Semua Bab MY STEPBROTHER ALPHA'S DIRTY OBSESSION: Bab 1 - Bab 7

Serena's POV"You married him without telling me?"The words leave my mouth before I can stop them. My hands shake as I grip the car seat. Outside, iron gates close behind us with a crash that echoes through the night. My mother keeps her eyes forward. "Serena, please. Not now.""When, then?" My voice cracks. I hate how weak it sounds. "After I unpack? After I pretend some stranger is my new father?" She flinches. Good. She should."Marcus isn't a stranger. I've known him for." "You've known him." I cut her off, something I never do. "I haven't. I've never even heard his name until three days ago." The car stops in front of a mansion so large it blocks out the moon. Stone walls. Tall windows glowing with cold light. A place built for power, not comfort, Something shifts inside me. A restlessness I can't explain. Like a warning I don't have words for yet.I push it down and focus on my mother. "Dad's only been gone two years," I say quietly. The anger fades into something heavier. "Two

Serena’s POV"Stay inside. Lock your door." The guard's voice is sharp through the wood. His footsteps disappear down the hall before I can ask questions.I stand frozen in the middle of my room. The howl still echoes in my ears. That sounds foreign, wrong, and nothing like the wolves I grew up around, sending a chill straight through me.Another howl answers the first. Closer now.My hands tremble as I move toward the window. I shouldn't look. I should do what the guard said. Stay inside. Stay safe. Stay invisible. But something pulls me forward. Something stronger than fear.The forest beyond the mansion walls is alive with movement. Shadows slip between trees. Eyes flash yellow in the darkness. Too many to count. My stomach drops. This isn't a small threat. This is an invasion.Voices rise from somewhere below. Shouting. Orders are being given. Wolves shifting. The sounds of a pack preparing for battle.I should stay here. I know that. I'm untrained. I've never even shifted before.

Serena’s POV"You're lying." The words come out before I can stop them. My voice sounds strange. Hollow. Like it belongs to someone else entirely.Marcus doesn't flinch. His golden eyes stay fixed on my face, patient and calculating. "I understand this is difficult to hear," he says calmly. "But I assure you, I'm not lying." I stand up so fast the chair scrapes against the floor. My legs feel weak. My chest feels tight. Everything feels wrong. "I'm nobody." My voice shakes. "I'm just a girl whose mom remarried. I don't have special blood. I don't have prophecies attached to my name. I'm nothing."Marcus closes the ancient book slowly. Sets it on his desk with careful precision. "Your father," he says quietly. "What did your mother tell you about him?" The question catches me off guard. My thoughts stumble."He was a pack warrior. Loyal. Strong. He died protecting our territory two years ago." The words come out automatically. Rehearsed. The story I've told myself a thousand times.Mar

Serena’s POV“What did he tell you?”Kael is waiting outside Marcus’s study like he never left.I stop so fast that my shoulder hits the door behind me. He steps closer at once, filling the hall, blocking the light, blocking my way out. His cut shoulder is wrapped now, but I can still smell blood under the clean shirt he changed into.For one wild second, I almost tell him everything. That Marcus said our bond is worse than forbidden, that if one of us dies, the other dies too, that someone inside this house sent wolves to my window, that his own father told me not to trust him.Then Marcus’s last words hit me again.Trust no one. Not even Kael, so I lie.“Nothing useful.”Kael goes very still. He knows. Not what I’m hiding. Just that I’m hiding something. His eyes search my face, slow and sharp. “Try again.” “I said nothing useful.”“Serena.” Just my name. But the way he says it makes my spine lock. I push past him, or try to. His hand closes around my wrist before I make it two step