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Chapter 8
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2026-06-09 19:34:56
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Step uncles are my mates Chapter 11
Lyra's POVThe door clicked shut behind Soren, and I sat in the silence of the east wing room, my heart pounding so loudly I was certain he could still hear it through the walls.I had told him.The words I'd sworn I would never speak aloud, the truth I'd buried so deep I'd almost convinced myself it was just a nightmare—I had handed it to him like a confession, and he had believed me.Or at least, he'd said he believed me.I pressed my palms against my eyes, willing the tears to stop. They wouldn't. They kept coming, hot and relentless, carving tracks down my cheeks like rivers of shame.I was so tired. So impossibly, bone-deep tired.In my first life, I'd spent my final months alone and terrified, watching everyone I loved turn against me one by one. I'd died believing that no one would ever believe me, that my death would be just another tragedy to be swept under the rug, another inconvenient truth buried beneath the pack's carefully constructed lies.And then I'd woken up here. Back
Step uncles are my mates Chapter 10
Soren's POVI didn't sleep that night. I lay in my bed, staring at the ceiling, while my wolf paced and snarled and howled at the moon outside my window. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Lyra's face—the way she'd looked at me in the study, her amber eyes bright with unshed tears, her voice cracking as she said, Don't walk away from me.And I had walked away. I had let Genevieve's tears pull me back, let Caspian's command sink into my bones, let duty and obligation chain me to the omega who needed me. The omega who was sweet and kind and everything I was supposed to want.But my wolf didn't want Genevieve. My wolf wanted Lyra. It had always wanted Lyra, from the moment she'd walked into our lives, quiet and self-contained and utterly indifferent to the alphas who circled her like moths around a flame.I had wanted her to need me. I had wanted her to look at me the way Genevieve looked at me, with desperation and dependence and a hunger that matched my own. And when she hadn't, I had
Step uncles are my mates Chapter 9
Soren’s POVThe hallway outside Genevieve's door smelled like salt and roses.She'd been crying for an hour. Maybe longer. I'd lost track somewhere between the third time Caspian told her everything would be fine and the fifth time she asked why Lyra hated her. My back ached from leaning against the wall. My wolf paced beneath my skin, restless and snarling, and I couldn't tell anymore whether it wanted to protect Genevieve or hunt Lyra down.Both. Neither. The answer kept shifting."Tell me again," Genevieve said from her nest of blankets. She looked small there, swallowed by silk and down, her golden hair spilling across the pillows like a halo. Her eyes were red-rimmed and swollen, and she clutched Caspian's hand like a lifeline. "Tell me what I did wrong.""You did nothing wrong." Caspian's voice was steady, practiced. The voice of an alpha who'd spent years smoothing over conflicts, mediating disputes, holding his pack together through sheer force of will. "Lyra is going through s
Step uncles are my mates Chapter 8
Lyra’s POVThe hallway stretched before me, dimly lit by the gas lamps flickering in their iron sconces. My footsteps echoed on the marble floor—too loud, too fast. I forced myself to slow down, to stop running, and running implied fear. Implied weakness. Implied that Genevieve had won this round.She had, though. She always did.I pressed my palm flat against the cold stone wall and let myself breathe. In the quiet of the corridor, with no one watching, I allowed the mask to slip. My shoulders sagged. My chin dropped. The trembling I'd suppressed in the study came roaring back, starting in my fingers and spreading until my whole body shook with it.Don't drink the tea.Why had I said that? Stupid, reckless, dangerous. I might as well have painted a target on my back. In my past life, Genevieve's poisoned tea had nearly killed me—would have killed me, if Soren hadn't noticed the strange color of my lips and forced the antidote down my throat. He'd held me while I seized, his dark sapph
Step uncles are my mates Chapter 7
Lyra’s PovThe moment shattered. I watched it happen—the shift in their attention, the familiar pull toward Genevieve's trembling form in the doorway. Watched Caspian's hand drop from my chin. Watched Silas's calculating gaze redirect toward the new variable in the room. Watched Soren's body angle away from me, toward her.Of course.The fragile thing that had been building between us—that raw, desperate almost-confession—crumbled to dust. I felt the walls slam back into place around my heart, harder and stronger than before. I'd been a fool to think anything had changed. I'd been a fool almost to tell them the truth."Genevieve." Caspian's voice had regained its Alpha timber, though something still strained beneath it. "This isn't a good time."But he was already moving toward her. They all were, pulled by some invisible tether I'd spent two lifetimes watching them follow."I know, I know." Genevieve pressed her fingers to her lips, a tear slipping down her porcelain cheek with theatr
Step uncles are my mates Chapter 6
Lyra's POVThe air felt too thick to breathe. “Don’t call me that,” I whispered, but the words came out weaker than I intended. In my past life, Little Star had been Soren’s private endearment, whispered against my skin in the dark, murmured when he thought I was asleep. Hearing it now felt like a blade between my ribs. Soren’s dark sapphire eyes flickered with something sharp. He had noticed my reaction. Of course, he had. He noticed everything. “Lyra.” Caspian’s voice cut through the tension, pulling my attention back to him. He hadn’t moved from behind the desk, but his presence filled the room like a gathering storm. “You are not a prisoner. But you are not leaving.” “That sounds exactly like a prisoner,” I said. His golden eyes flashed. “Then perhaps you should stop acting like one and tell us what is actually happening.” I almost laughed. Almost. The sound died in my throat, strangled by the bitter irony. Tell them what was happening? That I remembered a future where they
Step uncles are my mates Chapter 1
Lyra’s POVThe High Hall smelled of rust, old blood, and cold stone. Every breath I took scraped against my throat like broken glass. Three pairs of sapphire eyes watched me from across the long oak table—eyes that had once traced my face with love, whispered promises against my skin, and made me
Step uncles are my mates Chapter 5
Lyra’s POVGenevieve’s mask had cracked.She stood there in my room, expecting me to flinch, to cry, to give her the satisfaction she craved. But I simply leaned back against the headboard, met her eyes with calm curiosity, and asked the one question she wasn’t prepared for.“Why?”The word hung in
Step uncles are my mates Chapter 4
Lyra’s POVI was ten when the world lost its color.Alpha Julian was the man who became my father after he found me shivering in the Whispering Woods. I was five, but he didn’t see a stray orphan. He saw a daughter. He gave me a name, a home, and fierce, protective love that felt like armor against
Step uncles are my mates Chapter 3
Lyra’s POVI woke up gasping, lungs burning as if I were still falling. My hands flew to my chest, my ribs, my throat, searching for broken bones, wire cuts, bruises. There was nothing. Only smooth, warm skin and the soft press of linen sheets.I scrambled out of bed and stumbled to the mirror. The
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