All Chapters of My Step Brother's Claim: The Alpha's Secret Heir: Chapter 1 - Chapter 6

Clara’s POVThe heavy sound of Alpha Garrick’s boots faded down the hallway toward the master suite. A distant door clicked shut, followed by the turn of a heavy lock.Silence settled over the second floor.I pressed my trembling shoulders against the wall beside my bedroom door, holding my breath. My core was still pulsing with the sudden heat Damien had awakened outside the bathroom.I thought the danger had passed. I thought Damien had gone back to his own bedroom down the hall.Then my bedroom door swung open.Damien stepped inside and closed the door behind him. He reached down and turned the brass lock on the knob until it snapped into place. In the quiet room, that metallic sound was as loud as a gunshot.Silver moonlight cut through the window blinds, throwing sharp lines of light across his face. His golden eyes were fixed on me, dark with an intense hunger."You need to leave right now," I whispered, pushing myself off the wall. "Damien, if your father comes back out and fin

Clara’s POVI shoved the positive pregnancy test deep into the pocket of my jeans, my hands shaking so violently I nearly dropped it. I turned on the faucet, splashed freezing water over my face, and pressed a towel against my skin. My reflection in the mirror was ghost pale. A baby was growing inside me. Damien's child. If anyone in this pack found out, my mother and I would be thrown out into the rogue lands before sunset.The heavy sound of footsteps echoed down the main corridor. I took a deep, steadying breath, forced my shoulders back, and stepped out into the living room. The grand hall was already filled with pack elders and guards. Alpha Garrick stood near the stone fireplace, his broad chest puffed out with unmistakable pride. Beside him stood my mother, beaming with a wide, radiant smile. Then my eyes landed on Damien. He was dressed in a tailored black suit, his dark hair neatly styled, looking every inch the powerful Alpha heir. Hooked securely around his muscular ar

Clara's POVThe doors slid shut and the elevator began to rise, and I kept my eyes on the glowing numbers above the door because it was the only safe place to look.Twelve... thirteen... fourteen...For five years I had promised myself that if I ever saw Damien Sterling again, I would feel nothing at all; I would be ice. But my fingers had gone numb around the handle of my briefcase, and the small wolf inside me, the one I had kept asleep for so long, lifted her head and whined."This is a private elevator," I said, in the flat voice I used on bankers. "It only opens for staff keys.""I have one." Damien held up a black card between two fingers. "Your CFO sent it to my office yesterday, with a note that said please don't be late.""Then Mr. Vance should have told me who he was sending.""He didn't know. The papers say Northgate Holdings, and Northgate belongs to me." He slipped the card into his pocket. "So does Sterling Enterprises."I turned my head just enough to look at him, the w