All Chapters of My Alpha Step-Brother Is A Ten : Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

~Soren~I wake with a start, my heart pounding in my chest like I'm going through have a cardiac arrest or something.Sunlight. It’s really too bright.I scramble to sit up, my eyes going to the door. I listen, holding my breath until it hurts. No heavy footfalls in the hallway, no sound of the front door slamming. No muffled voices of my mother and his father discussing the fundraiser or anything.Silence. They aren't back yet. The party must have ended in an all nighter at the Alpha Estate, or maybe they’re still sleeping it off in a guest wing.The mattress shifts next to meI look down, and the breath I was holding escapes me in a breathy exhale.Felix.He is lying across the dark sheets, the duvet bunched at his waist, he's devastatingly good-looking in the morning, raw, unfiltered. His hair is a dark forest against the pillow, and the stubble on his jaw is a shadow that ages him, making him look more threatening.The tatt

~Felix~ The Charger’s engine was still ticking down in the Council lot's humid air, but I was already halfway to the heavy oak doors. I don’t look at my watch. I know I’m behind schedule and I couldn’t care less. It’s like I’m carrying lead weights with each step. My skin is still buzzing from the shower, the remnant of Soren’s touch becomes a lingering heat beneath my clothes. I am wearing all black -- black jeans, black boots, and the leather jacket my dad can’t stand. It’s a middle finger to the ceremony at this place. I press the door open. The noise of my boots striking the smooth marble floor resonates up through the vaulted hall, supplementing the deep hum of my father’s voice and few people turn to look. He is standing at the lectern among the elders, looking every bit the Alpha he was born to be in a tailored charcoal suit. He pauses in midphrase. His eyes, which are the same icy blue as mine, scan me. I detect the glimmer of disappointment, the clench of his jaw over w

~Soren~For a solid ten seconds, no one moves.We just stare at Holly like she’s a ghost or perhaps a mirage caused by excessive anxiety and public embarrassment.“What?” I manage to say at last."I said I can help." Holly steps closer, her heels clacking on the library floor. "I know who took the picture."Jazz stands, placing herself between Holly and me as a bodyguard — a very fashionable one at that. I try to speak before Jazz does."Why should we trust you?"“Because I don’t have any reason to lie right now.” Holly folds her arms. “Look, I know what you all think of me. Felix's — the psycho ex-girlfriend who just won’t take no for an answer. And yeah, maybe that’s partially true. But I'm not a monster."Kyle rolls his eyes and sigh.“Could have fooled me,” I mutter. She looks at me, and for the first time since I’ve known her, there’s something almost…human in her face. “I saw the photos, Soren. Everyone did. And yeah, part of me wanted to be happy about it, wanted to see Fel

~Soren~By the time I reach the parking lot the ice cream is dripping down my arm. I can't even think clearly and my head is pounding and I know I'm almost white from jumping from one pot of trouble to another.I watch the disastrous melting mess that is chocolate chip melt into a damp mess on the blacktop and I think: This is my life now. Everything good goes pear shaped the second I touch it.My phone vibrates and I jump.A message from Mom. I shut my eyes tightly and wish I'm blind so I can't see the context of the message.This is it. They know. They saw the photo. Mom is going to kill me, Alpha Donovan is going to banish me, and Felix…God, Felix.I throw the cone in a trash bin close by, and dial for an Uber on my phone. It takes me three tries to finish typing the address into my trembling hands." Soren! "I don't turn around because I recognize that voice.It's Felix."Soren, please—""I can't do it right now." My voice sounds hollow and flat. " I have to go home.""Then I’ll

~Felix~I don’t drive Soren back to campus.I pass the turn, go by the coffee shops and student housing and everything else familiar until we’re on the old road leading to the lake."Felix?" Her voice is soft. "Where are we going?""To a place where nobody can get hold of us. Somewhere we can just... breathe."She doesn't object. Instead, she just tightens the grip around my hand as we watch the landscape fade away.After twenty minutes, I take an unmarked dirt track off the main road. I've had it for a long time--right back to the time when my father's demands were too much to bear, a place I'd rathered hide.I kill the engine.Everything hushes suddenly. No vehicles, no people looking down at us. Just us, and the water hitting the shore.“It's beautiful,” Soren says softly.I turn to her instead of the water. "Yeah. It is."Her cheeks flush and I want to kiss her right there. I'll never get tired of making her blush even after all this.We get out of the car. The sky is dusky, smell