All Chapters of RESISTING MY COCKY ALPHA STEPBROTHERS : Chapter 161 - Chapter 170

Kai's POV Skylar's call pulled me from the buffer dimension faster than anything had in years. Her voice carried urgency that made my blood run cold."It is Ash. He has been corrupted. I need you home now."I materialised in the training grounds within seconds. Skylar stood with Ash who looked pale and terrified. His hands shook at his sides."Tell me everything," I said.Skylar explained quickly. The dark thoughts. The whispers. The dreams of betrayal. The faint trace of dimensional corruption she sensed clinging to him."It feels similar to what happened with Phoenix but different somehow. More insidious," she said. "I need your expertise."I approached Ash carefully. His eyes met mine and I saw raw fear there. "I am sorry Uncle Kai. I did not want to be a problem.""You are not a problem. You are family. Now hold still."I placed my hands on either side of his head. Closed my eyes. Let my consciousness slip into the dimensional spaces between reality and thought.What I found made

 Luna's POVEthan's name sat heavily in my chest. He should have been dead years ago. Decades ago. He was ancient when Mom was still young."This doesn't make sense," Ryder said. His fingers laced through mine and held tight. "No lycan lives that long."Kai looked like he might be sick. "He's not fully lycan anymore. I can feel it in what he left behind. He made some kind of deal.""What kind of deal?" I asked."The worst kind. He traded his humanity for more time. He's something else now. Part lycan, part something that exists between worlds. Hatred is keeping him alive."Mom's voice was quiet. "He wants revenge on all of us. For stopping him from bringing Elena back."I stood up fast. My diplomat brain was already working through scenarios. "We need to defend ourselves. Right now.""Luna, you can't negotiate with this," Ryder said. "He wants us dead.""I know. But we can prepare. We can make it harder for

 Luna's POVMy mind went blank. Choose between my mother and my wife. Between the woman who gave me life and the woman who made my life worth living."No," I said. The word came out stronger than I felt. "I won't choose.""Then they both die," Ethan said simply.But something clicked in my head. My mother's voice from years ago taught me about diplomacy. Never accept the terms your enemy gives you. Change the game instead.I looked at Ethan. Really looked at him. Used my empathy to push past his anger and hatred. What I found shocked me.Pain. Raw and consuming. His dimensional form was killing him slowly. The transformation was unstable and eating away at what was left of his humanity.He was dying and that made him more dangerous than anything else."Why?" I asked. "Why are you really doing this?""I told you. Revenge.""No. Revenge is just the excuse. What do you really want?"For a moment h

Ryder's POVI burst through the fortress entrance with warriors at my back. What I saw inside stopped me cold.My mother. Ninety four years old and supposedly fragile. Fighting Ethan with strength that defied every law of nature.She moved like a woman half her age. No, younger than that. She moved like the Prima she used to be."How is she doing that?" one of the warriors whispered.Then I saw them. Through the broken windows. Transparent but unmistakable. Ross and Myron.My father's. Dead for years. Their spirits surrounded Mom and poured power into her that glowed like starlight."Dad?" The word caught in my throat. "Both of you?"They did not look at me. Their attention stayed focused on Mom. On keeping her alive and fighting.It was the most beautiful and terrifying thing I had ever seen.Luna was trying to reach Aria. My wife was still suspended in the air unconscious. I ran to help her."Ryder thank god," Luna said. "I cannot get her down."I studied the energy holding Aria. It

Ryder's POVThe funeral was the largest I had ever seen. Thousands gathered to say goodbye to Skylar Hawkins. Every pack. Every coven. Every faction across the supernatural world.Human government representatives stood beside dimensional entities. The Conclave declared a week of mourning. Even creatures from the buffer dimension manifested to pay respects.My mother had touched more lives than I realised.I stood at the front trying to hold myself together. Luna gripped my left hand. Kai held my right. We were supposed to be strong for everyone else.But all I wanted to do was break down and cry."You can do this," Luna whispered. "Mom would be so proud."I nodded and stepped up to speak. My prepared words fled the moment I opened my mouth. I spoke from the heart instead."My mother was born wolfless in a world that valued strength above all else. She should have been rejected. Cast out. Forgotten."My voice cracked. I forced myself to continue."Instead she became a legend. Not becau