บททั้งหมดของ Mated To My Brother-In-Law: บทที่ 31 - บทที่ 40

The drive back home felt longer than it ever had, even though the road from the pack house to our street had not magically stretched overnight. Dad drove in rigid silence, both hands gripping the steering wheel like he feared it might escape him, while Mom stared out the window with her jaw set tight enough to crack a tooth. Kayla was seated beside me in the back seat, her body angled toward the door, her frowning reflection faint in the glass. The car was filled with so much unsaid and it was just itching Kayla to burst it out, but she was holding back. going head on with our mom never ended well. Especially if her actions were an act of protection. She would go to the end of the earth just to punch anyone who dared to trifle with us. No one in the car bothered to speak for the first few minutes, but the silence was not peaceful. It was the kind that pressed against your ears and made your thoughts louder than they should be. I could still feel Nick’s presence clinging to me l

Kira The next morning arrived softer than the chaos of the days before. Thankfully, it was a new day to simply lounge in bed and think of all the things I didn't need to deal with. As the dull sunlight streamed through the thin curtains of my bedroom window, I squinted my eyes. The sunlight was stretching in lines across the wooden floor that was messy with my clothes and my unpacked suitcase.For a few seconds, I lay still in bed, listening to the low hum of early movement downstairs. Mom was up early as usual, and the house felt normal again, as if nothing serious were happening beneath the surface. I pushed myself up slowly; my muscles were so stiff from tension rather than sleep. The six hours of sleep were barely enough, and I contemplated just sleeping back till like two in the afternoon. But my suitcase sitting at the foot of my bed felt like an accusation and confirmation of how lazy I was. I swung my legs over the bed and crouched in front of it, my fingers resting on the

Nick was seated across from his mother and Alfie at the breakfast table with different food laid out for an entire household. Nora, the pack house caretaker and head chef, added another stack of pancakes onto Nick's plate, and he mumbled, “Thank you.” After a very long session of morning warm-up, Nick was tired. Not as tired as Alfie, who kept scoffing down every available food into his mouth as if they were going to vanish. Alfie had received the brunt of Nick's bad mood; their workout extending over 2 hours, he could barely feel his legs. “You'll choke if you keep up with that pace,” Nick mocked, pointing his fork in Alfie's face. Alfie rolled his eyes far back into his head and swallowed the food in his mouth, then replied, “It would be a reward for the horror you've put me through this morning.” “Whining because of an hour extra? I overestimated you,” Nick said. “2 hours extra,” Alfie replied with vigor. His legs were still vibrating from the horror Nick had put him thr

Nick’s POV No introduction. Esme did not need one. She did not rush with her words and never needed to do much to get a room to listen to her. Before he could respond, the heavy wooden doors creaked open. The faint scent of sage and something older... earth after rain.. slipped into the room before Elder Esme did. The atmosphere shifted the moment she entered. Even Matilda straightened. Knowing she walked into something, Esme cleared her throat and decided to start again. “Alpha,” Esme greeted, her voice neither warm nor cold. “Elder," Nick answered. She studied him for a moment longer than comfortable, her pale eyes calculating, measuring, weighing. “A council meeting needs to be set,” she repeated simply. The words landed heavier than any that dropped from his mother's mouth in the last minute of back and forth. Matilda adjusted her chair back and settled into it. “For what purpose?” Esme did not look at her. “For the stability of the pack. The events.... of t

The thin line between love and hate theory was real. What better way to confirm it as Kayla's face twisted in horror as her eyes moved between Nick and me.I had never seen that look in her eyes. Disgust, disappointment, and sadness. All at the same time, and I felt a piece of me break.What had I done? Of all the times for my secret to be exposed, it just had to be now. This wasn't how I planned to tell Kayla, Nick was also my mate. The vision of how it would go down wasn't even clear, but I at least hoped it would be nothing as chaotic as the live action happening. Everything around me went still. I didn't care for anything around me, my eyes solely focused on Kayla. My throat was raspy as I tried to utter a word. Nothing came out. Only a soft gasp at the realization I was caught in a bad position fell from my mouth.“Kira?” Kayla called again, her voice shaking. “What… what's going on here?”“Kayla, it's not what you…” I looked way too guilty to be dropping such a cliche phrase,