All Chapters of Mated To My Brother-In-Law: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

The words landed like stones dropping into a pond, thrown from kilometers away. Hearing it said out loud, Kira desperately wished for the ground to open and swallow her whole, erasing her existence from the earth. The situation was bad. Very bad. And having all these people in the room made it very clear that she was in a hot spot. Not just for hiding that she knew the alpha was her mate, but for what might come later. That, she was not prepared for. She could not even bear to look her parents in the eye. In their eyes, she was sure she looked like a disgrace. Time and time again, she only disappointed them, and there was no way out of this with her mind and heart intact. Her mother, now shaking visibly in her seat, was shocked to hear it said plainly. Oh, she could nearly pass out, but in such a cold room, even the lightheadedness of the news could not take her out. She inhaled sharply, her fingers tightening more against the poor edge of her chair, which guaranteed she would have

“If there was a mistake with the twins' birth, it's only right that we're all informed about it,” Matilda said, her gaze resting on elder Esme. The twins mom's head snapped to Matilda with a look of disgust. “Our daughters are not mistakes,” she said sharply, her hand spread out to where Kayla was seated as if to shield her from something unseen.The overprotective side of her was out, and she didn't mind taking on the Alpha's mother too. “I did not say they were a mistake,” Matilda defended calmly. “I'm only following up with what elder Esme implied….. or is that wrong of me to do?” “Yes it is,” their dad responded. “Whatever Esme said is not justification to trigger my wife.” A bewildered look covered Matilda's face, confused how her simple question could come across as a trigger. If Matilda were to trigger anyone, she had her eyes on the twins who she believed weren't good enough for her son. “I never called your daughters mistakes. Please don't take my words out of context,”

KIRA The shower had long stopped running, yet steam still clung stubbornly to the bathroom walls as though it refused to leave me alone with my thoughts. Droplets slid lazily down the tiles, tracing uneven paths that reminded me too much of the mess my life had become. When does the torture end? I stepped out of the shower and pressed my palm against the mirror, dragging it downward until a clear streak cut through the fog. My reflection stared back at me in fragments before the rest of the mirror fog slowly gave way. My eyes looked different. Not physically. They were still the same shade, still framed by lashes that were a joke making me envy the one Nick’s face earlier in the week like a complete idiot. But something behind them had shifted. There was a tension there now. A constant awareness tiring my eyes. As if my soul had been shaken awake and could not go back to sleep. I wiped the mirror fully with a towel and leaned closer, bracing both hands against the sink. Water

KIRA'S POV The whole matter was a huge pill to swallow. One moment, it felt like I was finally getting a grasp of the whole situation… the next moment, I was losing control of the head and tail of the story. “So the curse,” I whispered. “It isn’t just about our mate bond with Nick.”“No,” Dad said firmly. “We suspect the mate bond you both share with Nick is one of the consequences.”The word hit harder than I expected. A consequence. Not a destiny or blessing that one would initially think of.“Of the blood moon?” I asked.“Yes. But we don’t want you girls to dwell too much on either the prophecy or the curse that Elder Esme claims. We’ll handle it,” Dad said, a small smile framing his face. “And the prophecy? How will you handle that?”Mom and Dad fell quiet again, sharing a look.“You and Kayla being mated to the same werewolf isn’t the end of the world. It doesn’t define the prophecy Esme claims to have heard,” Mom said carefully. My heart pounded hard against my chest. Esme ca

Nick knew the endgame of the footage, but his big question had yet to be answered. He watched attentively as the three young girls played rock, paper, and scissors, and then the twins darted in opposite directions, leaving Caroline in the school playground. “Hide and seek,” Dalia murmured. Nick watched as Kira ran past the playground and towards the woods behind the school, and out of the camera frame. “Give me a second,” Dalia said as she clicked a few buttons to display the surveillance of the small river area, where Kira was heading. The screen was now visible with just Kira walking towards the water’s edge… goosebumps decorated Nick’s skin. The same river where he had met her again years later as his destined mate. On the screen, Kira crouched low and dipped her hand into the water. She looked over her shoulder, then rose to her feet and hid behind a big tree, her face in direct view of the security camera. She glanced at the camera. Just for a split second. A tiny moment that