Lahat ng Kabanata ng CLAIMED BY MY STEPBROTHERS: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 5

LEILA'S POVThe slap echoed through the training room.My head snapped to the side, cheek burning. I tasted blood."Pathetic." Kira stood over me, fists clenched. "You're not even trying, Leila."I pushed myself off the mat, wiping my mouth. "I am trying.""Try harder." She kicked my legs out from under me. I hit the ground hard, air rushing from my lungs. "How are you supposed to survive in this pack if you can't even block a simple attack?"Around us, other pack members trained. None of them looked our way. They never did when Kira went too far with me. The human girl getting beat up by a real wolf? Not their problem."Again," Kira commanded.I stood, legs shaking. We'd been at this for two hours. My entire body ached. But Kira wasn't satisfied until I was bleeding.She lunged. I tried to dodge. Failed. Her fist connected with my ribs. Something cracked.I gasped, doubling over."Weak," she hissed in my ear. "Just like always.""That's enough." The voice cut through the training roo

LEILA'S POV Alpha voice. Ronan."I can't." Maddox didn't move. "She's…""I know what she is." Ronan appeared in the doorway, and my breath caught.He looked... wrong. His ice-blue eyes were too bright. His jaw too tight. Every muscle in his body was tensed like he was holding himself back from something.His gaze found me behind Maddox, and something cracked in his expression."Get away from her," Ronan commanded his brother."No.""That's an order.""I don't care." Maddox's claws extended further. "My wolf has already chosen. You can't make me leave her.""Neither can mine." The admission seemed to cost Ronan something. His control wavered. "Which is why you need to get away from her right now before we both do something that gets us all killed."I didn't understand. "What are you talking about?"Ronan's eyes met mine. For one second, I saw past his cold exterior to the chaos beneath."You're in heat, Leila. And every unmated male wolf in this pack house can smell it. But we..." Hi

LEILA'S POV "STOP!" I lunged forward.The projection caught me with its free hand. Its grip was solid despite being made of smoke and magic."This is a demonstration," Dane's voice said calmly. "Of what I can do from fifty miles away. Imagine what I could do standing right in front of you."Alec's screams were getting weaker. His glasses fell to the floor. His eyes rolled back."Please," I begged. "Please stop. I'll do whatever you want.""Will you come with me? Willingly? Without your mates interfering?""Yes! Just stop hurting him!"The shadows released Alec. He dropped to the floor, gasping.I tried to go to him, but the projection held me in place."Good girl. But I need to make sure you mean it." Those silver eyes studied me. "Shift. Show me your wolf. Prove that you're what I've been searching for.""I, I can't control it yet. I might hurt…""Then hurt someone." The projection's smile was cruel. "That's rather the point."Before I could respond, my door burst open.Maddox and R