My Alpha Stepbrother is My Bully (Nevaeh) novel Chapter 2

2. An inescapable fate

NEVAEH

This had to be some sort of joke! The moon goddess might have screwed up my life in a lot of ways but this was just going too far.

There was no way Kael Drakenwood was going to be my stepbrother. How the hell did Mom, a low level Omega meet the Alpha? How on earth was it even possible that he, the Alpha, was going to marry her?

There were thousands of men out there, why did it have to be the Alpha? Why did it have to be Kael’s Dad? Seeing him in school was bad enough, but having to also see and endure his pranks at home too was another level of torture.

“Nevaeh,” Mom’s suddenly tender tone cut through my thoughts and I was forced back to reality, “let’s go inside.” She added sweetly, signaling for me to follow them up the flight of stairs that led into the pack house.

I simply nodded, too stunned by the whole thing to even piece together a proper response.

I had been so lost in thought that I had almost forgotten that Kael was still standing right there, next to me. He took a step up the stairs and paused, then he slowly turned to lock eyes with me.

My body lit up in flames under his intense gaze and goosebumps popped out all over me as the memories of what had happened back in school flashed across my mind,

It was bad enough that I had to attend the same school with such a horrible person but being forced to live with that same person was a special kind of torture, especially when the person in question was your bully.

If surviving senior high was so damn difficult, how exactly was I supposed to survive living under the same roof with him?

As if he could read my thoughts, a mischievous grin cut across his lips and before I could even react; he turned around and made his way into the pack house.

Taking a deep breath and forcing my feet to move, I climbed up the stairs after them, ignoring the voice in my head yelling at me to turn around and run as far away as possible from Kael.

The moment I stepped into the mansion, I got carried away by how mindblowing the interior decor was. Intricately carved chandeliers hug from the ceiling, gigantic and breathtaking art portraits lined the walls and everything, from the floor to the ceiling was clearly expensive.

I had no idea how blown away I was while gawking at everything until I bumped right into someone.

“Sorry. I am so sorry.” I bowed my head and kept apologizing over and over again until I felt a gentle hand on my shoulder and I dared to lift my head.

“It’s okay Nevaeh. This is your home now so I want you to get comfortable. Look around and take in everything, I can get one of the maids to give you a tour if that’s what you want.” Kael’s Dad offered with a smile on his face but before I could even refuse, Mom’s stern voice cut me off.

“That’s not necessary babe, I’ll show her around.” Her tone sounded loving but I could tell she was irritated due to how harshly she was glaring at me.

I apologized one more time before running after Mom who was now headed up the stairs. The marble floors and the golden designs on the stairs left me speechless.

I didn’t even know houses like this existed!

“This will be your room from now on.” Mom said as she came to a halt in front of a large door. Slowly, she pushed it open and my breath caught in my lungs as the princess like room came into view.

Subtle colors collided perfectly with the tasteful designs. The bed positioned in the middle of it was king sized and there was still so much space left.

The Alpha had to be the richest man alive.

“How is this even possible? How did you meet him? How is this even happening?” The questions rolled out of me all at once because I couldn’t even hold back any longer, it all still felt like a dream.

A bad yet beautiful dream that I would wake up from.

“Listen Nev,” Mom’s harsh tone snapped me out of my trance as she grabbed my arm roughly, her nails digging into my flesh, “I meant every word I said back in the car, if you try to ruin this for me, I’ll throw you out without a second thought. You should be grateful I even considered bringing you here because I could easily have left you to rot in the hell hole your wretched father left you in.” She spat, her voice filled with so much hatred and disdain.

That wasn’t new.

That wasn’t the first time Mom spoke about Dad in such a manner. She hated him so much for being a lowly omega and tried countless times to leave him but couldn’t because she had nowhere else to go and worse still, she was mated to him.

She hated that more than anyone else so when Dad died, it was like a breath of fresh air for her and she always seized every opportunity to remind me that Dad left us nothing so whatever crumbs she handed over to me, I should be more than grateful for it.

So I knew for a fact that her hatred for Dad transferred to me after he died and it didn’t help matters that I looked so much like him.

“Really Mom? You show up out of the blue and spring something like this and I’m supposed to just accept it? A new dad? A new family? Just like that?” I began,

“I’ve barely seen you in months. You don’t even know how things are going with me, you didn’t even ask how I am feeling or how things are going in school and you just do this, without asking me? That’s selfish.” I cried out but she simply hissed and shoved me back, as if she hated the fact that she was holding me.

“Selfish?” Her voice shook dangerously, “selfish would be leaving you to rot in that hole you call a house. Selfish would be forgetting you even exist so if you know what’s good for you, you will keep your mouth shut and do as I say.”

I stared at her in disbelief as I fought back the tears in my eyes.

“How can you even call yourself a mother?” I asked and she didn’t even give me a chance to say anything else before she raised her hand high up in the air and brought it down heavily on my right cheek.

I gasped in shock and stumbled back, too stunned to speak but no longer able to hold back the tears. It rolled down my cheeks effortlessly and my throat burned.

“I’ll be right there.” I replied sharply, hoping he would just turn and walk away but as usual, the devil didn’t.

He kept coming closer and his eyes kept drifting down my body,

“So… stepsister,” that word rolled off his lips with mockery, “I am really looking forward to living under the same roof with you, right down the hall from you and most especially, having to see you without those hideous uniforms of yours on.” He added with an intense look that would have probably made the girls in school giggle and blush but not me.

Kael Drakenwood had never made me blush before, not when I had experienced first hand, the kind of devil he was. Instead, a shiver raced down my spine because I knew exactly what he meant.

My hands flew around my body, trying to cover as much skin as I could but that only made him chuckle darkly before he leaned closer, so close that I tried to get away but only ended up slamming my back against the wall and being trapped between his body and the wall.

I could feel the heat from him, his breath on me but I dared not look him in the eyes so I kept my eyes glued to his lips, swallowing as hard as I could while my knuckles ached due to how tightly I was gripping onto them.

“Do you know the animal I love hunting the most?” He asked and his presence and intoxicating scent seemed to have sucked all the air in the room because I could no longer breathe.

“Rabbits.” He whispered softly as his fingers ran through my hair, making me flinch, “they’re so soft, naive and much more fun to hunt because they scare easily. Very easy creatures to break.”

My eyes squeezed shot and I was suffocating so bad that without thinking, I reached out and tried to shove him back but the moment my hand touched his chest, an electrifying sensation shot up arm and a gasp slipped from me.

He flinched and I jerked my hands back immediately.

I had no idea what that was but feeling his muscular body under my palms was not something I had prepared myself for.

A frown creased his brows but it disappeared as immediately as it appeared before he leaned closer to me, his face barely an inch away from mine,

“I do not intend to start the hunt today so do not make me come back up here to get you, little rabbit.“ A deadly tremor clung to his tone and it wasn’t until he slammed the door shut behind him before I felt the rush of air hit my lungs again.

I inhaled sharply, crumbling to the floor.

Was I really going to live in the same house with Kael Drakenwood?