Stepbrother Mine A Son For Alpha Zoren (Ciara) novel Chapter 13

13. New Rule

13: New Rule

Ciara

“Why are you here, Erica?” Zoren asked in a firm, loud voice while staring down at Erica who he was now holding by her shoulders. Her eyes widened as she blinked up at him, and I went still, my heart soaring almost immediately because it just seemed like Zoren hadn’t fallen for her plan like she had clearly hoped.

Pain shot through my own wrist and I winced, cursing her over in my mind. I hoped she hadn’t sprained my wrist from how it was hurting right now.

Her mouth opened and closed a few times. “What? I- I was just curious…” she began but Zoren her off, his voice hard and angry.

“Erica, whenever I give you an order, I expect you to follow it. You aren’t supposed to be here for no reason at all.” He continued and Erica began to sob again.

I pursed my lips while rolling my eyes. Good for her. Thankfully Zoren hasn’t believed her.

A pleased feeling settled in my chest as I watched her stutter out an apology, now clutching Zoren’s arms. “I’m sorry babe.” She sobbed and I rolled my eyes, feeling irritated as hell. My eyes widened when I watched Zoren cup her face, tilting it sideways and taking in the bright marks on the side of her cheek, and as he dragged a thumb over the lines, Erica let out a whine.

“It hurts.” She whispered and I scoffed.

At once, Zoren shot me a sharp look that had me growing pale at once. I swallowed emptily as I watched him refocus on Erica as he began to speak.

“Go to the silver room, the doc would be there to clean up this scratches.” He murmured and she nodded while sniffing.

“Will you come to me soon?” Erica asked him while still clinging to his arms. Instead of responding, Zoren only steered her towards the doorway.

“Go.” He uttered quitly and after that, she left without arguments. A stormy expression was on Zoren’s face when he turned to face me and I swallowed emptily, my heart climbing into my throat at once.

Was he mad at me?? I thought he didn’t buy Erica’s cheap lie?

The two other guys who arrived here with him stepped out as well, and when one of them closed the door, I almost broke down from panic, cause being in here with Zoren right now when he was clearly furious, was utterly terrifying.

Zoren was still in the middle of the room, his sheer presence sucking up all the energy in the room right now, which was making my knees wobble a little. My gaze locked with him when I sneaked a glance up and I gulped while my heart almost flew out of my chest. His deep voice rang through the room almost immediately.

“Come here.”

My heart lurched within me as I swallowed emptily and after sneaking one look at Kai who was thankfully still deep in sleep despite all that drama, I looked back at Zoren who was still standing right in the middle of the room. With a shaky exhale, I slowly closed the distance between us even though everything within me was urging me to run the other way. His gray eyes were intense as they briefly raked over me and I bit on my bottom lip just as I stood in front of him.

“I can explain…” I began hesitantly but he cut me off.

“Why did you do it?”

I exhaled slowly before shaking my head. “I didn’t do anything. Erica slapped me first and I…”

“That’s a ridiculous lie. Erica hates violence, she’d never hit anyone first.” He snapped lowly and I flinched as I let out a sigh, deflating on the inside because I assumed he didn’t believe her act. It turned out that he did believe that I actually hurt her when she didn’t attack me

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13: New Rule

“I’m serious, I didn’t hit her. She was trying to see my son by force and-”

He cut me off sharply. “Enough of your lies.”

Something crumbled within me from those harsh words and I pursed my lips and wordlessly stared at him as he continued.

“Never do that again. Hitting Erica wouldn’t be tolerated, do you understand?” He demanded, eyes hard as he stared at me. “I get that you’re probably used to being extremely rough, seeing as you and your mum are pros at stuff like stealing, manipulation and so on, but don’t bring that attitude here at all.” He continued and I glanced away from him for a moment while internally swearing for my mother cause she is the reason zoren believed I also stole from them.

“I’ll always protect my son, Zoren. I’ve been doing that for the past five years and if I have to do it again against Erica, I will.” I blurted out without hesitation, even though I knew I shouldn’t be speaking this way, I couldn’t care less if it would get me punished when it comes to protecting Kai.

Zoren was silent after that before unexpectedly taking a step closer to me, making a gasp settle in my throat right as I hurriedly stepped backward. He was faster, and his hand settled on my arm, jerking me towards him and I squealed as I tumbled against his bare chest. The spot he touched on my arm felt electrified and I felt breathless right now cause his bare, hard chest was pressing into my body and that was making me feel flushed and heated. He was staring down at me as he spoke.

