My Alpha Stepbrother is My Bully (Nevaeh) novel Chapter 109

Chapter 109

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Werewolves are fascinating creatures. They say that once we are around our mate for the first time, there’s no fighting the want and need in our bodies. We become aroused for literally no reason at all to signal to our brain that “this is the person you wanna be with forever,” and that’s literally what’s happening right now. Cam is hugging me, and here I am, inhaling the bastard as if his scent is a drug.

Cam finally releases me from the hug but keeps his hands resting lightly on my arms. He looks down at me, his green eyes searching mine intently. I feel exposed under his gaze like he can see right through me to all the secrets I’ve been keeping.

“You should tell your mother about the werewolf cancer. She needs to know it has come back. You might not see it, but she cares about you, Eli. In her own strange way.”

All the nervous energy I felt earlier is now turning into annoyance. “I doubt that.”

Cam rolls his eyes. “Oh well, I tried…”

With that, he turns to leave and I feel my phone vibrating inside my pocket. When I pick it up, there’s a message from Evie on it.

Evie: Oh my god, why haven’t you invited me to Cam’s pool party? You guys live in the same house, so yeah, invite me bitch! I need to be there!

Pool party? I didn’t even know Cam had planned one for his birthday. He didn’t tell me about it! Then again, in his eyes, he probably doesn’t feel like he needs to tell me anything since he is going to be the Alpha.

Me: You’re older than Cam, Evie. That’s probably why you aren’t invited, and even if you came here, I wouldn’t party with the kids. They are all around Cam’s age while I’m twenty-three, lol.

Evie: So? We can still party with them even if Cam is only turning eighteen. He has older friends too, lol.

Me: Don’t “lol” me back after I wrote it, lol.

Evie. Lol.

I roll my eyes and hit the call button. She picks up the phone immediately. “Have you finally come to your senses and decided to invite me and Clara to your stepbrother’s birthday party? I mean, what if I’m his mate.”

“You’re not.”

She fake coughs. “What about now? Was that cough deadly enough to be his mate?”

I actually snort at that. “I think the moon goddess meant his mate had a worse condition than a cold when she said his mate may not live for very long.”

“Fuck, you’re right…” She gasps as if realizing something. “Wait, if his mate dies, then he will be single- there’s still a chance for me to become his Luna!”

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“Okay, that’s dark even for you…” I comment. If I turned out to be Cam’s mate, would she wish death upon

me?

I can practically hear Evie rolling her eyes at me through the phone, fluttering her long eyelashes. “Oh, come on, Eli. I’m just joking around. You know I would never actually wish for someone to die, even if it meant I could be with Cam.”

I sigh, rubbing my temple in a desperate attempt to ward off the headache threatening to take over. “I know, I know. It’s just…this whole mate thing has me on edge. Especially with my own health situation.”

There’s a pause on the other end of the line before Evie speaks again, her voice gentler this time. “Eli, you don’t think… I mean, do you think there is a chance that you could possibly be Cam’s fated mate?”

My breath catches in my throat, but I can’t be quiet, or Evie will figure shit out. “Wh-what do you mean?” I stammer. “I… I couldn’t be. I’m not sick.”

“Yeah, maybe not right now, but you were sick in the past, and what if it’s back? I don’t want to be a negative Nancy, or anything…” She trails off, probably realizing she is overstepping by insinuating my cancer might be back-if only she knew how right she is.

“I was very sick…”

My eyes grow dull as I stare into the wall, remembering how it was to be stuck to a hospital bed. I came so close to Death himself that I consider him an old friend, and after I became healthy, I always knew there was a possibility for the werewolf cancer to return, so I lived on the edge. I still am. It’s something which annoyed the shit out of my mother. She is old-school and expects women to behave like cute little lambs-naive and well-mannered.

“You were,” Evie sighs, but its not the sigh that says one might be annoyed. Its the one that says the is sympathising with me. “Do you want to talk about it?”

“Hell no,” I snort. “I’d rather talk about this party for kids that you want to crash.”

“Oh my god, your brother is not a kid anymore! He is turning eighteen and excuse me, but have you seen him? Camden is huge, and if I’m being honest, he looks older than you with all his muscles! You’re the kid- looking one!”

My face burns in humiliation, and I snarl playfully at my childhood friend, “How dare you spit facts in my face and say Camden doesn’t look like a kid anymore! As far as I’m concerned, he is still cute, chubby little Cam.”

Evie laughs on the other end of the line. “Girl, you need to get your eyes checked if you still see Cam as ‘cute and chubby. That boy is all man now. A very hot, muscular man.” She sighs dreamily.

I make a gagging noise. “Ew, Evie, stop drooling over my stepbrother. It’s weird.”

“What’s weird is you not appreciating the fine male specimen living under your roof,” she retorts. “I mean if I was in your position…”

“Stop!” I cut her off, not wanting to hear the end of that thought. “Cam is off limits, remember? Stepbrother code and all that.”

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“Oh please, you’re not even blood-related. And if he does turn out to be your fated mate, then the moon goddess herself has deemed it acceptable.”

I pinch the bridge of my nose, feeling a headache coming on. Why did I think calling Evie would make me feel better? She’s only making things more confusing with all this mate talk.

“Look, even if by some crazy twist of fate Cam and I are mates, it doesn’t change the fact that I’m dying.”

Evie gasps and that’s when I realize my mistake: I opened my big mouth and revealed the truth. Fuck, her older sister is going to kill me…

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