“Mate!”

My muscles contorted when he repeated the word for the second time. I had known Flynn Winchester since we were kids. I used to meet him in the playground and it went on like that for years. He was the only persistent person in my life. It was truly a remarkable feeling when we recently felt the mate bond.

“Come on! Do it!” he smiled, cornering me by the lockers. It was my first day in twelfth grade. I was nervous and panicky because I had been homeschooled my whole life.

High school was a zoo for me, and I was a new animal at the zoo for everyone else.

Fortunately, my mother had talked to Ms. Winchester about my first day in school, so Alpha Flynn picked me up at the door.

“Here?” I asked, looking around at the empty hallway.

“It’s empty. Don’t you want to be accepted by your popular alpha mate on the first day of school?” He insisted, and I could not help but nod feebly. He had on his yellow and red jock jacket. The Alpha title has enabled him to become popular here.

It would be nice to have someone on my side to help me navigate this new world.

“I, Beatrice Mintz, accept you as my mate.” I did what he told me to do. My body stretched, and I got on my tippy toes to reach his lips. It was going to be my first kiss ever. I never knew how people kissed, but I depended on him.

My lips hadn’t even reached his lips when I felt a wave of painful current strike through my cheek as he slapped me hard enough to knock me off my feet.

I fell to the ground with a thump and touched my cheek. There was something damp on my face. Once I took my hand off my skin and watched it, I realized it was shaving cream that he had smeared on my face while slapping me.

It had not been a minute since the cheers had invaded the corridor. Everyone came out of the rooms around me and made a mockery of me.

I was embarrassed.

I looked at everybody with big teardrop eyes, then I looked at Flynn, who was still smirking at me. It was hard to swallow that my childhood friend chose to bully me just to look badass.

“That’s how you treat a bitch,” another young boy came out from behind Alpha Flynn. He was taller than Flynn and had everybody bow down to him in respect. All I could tell was that he was more popular than Flynn.

“What are you looking at, freak?” The boy growled when he caught me staring at him with bewilderment.

It wasn’t hard to comprehend that Flynn and his friend planned it all to bully me on my first day of school. What I couldn’t gather was why?

“She really thought an alpha would accept her,” a girl laughed at me, making me cover my face in my hands and sob silently. This was my first experience in front of a crowd, and this is what I got.

“Bullying turned her panties wet,” another girl commented and I hid my face in my hands.

"I bet she loves riding dicks," another voice tinted my cheeks red out of embarrassment.

“Aww! Look at her. The poor girl is crying. Did you think Zane’s friend would accept you?” The other boy introduced himself with a grin that covered his lips.

It was in that brief moment of him hunching over me that I saw his icy grey eyes shining at me. He had a very prominent and sharp jawline, almost like a knife.

“Everybody! out of school. Didn’t you hear the school bell ringing?” A teacher came in time and diffused everyone. Sadly, he didn’t come to ask me if I was fine.

I got on my feet and started sprinting towards the exit before delaying a single second. It wasn’t how I thought my day would end. I rushed out of the gate and spotted my mother’s Honda Civic parked in the distance.

The instant I rolled into the car, my mother turned to scan me.

“What happened to you? How did this foam end up in your hair?” She must have felt something was wrong from the way I was sobbing.

“They bu---llied me. Fly---nn mocked me,” I was hyperventilating and yammering everything to my mother except for the entire truth.

I never told my mother that I felt a mate bond with Flynn. My mother never really liked the idea of me talking about finding a mate.

She would constantly tell me to save myself and my innocence for a special day. I didn’t know what she meant by that, so I just obeyed her. Today’s incident made me realize I wish I had remained obedient; I would have avoided such humiliation.

“That’s why his mother was acting all sassy on the call today. I should have known they didn’t want us to bother them again. Anyway, you don’t need to worry about it.” My mom hissed as she zoned out for a moment.

“Don’t worry about anything anymore. Things are going to change for us. You’ll have someone to protect you from these bullies every day,” she said with a worried smile across her lips. She began to drive to our next destination whilst I stayed silent, with tears appearing and disappearing in my eyes.

She had our bags set in the backseat of the car. We have discussed moving for some time, but I didn’t know we were moving out today. “Where are we going?” I asked my mom in confusion. She got me admission and decided to move out of the house.

“Not far, just in a better place. Beatrice! Remember I told you I was seeing someone? Well, I think it is time that I introduce you to him,” she smiled to herself while driving us to the beautiful, vast mansion of Lord Vasquez.

“Mom! Why are we here?” I felt uneasy watching so many guards staring at us.

“It is our new home. Lord Vasquez had chosen me as his new mate. We will finally live the life that we both deserve. As for you, you are getting 4 stepbrothers. They are the next Alpha Kings in line for North, South, East, and West. Aside from that, they will protect you from now on.” Her confidence when telling me we were going to invade their house was shocking.

