All Chapters of Forbidden: My Alpha Brother’s Obsession : Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

CASSIE Austin goes under again. I feel the weakness in my limbs, the lingering drain from the last donations settling deep in my bones, but Elaris surges forward and lends me what strength she has left. The sudden rush of her energy steadies my legs. I kick off my shoes and rush into the pool without hesitation. The cold water shocks the breath from my lungs, biting against my skin. My dress grows heavy at once. I swim the short distance to where he disappeared and drag him upward until his head breaks the surface. He’s limp, unconscious, and a dead weight in my arms. But he’s alive. I haul him onto the tiled edge of the pool and drop to my knees beside him. Water streams from both of us, pooling across the tiles. His face is too pale under the soft outdoor lights, his lips slightly parted, and his chest too still. Cold panic edges in fast. I press my hands to the ce

CASSIETime moves differently when I can’t open my eyes. I drift in and out of a heavy darkness that never fully lifts. Sounds reach me in fragments. Soft shoes on polished floors, the low murmur of voices, and the steady beep of the monitor beside the bed.Sometimes, a cool hand rests against my forehead. Other times, fingers brush my hair back with careful patience. I try to surface toward those touches, but the weight in my body pulls me under again before I can break through.Aunt Pat’s voice is the one I hear most clearly.“Why hasn’t she woken up yet?” Her words are tight, edged with something close to fear. “It’s been longer than last time.”“Because she never fully recovered from the first withdrawal,” Dr. Voss answers from somewhere near the foot of the

CASSIEThe door pushes open, and Katherine enters in a wheelchair, pushed by a nurse who steps outside once she is settled beside my bed. After weeks of only voices and secondhand updates, it’s strange seeing someone else beside Aunt Pat and Dr. Voss. She looks pale but okay. Neither of us speaks.“Thank you,” she says at last. Her voice is even and almost formal. “For the blood. They told me what you gave.”It started a few days after Katherine’s sixteenth birthday. We’d been at the dining table when she slumped.Everyone panicked.Until Uncle Hayden moved first, carrying her in his arms as he rushed out of the house. She was taken to the pack house but was redirected to the hospital by the pack healer.Mara had mentioned something about blood lack. I didn’t know the details, but there ha

CASSIEI wake up to the soft gray morning light filtering through the curtains. For a second, the ceiling is unfamiliar, until memory settles: I’m back home at the Marlowe estate.Five weeks in the hospital are behind me, yet my body still feels slow, heavy, and borrowed. I reach for the phone on the nightstand, and the screen lights up with the same blog posts I read last night. I flick through blurry photos and speculative captions about an upcoming engagement.But there’s nothing new. Zoren didn’t return my calls or texts. The empty inbox stares back at me, and I scoff softly. I set the phone down and force myself out of bed.After so many days of fluorescent lights and the constant beep of monitors, I refuse to stay cooped up any longer. I push myself forward to the bathroom and shower carefully.Th

CASSIE My brows furrow as I focus on the college application. A vibration comes from beside me. It’s my phone. It rings out, ruining the silence. My heart jumps, and I pick it up.It’s Emilia, not Zoren. Her name glows on the screen, and I take a deep breath before answering.“Hey, how do you feel now?” she asks.My eyes close, and I whisper, “Good.”Emilia is the only one who knows about my feelings for Zoren. The only one I can talk to about Zoren’s engagement, but she’s not a werewolf. She won’t understand why two twenty-year-olds need to get engaged or married so early.“I’m happy to hear that. Have you made up your mind about college?” she mutters. “The deadline’s almost here.”