All Chapters of Initiated by my Alpha Stepbrother's Mark: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Rowan's Pov This wasn't good.This was bad as fuck.But my wolf didn't seem to give a single shit about good or bad. It had other plans. Plans that involved claiming, marking, fucking until she couldn't walk straight.My cock moved before I could think. My hands worked without permission, like they'd been waiting for this moment my entire life. And maybe they had been.Because Kaireen smelled so fucking good.Like honey and wildflowers and something uniquely her that made my mouth water and my canines ache to sink into her throat. Her lips were swollen from biting them, her body trembling in my lap, and that aggression in her eyes—that fire that refused to be extinguished no matter how much I tried to break her—it wasn't supposed to affect me this much.But it did.It always had.I'd been a bully. A complete bastard. Pushed her away, made her life hell, used every ounce of my position and authority in the pack to make sure no one came near her. Not because she was disgusting like I'd

Tears burned my eyes, blurring my vision. No no no, this couldn't be happening. He couldn't be dead. I wouldn't let him be dead.I used every ounce of strength I had left to straddle him, my thighs bracketing his hips as I positioned my hands over his chest. CPR. I'd learned this in medical school. Thirty compressions, two breaths.I started pressing down, counting under my breath. His chest was solid beneath my palms, still warm despite the cold water. That had to mean something, right? He couldn't be gone if he was still warm."One, two, three, four..."The compressions jarred my broken arm and I bit back a sob of pain, but I didn't stop."Come on, Rowan. Don't you dare die on me. Not after—" My voice broke. "Not after everything."Fifteen. Sixteen. Seventeen."Help!" I screamed toward the empty beach, the empty trees. "Somebody help us!"But there was no one. Just me and Rowan and this godforsaken island.Twenty-eight. Twenty-nine. Thirty.I bent down, tilted his head back, pinched

Kaireen's PovWe were surrounded by lycans and I'd never felt fear sink this deep into my bones before, the kind of fear that made my lungs stop working and my heart forget how to beat properly. They lined the mountains like shadows come to life, dozens of them, maybe more, and there were others walking towards us from every direction, closing in on our pathetic little fire like we were prey they'd been hunting for hours. I crouched towards Rowan instinctively, my body moving before my brain could catch up, and he cursed under his breath, a string of profanity that told me exactly what I already knew deep in my gut, that we were fucking trapped with nowhere to run and no way to fight our way out of this.One by one the figures before us began to shift, bones cracking and reforming, fur receding until they stood on two legs instead of four, naked and unbothered by it, their eyes still holding that predatory gleam that made my stomach twist itself into knots. I immediately hated myse

Kaireen's PovJust when I opened my mouth to say something, anything to break the suffocating silence, there was a slow, deliberate clap echoing down the corridor, and we both turned to see a woman standing just outside our cell. She was stunning in a way that made my stomach twist with something ugly and hot, her long red hair cascading down her back in waves that caught the torchlight, and she wore a tiny dress that left absolutely nothing to the imagination, all curves and smooth skin and confidence that radiated from her like heat.She looked at me first, her lip curling in disgust like I was something foul she'd stepped in, then turned her attention to Rowan and her entire demeanor changed, softening into something seductive and predatory all at once."You," she purred, her voice like honey and poison mixed together. "I'll give you life if you submit to me. I don't want you dead, understand? Among all the warriors in our pack, among all the men I've seen in my entire existence, y

Her father turned to stare at her, his expression torn between indulgence and frustration. "You cannot keep a wolf in my territory, Baleara. I've already told you this repeatedly. Our laws forbid it.""You think I don't know that?" She crossed her arms over her chest, her hip cocked in a way that screamed stubborn princess who always got what she wanted. "Wolf or not, how many decent lycans do you have around here for me to choose from? How many ugly fools have you kept throwing at me expecting me to accept one of them as a mate? I've stayed here waiting patiently for years, Father, and it's not like I'm asking to keep him as a treasure or a trophy forever. I just want something for myself, someone I actually find attractive instead of the options you keep giving me. So you're going to spare him, and you can kill his sister for all I care. Let it be done.""You're not going to kill my sister," I growled, my voice coming out more animal than human as my wolf pressed against my skin d