All Chapters of MY BROTHER-IN-LAW: Chapter 61 - Chapter 65

CAELEN THRONE'S POVWe weren’t supposed to be out there. Not in the dark. Not behind a stranger’s mansion where the floodlights didn’t reach and the laughter of the party dissolved into shadows and breathless silence. But Lucian and I had never been good at “supposed to.” He looked too damn perfect in that suit, too sharp and untouchable. I needed to touch him, to drag him away from those wine-glass smiles and empty conversations and remind him that he was mine.I had him pressed against the cold brick wall, fingers gripping his jaw as his lips parted for me. Our breaths tangled. My hands fumbled with his tie. We were seconds from forgetting the world entirely when we heard it — a rustle, a quick crunch of gravel underfoot. Then something like a whimper.Lucian froze under me, instinctively pushing me behind him. That protective edge of his always kicked in when something felt wrong. He turned his head, eyes scanning the shadows.“What was that?” he whispered, already reaching inside

LUCIAN THRONE'S POVThe house was clean — too clean. Like someone had scrubbed away every trace of dirt, but couldn’t bleach out the rot that still clung to the walls.Caelen sat to my right, back straight, one hand resting lightly on Chase’s shoulder. The boy sat between us, legs swinging slightly off the edge of the chair. He hadn’t said a word since we walked in, but I could feel his tension pulsing like static — alert, wary, braced for betrayal.Across from us, the woman sat perched on a floral armchair that didn’t match the rest of the furniture. She was dressed neatly, hair pinned into a careful bun, her skirt starched. The act was rehearsed. She smiled too quickly.“Oh, Chase,” she cooed, folding her hands. “You’ve grown so thin. My poor child.”He didn’t respond. Didn’t even blink.Caelen’s grip on his shoulder tightened.“My name is Mrs. Sofie Valeria,” she said, turning to us now, smiling in a way that felt like a brittle, cracking mirror. “I am Chase’s aunt—his late mother’