Lahat ng Kabanata ng Mated to My New Stepbrother : Kabanata 61 - Kabanata 70

Lucas’s POV When I got to my car, I just sat there thinking of what to do next. I was so angry I sat there like a piece of furniture, seeing the guards close up the door to the packhouse.This was so unfair.Laying my head back, I took in deep breaths as I decided to leave this godforsaken place.I considered asking Mira for help. Maybe she could talk to her mother. Then it hit me that if Freya got wind of this, it might even piss her off more.I was in a pinch. Two weeks to leave this place. Oh, it was not enough. All the time I’d spent here. All the loyalty. All the work. And now, just because Remy was gone, we were nothing?I started my car and drove out of the pack with rage in me.The streets were empty now, but I slowly drove through. This wasn’t over yet. I would find a way around this.I got home and got into the house to see my father in the living room waiting for me.The moment I got in, he got up and looked at me.“Well… what did she say?”“She’s kicking us out. Two wee

Kayden’s POVHe raised an eyebrow. “That’s not your problem. But I do know what pain looks like, and you look like it—you look like someone who was just stabbed in the gut.” I laughed at that. “Feels like it,” I mused aloud.He crossed his arms. “I’m going to let you in on a little secret, kid. Feelings are good and all, but you can’t let them run you. You’ll get yourself killed.”I scoffed. “Right. For you it’s all about war and love, huh?”“It’s all we have as warriors.”“What if this person I really like decides to be with someone else?”He looked right at me. “Then she’s not yours. Not now. Maybe never. You deal with it.”I didn’t say anything for a minute. “Easy for you to say.”“Not for me, it’s not,” he said. “You think I haven’t lost somebody? You think I don’t get what you are feeling? I buried people too. Close friends of mine. Brothers.”I kept quiet as he talked. I didn’t know there could be a vulnerable side to any of his story. He had only been vulnerable to me once, bu

Kayden’s POVWe fought for a while before they saw how they were losing as they turned and vanished in the woods, shrieking and falling. We didn’t follow. That wasn’t our job.We just needed to chase them off, and we had done that perfectly.I watched them with the swords in my hands as I heaved a sigh of relief.My swords were stained red. My shirt was in tatters.The warrior approached me, his expression impossible to read.“You broke my command,” he said.I did not answer.“You ran in without command,” he added.I said nothing.“You could’ve died.”I nodded.He paused and then looked around at the others. “But you showed no fear. You didn’t hesitate. That kind of fire…” He trailed off as he stared directly at me again. “Don’t waste it. Next time, wait for the call. You hear me?” "Yes."He nodded firmly. "Good."We walked back to the safe house in silence. The others behind us were silent too. Some were tending to the wounded, and some were wiping down their swords.I went and sat

Mira’s povI slowly opened my eyes as the light from the windows hit through my window and I yawned and stretched. Slowly, I grabbed my phone from the counter and looked at my screen but found no message from Kayden.I nodded. It was fine. I hadn’t been expecting anything… or maybe I had. It didn’t matter.I threw the blanket back and sat upright. Maybe he was busy.After all he has said he would treat me like a stranger anyway so what the hell was I even doing?I entered the bathroom and had my bath and just as I stepped out my phone buzzed.I turned quickly, hoping it was from Kayden.It was Lucas. I looked at his name for a moment. Why was I disappointed? We had started dating now. Then I responded.“Hello?” I said with an optimistic voice even when I was clearly disappointed.“Mira, You sound tired. Did I wake you?" he asked.“Nope,” I answered. “I woke up just some minutes ago.”“Great. I wanted to hear your voice.” his voice said excitedly through the receiver. “I thought we c

Mira’s povI was leaning against the door. Breathing fast. Then I started to slide down till I was on the floor.He said I was a waste.I put my hand on my mouth and expelled a shuddering breath. My eyes were damp, and I couldn’t hold them back. So just this once, I let it flow since everything around me was false. Everything. Every smile. Every chuckle. Every endearment.He never did love me.But I had fallen, hard.I went to my bed and removed my clothes as I laid inside, tucked under my duvet from the harsh world out there.I placed the pillow over my head and cried like a mad person.That cold voice kept ringing in my ears.“I don’t feel anything for you… I don’t want anything to do with you…”Why? Why would he say that? After everything? After all those moments that felt so real? I thought he liked me. I thought he cared. But maybe I was wrong.I cried for hours with the pain so heavy on my chest as I tried to keep all his bad words away from my head.Then I heard it.A tiny knoc