His expression turned cold. "You kissed your stepbrother just because you didn't like his girlfriend? Can you really convince yourself with that f*****g ridiculous excuse?" "I don't know! Stop asking me—" "You have to know." His eyes burned like wildfire, blazing so brightly it made me tremble. "I won't let you avoid me anymore. I won't let you mess around with any of those f*****g men. You're mine, Riley, just like our matebond says." I gritted my teeth and glared at him. Of course he wouldn't give a f**k about all the complicated stuff between us. Like how we were step-siblings and our parents would never allow us to be together. Like how he was a Lycan and I was a werewolf. Or how he was a player who I knew would never settle down. Maybe he just wanted me as a new toy. And when he