“But remember Beatrice! No matter what happens, don’t let them touch you. Don’t let them get into your head. You know your wolf is a seductress. Avoid everyone at any cost,” the last words from her embedded in my head as the possibility of them touching me shook my body into awareness.

“But why would they do that? I am their sister now,” I watched my mom pout sadly at my question.

“That’s what you need to remind them of. They can’t mess with you because you’re their stepsister. Beatrice! We don’t want to ruin this chance to have a better and full of luxuriant future,” She gave me a reassuring look before we got off the car to be greeted by the guards.

I clasped closer to my mother’s sweater, watching the decor around the opulent living room of the head of the counselor, Lord Vasquez Spade.

“Please have a seat,” he told my mom the second time. The first time, she couldn’t accept his offer because I didn’t want to let go of her.

“It’s fine, Beatrice! Sit down.” She gently patted the back of my hand and made me flop down with her.

Lord Vasquez gave me a quick smile before his eyes traveled to my greasy hair.

“Is she alright?” He asked my mom, picking up on my anxiety.

“She got bullied in school today. They messed her up pretty bad,” she pouted sadly, confiding in the most powerful man ever.

“That’s ridiculous. But fear not. The moment we tell the world I’m her new stepfather, they will come apologizing to her.” The confidence he displayed proved he was a true Lord.

“Why don’t you go upstairs and wash yourself up?” He then suggested it out of the blue.

“Mrs. Brown is busy preparing lunch for you guys. So I can’t ask her to show you around and take you to the guest bathroom,” Lord Vasquez apologized, but my mother urged me to take him up on his offer.

“It’s all okay. Beatrice is going to be living here. I’m sure she can find the guestroom.” The tone she used was for me to understand she wants me to obey her. I got up from my seat reluctantly and obeyed my mother, even when wandering around a new place was way out of my comfort zone.

I walked upstairs to the white mansion and faced the rooms displayed before my eyes.

“How the heck am I supposed to know which room is the guestroom?” I frowned, taking a wild guess and reaching for one of the rooms that gave me the guestroom vibes. Although all the doors were similar, that room seemed to be calling for me.

Holding my heart in my palm, I barged in. A gasp was all I could let out when I saw a young and handsome man sitting in front of a computer and rubbing his dick in his hand.

It was my first time seeing a man’s genitalia from that close. His dick was long and big, even bigger than both his hands combined. My body felt a weird wave of interest.

He immediately broke the static stare from the laptop’s screen and looked my way. His blue eyes caught my sight like an eagle prying from above.

“Who the fuck let you in?” his deep, dark, and heavy voice yelled from across the room, making me tremble in my body and pull out of the door anxiously.

The sight was enough to traumatize me, not to mention that he was definitely one of my stepbrothers.

I ran downstairs as if my life depended on it. In no time, I was back in the living room and hiding behind my mother.

“What happened? You didn’t clean up?” She turned to me and scanned me quickly.

“I think she didn’t find the restroom. I will ask Mrs. Brown to help her later.” Lord Vasquez smiled awkwardly, clearly watching me tremble in my skin.

“I’m so sorry! She is just not like others. Beatrice needs attention and guidance since her wolf barely speaks to her.” My mother didn’t think too much of it and rubbed my arm to calm me down.

How do I tell her I saw my stepbrother’s dick? It is going to be so awkward meeting him now.

“I’ll go check up on my sons. I need to introduce them to you.” Lord Vasquez Spade left his seat to go upstairs. I wondered if my stepbrother would be angry at me for watching him naked.

“Now tell me what happened?” My mother knew something went wrong upstairs, but she didn’t ask me in front of Lord Vasquez.

“I saw one of my stepbrothers naked,” I replied, my face flushed with embarrassment.

“What? How the hell did y--,” her words turned muffled when I raised my face and saw another young man walking through the door and entering the foyer.

My eyes jumped out of their sockets when I saw that asshole from earlier in the mansion.

“That’s him!” I yelled, ignoring everything else happening around me.

“What are you doing?” my mom whispered, but I pointed at the boy once again. He stopped in his tracks and looked my way, sharing the same element of shock.

“He bullied me!” I yelled, glaring at Zane. That’s how I remember him introducing himself to me in school.

“What?” my mother stepped forward to glare at the boy. Hearing the commotion downstairs, Lord Vasquez ran to check on us.

The moment he arrived in our sight again, I pointed my entire hand in the direction of Zane and yelled, “He bullied me in school. He is the one who did this to me.” It was just the panic of seeing him again that made me cry out for help.

The silence in the air made me return to my senses. Wait! Why was he here?

“Zane bullied you? My son Alpha Zane V. Spade?” Lord Vasquez helped me understand who I was accusing of bullying me.

He was my second stepbrother!

