Tasting Nora-Pleasing Her Stepbrother Mates novel Chapter 343

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Nora 

The night passed quickly, and now the day of the first battle had arrived. 

As I was escorted to the van with my cage inside. I noticed something strange in the garden–Rollo with his sister, Carla 

Carla looked exhausted, almost disheveled Why was she awake so early? It wasn’t as if she’d gone for a morning run, she wouldn’t have come back looking that messed up. Her body leaned heavily against her brother’s. almost as if she were drunk The moment Rollo’s eves landed on me, he shifted, positioning himself to block her from my view 

I didn’t understand what was happening, but I didn’t have time to focus on them I was loaded into the van, caged and ready to be transported to the arena. They drove us around for a while, showing me off to the pack members like a spectacle I noticed the other van doing the same with the monster inside 

It felt like we were about to perform in a circus 

Once we arrived at the arena, they dragged our cages out, but we weren’t introduced to the crowd yet We remained in the back, still hidden from 

“Are you nervous?” Rollo leaned on my cage, whispering even though he new I could barely hear him over the cheering from the arena and the grunting of the mutant in the adjacent cage. 

“Not really,” I lied I was anxious. It had been so long since I’d faced a monster like this, and the fact that I wasn’t allowed to kill it instantly was 

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Nora: 

The night passed quickly, and now the day of the first battle had arrived. 

As I was escorted to the van with my cage inside, I noticed something strange in the garden–Rollo with his sister, Carla. 

Carla looked exhausted, almost disheveled. Why was she awake so early? It wasn’t as if she’d gone for a morning run; she wouldn’t have come back looking that messed up. Her body leaned heavily against her brother’s, almost as if she were drunk. The moment Rollo’s eyes landed on me, he shifted, positioning himself to block her from my view. 

I didn’t understand what was happening, but I didn’t have time to focus on them. I was loaded into the van, caged and ready to be transported to the arena. They drove us around for a while, showing me off to the pack members like a spectacle. I noticed the other van doing the same with the monster inside. 

It felt like we were about to perform in a circus. 

Once we arrived at the arena, they dragged our cages out, but we weren’t introduced to the crowd yet. We remained in the back, still hidden from view. 

“Are you nervous?” Rollo leaned on my cage, whispering even though he knew I could barely hear him over the cheering from the arena and the grunting of the mutant in the adjacent cage. 

“Not really,” I lied. I was anxious. It had been so long since I’d faced a monster like this, and the fact that I wasn’t allowed to kill it instantly was 

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terrifying. 

“Okay, listen up,” Brody, who had been greeting council members from distant packs, returned with excitement in his eyes. “The arena is packed.” 

That meant money and attention. 

He was thriving–his pack was going to stand strong, perhaps even securing second place after the Red Raven Pack. 

“I know. They’re all waiting,” Rollo grinned at him. 

“Just make sure you don’t kill him before fifteen minutes. Do whatever you can–delay it, cause drama. Try to act like you’re losing halfway through so the tension builds,” Brody said to me. In that moment, I saw only hunger for power and riches in his eyes. 

There was no concern for my safety. He wanted to milk this fight for the spotlight he had always dreamed of. 

I remembered whenever he spoke of Nash, he would wish for someone in his pack who could hold matches like this, bringing attention and wealth. 

I guess he found his very own Nash: me. 

“And think of the prize afterward,” Rollo added, hinting at my babies. 

I nodded, understanding them all too well. I would do anything- absolutely anything–to be with my babies again. 

“Will I get time to heal?” I asked, and the two of them turned to me with frowns. 

“Let’s discuss that later. You shouldn’t be worrying about injuries right now, Nora. When an alpha or warrior goes to war, they don’t worry about what will happen afterward, they focus only on their goal,” Brody said as 

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if it was my desire to set the arena ablaze with this match. 

My goal was to take care of my babies. I had to think about what would happen to me afterward, for their sake.