Forbidden Mate- A Step-brother Romance Novels & Stories

I offered, not quite ready to leave my newly discovered brother alone. "Actually," Matthias said, surprising me, "I think I will be just fine, but I think there is someone who would like to spend some time with you alone. I think the word is called mate.” I felt my face flush with heat, both embarrassed and impressed by my brother's perceptiveness. Despite his years with Nightshade, he seemed to understand the importance of the mate bond—perhaps another piece of knowledge the pendants had shared with him. "Are you sure?" I asked, still hesitant to leave him. "I don't mind staying."

I didn't say anything. "I know what that makes me," he said. "You don't have to tell me." "It doesn't make you anything." "It makes me the guy who's been in love with his stepsister for eight years while pretending he wasn't." "Stepsister," I said. "Not sister. There's a difference." "Don't do that." "Do what?" "Give me an opening." His voice was rough. "I've spent three years not taking openings. Don't hand me one now and then change your mind."

Maverick New week, new saga. Rumors moved faster than air in this school. One whisper could circle the building before the bell even rang and this one would hit like a punch to the gut. I heard it first by the lockers. “Malia hooked up with her stepbrother at the party.” I froze mid-turn, the word stepbrother slamming into me like a brick. The girl who said it was laughing with her friend, their voices too loud and careless.

She couldn’t even open her eyes to see what this libidinous cell looked like. After Cory left, she heard those dragon girls come to her bedside, whispering to each other. One of them said, “It’s the king’s wolf girlfriend.” She paused for a few moments before she continued, “I heard she is his mate.” Another one asked, “Aren’t mates supposed to be faithful to only each other?” Her young voice was filled with curiosity. “I heard they have something called mate bond. They can’t betray that.” “That’s exactly what got her to end up like this,” another mature voice sighed. She was the closest to Elena. “She should have been smarter, known her own man.”

It was probably the reason I hadn't realized she was my mate then. The mate bond was only initiated after both parties were up to age twenty one. Even with resentment and distaste for her attitude clouding my vision, even I couldn't deny that she'd grown well. She didn't look nearly as stubborn as she used to but I would be stupid to think she was now. Docile and would bend at will. If anything I was willing to bet good money that she had gotten even more stubborn and defiant. There'd just been something in the way she'd looked.

“Why would I love someone who was nothing but cruel to me my entire life? You beat me, pissed on my mother’s grave, harassed and humiliated me at every turn. You turned anyone who could have offered me a shred of kindness against me. You made my life miserable and were one of the two biggest reasons I tried to take my own life. Thank Goddess my real mate was there and saved me.” As if I summoned him, Rafe leaps down and stands at my side, arm wrapping around my waist and pulling me close. “Wesley Wrest, I, Makayla Crane, reject you as my mate. I reject the false bond you forced into place using forbidden and illegal magic. And I accept Alpha Rafael Crane as my husband, my mate, and my Alpha.

“ she’s my fucking mate, you fucking piece of shit , I decide when I hurt her , I am the only one that is allowed to touch her, no one else , I am the only person who decides the kind of treatment that she get and not you brother , not you “ I yelled out . Stephan smiled and then walked away from the. Table coming to where I stood while clapping at the same time with a sluggish smile on his face . That is it brother , that is it , she’s your mate huh , and yet you can’t claim her and you can’t just accept her to be a part of you . I get it now , I really do , you got so jealous that your so-called mate is falling in love with me again , you can’t see it happen . You don’t like her, you never

Besides, you need to see what a functional mate bond looks like, even if it’s scripted by humans who think we grow fur in three seconds. I sigh and click the power button. The massive screen glows, and the title "Fated Mates" pops up in dramatic, gold lettering. Sombra’s tail starts drumming against the cushions again. "Fine. Let's see how much they ruin our reputation." Just watch, Sombra says, her eyes locked on the screen. Maybe it will inspire you. You might actually want a mate after this. I lean back and cross my arms. "I have a mate. He rejected me. I don't think my life is Emmy-material, Sombra. It’s more of a cautionary tale."

He could be thinking, what sort of a man will reject his mate for unjustified reasons. “I see, your so-called mate rejected you, right? So pathetic of the both of you,” he stuffed his other hand into his pocket, “Well, one cannot appoint a mate for himself. You and I know that mates are chosen, gifted to each other, and blessed by our beloved mother of all mythical creatures. My brother is just one who seeks pleasure in taking what's never his.” He shrugged his shoulders and shook his head slowly.

Although I never liked Rylan, and I only agreed on marrying him only because I couldn't find a Mate. I looked at the Alpha King, my mind battling with me. I hated the Mate bond,I hated how it made me feel like I was never interested in having a Mate. But rejecting my Mate is not a decision to be taken lightly. It wasn’t just pain—it was a deep pain in my heart, a wound that never healed.