“Why the fuck are these rogues here?” Zane yelled, after getting angry at me for complaining about him, “Did you come all the way here to accuse me of bullying you?” He looked at me directly in the eye before his father turned him around to have a word with him.

“Is it true that you bullied this girl?” I heard them argue.

“No! She is lying,” Zane lied, trying to save his ass.

“What is going on? Is he really the bully from the school?” My mother whispered to me when the father and the son were busy arguing with each other.

“I promise he is the bully. He convinced Flynn to hit me,” I uttered back to my mother, shivering in my skin at the thought of living with him.

“Now you stay silent and let me take over. We have to fix this, as you are going to be living under the same roof as him and his other three brothers. His father needs to keep him under check,” my mom advised while puffing air out of her mouth to prepare for a battle.

“Actually, my daughter is not lying. Your son bullied her, he groped her.” The moment my mother lied, my heart missed a beat. I wasn’t lying, so why did she have to exaggerate the whole incident?

“Wait! Wait! Wait!” Zane gasped, stepping away from his father in fear. “The--y are lying. What the fuck!” He yelled, but made sure he had created a respectful distance between himself and his father.

I started off really messy here. I saw one of my stepbrothers naked and accused the other one of harassing me.

“I’m ashamed of you,” Lord Vasquez believed my mother over his son. Without delaying a minute, he lunged at his son and slapped him.

The sight was hard to digest. The way Zane stepped back from his father and watched him with teary eyes melted my heart. My mom shouldn’t have lied.

But it wasn’t the end of Lord Vasquez. He looked around as if he was searching for something else to beat him up. All this to impress my mother.

“I didn’t do anything!” Zane shouted, and the commotion drew his brother’s attention from upstairs. The shirtless guy rushed downstairs to step between the two. My body shuddered when watching and remembering what I saw earlier. This one was almost identical to Zane. The only difference was the sharp jawline and the eye color.

“Get out of my way, Maddox,” Lord Vasquez said as he pushed his son away from Zane.

“What the fuck are you doing, dad?” Maddox yelled as he made sure he covered his brother like a shield.

“He is beating me up over some complaints from these filthy rogues.” Zane’s voice held so much resentment that I couldn’t even think of his comment toward us.

“She is not some rogue. She is going to be your stepsister.” The words from Lord Vasquez’s lips filled the air with silence.

It was a very wrong way to introduce us to his sons.

"Remember, I have been telling you boys I have found a chosen mate? That’s her; Scarlet Mintz and this is her daughter Beatrice, who is now your stepsister," Lord Vasquez had to sit us all down to explain things to his sons. I couldn’t escape the eyes of Zane.

I was almost hiding behind my mother as the two boys kept glaring at me.

"Dad? What is going on?" Our attention suddenly turned to the person entering the living room next. He was tall and had extremely broad shoulders and a slim waist. One could tell he had a muscular body under those office pants and a white shirt. His blue eyes looked good with his brown hair. Right behind him was another young man, tall and dashing.

The sterling grey colored eyes of the guy behind the first guy were so enchanting that I couldn’t decide which one of them to focus on.

"Come, have a seat," Lord Vasquez offered them a seat, and the two guys in suits sat down.

"These are Akin Spade and Helel Spade. They are twins. Akin is a few minutes older than Helel," Lord Vasquez told us. The sterling grey-eyed guy who entered last was Akin with shining black hair and the one before him was Helel. They looked pretty similar, too.

Akin was probably 6 feet 7 and Helel was 6 feet 5.

"These two are Maddox and Zane. They are also twins, but Maddox is a few minutes older than Zane." He then pointed at another set of twins. Maddox was the guy I saw naked in the bedroom, the guy with blue eyes.

And Zane was the handsome hunk who bullied me and was now raging like a bull.

"Who are they, father?" Helel asked, his eyes doing a quick scan of me. I lowered my eyes when his eyes landed on mine.

When he asked his father that question, Zane let out a sarcastic laugh.

"That's the bitch father settled on," Zane couldn't keep it together any longer. His comment was met with a gasp from my mother’s lips.

"Zane!" Lord Vasquez yelled, warning him through his eyes.

"It’s true. This is the woman who is taking our mother’s place, and that girl over there is our stepsister that our father wants us to protect and take care of. Isn’t it funny that the first thing she did was to accuse Zane of harassing her? She got dad into hitting Zane," Maddox, who I didn’t think would react so aggressively, started talking with tears of anger in his eyes. It’s true that the silent ones are always the dangerous ones.

"I have told you all. I have moved on from your mother. Now she is my everything and you all have to respect that. Anyway, I’m not going to force you, so whichever one of you wants to go live with your mom, you are welcome to pack your bags and leave." Lord Vasquez casually let them decide, and all four of them decided to get up on their feet until they heard their father say, "And forget about the Alpha King title."

