บททั้งหมดของ Mated to My Rival Step Brother: บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 5

Alex's POV:“Again.” I roared, standing on the training arena; it was loud enough to cut the morning fog.I was already sweaty. My temple was the proof due to the drip down. It's just that the scent of the earth was top-notch. The team around me straightened at once. None could disobey when I gave an order. Not at Midnight Academy. Dare to? Please. The scent of a future alpha is all the warning they need. Alex Thorne doesn't take challenges; he ends them.The arena stretched before us. It was a perfect circle of packed, unforgiving dirt. The forest was part of us, part of every future alpha who trained here.“Let’s finish this drill,” I said, rolling my shoulders. “You lose focus, you lose your rank.”“Always so dramatic,” Maya teased from the stands.Her voice made me turn. She was swinging her legs with an easy confidence while sitting on the lowest step of the spectator row. I always admire her long, dark hair and pale blue eyes, and that warm smile that could disarm any fight.I

Blake’s POV:The sun was too bright for how little sleep I had. I walked across the academy grounds with a dull ache behind my eyes and a heavier ache in my chest. I kept replaying the whispers I heard last night. Some students talked about why a Silver was even allowed to enter Midnight Academy again. They remembered last year. They remembered the scandal.I remembered it too.My father’s cousin, Rowan, came here for advanced training. He was hot-headed. Reckless. He liked to flirt. Sometimes too much. He got close to a Thorne beta girl. At first it was harmless. Then she ended up pregnant. She insisted he tricked her. He insisted it was mutual. No one knew the truth because the Thornes controlled the story. Rowan was suspended. Sent home in shame. After my father’s sudden death, everyone relied on Rowan Silver to take the lead but all were destroyed. “I wish you weren’t dead, Dad.” Why am I saying it was a death. Precisely, he was murdered.And then. The Thornes climbed higher. The

Blake’s POV:The afternoon sun should have been bright, but clouds covered the sky like a thick blanket. The entire academy looked gray and tired. It matched my mood perfectly.Coach Vega stood on the training ground with his arms crossed. His expression made it clear he was done with life, done with us, done with everything.Alex was already there, stretching his neck like he was preparing to fight a dragon instead of doing training drills with me. Maya stood a few meters away, whispering something to another trainee. Liam came to stand beside me, his face tight with worry.Vega clapped once. “Silver. Thorne. Front.”We stepped forward at the same time. Alex shot me a sideways glare. I gave him one back. It was a beautiful moment of shared hatred.Vega didn’t blink. “Today’s practice is teamwork.”Alex scoffed. “You must be joking.”I nodded. “He must be.”Vega’s stare could kill. “Do I look like I am joking?”We both shut up.He continued, “You will spar as partners. Not opponents.