Alle Kapitel von Mated To My Alpha Stepbrother: Kapitel 71 – Kapitel 80

Theo’s POVI had been restless all morning, my mind stuck on Daphne and the way she looked at me after she found out what I was. That was not how I wanted her to learn I was half vampire, but the moon goddess always chose her own path, and I was left to deal with the truth she placed in front of me. Daphne had seemed calm, almost too calm, and even though she smiled and touched me like nothing had changed, I could not stop asking myself if it was real or only a mask she wore to protect herself.I had been alone for most of my life, pushed aside, watched with fear, judged without knowing my heart, and now that I finally had something that mattered, someone who mattered, the thought of losing her made my chest feel tight. I did not want to lose her, not after last night, not after the way she fit against me like she had always belonged there. “Today is the last training before the main fight,” Liam said behind me, his voice calm like he could hear the storm in my head.I turned to loo

Christabel’s POV“Fuck!” I screamed as I grabbed the vase on my table and threw it across the room. It hit the wall and shattered into pieces, but the sound did nothing to calm the fire burning inside me.How could he go there, stand in front of everyone, and make her fight in that state, and she still beat them? “What nonsense!” I yelled again, pacing back and forth, my chest rising fast as anger filled every part of me.Joan stood near the door, watching me carefully. “If she can beat four people at once, then she is getting stronger, sis,” she said in a low voice.Her words made me stop.That was true.I had made sure the trainers pushed Daphne beyond her limit. I told them to make her suffer, to make every session hard, to break her spirit before the trial came. I wanted her weak, tired, and scared. So where did she get those skills from? Where did that strength come from? “Is it Theo?” I asked, more to myself than to Joan.I began pacing again, my mind racing. The trial was clos

Christabel’s POV“What are you guys talking about?” I asked, looking from Joan to our father.“Seriously, Christabel?” Joan snapped, staring at me like I had lost my mind. There was anger in her eyes, but also fear, and I knew she hated that I could see it.“Daddy, we need to act fast,” Joan continued, her voice lower now but still tense. “Tomorrow is the trial and we need a plan.”Our father leaned back on his bed like nothing in the world could shake him. “Do not worry,” he said calmly. “Go and prepare for tomorrow. I have everything sorted out.”I folded my arms. “And what is that supposed to mean?” I asked. “What exactly have you sorted out?”He looked at me with a bored expression. “You think I was talking to the air? I said do not worry about it. Now leave and send that maid back in. I am not done with her yet.”I rolled my eyes as I turned toward the door. “You should just get a wife already, Dad. What’s with the maids and those girls from the whore house?”He laughed behind us

Daphne’s POVI had never seen Theo fight like that before, and even though I knew he was strong and feared by many, this was different from anything I had ever witnessed. His fangs were fully out now, longer than I had ever seen them, sharp and stained with fresh blood that dripped slowly down his chin. His eye was not the usual colour, but a deep red that seemed to glow from within, like fire burning behind glass. His skin looked pale under the moonlight, almost too pale, and the black veins crawling up his neck and across his hands made him look less like a wolf and more like something pulled from an old nightmare.To anyone else he would have looked terrifying.To me, he looked like my hero.“Holy shit… my lord, you are a vampire?” Sam’s voice shook as he stumbled backward, staring at Theo like he was seeing death itself. Theo did not answer him. He only tilted his head slightly, his eyes fixed on Sam in a way that made my heart beat faster, not from fear but from the power roll

Daphne’s POVTheo suddenly pulled away from me as if something had struck him. His hands flew to his head, and he staggered back a few steps, his face twisted in pain.“What is wrong, Theo?” I asked quickly, my heart jumping into my throat.He did not answer.Beta Liam rushed forward at once, calling for the guards. They caught Theo before he could fall, and I saw his body shake as if he was fighting something inside him. The black veins I had seen earlier seemed darker now, more visible.They began to carry him away from the arena. “I am coming with you,” I said, trying to follow, but the Chief Warrior stepped in front of me and blocked my path.“You must return to the omega quarters first,” he said firmly. “After that, you will be transferred to the main pack house as Luna.”“I need to see him,” I insisted, my voice shaking.“You will,” he replied, softer now. “But not like this.” I wanted to argue. I wanted to push past him and run after Theo. But I knew all eyes were still on me.