Stepbrother Mine A Son For Alpha Zoren (Ciara) novel Chapter 21

21: all over her

21: all over her

Zoren

“I’ll advise you not to tell him for now. Until he’s very stable at least.” The doctor suggested, now sounding a little more confident than before. Which means now he was very certain of what he was saying.

I didn’t like that. I want to tell the kid that I was his father as fast as possible. I want to get in all the time I missed out on his life since he got born.

Pain rocked in my chest, one which I should be used to since it began last night and only disappeared for a bit while I was close to Ciara. But I still wasn’t used to it. It still hurts.

“When is he gonna wake up though? It’s been hours,” Ciara’s soft voice, a little shaky, pulled me out of my thoughts and as I stared down at her, hunched over the bed and held onto Kai’s hand, something squeezed in my chest at once at the sight.

“Will he be okay?” She got to her feet to face the doctor, still looking so panicked. Even with worry etched over her face, she still managed to look extremely stunning. Before I could stop myself, my feet carried me towards her, and as I settled a hand over her shoulder, the pain in my chest visibly dulled. I didn’t know why that was happening, but this wasn’t the time to dwell on that yet.

I felt her stiffen from my touch but she turned to face me, and the sight of her face delivered a punch to my chest. Tears swam in the insides of her eyes and this weird urge to comfort her, to draw her into my arms and make her feel better, gripped at my insides hard. At the same time, her scent wafted into my nose and my nose flared as I spoke.

“He’ll be alright, stop worrying.”

Her brows furrowed a little but she nodded fast, desperate to believe something positive. It was clear she loved him more than life itself. It made me glad, and thankful, that even though I was certain she hated me, she didn’t transfer that hatred to Kai like a lot of people would have.

“He’s fierce. I felt it the way he stood up to me yesterday.” I continued, my mind flashing back to the way he looked me in the eye while trying to protect his mother. That had filled me up with so much pride instead of

anger.

She looked embarrassed as she chuckled softly. “Ah, sorry about that. I already scolded him,”

I shook my head. “I wasn’t mad, I was impressed. What I’m trying to say is that, that little glimpse of him that I got is enough for me to know that he’s fierce and a fighter… just like me. This means he’ll definitely fight through this phase of his life no matter what, for his mommy he definitely plans to protect with all his life.”

As I spoke, her sweetened scent kept drifting into my nose and I felt the deep urge to bury my face in her throat and take in a deep breath. Her scent was making my head spin in a pleasing way and my wolf who was still ignoring me, was gobbling all of this up.

“Thank you so much, truly.” She murmured quietly and as I kept staring at her, my eyes darted to the side of her throat where the severed bite sat. The way she reacted to it when I touched it back in the ward, that wasn’t supposed to have happened. The bite should have grown completely numb and responsive, that’s what happens after a bond is severed. As I tried to wrap my head around that, her phone suddenly rang in her pocket.

As she pulled the phone out and glanced at the screen, her scent vividly sweetened and my eyes narrowed almost immediately.

“Who is that?” I demanded and she jumped a little as her eyes met mine. My hand was still on her shoulder and I was still fighting against the urge to pull her closer right now.

“M- my boyfriend.” She responded quietly, her face flushed. I felt a growl build up in my throat at an alarming pace just as my hand on her shoulder tightened.

“Why is he calling you?” I demanded, my teeth clenched and anger churning within me for some unknown

reason.

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“I-I don’t know, he… he probably wanna check up on me.” She responded, her wary eyes still pinned on me. The phone was still ringing, the sound grating on my nerves. I wanted to grab it and hurl it across the room, but wasn’t gonna do something over the top, I wasn’t an irrational alpha after all. And doing that might just make it seem like I was jealous when I definitely wasn’t. But It should be none of my concern if her stupid boyfriend calls or if she gets excited by his call, so far she doesn’t go to visit him or invite him over, so why was I feeling this strong urge to punch someone right now?

I forced myself to drop my hand from her shoulder, and as I watched her step out of the room to clearly go answer the call, I felt this strong urge to accompany her and listen in on the conversation. Of better still, I should have ordered her to answer the call right here in my presence.

I let out a ragged sigh while tugging on the roots of my hair, just as the pain from last night began to resurface in my chest. That made me want to yell in frustration. Does this mean that the pain would only reduce or fully dissipate whenever I was close to Ciara, but once I step away, it would return at full force. That made no

sense to me.