They all sat down at the same speed they got up with. These four had everybody’s eyes on them as they were the future Alpha Kings of the North, South, East, and West.

"Good. We must prepare for a family dinner tonight. Beatrice, your brothers are very creative and strong. You will love them all around." He knew what he was doing. He wanted us to communicate, but it was a messy time to expect them to accept me. The four brothers looked my way and raised their brows in unison.

The brothers soon got up and went upstairs. I knew they were having a meeting. My mother and I stayed in the kitchen while the dinner was in process.

After a few hours of silence and me standing in the corner like a scared kitten, after taking a quick shower in the guestroom, the dinner was served.

"Akin, my eldest one, takes care of my business. He is only 20 but he knows what he is doing." Lord Vasquez praised the sterling grey-eyed handsome guy. He was the only one who hadn’t said a word to us.

"Helel, he is also 20, but his interest differs from his brother. He does take care of business once in a while, but he is a trainer. He trains our warriors. He is also a gym instructor." He then looked at Helel, who was barely eating his salad. Helel had a very blunt look on his face. I don’t even know if he cared that we were here.

"Zane is the youngest of the twins. He is 18 and loves traveling," Lord Vasquez introduced the one who bullied me in school.

"Maddox goes to the same school as you two. He is 18 but a few minutes older than Zane and carries a love for bikes." Lord Vasquez seemed to have held back when talking about the blue-eyed son. Maddox let out a scoff before interrupting his father.

"Just say it. I have an addiction that irks my father." Maddox’s eyes shone a weird color for a second before he lowered his head to avoid getting caught. But I saw it.

"Anyway," Lord Vasquez ignored his comment, but I and my mother shared a look.

"The reason I want you all to be too comfortable around each other is that, as a leader of the council, I have been summoned to take a look over the matters among the packs of West. Scarlet and I will be departing in the morning. I want you all to take care of your stepsister, Beatrice, while we are gone." Lord Vasquez seemed way too comfortable when breaking the news to us.

I instantly shared a glance with my mother, who looked as shocked as I was.

"But she is a bit fragile. She has never been anywhere without me. It’s just that her wolf is a mess, so I have to be there for her and make sure her wolf doesn’t come out." My mom was yammering and making no sense. I noticed the look my stepbrother shared when acknowledging my mother wasn’t comfortable leaving me behind with them.

"It’s alright, Mom! We promise to take care of her," it was Zane who spoke up, "Now that we know she is our stepsister, we will keep her safe." That look he gave me made my skin crawl.

"And Helel can train her." Lord Vasquez didn’t help when he suggested his son would be my instructor for the next few days.

I started coughing after I heard all the messes. I sleep in my mom’s room. How the hell am I going to sleep without her now?

"Perfect! Look how caring my sons are. Now let’s go rest. We have to wake up early morning." Lord Vasquez seemed full of himself. I should have known he would be the controlling one in this relationship. He got up from his seat and eyed my mother excitedly to follow him. She gave me a miserable look before heading out of the dining room with him.

Now I was sitting among my stepbrothers awkwardly.

"You need medicine to control your wolf. Then how did you feel mate bond with Flynn when your wolf isn’t even allowed to come forward?" After a long silence, Zane’s voice penetrated the air, and my body froze.

"You didn’t tell your mother about the whole mate bond fiasco, didn’t you?" That smirk on his lips when gaining an advantage over me by knowing my mother had no idea and would be angry at me for not taking my medicine was terrifying.

I looked around and noticed all my future stepbros staring in my direction.

"School is going to be fun now," Zane said before telling me what I could expect from him at school, "Make sure you don't get spanked by your daddy," he said, pointing to himself, and my heart sank.

That night was hard to pass. I didn’t say a word to those sexy bastards and ran out of the dining room as if my life depended on it. Thankfully, I met my mom in the hallway, who took me upstairs with her to show me my room.

I couldn’t even tell her about my stepbrothers. They will tell my mom about the mate bond scene in school, and then mom will be so upset with me.

"You got your own room now, Beatrice." She smiled when turning the light switch on and showing me how spacious it was.

"I will have one of your stepbrothers prepare this room for your liking." I almost jumped at Lord Vasquez’s voice from behind me. He had come by to see my reaction to my new bedroom. There was only one bed in the middle for now.

"I never sleep alone," I whispered, looking at my mother helplessly.

"I told you about her. She is one of those unfortunate she-wolves whose wolf is just evil. Hence, my poor daughter is never getting any mates or strength from her wolf." Mom walked over to me and gently patted my shoulder.

"Well, that’s bad. I’m sure Helel will know how to help her with her human strength," Lord Vasquez mentioned to his son once again. I don’t know if he was advertising his sons or if he genuinely thought his sons were the best alphas in the world.

