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Chapter 8
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2026-06-09 19:34:56
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Step uncles are my mates Chapter 9
Soren’s POVThe hallway outside Genevieve's door smelled like salt and roses.She'd been crying for an hour. Maybe longer. I'd lost track somewhere between the third time Caspian told her everything would be fine and the fifth time she asked why Lyra hated her. My back ached from leaning against the wall. My wolf paced beneath my skin, restless and snarling, and I couldn't tell anymore whether it wanted to protect Genevieve or hunt Lyra down.Both. Neither. The answer kept shifting."Tell me again," Genevieve said from her nest of blankets. She looked small there, swallowed by silk and down, her golden hair spilling across the pillows like a halo. Her eyes were red-rimmed and swollen, and she clutched Caspian's hand like a lifeline. "Tell me what I did wrong.""You did nothing wrong." Caspian's voice was steady, practiced. The voice of an alpha who'd spent years smoothing over conflicts, mediating disputes, holding his pack together through sheer force of will. "Lyra is going through s
Step uncles are my mates Chapter 8
Lyra’s POVThe hallway stretched before me, dimly lit by the gas lamps flickering in their iron sconces. My footsteps echoed on the marble floor—too loud, too fast. I forced myself to slow down, to stop running, and running implied fear. Implied weakness. Implied that Genevieve had won this round.She had, though. She always did.I pressed my palm flat against the cold stone wall and let myself breathe. In the quiet of the corridor, with no one watching, I allowed the mask to slip. My shoulders sagged. My chin dropped. The trembling I'd suppressed in the study came roaring back, starting in my fingers and spreading until my whole body shook with it.Don't drink the tea.Why had I said that? Stupid, reckless, dangerous. I might as well have painted a target on my back. In my past life, Genevieve's poisoned tea had nearly killed me—would have killed me, if Soren hadn't noticed the strange color of my lips and forced the antidote down my throat. He'd held me while I seized, his dark sapph
Step uncles are my mates Chapter 7
Lyra’s PovThe moment shattered. I watched it happen—the shift in their attention, the familiar pull toward Genevieve's trembling form in the doorway. Watched Caspian's hand drop from my chin. Watched Silas's calculating gaze redirect toward the new variable in the room. Watched Soren's body angle away from me, toward her.Of course.The fragile thing that had been building between us—that raw, desperate almost-confession—crumbled to dust. I felt the walls slam back into place around my heart, harder and stronger than before. I'd been a fool to think anything had changed. I'd been a fool almost to tell them the truth."Genevieve." Caspian's voice had regained its Alpha timber, though something still strained beneath it. "This isn't a good time."But he was already moving toward her. They all were, pulled by some invisible tether I'd spent two lifetimes watching them follow."I know, I know." Genevieve pressed her fingers to her lips, a tear slipping down her porcelain cheek with theatr
Step uncles are my mates Chapter 6
Lyra's POVThe air felt too thick to breathe. “Don’t call me that,” I whispered, but the words came out weaker than I intended. In my past life, Little Star had been Soren’s private endearment, whispered against my skin in the dark, murmured when he thought I was asleep. Hearing it now felt like a blade between my ribs. Soren’s dark sapphire eyes flickered with something sharp. He had noticed my reaction. Of course, he had. He noticed everything. “Lyra.” Caspian’s voice cut through the tension, pulling my attention back to him. He hadn’t moved from behind the desk, but his presence filled the room like a gathering storm. “You are not a prisoner. But you are not leaving.” “That sounds exactly like a prisoner,” I said. His golden eyes flashed. “Then perhaps you should stop acting like one and tell us what is actually happening.” I almost laughed. Almost. The sound died in my throat, strangled by the bitter irony. Tell them what was happening? That I remembered a future where they
Step uncles are my mates Chapter 5
Lyra’s POVGenevieve’s mask had cracked.She stood there in my room, expecting me to flinch, to cry, to give her the satisfaction she craved. But I simply leaned back against the headboard, met her eyes with calm curiosity, and asked the one question she wasn’t prepared for.“Why?”The word hung in the air. Genevieve froze mid-lean, her triumphant smile dying on her lips. For the first time, she looked genuinely unsettled.“Why do they care about you more than me?” I continued softly, voice light but cutting. “Is it because you’re their real family? Because you’re so kind and loving? Or because you truly believe you deserve everything you’ve stolen from me?”Her manicured nails dug into the edge of my desk until her knuckles turned white. Her perfect posture stiffened. The carefully crafted victim facade trembled.I pressed on. “Then why are you here in my room, trying so hard to convince me of it?”Genevieve’s sapphire eyes flashed with fury and something closer to fear. She opened h
Step uncles are my mates Chapter 4
Lyra’s POVI was ten when the world lost its color.Alpha Julian was the man who became my father after he found me shivering in the Whispering Woods. I was five, but he didn’t see a stray orphan. He saw a daughter. He gave me a name, a home, and fierce, protective love that felt like armor against the entire world.Then the Great Northern Skirmish took him from me. I was ten. The light in our house dimmed forever.The triplets : Caspian, Silas, and Soren — were only sixteen back then, but they stepped up without hesitation. They called me their Little Star. They promised to protect me from every shadow. For years, they kept that promise. Caspian’s quiet strength made me feel safe. Silas’s steady presence grounded me. Soren’s warm laughter and playful affection made me feel truly alive.I loved them with every piece of my young heart. They weren’t just my guardians — they were my world. And for a while, I believed I was theirs too.Then came my eighteenth birthday… and Genevieve.She
Step uncles are my mates Chapter 2
Lyra’s POVThe frost burned down my throat like shattered ice. Soren’s hand stayed pressed over my mouth, forcing every drop of the Mercy Frost into me while my memories cracked and splintered.“You were nothing but a beautiful lie,” he whispered. His thumb brushed my lower lip with heartbreaking t
Step uncles are my mates Chapter 1
Lyra’s POVThe High Hall smelled of rust, old blood, and cold stone. Every breath I took scraped against my throat like broken glass. Three pairs of sapphire eyes watched me from across the long oak table—eyes that had once traced my face with love, whispered promises against my skin, and made me
Step uncles are my mates Chapter 3
Lyra’s POVI woke up gasping, lungs burning as if I were still falling. My hands flew to my chest, my ribs, my throat, searching for broken bones, wire cuts, bruises. There was nothing. Only smooth, warm skin and the soft press of linen sheets.I scrambled out of bed and stumbled to the mirror. The
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