!" I shouted back‚ crossing my arms over my chest as if that would undo the last hour of what we'd just done.We stared at each other across the room. Both of us naked. Both of us breathing hard. Both of us dripping with sweat and each other's cum. The bass was still thumping through the walls as if the rest of the club had no idea that the world had just ended inside this VIP room."What the fuck are you doing here?!" he demanded."W

Chapter 6Aria's POVI grabbed my bag and stormed up the stairs with my whole body shaking. I shoved through the door and almost crashed into a woman standing right outside.Dark hair. Tight bun. Sharp‚ watchful eyes that flicked from my flushed face to the closed door behind me and back again."Sorry‚" I muttered."No problem." She smiled but it didn't reach her eyes. "I'm Maren Vale. Professor Stone's TA. And you are?""Aria Brown.""Aria." She repeated it slowly‚ as if committing it to memory. "Everything okay in there? You seem flustered.""Enrollment issue. All sorted.""Mm." She glanced at the closed door one more time. "Well‚ if you ever need anything‚ my office hours are on the syllabus."I walked away without responding and felt her eyes follow me all the way down the hall.Jace was waiting in the cafeteria with two coffees just like he promised. I dropped into the seat across from him and he slid one over."You survived. What'd he want?""Registration problem. Nothing intere

Chapter 8 Aria's POV I couldn't sleep. I tried for three hours. Tossed and turned until my sheets were tangled around my legs and my pillow was warm on both sides. Every time I closed my eyes I saw my mom's hand on his thigh and then my brain replaced it with my hand and then I was back at The Veil with his body on top of mine and his mouth between my legs and I had to shove my face into the pillow to stop the sound that crawled up my throat. By midnight I gave up. I got out of bed wearing the red silk nightgown I'd thrown on earlier‚ thin straps‚ mid-thigh length‚ nothing underneath because I hadn't planned on leaving my room. I wasn't trying to look good. I just needed water and maybe some air and five minutes where my brain wasn't eating itself alive. The house was dark and quiet as I made my way downstairs. The only light came from the kitchen‚ a dim glow from the light above the stove that someone always left on at night. I walked in and stopped dead. Kael was lean

Chapter 10Aria's POVMy mom stood in the doorway with her robe tied loosely at the waist, her hair flat on one side from sleeping on it. She looked half-asleep, barely conscious, squinting at the two of us under the kitchen light."What are you two doing?" she asked again, her voice groggy."Couldn't sleep," I said before Kael could answer, holding up my water bottle with a hand I prayed she couldn't see shaking. "I came down for water."Kael leaned back against the counter with his arms crossed over his chest, positioning his body so casually it was almost impressive. I knew exactly why his arms were crossed like that, because his hands were still wet from being inside me thirty seconds ago. His expression was bored, unbothered, like I'd interrupted his quiet night instead of the other way around."Couldn't sleep either," he said, his voice so steady, so perfectly normal, that I almost believed him myself.My mom looked between us for a moment. One slow, sleepy glance that made my s