Tasting Nora-Pleasing Her Stepbrother Mates novel Chapter 181

181–In The Comfort Of His Scent 

Nora: 

I watched his face change colors. It was as if the reality and the intensity of the situation were slowly dawning on him. 

His eyes widened and he jumped off the bed, standing beside it with his hand on his forehead. “Did you–did you feel that-,” he stammered, stepping back in shock. 

“I did,” I uttered, discreetly adjusting the ring on my finger. 

“Are you okay?” Instead of bolting out of my room like crazy, he moved back towards me. 

“I’m fine now.” 

“Um, are you able to transition now?” I guessed it was his way of slowly understanding the seriousness of it. He decided to focus on my transition first. 

I watched his face in silence before shaking my head slowly. “Are you in pain? Can you still feel her?” He asked all these questions despite having just received the biggest shock of his life. I could only imagine how many questions must be swirling in his head. 

For me, it was shocking but not entirely unexpected. After feeling a mate bond with his two brothers, this one seemed like the Moon Goddess’s way of laughing at me. She wanted me to know she could give me many mates, yet none of them could entirely be mine due to the conditions and situations we found ourselves in.. 

“No!” I felt ashamed for lying to him, but it was to protect myself. After I had told Ryker about me and Cain, I saw how his behavior changed. His demands became unreasonable. I was still trying to remember if I had told Cain any of my secrets. Now, I was even more secretive and wanted to take any step after careful consideration. 

“That’s too bad. What if we scared her off?” he mused aloud. Obviously, he meant me, I was the one resisting her. But to deflect some of the blame away from me, he included his innocent self in the mix as well. 

“I’m confused,” I uttered, eager to see his reaction and hear him talk about our mate bond. 

“Me too, but let’s discuss it later,” he said, lowering his head and speaking softly. 

“Okay,” I conceded, sensing he wasn’t pushing to continue the conversation. I gave up. 

“I’ll get you something warm. Change your clothes; you’re… wet,” he finally looked down, realizing the situation was more awkward than we anticipated. 

I nodded and watched him rush over to my closet, grabbing a black satin dress and a sweater. As he marched my way, I noticed his eyes. repeatedly drifting to my body. He shook his head and blinked frequently, clearly fighting some internal struggle. 

I could be mistaken, but it honestly seemed like he was wrestling with something inside him. I took the clothes from his hands and started making my way to the bathroom. Pausing briefly, I turned around to 

look at him. 

“Will you still be here when I come out?” I needed to talk to him and 

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101–In The Comfon Of His Scent 

forbid him from telling anyone about the mate bond we’d felt. If Cain and Ryker found out, they might do something reckless to ruin this bond for me. 

“You will. I’m not the type to run away,” there was so much certainty in his eyes that I couldn’t help but smile and slip into the bathroom. 

Once inside and under the shower again, I twisted the ring to check up on Akira 

“Are you okay?” I asked, filled with worry. 

“I’m feeling so much better. You have no idea how grateful I am to you for letting me stay. Now that I’ve felt a mate bond with another of my mates, new hopes have been born inside me. I’m not hurting as much as before,” she spoke softly, causing me to feel pity and guilt for her. It wasn’t fair to her that she had been mistreated and confined. I was keeping her caged, and her mates were treating her poorly. She was. trying so hard to grasp onto hope, find happiness, and comfort for herself. 

“Let’s go outside and ask him not to tell anyone, okay?” I confirmed with her, ensuring she wouldn’t feel suffocated if I kept her inside me again. The urge to transform was now gone. 

I adjusted my ring and changed into the dress, stepping out of the bathroom. As Nash had promised, he was still in the room. Though it seemed like he had been through a lot, he kept that anxious side. 

hidden from me, at least visibly.