The Wrong Brother's Temptation novel Chapter 229

Chapter 229

Sinna

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I drifted toward the farthest corner and stayed there, arms loosely crossed, and my mind a jumbled mess of thoughts.

One of the girls who was taller than the others, caught my reflection in the mirror.

“Why are you just standing there like a statue?”

I stared at her face and sharp cheekbones framing the dark hair already pinned into an elaborate twist that must have taken hours.

“You are opening the act right? I heard Bob say that”

She asked again and I noticed a frown on her face when she said the last line. When I didn’t respond and admired herself in the reflection while snapping her fingers.

“We’re on in less than twenty minutes. Hurry up before Bob has a complete emotional collapse.”

I pushed off the wall and approached her carefully, the way one might approach a cat that looked both beautiful and fully prepared to draw blood for sport.

Not wanting to create any problems, I tried to strike a conversation with her and get a better understanding of what was truly going ot happen in the performance.

“You look incredible,” I said, keeping my voice soft and sincerely admiring.

“Honestly. The way you’ve done your hair? It’s perfect. Not a single pin out of place. And that makeup is flawless.”

She said nothing but I saw a tinge of smugness appear on her face so I went on.

“Bob is completely blind if he hasn’t already decided you’re the obvious standout of the entire lineup. The rest of us might as well be furniture.”

Her expression shifted further on hearing me showering her with praise as the sharp edges softened into satisfaction.

She straightened a little and looked at her reflection in the mirror again like a flower turning toward sunlight it fully deserved to receive.

“I know,” she replied, adjusting a pin on her hair.

“I’ve been telling him for weeks that the lead opener should go to someone who can actually hold attention. Not that he listens. Men never do when it actually matters. They just nod and then do whatever they were going to do anyway.”

I made a sympathetic noise and reached for another pin from the table, holding it out like an offering to

her.

“You’re right. The opener should be someone with real presence like you. The rest of us would just… fade

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into the background. I mean I think I definitely would.”

glanced at me sideways, clearly pleased. “Exactly. Who would tell Bob that?”

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I stepped closer, fussing with a loose strand near her temple and securing it with more care than necessary.

Up close, her costume was even more ridiculous than it had looked from the corner.

Like others she didn’t want to be bothered with covering herself with layers of fabric.

She had chosen to wear a skintight unitard that matched her skin tone perfectly making it look like she was barely wearing anything and had placed a few of those sequined fabrics to barely cover her chest and crotch.

“That’s a bold…choice” I said carefully and she flicked her hair.

“Oh dont worry, it can come off easily if a hot and broody alpha tries to get too close. Can blame it as an accident too” She winked at me.

“That’s…good”

Most of the other girls were wearing variations of the same theme: short hemlines, strategic cutouts, and barely there straps.

“Dont you think you should be the one to open the act?” I blurted out, clearly distressed of having to not just hide from Connor but also ensure not getting picked by some random alpha.

“I’m not confident like you,” I continued, keeping my hands busy with her hair so she wouldn’t look too closely at my face.

“I’d probably freeze the second the lights hit me. You should take the lead opener spot. You’d be doing everyone a favor, including Bob, even if he’s too stubborn to admit it out loud.”

She pretended to consider it, lips pursing in the mirror, but the way her shoulders straightened and her chin lifted gave her away completely.

Inside, she was already writing her acceptance speech and deciding which angle the lights should hit her from.

“Well,” she began slowly, drawing the word out like she was tasting it, “if you’re sure you can’t handle it…”

“Completely sure.” I smoothed another section of her hair, adjusted a pin that didn’t need adjusting, and stepped back, offering my most earnest, slightly helpless expression.

“You were made for it. I know you will rock it.”

She studied her reflection one more time, turning her head left and right to catch the light from every possible angle, then smiled, looking entirely too pleased with herself.

“Today is my night,” she mumbled like a vow. “I’m getting a taste of Connor by hook or by crook. I’ve waited long enough.”

I blinked. “Taste?”

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She glanced around the room, making sure no one else was paying close attention, then reached into the small clutch sitting open on the vanity.

When her hand came back out it held a tiny glass bottle, no bigger than my thumb, filled with something clear and faintly golden under the bright bulbs.

The liquid caught the light as she tilted it, and looked at the bottle like it was the key to unlock some secret

treasure.

“Two drops of this…” she murmured, eyes glittering with a mixture of triumph and a little like hunger, “…and he will want to rip my clothes off.”

“He?”

“The Ashford alpha of course. Previously, I was fine with any alpha but now…I want him. Only him”

I gulped nervously.

“Isn’t it against the rules?”

She shrugged my concern away.

“Have you looked at him? The man is a beast. I would probably need more than a bottle to make him lose his control. Once he wants me, no other man would dare look at me. Then I’d be his Luna, fuck him every night and make a lot of babies. I’d be settled for life”

I nodded because I didn’t have a response for her words.

“It doesn’t matter how controlled he thinks he is, how many rules he’s following or how serious he pretends to be. Two drops, and the rest takes care of itself. I’ve been saving it for the right moment.”

“But don’t you think he would be pissed if he found this out?”

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