Shunned By An Alpha, Cherised By A Lycan

Chapter 252:

I looked down at my hands, the paper crumpled between my fingers. “I don’t know how to do this,” I admitted. “I don’t know how to be someone’s sister.”

He chuckled softly, a warm, gentle sound. “That’s okay. I don’t know how to be a brother either. Maybe we can figure it out together?”

His words hit something deep inside me. The idea of not being alone in this, of having someone who understood, made the fear loosen just a little.

I nodded, my voice trembling. “Yeah. I’d like that.”

Enzo’s smile widened, and his eyes shone with relief. He stepped closer, slowly, like he was giving me space to back away if I needed to. But I didn’t move. I let him come closer. And when he opened his arms, I didn’t think—I just leaned forward and let him wrap me in a hug. It felt strange. New. But it wasn’t bad. His arms were strong, protective, like he was making a silent promise to never let anything happen to me again.

When we finally pulled back, he wiped a tear from my cheek and let out a shaky laugh. “I guess this makes you the older brother.”

He smirked. “Yep. That means I get to be overprotective and annoy you whenever I want.”

I rolled my eyes, a smile tugging at my lips despite the whirlwind in my chest. “Great.”

Ryder’s hand slid into mine, grounding me again. He didn’t say anything, but his presence was enough. A steady rock in the middle of the storm.

Kade’s voice echoed from the hallway. “Hey! Are we getting lunch or what? I’m starving!”

Enzo laughed. “Some things never change.”

I smiled, a small, tentative thing, but it was real. For the first time in what felt like forever, a little piece of hope settled in my heart. Maybe things weren’t as broken as they seemed. Maybe, just maybe, I could find a way to piece this new reality together. One step at a time.

Ryder’s POV

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She’s staring at me with those looks that make me want to pin her to the wall and fuck the sense out of her brain.

The memory of our passionate night, the nights we’ll cradle in each other’s arms. The pleasure, the comfort, the satisfaction—all blending into one… And all I could do was crave. Crave and crave.noveldrama

Fuck this!

The blood tie, she’s still unbound, and having her in this state was worse. The thought alone of the fact that she’s still bound to Jason—that dickhead—makes me want to cut his head off and feed it to the vultures.

“You still haven’t told her we could smell her arousal,” Ace growls in the back of my mind, his voice thick with need.

I grit my teeth, my jaw tight. “She knows,” I reply, my voice low. “The way she blushed was enough of a sign.”

Her scent was driving me wild. Sweet, intoxicating—it clung to the air between us, wrapping around my senses like a vice. I could feel Ace pacing restlessly inside me, his claws scraping, his need barely restrained.

I wanted her. We wanted her.

My eyes flicked to Jasmine, sitting across the room, her lips slightly parted, her cheeks still flushed. The tension between us was electric, buzzing under my skin, so sharp it was almost painful. My fingers curled into fists at my sides. Every part of me craved to touch her, to claim her, to leave my mark on her neck where no one could miss it.

But I couldn’t.

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