“Are you implying that Erica was trying to hurt my son?” He asked and I frowned at him. I didn’t like that he just referred to kai as his son, even though he’s Kai’s father.

“No, but she…” he cut me off.

“Erica would never hurt him. She is too kind hearted to hurt anyone.” He snapped, and it felt like his intense eyes was gonna swallow me up, making me glance away while swallowing emptily.

“I’ll not punish you for your past crimes because of my son’s existence, but you should know your place in moving forward, or you’ll get punished.” He began to speak again and I hated that he was yet to let go of my arm. My heart was pounding hard as I stared up at him, my chest heaving and feeling like it might explode from how strung up I feel right now.

I swallowed as I listened to him speak, feeling relief weave through my insides at most of those words cause I was worried he’d wanna punish me for stealing from them in the past when I was never in on that, but at least now he was letting me off because of Kai. I’ll have to still show him that I was never a thief though, and I’ll make sure I prove my innocence to him on moving forward.

His voice pulled me out of my thoughts. “I’ll not tolerate you stepping out of line at all, understood?” When it seemed he was waiting for my response, I swallowed and nodded.

“Okay.” I murmured quietly.

I didn’t bother telling him that if Erica comes for me again, even though I wasn’t strong enough to defeat her, I’ Il still give it my all.

“You’ll be staying here on moving forward till further notice, since my son needs all the help he can get.” He began and I swallowed hard while nodding. “This means there’d be a bunch of rules you must follow and adhere to.”

“Rules?” I muttered with a frown and he rolled his eyes.

“Of course. You can’t break any of them else you’ll be punished.” He informed me and my eyes widened a little, then I frowned.

“Why rules? Rules are for kids, and I’m not one.” I muttered but when he growled and his hold tightened on my arm, I was quick to swallow the rest of ny words down.

“You might not be a kid, but here in my tuff, you’ll follow my rules, or gets punished.” He declered and I

swallowed before tensely nodding, while feeling extremely annoyed on the inside.

It’s been years but he was still a controlling asshole. U guess somethings just never changes.

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13. New Rule

“Firstly, you can’t go see your boyfriend until further notice cause my son is the first priority now.” He

announced and my eyes widened in utter shock as those words echoed through me. I hadn’t expected him to say that of all things.

“My boyfriend? Why?” I cried in confusion and he growled, jerking me even closer and making me gasp while my stomach clenched hard at once. Being flushly pressed against his hard body was making a lot of memories rush through me at once, memories which I’ve long burned and buried away. Memories of his large hands mapping up every inch of my body, of his hotlips dragging hotly against my sensitive skin…

“Because I said so.” He growled in response and I gasped again when I noticed his eyes began to glow a little. That made a shiver roll down my spine as I swallowed emptily and tried to control how hard I was breathing. As my brain struggled to wrap around what he just said, I had to focus hard before the feeling of anger could fully flood my insides.

“Why?!” I asked cause that still doesn’t make any sense to me.

His other hand came down to grasp my chin and I bit back a stuttered sound as he jerked my chin up so the gap between our faces remained just a little. This time, it felt like I might drown in his intense gaze and I felt my legs wobble again when he spoke.

“I don’t need to give you a reason, and soon, you’ll learn to not question me, Ciara.”

I shivered as those words washed over me, while my insides danced around so much tension and nerves tangled together.

“What if he comes to visit me then?” I asked after letting out a deep breath. I didn’t know how long I’d stay here because of Kai’s health, so the thought of not seeing Nico at all throughout was just… ridiculous.

His hold tightened on my jaw as he responded, his voice lowered this time. “I can’t allow that! Even though we don’t discriminate against humans, I picked his scent off yours, and it’s quite disgusting.

I don’t want his disgusting scent in my house at all throughout your stay here.”

I let out an exhale, feeling annoyance and fury brew within me. Why was he doing this? To punish me because he hates me? That’s the only thing I can think of right now.

“Y-you can’t control my life like that just because I’m here now-” I stuttered out until he cut me off again.

“I can. These are my rules and they’re nonnegotiable. You can leave if you won’t abide by them.” He informed me before flashing me a dark grin as he added. “Without my son, of course.”

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