"And don’t even worry about tonight. If she feels frightened, she can yell my name and I’ll be there to - - -," Maddox interrupted us from across my room, "Fetch you for her," I felt shivers run down my spine the way he stared me up and down. He was leaning across the doorframe of his bedroom and playing with a ball in his hands.

My mom and I were the only ones who didn’t like the idea, but obviously, Lord Vasquez was pleased to hear it.

"Attaboy! Scarlet dear, don’t you worry about her anymore. Her stepbrother will take care of her. Come, let’s go to the bedroom." Vasquez was way too excited to snatch my mom away from me.

After giving him a smile, my mom gently hugged me to whisper something in my ears, "Don’t let him touch you, no matter what. Remember, your wolf is thirsty for nasty." Her words rang through my head along with all the other words she used to say about my wolf.

I watched my mom walk away with Lord Vasquez, and then my eyes travelled back to Maddox, who was still staring at me in silence.

It was then I noticed my room was just in the middle of Zane and Helel’s bedrooms. The little hallway separated Maddox and Akin’s rooms from mine.

"So, you liked watching me beat my meat, didn’t you?" He grinned as he recalled me walking in on him and then freezing for a moment.

It was awkward now that he was looking me in the eye. The only escape I could think of was to lock the door and block his stare out.

The moment I stepped back, I bet he acknowledged what I was about to do because he rushed over and slammed his hand on the door. I was a petite 18-year-old; I couldn’t battle with him.

I let go of the door and stepped aside, my back hitting the wall and my eyes watching him enter the room and stand in front of me. He placed his one hand on the wall to block me and deepened the eye contact. 

"I didn’t see you beat y---our meat. You were just rubbing it." I swallowed the fear of not looking timid. The more vulnerable you are, the more they take advantage of you. I loved how much attention he was giving me. Does that make me thirsty?

"What?" He closed his eyes for a moment just so that he could laugh at me, "That’s called masturbating," he said, leaving me more clueless.

"Wait, you don’t know what that is?" The look of shock on his face made me feel guilty for being oblivious.

"Holly Moon Goddess! You really have no idea, huh?" His eyes sparkled as if he had found a treasure. 

"So you have never touched yourself before?" He questioned me, and I froze. I know now he didn’t exactly mean anything that had to do with normal lotion on my arms and legs.

"Fear not. I can teach you all that stuff. I mean, what else are good brothers for?" That smile seemed fiddled. 

"I wasn’t just rubbing it. I was enjoying myself. You can do that too, and don’t even worry about not having a dick. You have something way more precious and advantageous." His voice was beginning to sound low. I don’t know if my ears were playing tricks on me, or he was. 

"I don’t want to learn it from you. You are my stepbrother." I was obviously shy about a boy talking about my vagina, let alone my own stepbrother. 

"Your mother is not married to my father. She is dating him, besides, there is no way they will ever get married," His confidence shocked me.

"Hm, do you hate us for living here?" I asked, making sure he doesn't get distracted. I didn't mind him talking to me, I just didn't want to make it too obvious to him that I am not that shy. I was shy, don't get me wrong but there was a part of me that liked the attention.

"Awe! There is no need to be shy. If I don’t teach you, the boys from school will, and that's something you don’t want to happen." Maddox had brought his face way too close to mine. 

I could feel the blue of our eyes mixing. I was so tired that I hadn’t even tied my long blond hair, and he was over here teaching me some nasty stuff. 

But there was also this weird sensation I kept feeling inside my body whenever he talked about my body. It was as if my mother was right about my body being sexually active all the time. Or why else would I be feeling this way towards my stepbrother?

"How about we start by touching---," he said abruptly as a shadow fell on him. His eyes changed the look, and he stepped back from me. 

Should I say I was disappointed with the interruption? I was resisting speaking to Maddox openly, but that was all just because I was shy.

"What’s going on here?" Akin, the one still in the suit, stepped inside as he questioned us. 

"I was trying to help her with some stuff," Maddox said, biting his lip when sneakily looking at my body. 

"Okay! If you are done, go back to your room. I’m pretty sure it’s way past her bedtime." Akin’s voice was deep and husky, but it also lacked emotion. He looked at me in a way as if my existence was nothing to him. 

"Okay. By the way," Maddox cleared his throat when turning his attention back at me again, "I will wait for you to scream my name," He whispered, pulling back and winking at me, "Don’t worry, there is no demon under your bed," and then commented in passing.

"Good night." I don’t know why my desperate hoe ass thought I should speak to Akin, but I just did.

"Whatever!" He was so rude when he walked out and slammed my door shut.

"I was just being nice," I pouted sadly, standing alone in my new room and fearing for the worst to happen. I was a little curious about Akin’s attitude. He was constantly ignoring me, while Zane and Maddox were ready to pay attention to me. I was indeed someone who wanted attention, loads and loads of it.

Discarding all the scary thoughts, I crawled into bed and pulled the blanket over my nose.

