In Heat For My Stepbrother

ABEL

with excitement. It was the last day of school life, a day meant for laughter, pictures, and bittersweet goodbyes. N

el

up, my heart racing, only to find him. Maximilian. He had been standing at the

ever he went, even when he didn't ask for it. The sharp planes of his face, his tousled dark hair, and

-wolves couldn

I thought, panic and con

flirtation. He returned their attention with a lazy, playful smile, and

ted walking

ildfire and every eye

t was too late. He stopped in front of my desk, his arrogant

alls?" he raised an eyebrow, h

hat threatened to rise to my cheeks. "My phone must've been

d plans with Lola after school. I had just been waiting for h

t's go home," he said, twirling his car keys. "Dad called, he wants u

ight of jealous stares burned into my back as I hurried

to be Maximili

wish I w

y? There was nothing lucky about being the stepsister o

g presence drawing girls to him like moths to a flame. Some e

onight? Let me come over," one o

th a wink, brushing her off with the ease of s

irls he'd been with at some point, girls who had warmed his

under the weight of it all. Watching him with those girl

e him with those girls whe

aximilian Vance, but he did not know. And

ated, nodding t

ars, I rarely sat in his car to avoid being a third wheel in the c

already turning to leave. "You ca

when he showed up to my c

r," he said casuall

l, confident, and perfect. Moreover she was a high ranking she-wolf from a

before I coul

replied with a chuckle, as if the idea

r him. Love was the line that he drew in the sand. The one thing he couldn't tol

rogant, untouchable. My stepbrother. Th

n't help myself. I

thing deeper over the years. Maximilian was always there, my shadow, my

one after another, each more beautiful than the last. Suddenly I realised that I could never be one of those women that he kissed or touc

never appeared. I was wolfless, a failure in the eyes of everyone around me. M

and more distant. It was impossible to be with him so I began to pull

ld never have him. But it didn't work. My heart refused to listen. Tomorrow, I will tur

hard I tried, I coul

e burned stronger than ever. It consumed me, suffocated me. And

another mistake. But I couldn't stay away beca

r and the only reason