All Chapters of Doomed desires with my alpha stepfather: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Elara POV It’s another morning in the Silvercrest Pack. I stand by my window, yawning widely. I’m tired, deeply tired, so tired that sleep doesn’t seem to help. I should go back to bed, pull the covers over my head, and pretend the day can wait. But it can’t. And even if it could, I wouldn’t let it. I have things to do today. Well, calling them “things” might be a stretch. It’s just my usual routine. The same schedule, the same expectations, the same controlled version of living I’ve mastered over the past year. The estate is quiet this early, wrapped in a calm that feels heavier than it should. Silence now settles into these walls, as if it belongs here. I rub my eyes and yawn again before pushing myself away from the window. There’s no point in standing here any longer. The longer I linger, the easier it is to start thinking, and overthinking is the last thing I need this morning. I head to the bathroom and turn on the shower, letting the water heat while I lean against th

Elara POVThe rest of the school day passed… but I couldn’t tell you how.I was there.Sitting in class. Facing the board. Turning pages when everyone else did. Nodding at the right moments. Writing notes that made no sense when I looked at them twice.But none of it stayed.Voices came and went around me like distant noise, like I was underwater and everything above the surface was muffled. The lecturer spoke. Students answered. Someone laughed at something that was probably funny.I didn’t hear any of it properly.My mind kept circling back to one thing.One name.Ryder Thorne.It repeated itself over and over again, louder than anything in the room.I stared at the page in front of me, the ink slightly smudged where my hand had rested too long. I had written the same word three times without noticing.Ryder.I blinked hard and forced my pen to move again.Focus.You need to focus.But how was I supposed to focus when the man I had spent years trying to forget was about to walk into

Elara POVBy the time we pull up, I can already hear it.The music.Loud. Deep. Alive.It spills out into the night like it can’t be contained, vibrating through the air before I even step out of the car. Lights flash faintly beyond the gates, shadows moving, people laughing.The villa.Of course it looks like this.Massive. Glass walls reflecting streaks of neon and gold, the entire place glowing like it was built for nights like this. Cars line the entrance, expensive, polished, careless in the way only wealth can afford to be.Joe steps out first, opening my door.“Careful, ma’am.”I step out, smoothing down my dress slightly, my heels hitting the pavement with quiet confidence.“Thank you, Joe,” I say, already looking ahead.He nods once. “Call when you’re ready to leave.”“I will.”And just like that, I’m walking toward the entrance.The closer I get, the louder it becomes.The bass.The voices.The energy.It hits me the second I step inside.Warmth. Movement. Life.Bodies every

Elara POV The warm rays of the morning sun brushed against my eyelids. I instinctively squeezed them shut before letting out a sleepy yawn. A few seconds later, I forced them open again. Everything was blurry. I rubbed my eyes with the back of my hand, blinking several times as I tried to make sense of my surroundings while ignoring the relentless pounding in my head. How much had I drunk? “Gosh…” I groaned under my breath. “You were having the time of your life last night. Ugh.” Nyra, my inner wolf, groaned inside my head, her voice dripping with attitude. “Oh, Nyra. It's too early for this attitude,” I muttered, gently rubbing my temples. The first thing I noticed... This wasn't my room. And then there was the silence. It felt almost unsettling. I closed my eyes, trying to piece together memories of the previous night, but all I could recall were flashes of blinding lightning and deafening thunder. I slowly turned toward the large window. Bright sunlight poured thro

Elara POVMy mom has finally returned.I watched as Ryder left my side and walked over to her. My eyes stayed fixed on the two of them as she immediately pulled him into a tight hug, letting out a long, exhausted sigh. He smiled softly and rubbed gentle circles over her back, comforting her without saying a word."Long day?" he asked quietly."Very long. I'm using the rest of today to do absolutely nothing but rest," my mom replied with a tired smile.She pulled back from the hug and leaned up to kiss him.I blinked rapidly and immediately looked away.God...It felt so wrong.It reminded me of when I was little and Mom would tell me to close my eyes whenever two adults started kissing in a movie.Apparently, that instinct hadn't gone away.Because there was no way I was supposed to be standing here, watching my mother kiss my future stepfather.After a few seconds, I heard her cheerful voice again."Oh, my baby!"I turned back just in time to see her walking toward me with her arms s