All Chapters of FATED TO MY STEPBROTHER ALPHA.: Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

Scarlett's pov.“I want in on this one!” another man raised a hand high in the crowd, shouting over the noise. “Fifteen million!”“Twenty million!” another shouted from the back.Inside the cage, I shook my head in absolute terror and horror... I was being bet on like livestock at a market. I leaned back hard against the cold silver bars, clutching my stomach tightly with trembling hands.If I don't find a way to escape this place, I may never get to raise my baby.No.I must escape.The men kept bidding up, higher and higher, yelling over one another in a frantic frenzy for ownership.“One hundred million!”“One hundred and twenty!”“One hundred and thirty-five.”“Two-hundred fifty million!” someone dropped suddenly, a cold, rasping voice hiking the price up from one hundred and thirty-five million in a single breath.I gasped loudly, the air freezing in my chest.Nobody else tried again. The astronomical figure hung heavy in the air.The announcer cleared his throat, looking arou

Braxton's pov.“No matter what happens,” Scarlett said, her breath catching in her throat as she reached a hesitant, trembling hand toward my face, “promise me you'll protect Micah and Nova.”I reached up instantly, taking her soft hand in mine and pressing her palm firmly against my cheek.I don't know why I felt that sudden, tight ache in my chest—a sharp, suffocating twist that made my lungs burn.“I promise,” I said to her, my voice low and unwavering as I stared directly into her eyes.Even though something felt deeply off about the way she'd said it—as if she were preparing herself to make a sacrifice I wouldn't be able to stop—I still made that promise with everything in me.No matter what, I must keep every single one of them safe.I won't just protect Micah and Nova alone…I'll protect Scarlett and her mother, Tressa, too. I'll protect every single person that matters to me, even if it costs me my blood.“Alpha…” Bram’s voice broke through the tension as he returned, his face

Scarlett's pov.“Get in, you little bitch!” Seymour barked, shoving his hand against my shoulders and thrusting me roughly into the back seat of the black sedan.My hip slammed hard against the armrest. I scrambled up immediately, turning toward the rear glass just in time to see two towering rogues dragging my family out of the brush.“Mommy! Mommy!!” Micah’s terrified, high-pitched scream cut straight through the howling evening wind.“Micah! Nova!!” I screamed, slamming my palms against the cold glass. “Let them go! Seymour, let them go!!”“Shut your mouth,” Seymour snarled, sliding his massive frame onto the plush leather seat beside me and slamming the heavy door shut behind him.The moment the lock engaged, my eyes darted frantically toward the opposite door. Driven by pure survival, I scrambled across the seat, reached out with a trembling hand, and yanked the interior metal lever toward me with everything I had left.Click.The door didn't budge an inch. Up front, the driv

Bram's pov.“Braxton, no!!”I heard Scarlett's piercing scream echo through the walls from the main hall above.Every instinct in my body screamed at me to sprint up those stairs, tear through the doors, and lunge directly into the fight beside my Alpha. My hand tightened around the hilt of my silver blade until my knuckles turned stark white.“She's in danger! We need to save her right now!”My wolf, Ghost, growled in my mind, violently thrashing against my ribcage.I shook my head, fighting back the clawing urge in my veins. Braxton had given me direct, explicit orders before he shifted into his Lycan state.“No matter what happens up there, Bram,” Braxton’s voice rang loud and clear in my head, “You have to get the children and Tressa to safety first. Understood?”“Braxton will protect her,” I muttered under my breath, trying to reassure Ghost. “We have our mission.”Even as I turned my back on the staircase and headed deeper into the damp, subterranean corridors where the scent

Scarlett's pov “Nobody touches… our mate!”Exactly three seconds after those overlapping voices left my lips, I hurled Seymour across the room like he was a rag doll.His massive, transformed body flew through the air and slammed into the far stone wall with an earth-shattering thud. The wall instantly buckled, crumbling into a shower of jagged rocks and dust. The entire fortress trembled, the roof beams groaning violently as the structure began its final collapse.I snapped my head toward the rubble on the opposite side of the hall.Braxton was staggering out from under the collapsed pillar, his body bleeding and bruised as he slowly shifted back into his human form.He was severely battered. I needed to make sure he was out of this place before the ceiling caved in on us completely.“Bram!” I shouted over the thunderous groans of the crumbling building. “Get Braxton out of here! Now!”Bram, who was standing near the threshold, froze. “What…?”For a few seconds, he just stared at