บททั้งหมดของ MATED TO MY BULLY STEPBROTHERS : บทที่ 11 - บทที่ 20

JADEI stood there with my hand still on the edge of the door, staring at Carl as he held it open from the other side. My head throbbed and my stomach kept turning in slow, sick waves that made me want to curl up on the floor. He looked uncomfortable, shifting from one foot to the other while his mouth opened and closed like he could not find the right words. In his free hand he held a small packet of drugs, the kind the pack doctor usually gave for headaches and nausea.“Jade… I… um… I thought maybe these would help,” he stammered. “After everything today… the mall and all that… I know it was rough and I just… I mean, my father said the bond can make you feel sick even after rejection and I figured… maybe this could ease it a little. Not that I’m saying you have to take them but…”He kept blabbing, the words tumbling out in a messy rush that did not make much sense. I watched his face, the way his eyes kept moving between me and the floor, and something twisted inside my chest. Ou

JADEI sat with Valerie in the quiet corner of the library. My head still ached from earlier, a dull throb that refused to fade completely, but being here with my friend made the weight on my chest feel a little lighter. Valerie closed her book with a soft thud and turned to me with that playful glint in her eyes. Her voice dropped to a teasing whisper even though no one sat close enough to hear.“You were so brave today in the cafeteria, Jade,” she said, a small smile crossing her lips. “Standing up to Liam like that, helping Kaden up right in front of everyone. And then slapping him! The way his eyes flashed silver… I have never seen him look so shocked. You actually slapped one of the Hawthorne triplets.”I felt heat rise to my cheeks as I remembered the sharp sting of my palm against his face and the way the cafeteria had erupted into noise. My hand still tingled faintly from the impact. “I did not plan it,” I admitted. “It just happened. He had no right to treat Kaden that way

JADEI turned around slowly on the balcony, the cool evening air brushing against my skin and came face to face with Liam's girlfriend, Rosa. She stood there with her hands clasped in front of her and a gentle expression on her face. Seeing Rosa brought back the memory of Liam’s behavior in the cafeteria earlier that day, the way he had pulled me close and warned everyone to stay away from me while he and his brothers each had their own girlfriends. The thought made my chest tighten. How could he act like he owned me when all three of them lived freely with their own relationships? It felt unfair and hypocritical, and the anger from the slap still lingered under my skin.Rosa did not attend Hawthorne High anymore as she had transferred to another school in the pack territory months ago. Once upon a time, she and I had been close childhood friends, playing together in the old neighborhood before everything changed with the pack hierarchies and our different paths. We had drifted apar

CARLI stood in the locker room with my brothers and the rest of the hockey team. The familiar smell of sweat and leather filled the air around us and the noise of guys changing and talking echoed off the walls, but my mind kept drifting back to everything that had happened with Jade over the last few days. The rejection in class still sat heavy in my chest like a bruise that would not heal. The humiliation at the mall, the way she had fainted in Randy’s arms, and the strange way she had pulled away from Kaden in the hallway this morning — it all played through my head in loops. I did not know what to do with the conflicting feelings inside me. Part of me still wanted to follow my brothers and make her pay for rejecting us, but another part kept remembering how small and tired she looked when she avoided us. The mate bond might have been broken on her side, but the pull was still uncomfortable in ways that made it hard to think straight.Coach Simon walked into the locker room with h

LIAMI sat in father’s study that night with Randy and Carl beside me. My body still carried the tension from the locker room earlier, and my wolf paced restlessly inside me, upset over how easily Kaden had pushed back against us. We had come to tell our father everything, the way Kaden had dodged Randy’s punch with impossible speed, the way he had invaded our mental walls with his telepathic message, and the vow he had made to ensure we never got mated.My father listened without a word, his fingers placed under his chin as his eyes moved between the three of us. When we finished speaking, he leaned back in his chair and released a deep breath.“You must be cautious around Kaden,” he said, his voice low and serious. “Do not underestimate him and make sure you train properly from now on. Strengthen your mental barriers so that no one, not Kaden or anyone else can invade your minds telepathically unless it is your mate or myself. This is important as your mind must remain your own.”