All Chapters of MARKED BY MY BROTHER’S BESTFRIEND: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

~~ ARIA ~~ “You dare show your face here after what you did?” Alec thunders, making Thorne scoff. I look at Thorne, expecting him to say something related to their fallout, so I can finally try to understand what made their friendship end. “Fuck you, Alec. I don’t care what you think, and I believe you know why I am here. So, where is it?” Thorne barks. The tension in the air spikes by a thousandfold. I still don’t understand what happened that made Alec and Thorne’s firm friendship go down the drain, and even made them wage war against each other. “Where is what?” I ask with creased brows. “Stay out of this, Aria,” Alec angrily snaps at me, making me huff in annoyance. Mrs Hale holds my hand and draws me closer to herself, then she tells me something that makes me frown. “He has been coming here for a few weeks, enraged and asking Alec to give him what he stole from him,” she whispers to me, making my frown deepen. “And what did Alec steal from him?” I whisper back

~~ ARIA ~~ I am supposed to be scared about this bold move I am about to make. However, I am not. And honestly, I don’t know what is fueling my courage. However, I have to do this for me, for Alec, and my pack. But mostly for me because there is no way I am going to marry Alpha Magnus. So here I am, in a cab heading to Thorne’s pack to negotiate with him. He is the Alpha of Black Crest pack after all. So he can talk to the council of elders in his pack. When I get to the pack house in Black Crest pack, I let out a slow breath, trying to summon all the courage I have. I pay the cab driver and alight from the cab. Letting out a sharp exhale and dusting off an invisible stain from my clothes, I walk to the gate. I ring the gatebell, and an old man opens it almost immediately. “Can I help you?” the man asks politely. I guess no one can recognize me since I have been gone for five years, else this man wouldn’t be so nice to me, judging that our pack has been attackin

~~ THORNE ~~ All it took to shatter and crumble the wall I’d built for years was setting eyes on Aria Stone again. I try to turn a blind eye to what Alec is doing to her, but I can’t. I can’t just sit back and watch his stupidity cause Aria pain for life. Besides, my problem is with Alec, not Aria, so sitting back and doing nothing feels unreasonable of me. And now, here I am, about to publicly claim Aria even though I know all hell will break loose in my pack if I do so. “What the hell do you mean by she’s yours?” Alec barks, his eyes holding a fury that doesn’t scare me at all. I always wonder if Alec can really bring himself to kill me if I give him the chance. Aria looks at me, her eyes glistening with something I can’t name, but judging by how a lone tear falls from her eye and she sighs, I finally understand that she is relieved. “She is mine, Alec, you heard me,” I say, my tone icy but my face calm. This is really crazy, standing in this public place and claimi

~~ THORNE ~~I knew crashing that wedding would shake my pack, and the elders would question my judgment.I also knew bringing the sister of my enemy into my home would seem like weakness to some people.But none of that matters to me when I think about Aria standing beside Magnus for the rest of her life.Magnus is not a patient man. He is not kind. I have seen how he treats people beneath him.Aria is strong, yes, but she is also emotional and speaks her mind. She will not bow easily.And a man like Magnus will not tolerate that. He will try to break her.The thought of that alone was enough for me to act.When I forced those doors open and claimed her in front of everyone, I did not hesitate. Nor did I think about politics or consequences. I only thought about getting her out of there.Now she is here. In my house and under my protection.And the consequences have already begun.The elders arrive not long after we do. I expect that because news travels fast in a pack. Especially wh

~~ ARIA ~~When the maid, Mira, takes me to the room I’ll be staying in, I can’t stop staring.And the moment I step in, I feel like I have walked into a dream.The walls are a soft cream with rose-gold accents. A queen-size bed with satin sheets and fluffy pillows sits in the center.There is a vanity with small trinkets and a sitting area by the window where the sunlight streams in.It is luxurious and very Girly. To the extent, I begin to wonder if Thorne prepared it for me.My stomach churns at the thought.And I can’t stop thinking — was this room prepared for me specifically?Did Thorne somehow expect me to end up here? My stomach twists even more at the thought.Does he even care that I am here, or is this some manipulation and ploy to keep me under his control?“Uh, Mira,” I ask nervously, twirling a strand of hair, “Does Alpha Thorne have a female housemate?”Mira laughs, and it isn’t a mean laugh. It is soft, almost musical, like my question entertains her.“No, ma’am,” she