All Chapters of Mated To My Alpha Prince Stepbrother: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

By the end of her third day at Moonridge High, Amanda knew exactly where she stood, beneath everyone. It didn't matter that her new stepfather was practically the richest man in Moonridge. It didn't matter that she wore the same uniform or walked the same polished halls, she sat alone at lunch, everybody avoided her like a plague. To them, she was no one. No, not 'no one', she was worse, she was Skylar Blackthorne's inferior stepsister. The exterior of the school was normal enough, the halls of Moonridge High were far from normal. There were cliques and ranks and, as far as Amanda could tell; those who were from the town and those who weren't, outsiders like her. She might as well have had a target on her back.As she had her lunch alone again for the third day in a row, surrounded by whispers, Amanda tried to ignore them, focusing on her food. No one approached her that was until she heard footsteps coming in her direction. She looked up and saw a girl, tall, blonde and sharp-eyed, a

The dream returned again.It began the same way it always did: with silver fog curling around her bare feet, a forest bathed in moonlight and a whisper that wasn't a sound but a sensation crawling under her skin. Then she saw it, the wolf, massive, silver as starlight. Its fur shimmered like frost and its eyes… glowing gold, impossibly familiar. It didn’t chase her, it circled, watched, waited and when it finally moved, silent as breath, it bowed its head to her. Aria jolted awake, gasping.Her sheets were tangled around her legs, and a fine sheen of sweat coated her skin despite the cold air in the Blackthorne estate. The dream had been too real, again. She glanced at her laptop that was sitting half open on the other side of the bed. All it took was one tap for her to see the last open page on her browser, yet another website that talked about werewolves and other mythical creatures of the night. It'd been three days since she saw Skylar changing, 'shifting', like all the websites c

Amanda got ready for school sluggishly, dragging her feet very unwilling to go. If she could stay home without arousing her mother's suspicions she would have done so immediately. She knew everyone would be talking about how she collapsed yesterday, it would be the hot gossip and she was not looking forward to that. But she forced herself through her morning routine and headed to the garage where Skylar was waiting as usual, leaning on his car, phone in one hand furiously typing, keys swinging on the other. He looked up as she approached and opened the door and slid in without another word. Amanda took in a deep breath and slid into the passenger seat.Whispers trailed Amanda down the corridors, sharp and stinging, impossible to ignore."She touched the rune stone and it nearly exploded", someone said in a hushed whisper."I heard wolves howling the moment she did it", another agreed."But how? She's human isn't she?""I don't think she’s just human. No one normal could’ve done that",

Amanda woke with a jolt, her breath sharp in her throat. For a moment she thought the dream had followed her into waking, the silver wolf bowing, the whisper of Luna-born echoing in her bones. But this time it wasn’t the dream, it was real. The locket around her neck was glowing. A soft, silvery pulse, faint at first, then stronger, spilling across her sheets like liquid moonlight. Amanda scrambled upright, clutching it in her fist. The metal burned hot against her palm, though not enough to hurt, more like it was alive, thrumming in rhythm with her heartbeat. Her chest tightened."What are you?", she whispered into the empty room.The glow dimmed slightly, then flared again, as if answering. Amanda yanked it off and dropped it onto her desk. The silver crescent spun once before settling, still glowing faintly. She pressed her hands over her face."This isn’t happening.""This isn't happening."She chanted in her head but it was. She couldn’t deny it anymore.---By the time daylight