I was tired, so I dozed off quickly, but that didn’t change the fact that I began to hear the same whispers calling for my name as I hear every night.

"Beatrice!"

"Beatrice! I am coming for you."

I jolted awake in a panic, struggling for air.

"No! I don’t want to go with you," I said, shivering and sobbing. "MOM!" I screamed, "MOM! HE IS COMING TO GET ME."

The nightmares never left me alone. I would wake up screaming every other night and then I would stay awake till morning. I was in a mess. My mom never ceased to remind me that if I didn’t take my pills, he would come get me. Who was he? I don’t know, just someone who wanted to enslave me.

While I was crying in my hands and murmuring my mom’s name, I heard the door being opened and slammed shut.

"No! Please don’t take me away," Seeing a manly shadow when I uncovered my eyes terrified me into thinking he had finally come for me.

"I am not here to get you. I promised your mother I would take care of you, didn’t I?" It was then that Maddox sat down on the bed and observed my face with his colored eyes.

"A nightmare?" he asked, and I nodded my head miserably. He was shirtless and in black shorts only, but I was too afraid at the moment to count his perfectly toned abs.

"Stepbrother! I cannot sleep." My lips quivered as I explained my miserable situation to him.

"Lie in the bed. I will cuddle with you." His demand shook my body. I felt goosebumps appear on the surface of my skin.

"I said, lie down," he said again, his voice stronger and more commanding this time. I should have said no, but he is my stepbrother. He was here to take care of me.

I turned around and lied down, feeling him lie behind me. He wasted a few seconds fixing his posture and covering us in a blanket before he ran his hand under my body. The touch of a man was new to me, but I was trying to not focus on it since it was my stepbrother. He then wrapped his other arm over my chest and his hand landed straight on my D-cups.

 I shuddered, but remained silent and still. Little did I know, it wasn’t the only thing I was going to feel tonight.

"You sleep with your bra on?" He complained, placing his hand on my boob again and pressing it gently. It was such an awkward feeling that I instantly pulled away from him and turned to look at him.

He was staring at me back with a weird look on his face. I was aware he was not my stepbrother but my mother wanted me to look at them that way so that I can control my urges around such sexy boys with the thought that they are forbidden creatures for me.

"What?" he frowned as if it wasn’t anything serious.

"You cannot touch someone’s boobs," I whispered, my eyes traveling to his muscular hands.

"Why? It’s not like they will explode if I touch them." He let out a scoff, adjusting his arm under his head to stare at me more comfortably. It was the way he said those things that I felt an amazing wave run through my veins.

"Besides, you have big boobs for your tiny back. Try to loosen up at night time. Take off your bra so that you can sleep peacefully," he said while looking me straight in the eyes. It made my heart skip a beat.

"Go on, I’m not going to stay awake for you." He had prominent vertical lines between his eyebrows as he asked me to make a decision.

I got out of bed and went to the bathroom, taking off my bra and slipping into my shirt once again. It felt relaxing, but I also felt exposed.

I appeared in the bedroom again and found him resting as if he just hadn’t told me to take off my bra. I crawled into bed and rested with my back facing him. I began to worry about why he wasn't touching me anymore. After a few minutes of no movement from his side, he wrapped his arm around my body, but this time, it just felt strange.

His palm touched my nipple, and for a moment, my mind froze. He wasn’t moving or anything. But my stupid body shuddered and my tit got rubbed against his palm. 

He moved. 

"Why are you moving around so much?" He asked, and at that moment, his hand cupped my boob. I don’t know if it was unintentional or what, but I was noticing every little detail of him now. 

"I am sorry, I was adjusting," I said. 

"Don’t wake me up again, or I’ll leave." After those words were said by him, he tried to be a little playful and pinched my boob before pretending like he had fallen asleep.

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Strangely enough, his powerful arms did help me sleep better. We didn’t move the entire night; that’s how comfortable we were with each other.

It wasn’t until the chirping of the birds outside the window that I began to wake up. I didn’t realize the windows needed curtains too. The room must be completely empty before my arrival. The wall behind me was basically all windows, so the room lit up with the morning light penetrating the inside pretty perfectly.

"Ah!" I yawned, slowly beginning to notice the hand on my chest was no longer just resting there. He had actually cupped my boob pretty hard in his sleep.

"Shit," I cursed shyly, breathing profusely as I didn’t know how to unwrap his arm from over my body. I then felt something big and hard in my butt crack. It was so big that I swear it seemed like if I wasn’t wearing any pajamas, the thing would be heading straight into my butthole.

"What the f---!" I was a bit late in realizing it was his dick squeezed between my big butt. It was overall a very uncomfortable situation. For him to be my stepbrother, I just didn’t know how to react to it.

And then the unthinkable happened.

