Stepbrother Mine A Son For Alpha Zoren (Ciara) novel Chapter 22

22: shocker

22: shocker

Zoren

‘Right now, you have her seated over you like a fucking caveman. You never let Erica sit on you no matter how much she whine about it. Instead, you ask her to sit on my legs instead.’ He pointed out, and my nose flared just as I stiffened on realizing that he wasn’t pulling my legs but was actually being serious. I really never let Erica sit on me no matter how much she asks for it, but I ask Ethan’s to do it and I never feel any way at the sight of her perched in his laps. I tried to imagine Ciara sitting on Ethan’s lap and a sharp rage filled my veins at once, causing me to exhale through my mouth as well this time.

But Ethan wasn’t done.

‘You also acted all possessive in there with me while I was only bandaging her wrist. You’ve never ever acted possessive with me whenever I do much worse with Erica, per your requests. He pointed out and I felt pissed that he was pointing all of this out to me, cause they were nothing but the truth and I didn’t wanna hear them right now. He wasn’t lying, he’s been in worst compromising states with Erica. He’s once tied Erica up for me before I fucked her, cause I was too busy and he was the most efficient person I have in my life who I can trust with every damn thing, no matter how much he got on my nerves. Another time, I asked him to fuck Erica when she was whining about me not giving her enough attention in the bedroom in weeks, and he did just that while I watched. Erica, ever eager to please, had eagerly agreed.

None of that has ever made me feel angry or annoyed before. I remained silent, having nothing to respond to Ethan with.

After a few seconds, he added. ‘Back to your main question, that kind of pain isn’t normal. Is Ciara also in pain?’

‘I’m not sure, probably not. She’s human after all so it most likely isn’t affecting her.’ I responded, just as the doctor faced us, clearing his throat awksrdly as he looked between Ciara and I. I still didn’t release my hold around her waist, and at this point, she’s fully slumped over my chest, melted against me.

“Your son should wake up in about two hours.” The doctor spoke and I nodded while relief flooded my insides. I’ve been so worried this whole time but had kept my own worry hidden most of the time, cause as the head, if I was showing fear, that means everyone would be a mess.

Ciara shuddered in relief above me, and that made her sift ass press into my thigh. I felt my groin twitch a little, a response which left me feeling appalled.

“Thank you so much, Doctor. Seriously. Thank you.” Ciara said to the doctor, one who’s been working here for about two years. I haven’t seen him smile before but right now, he offered Ciara a warm smile.

“You’re welcome, Miss…”

“Alic- Ciara-” Ciara quickly supplied, her face coloring a little and I snorted. Alice was the fake name she was sneering for the past five years, it’s understandable for her to still slip up.

I finally loosened my hold from Ciara’s waist as I stood up, and as I watched her avoid my gaze before walking off to Kai, at once, the pain returned to my chest at a full force.

Ciara was brushing Kai’s hair and kissing his cheeks, whispering words into his head. It was clear she loved him so much. Who could have thought someone like this could ever backstab someone the way her and her mother did years ago?

I faced the doctor and offered him a nod. “Wait outside, I’ll be there in a minute.”

After he bowed and left, I walked up to Ciara, this strong pull I was still feeling towards her, completely at play here. As I got close to her, the pain in my chest lessened. She blinked up at me from the spot she was sitting in on the bed and I spoke.

“What did you and your boyfriend talk about on the phone call?”

That wasn’t what I had intended to ask. I was gonna ask something else entirely. I planned to ask if she was also feeling pain in her chest since last night, and what happened to her wrist for it to need bandaging.

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22: shocker

Her mouth opened and closed a few times then she cleared her throat as she spoke. “He just asked how I’m fairing. He asked of Kai as well.”

I hummed. “And what did you tell him?”

“That Kai is presently sick. He sent his love and well wishes.”

My teeth clenched in annoyance at those words.

“Does he care about Kai? Are they close?” I couldn’t stop myself from asking. Jealously swelled in my chest at that thought. It would hurt me if Kai was closer to this boyfriend, cause what if he ended up liking the boyfriend over me, his actual father? That’s possible after all since the boyfriend has been in his life longer than I have.

Ciara nodded slowly. “Oh, yeah. they’re… close,” she worried her bottom lip with her teeth as she spoke and I regarded her closely for a little while before deciding to change the subject for my own sanity.

“Have you been feeling pain in your chest since last night?” I asked and her eyes widened as she nodded.

“How do you know? I have! I took some meds for it this morning but it didn’t work.” She revealed and I felt confusion settled within me as I kept staring at her. She wasn’t supposed to have been able to feel any pain since she was human.

“I’ll be right back,” I tell her before striding out of the door and closing it after me. The doctor was waiting right there as instructed.

He bowed again and I nodded at him, my eyes wandering around us a little while wondering if this was private enough for what I was about to say to him. I knew gossip flies around the maids faster than the wind after all.

“Walk with me.” I said to him and as he fell into step beside me, I shoved my hands into my pockets, leading him over to my office. I hated that I was moving far away from Ciara right now cause like clockwork, the pain has returned to my chest like it never left. I wondered if this was also how Ciara is feeling right now that I’m not beside her, cause clearly I was trying to think she wasn’t affected this whole time.

In my office, I got straight to the point. “I severed a bite between myself and a woman, it’s been over 15 hours and I can still feel pain in my chest, a deep kind of pain. The woman also feels the pain as well. Whenever I’m close to her, the pain reduced. Once I’m in contact with her, the pain disappears, but once I’m far away from her, the pain returns. What could be the cause of that?”

The doctor’s eyes widened and he coughed awkwardly before speaking. “Ah, that’s not a good sign, your majesty. Is this woman in question Miss Ciara?” He asked and when I shot him a sharp look, he averted his gaze fast and cleared his throat again. I grinded my teeth hard while feeling irritated that he was somehow able to figure that out.

“It’s her,” I bit out and the doctor nodded fast, then he met my eyes again.

“This could only mean one thing, your majesty.” He breathed out tentatively. I still wasn’t used to this doctor, but because he was the son of the now retired royal doctor who is said to be very good at his job, I allowed him to replace his father’s position. So far, I have no complaints aside from the fact that he’s always so jumpy around me, especially when I’ve never hurt him before. I was well aware he was just so terrified of me because of the rumors that flew around the pack that I was terrifying and scary. But I wasn’t, except to people who deserved it anyway.

“And what’s that?”

“That the two of you are… fated mates.” He revealed and my eyes widened so much that they almost rolled out of my eye sockets.