Claimed by My Ex's Half-Brother

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harder! W

bout t

d mid-air. The sweet anniversary card in my po

can't be

e-Scarlett. My best friend of three years. The same voic

in my chest. The silver bracelet around my wrist gre

ictoria. J

t the wall continued, each t

, Scarlett's breathless voice cu

ld when you sleep with

art s

cold, vicious. "She actually believes I'm waiting till m

yfriend material," Scarlett purred. "Be

er shattered somet

tin crashing against the floor and scattering pieces across the hallway. The scent of cocoa f

e chains of the magic silver bracelet coiled around my wrist. Her rage

es glowing faintly, suppressing eve

mega.Never

ys been my gr

er voice dripping with satisfaction. "She still doesn't know that her

laws across flesh, shreddin

ition in the North Creek pack first. Once I'm officially recognized

and devotion crum

sts, the urge to storm in and tear those two

cating me. Every instinct screamed

coul

olf thrashing wildly against her magical bonds. Trembling, I touched the

I am-not as the Lancaster heiress, not for my rare w

Alpha of the Crescent Dawn Pack and successor to the family empire, I k

Pulling out my phone, I dia

rprisingly so. "Call off the wedding. The

han today-my true identity, the proposal

f that matt

voice sharpened with c

," I managed to say

y senses, overwhelming every other scent around me. It carried an indescribable p

as hap

cent. It pulled me like an invisible thread, leading me across streets until I stopped in front o

and the crowded space seemed to fade into nothingness. All my

ts and shadows, zeroing in on the mo

sat

rs and narrow waist-a perfect V-shape. His thick, dark brown hair was styled with deliberate carelessness, and his sharply carved features could only be described as aggress

amian Sterling, Et

, Nora, the presence I had long suppre

ate

t transformed into a crystal-clear declaration, ringing with u

ed ma

rarely crossed paths with him. The last

through social media-through those outra

. How could he, of all p

irling the amber liquid in his glass. "On such a lovely

despite the alcohol, "is currently fuc

then his expression shifted to something

-smoky cedar and midnight roses-which made both me and

gh that my lips nearly brushed his ear.

mb brushing over the silver bracelet. He smil

hreading through his voice, "to hel

to his penthouse suite, pressing his