"Beatrice! Why have you locked the door?" I heard my mother calling from outside the door. She was rattling the door handle and trying to get inside as if the house were on fire. The reason she was panicking so much was that I always slept with her and even locking the bathroom door was like the biggest fear of mine. I didn’t know when Maddox locked the door last night, but I am glad he did. If my mother had seen me in bed with my stepbrother, she would have killed me.

"Hmm? What’s going on?" Maddox woke up and pulled away from me. For a moment, he stared at me in confusion and then probably remembered how he ended up in my bed.

"That's my mom on the door," I said quietly, my gaze fixed on his shorts. I kept thinking about his dick touching my butt. It was as if I wanted to see what was going on in his shorts.

"Oh Fuck!" He knew it would be frowned upon because we were step-siblings now.

"Beatrice! Open the door, what are you doing in there?" Her voice was beginning to change. The sheer panic in her tone was making me tremble.

"I will go hide in the bathroom," Maddox said as he pushed the blanket off and I got a clear view of the most terrifying bulge ever. His dick was so fucking hard and big that I feared it would tear open his shorts and come out.

He was still pretty sleepy, so it took him a few seconds to get out of the bed and run into the bathroom.

I managed to put on a poker face and attended to my mom at the door. The instant I opened the door, she ran inside and grabbed me by my arms to scan me.

"Are you alright?" she asked, anxiously running past me to take a look around my room this time.

"I'm fine," I said, leaning against the wall.

"You never lock the door. Why did you do it?" She was out of breath. Her eyes filled with tears.

"I was scared he would come get me." I told her what my worst fears were these days.

I have turned 18 and found a mate after going behind her back and skipping the medicine. That didn’t end well. My Mate humiliated me for some fun. There is no one who would save me from this man who is coming to get me now, not even a mate that I was secretly relying on.

"He wouldn’t dare get past these young Alpha Kings. Just remember, don’t let them touch you," my mother kept repeating herself, but my eyes were wandering over to the bathroom. He must be listening.

"Now forget about all this and take a shower. Wear this blue dress. Make sure you are at the door when we leave." My mom then gestured at a maid to bring in a dress for me.

"You are leaving already?" I was surprised at how early in the morning they were leaving. I haven’t even gotten used to this new home and these new relationships.

"I know how hard it’s for you, but please understand my situation, too." Mom paused when Lord Vasquez walked into the room to check up on me. "I wish I could stay longer, but I cannot let my mate go alone on these work trips. He needs his mate beside him." Her tone changed when she watched him smile at her.

I got it. She wanted him to get addicted to her so that it would be hard for him to even imagine living a second without her.

"We will be waiting for you downstairs." Vasquez wrapped his arm around my mother’s waist and walked out of my room with her.

Maddox too came out of the bathroom once it was safe. He looked over at me and then let out a scoff. His reaction was perplexing. He was nice enough to help me sleep last night, so why is he acting so arrogant now?

"Thank you for last night," I said, watching him as he walked over to the exit.

"No! Thanks to you." That little chuckle in the end didn’t make sense. What was he thanking me for?

Well, I was relieved that at least one of my stepbrothers was nice to me.

After he left, I took a quick shower and slipped into the dress my mom got for me. It was nice to have new clothes for a change. I rushed downstairs to find my mom and Vasquez all set to leave.

"Take care of business and your brothers," Vasquez hugged Akin, putting the responsibility of his brothers on his shoulders, "And also of your little sister," he then smiled my way but Akin let out a sigh and rolled his eyes away from my existence once again.

"Helel, help Beatrice work out and grow some muscles," Vasquez joked when handing an assignment to Helel, who patted his father’s back but didn’t answer him.

"She already has all the muscles and fat in the right places." That comment came from Maddox, but he said it in such a low voice that nobody else heard him.

"You two take care of her in school, okay? Scare away the bullies." Vasquez had no idea Zane was already planning to make my stay in school miserable. After meeting his sons, he turned to me and smiled.

"Your brothers will take good care of you." He looked satisfied when he left me behind with these tall, broad, and powerful alpha king brothers.

"Beatrice! I will stay in contact with you on your phone. Just make sure you take your medicine, okay? Call me if you miss me." My mom was secretly warning me through her eyes while casually talking to me.

"Dad, don’t fret. We will manage everything." Akin was probably the one who dropped them off at the airport.

Zane had a day off, but he was headed out with his friends. Helel was all set for the gym and training sessions. Maddox seemed to be the only one staying behind. And it was just not the right time to be around him.

They said their goodbyes and parted in Akin’s car. The mansion was enormous, with multiple gardens and areas that I hadn’t explored yet.

I didn’t plan to do anything until I took my medicine. Without hindering my steps, I ran upstairs to look for my orange pill bottle and, to my surprise, I couldn’t fucking find it anywhere.

"It should be in my bag," I frantically tossed over my bag but couldn’t find the bottle.

