All Chapters of My Bully StepBrothers Are My Mates: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

AriMy mom seemed oblivious to my shock, still smiling and chatting. Yet I couldn't focus anymore as I felt the car stop. What was going on?"Mom, are we making a pitstop or something?" I asked cautiously, cutting her off in the process as I tried to comprehend what I was seeing.Turning back to face her, I found hints of confusion on her face."No, sweetie, we're home.” She said and I blinked in surprise."Home?" I repeated. "But...but this is Alpha Jason's house.""Yes, it is.” her smile faltered for a moment before she nodded.I felt like I'd been punched in the gut. Alpha Jason had been the Alpha of the Silver Reed pack for as long as I could remember. Even before I'd left, there was one concrete fact. He was a widower ever since his wife died years ago and since then, he had never remarried. The only family he had were his twin sons…A chill ran through me. There was no way my mom could have married him…right?No way. I shook the thoughts away. I was thinking too much. It was

AriMy jaw clenched. Facing their stares I was frozen. In the end I didn't even need to come to them. They had come to me instead."Look at you. All grown up I see." Zayn said, his voice dripping with sarcasm.The reminder of the past left me shaky. Whenever they ganged up on me like this, it was nothing good.But I wasn't the weak girl who would cry. I could stand my ground now, and that was exactly what I was going to do."What do you want?” I asked, trying to keep my cool despite the butterflies in my stomach."Oh, we just wanted to welcome you to the family. You know, make you feel at home." Zachary chuckled, leaning on the other end of the doorway. "Save it, Zachary. I'm not buying it." I snapped."Look who's grown feisty,” Zachary smirked, “You’ve really changed in the year you've been apart haven't you?”And from the looks of it, they hadn't changed one bit.A part of me wanted to snap back but I stopped myself. So far, there were no cruel remarks compared to the past. For th

“Where did you think you were going, Ari?” Zayn said, giving a twisted smile as he took one step towards me forcing me to take one back instinctively. I didn’t know what they wanted with me and I sure as hell didn’t want to find out. Nothing good ever happened to me whenever Zayn and Zach were around and I didn’t want a repeat of my horrible past. “I believe Zayn asked you a question, Ari? Can’t you speak any more?” Zach spoke this time around, sounding more threatening than his twin brother. “Can’t you pretend like you didn’t see me and I’ll pretend like you didn’t follow me here?” I said in a squeaky voice. I’ve always hated how I felt around them but there wasn’t anything I could do to change it—it was a little too late for that, I guess. “Your tongue has gotten sharper, hasn’t it?” The twins laughed in unison and I wondered what they wanted from me. Ever since I came back, I’ve made it my mission to avoid the two of them and I’ve done that successfully until this moment. “P

The rays of sunlight seeped through the slightly opened curtains and fell across my face, forcing me to open my eyes.I shielded my eyes with my palm as I turned to the other side of the bed and glanced at the digital clock on the bed stand, it was 9:45 AM. I’d overslept again—if you could say that. It’s been two days since I stepped outside.I was feeling lethargic and I knew why. I couldn’t bring myself to stand up and go outside. I was still scared and frightened, much to my frustration. If you let the darkness win, you’ll never figure out just how bright you can shine. I let out a groan as a line from my favorite movie came to mind. Staying here wasn’t going to erase what happened last night, all I could do was go out and try to make the best out of today. I decided that I was going to take a stroll through the pack today. There were a lot of places I hadn’t seen since I returned and I wanted to relish my childhood memories. I picked out a yellow sundress and tied my hair in

The past couple of weeks have been nothing short of wonderful. By a long shot, Ken was easily the best thing that had ever happened to me and I meant every word of it. I had to keep our budding relationship a secret for fear of my stepbrothers and what they might do to him and not just me. I’ve been successfully avoiding them ever since our last encounter and I hoped nothing would ever bring us together again. I wanted to live my life without looking for my shoulders for eternity and I couldn't bear to rope Ken into what he knew nothing of. I lied about wanting to keep a low profile to avoid the annoying remarks from people who often picked on me and she had believed me without even trying to put up a fight or argue about it. Despite the secrecy, we were the perfect couple, we were happy and we didn’t need anyone’s validation to do what he wanted. We spent every Saturday evening at the planetarium where my eyes would glow to the color of soft moss green as I spoke about astronomy