RESISTING MY COCKY ALPHA STEPBROTHERS のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 31 - チャプター 40

Alpha Rhys's POVThe weight of my position had never felt heavier than it did in this moment standing in my living room watching everything I had worked for crumble around me like sand slipping through fingers I could not close tight enough.I had negotiated Skylar's engagement to Ethan specifically because he promised lycan protection against a threat I had known was coming for months. Anthony Wilder had warned me when he first contacted me about his daughter and what she represented to dangerous people.The Council of Lycans had discovered that I was harbouring a white lycan without reporting it to them. White lycans were either recruited into the Council or eliminated as threats and there was no third option according to the laws they enforced across all territories.I thought I had more time to figure out a solution. I thought Ethan would help me hide Skylar long enough to find a permanent way to protect her from the Council's reach and their brutal methods of controlling what the

 Skylar's POVMyron told me about Ethan's offer and my reaction was immediate fury that burned through my chest like acid. I would not be bargained with like property or traded like some prize between alphas who thought they could control my choices."Absolutely not," I said and my voice was sharp enough to cut. "I am not spending one night alone with Ethan just so we can get information that might not even be accurate or useful when the Council attacks us in three days."Ross stepped forward and his expression was careful. He was always the pragmatic one who thought through problems logically while Myron reacted with emotion first and reason second when situations got complicated like this one clearly was becoming."We need every advantage we can get Sky," Ross said gently. "If Ethan's information saves even one pack member's life is it not worth one conversation with him to prevent unnecessary deaths that we

 Ross's POVI waited outside the cabin with Myron and the mate bond was pulled taut with tension that made my wolf pace restlessly inside my chest. Every instinct screamed at me to break down the door and separate Skylar from Ethan who had her alone inside.Myron was beside me and his fists were clenched so tight his knuckles had gone white. "How much longer?" He asked through gritted teeth. "I cannot stand this waiting and not knowing what he is doing with our mate in there without us to protect her.""The agreement was one night," I said even though the words tasted like ash in my mouth. "We have to honour it no matter how much we hate letting him near her when she belongs to us and no one else has any right to touch her."After an hour that felt like an eternity Skylar emerged from the cabin. She was alive and unharmed and relief flooded through me so intensely I nearly collapsed from the weight of it final

 Skylar's POVI faced the Council elders while exhaustion made my legs tremble and my vision blur at the edges. They exuded power that made even Alpha Rhys seem weak in comparison and the air around them shimmered with energy that pressed against my skin uncomfortably.The lead elder stepped forward and his robes whispered against the ground. "I am Cassius," He said and his voice was ancient and commanding. "First among the Council and keeper of lycan history that spans back to the beginning of our kind when the world was young."Ross moved closer to me and his hand found mine despite the blood still dripping from his wounds. Myron positioned himself on my other side and together they formed a protective barrier between me and the elders who watched us with expressions I could not read."Primas appear once every millennium to lead all lycan kind," Cassius explained and his gold eyes fixed on me with intensity

 Skylar's POVBreaking a mate bond was rare and agonising according to everything I had ever heard about the ritual that only the most desperate wolves attempted when circumstances left them no other choice but to sever what the Moon Goddess had created between souls meant to be together.Luna Sheila begged me to reconsider when I told her what I needed. "Please Skylar," She said and grabbed my hands. "There has to be another way that does not involve destroying something as sacred as the mate bond you share with my sons who love you more than life itself."But I was resolute and nothing she said could change my mind. I would not let Ross and Myron die because of what I was and what my genetics demanded from people connected to me through bonds that were never meant to sustain Prima-level power running through them constantly.The twins protested violently when they realised I was serious about going through with the rit