"I should call mom and ask her about the pills." I got on my feet and looked around for my phone, but couldn’t trace it.

"Wait, I left it near my pillow last night." I was not good at dealing with stressful situations. My heart began to race the moment I found my stuff gone.

"Damn right, you did," Maddox chuckled as he ambled inside my room, clutching my phone and pill bottle.

"What are you doing with my stuff?" I panicked but didn’t show it.

"Oh! I heard your mom reminding you nonstop about these pills. It just intrigued me to think, what would happen if you didn’t take them for a day?" He pretended to be lost, but his curiosity was going to cost me badly.

"I need those pills." I smiled awkwardly, taking slow strides closer to him, expecting him to hand me back the keys.

"But why, though? What is it that your wolf does that she needs to stay captive inside you?" He shook his head to stop my advancing steps while playing with the bottle in his hand.

"And who is this man that you are afraid would come to snatch you away?" He cocked his head, his gaze drawn to my shivering body.

"Fine, don’t tell me. I guess we will find out when he knocks on the door today," he was done talking, "Because you are not getting your pills,"

He left me stunned in my spot and exited the room like he didn’t just steal my medicine from me.

Unfortunately, I had to hide my scent or else----

I had a feeling this day was going to get messier now that I’m all alone with my handsome stepbrother.

"Please don’t come out, seductress!" I begged my wolf, tearing up at the worst-case scenario.

I couldn’t do anything for two hours. And then it started to hit me.

"Ehm!" I cleared my throat, standing by the window and looking outside with my heart racing inside my chest.

I almost forgot how scary it’s whenever my wolf begins to smell the air of freedom. It was this weird feeling of her wanting to take over me that compelled me to run straight into Maddox’s room without knocking first. The instant I slammed the door open and got into his dark room, I realized I had upset him.

"What the fuck is wrong with you? Do you always barge into everybody’s room like that?" He was shirtless and doing something in a hurry. I couldn’t see it clearly because my vision was turning blurry at this point.

"My med----icine!" I requested with heavy breathing, tears appearing on the surface of my eyes.

"You want your medicine?" He asked while zipping up the bag and pushing it under his bed. I didn’t know what he hid in that black bag, and neither did I care at the moment.

"Yes! Ple---ase!" With my hands on my chest and my throat feeling dry, I requested him once again.

"What would I get for helping you?" His tone changed when he found me in pain.

He approached me and grabbed my hand, pulling me inside, and closing the door behind us. After he shoved me against the wall, he scanned me from head to toe. It wasn’t a good sign, but I chose to ignore it. I was ready to do anything for my medicine.

"Whatever you want! I just need m----y medicines." I couldn’t believe how out of breath I felt, even after staying still for minutes.

"So, let’s explore our options." He rested a hand on the wall and leaned over me.

I tried to calm my breathing when his eyes landed on my big boobs going up and down with the rise and fall of my chest.

"I am going to be a little generous even after you made my brother look like a disgusting creature in my father’s eyes." Maddox whispered, his eyes not leaving my body alone.

‘M-----!’

My wolf was waking up, and it was frightening enough for me to want Maddox to do whatever he wanted in order to give me my pills.

"How about you strip naked while I invite your mate over to take some amazing pictures of you two together?" His voice turned darker as he suggested a cursed idea. They knew I hid the truth from my mother. He wanted me to look bad in front of my mother just the way Zane looked bad in front of his father. But did he not know my mate has rejected me already?

"Don’t worry, I won’t leak those pictures in your school but I will show them to your mother." at this point, he had placed his hand on my stomach. He waited before doing so, as if he was trying to see how I will react. I didn't stop him. Little did he know, he was getting himself into trouble by getting so close to me.

"So, do you want me to help you get naked?" As he questioned, his hand had already begun the job. He ran it over my stomach, lifting the fabric up while his hand rested on my boob. I know he was not serious and was just trying to mock me, but I wasn't scared of him.

"Aren’t they too sof--," he had a smirk on his face when he tried to grope my boob. But his words were cut short when my wolf woke up.

‘Mate!’

She said it loud and clear, connecting with his wolf. We both raised our faces and stared into each other’s eyes in shock.

"What!" he lifted his hand from my boob and stepped back in panic, "Sh----e is my sister!" That look on his face when he realized that the mate he kept wanting to take my naked pictures with was he himself, even petrified me.

‘Mate!’

My wolf and his wolf called out again.

"You are my fucking sister!" he yelled, and my body was covered in goosebumps.

As if it wasn’t bad enough, an audio message played on his laptop’s screen.

"Hey, son! I just wanted to let you know I still love you, my boys. Don’t ever think your father doesn’t care about you. I have sent you a new toy. Enjoy it. But share it with your brothers, as you guys share everything."

My eyes grew double the size when Maddox stared into my eyes.

I then remembered that the brothers loved sharing whatever one of them gets.