As I let out another sigh just as I glanced up, and I was startled to see that everyone were staring right at me at the same time.

“What?” I barked as I walked off a few feet away from the bed to sink into the comfortable couch there. The pain in my chest was making me start to feel cranky and irritated. Would I have to ask the doctor to look me over as well?

Even after sitting, they all kept staring at me. When I shot them a sharp look, Evan, ever the confident one, was the one who spoke. “You seem to be good at consoling people now, alpha.”

I stiffened as what they meant slowly dawned on me, then I glared at them as I spoke.

“Shut up. You don’t know what you’re talking about.”

My skin felt prickly and when Evan attempted to speak again, Sarah touched his hand and shook her head.

“That’s enough, don’t rile him up now,”

I huffed as I glanced away from them, feeling like I just got split open. They were referring to the way I had consoled Ciara here. Eden that had shocked me so much. I wasn’t in touch with my emotions, and haven’t been in what felt like forever. I certainly don’t know how to console people, haven’t consoled anyone before, haven’t ever gotten that urge to do that until today. And I had no fucking idea why, but I guess that’s probably just because her worry was over my son, so I guess it was normal for me to console her.

At that very moment, Ciara stepped in, looking soft as hell. Everyone glanced over at her as well but she didn’t seem to notice, her eyes on Kai. It was at the tip of my tongue to instantly ask her what she and her boyfriend talked about, but I forced those words down while reminding myself it was none of my business. As I kept staring at her, this weird urge to get close to her filled me as she walked in deeper, walking past me to move to the bed. Before I could stop myself, I reached out to wound my arm around her waist, tugging her right over my lap.

A startled gasp left her throat and she grew stiff, but I only tugged her closer until her back met my chest.

“Relax.” I ordered quietly, my lips brushing against her ear as I spoke and I felt a small shiver went through her body. Her softness melted into my body and my wolf howled in happiness within me, which I ignored. A part of me wondered why I wasn’t doing this, but even I didn’t understand why. Everyone in here was staring at us right now, definitely jumping into a hundred conclusions at the same time, but I didn’t care. My arm wrapped around her waist, keeping her in place atop me, while my nose flared as my nose dragged in her scent into my lungs. Slowly, as the seconds went by, I realized that the pain in my chest has completely vanished.

That made my brows furrowed in confusion, confirming my previous thought. This means if I’m away from her, my chest would hurt but once I’m close to her, the pain is gonna reduce. Again, that made no sense to me. In this position, her red hair tickled my nose and I wanted to fully bury my face in the softness. She smelt good everywhere, making my chest which was previously hurting to feel full and warm right now.

My gum was aching right now as well, my fangs wishing to sink into something, preferably the source of this delectable scent filling my lungs right now. I had no idea why that was also happening, why all of this was

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happening. My gums haven’t ached before.

Last night, I ran until I was numb, but even in a state of numbness, I still felt that intense pain in my chest. The only time the pain disappeared was whenever I was close to Ciara.

My question was: why?

I was still very certain that I hated Ciara. That wouldn’t just dissipate overnight after all, but I haven’t the slightest idea why I feel so… drawn to her.

My eyes wandered to my son, he was still unconscious. The doctor was presently drawing some blood from him for some tests, and I let my eyes focus on my betas again.

I opened the mindlink I had connected to a handful of people, my betas being a part. After reaching through my mind for Ethan, his response was immediate.

‘Hey, Alpha. Do you need anything? He asked and at once, a bubbly, eager sensation flooded my chest. This was why I didn’t let anyone contact me via mind link, cause that way, they tend to fill my mind with whatever sensation they were feeling at that moment and I didn’t like that cause it disrupts the emotionless state my mind is permanently in.

‘Just a question. Is it normal for the pain gotten from severing a bite to last so long? Like over ten hours?’ I asked, and Ethan hummed. His face was blank and no one would know we were conversing through a mind link right now.

“How painful?” He asked and I huffed out loud.

‘A lot.’

He hummed. ‘That’s definitely not normal. It’s not supposed to last about two hours and the pain is usually quite mild according to a lot of people.” He paused and grinned at me, then added through the mindlink. “Wait, is that why all you’re over Ciara?’

I shot him a scowl, which he acted like he didn’t notice.

‘I’m not all over her.’

He snorted, and I got this strong urge to snap his throat.

‘But you were. I mean, you’re all over her right now.’ He added, a smug tone in his voice.

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