Fated To My Lycan Stepbrothers
Chapter 57

"Shadow, later." I whispered, putting in a tight lipped smile. We weren't pleased to see each other. I had been watching her and she had been watching me. We both caught each other in the act. I cleared my throat, prepared to act nonchalantly just like her. "Well, well, well," I said, my voice laced with a mocking tone as I approached her. "What's our Luna up to? Sneaking around and having covert conversations?" Her figure was under the moon now. It was out the brightest and my skin felt better. Shadow stretched some more before muttering something about going to sleep and filling him up with the details of tonight's encounter later.

She raised an eyebrow instead, her lips curling into a cold smile. "Oh, Kyle, always so ignorant. I suppose you're here to grace me with your usual entertaining commentary?"

I couldn't help but chuckle. We both loved to play. She was hard to crack. It's been years together, yet we don't see eye to eye. I managed to steer clear and pretend everything was okay while she tried to gain favor with Zeke. She must have known the Alpha was going to die and he would take over. "Of course, Marley. Someone has to keep you on your toes." I was yet to understand her cunny ways. Her bright red lipstick annoyed me to the end.

She let out a low laugh, her gaze assessing me. "You really are something, you know that? Not an alpha though. So why are you really here, Kyle?" She was mocking me. Her gaze was colder now. She was just an average omega who turned Luna and received the powers of a queen. She was fierce and was almost a Beta. A powerful one since she might win Beta Brooke in a fight. That was all it was. No wonder she had the audacity to look me in the eye and act all mighty. I may not be the official Alpha, but I was Alpha no less and more. She was former. I am current. I folded my arms, feigning innocence. "Me? Oh, I'm just an innocent bystander trying to uncover the truth."

Marley's expression shifted, her eyes gleaming with amusement. "Ah, the truth. Funny how you think you're entitled to know everything." She flipped her hair to the back. "It's a pity I don't need you to know everything."

I leaned in a bit closer, my smile turning more mischievous. "Oh, don't play coy with me, Marley. You're not fooling anyone. Who were you talking to?"

Her gaze remained steady, her voice dripping with a syrupy sweetness. "Wouldn't you like to know?"

I rolled my eyes, unable to resist pushing her buttons. She was Luna and has probably faced more dangerous opponents than me. Cunny ones, friendly ones and dangerous ones. I must be something she could handle. I needed to be careful. This woman abandoned her child for years to get together with the Alpha. What else would she do? "Come on, Marley. What's the big secret?"

She sighed, her demeanor shifting slightly as if allowing a glimpse of vulnerability. "You wouldn't understand, Kyle. Some things are better left unsaid."

Unsaid right... of course she would never reveal she was the one who killed Dad. I tilted my head, a smirk tugging at my lips. She knew I was trying to read her from the subtle cold smile that remained on her face. She knew what I had been up to. "Oh, don't tell me you're feeling sympathetic now. Is that your way of apologizing for being so cryptic?"

Marley's gaze hardened, a flash of something more cold crossing her features. "Apologize? For what? I'm not apologizing for anything." She circled me till her red lips were only a blur. "Poor Kyle. You must feel jealous and left out. I think you want to feel important like your brother. You want to be important."

"I am an Alpha, lady." I wanted to tell her. But I held my tongue, chuckling and shaking my head. "And here I thought maybe you were going to drop the tough act for once."

"I have worked so hard to get here. I even left my daughter to be with you all. She hates me and you love me."

I grinded my teeth at her insinuations. She was stupid enough to think I loved her. I could never love a mother who abandoned her child to become a mother to another. "You will never be a substitute for my mother. You better drop the affectionate mother act. You know Zeke is unpredictable. He may actually see through you and rip your throat out." I knew my brother was just like my father. He was cold and calculated. Nothing ever happens without his permission. He may have acted like he wasn't watching, but he was actually watching. My words certainly had an effect on her because she stepped closer, her voice low and dangerous.

"Don't talk to me like that."

I rolled my eyes. "I am sorry. You are the Luna- the Luna of wolf cove pack. Tell me, are you going to shed tears when the Alpha gets buried? Are you going to tell us how much of a lover he was to you?" I didn't want to accuse her directly because there were consequences to accusing the Luna of the pack, step son or not. There were other ways of getting the truth from this tough Omega woman. She was hiding something and I want to know what that is.

She smiled. I knew better than to believe that cold smile. "If I am not mistaken, I'd say you hate me Kyle. Do you hate me? I have been nothing but kind to you and your brother."

Jeez, she switched sides quickly. It scared me a bit. Her ability to act wicked and kind in a second. Could it be that my suspicions were right or what? She better keep showing kindness to her daughter.

"I don't hate you. I am not trying to act important and neither am I jealous of my brother. I am just Kyle... the twin brother of the Alpha. I have to earn my position too, you know. This is my way of doing it." I frowned. "So help me. Did you kill him?" I whispered the last part.

She placed her hands over my beating heart. "Now we are having a good conversation- Mother to son." s**t! She was trying to change the subject here. I won't let her.

I raised an eyebrow, my tone dripping with mock concern. "Oh, I have no doubt about that, Marley. You're a wolf in sheep's clothing, after all."

She laughed, the sound sending shivers down my spine. "You have no idea." Then she sighed again. "I know you have every right to suspect me. It's fine. I came into your family and abandoned the other. The truth is that... I saw how lonely your father was without his mate and chose to become the second mate. We did the ritual and I became Luna. I went back and brought my daughter. I understand how you feel."

I sniffed at her words. She has no idea how I feel. "Don't talk about my dad like you understood what it meant to be lonely. You left your mate at home, came here to act like you did not do anything wrong. And when the gossip became too much, you went to bring her...."

"I see you have been doing some digging about me." She didn't sound pleased.

"It's gossip." I would never reveal to her how I found out all about this. Partly due to gossip and yeah, some digging.

She chuckled. "People will always talk. Do you believe it?"

"Yes." I deadpanned. "I don't know what your agenda is, but I will reveal your true intentions."

"Now, I am certain you are pointing those fingers at me. You know the implications of doing that, don't you?" She wasn't fazed by my words. Tough skin huh?

"Oh, I do. Do not underestimate me, Marley. I may not have power, but I am determined to replace out who killed my father." I spat foolishly. If it was Zeke, he wouldn't say anything to her. Jeez, I was such a talkative.

She leaned closer with the same cold smile. "I see. I will support you and make sure you replace the killer." She began to walk away as I sucked in my breath at the mention of that. She was taunting me. I knew she was the one. She was the rat in this family-conspiring to bring my father down. She was purposely leaving me with a lingering sense of unease. She was like a puzzle I couldn't quite solve, a complex enigma that vexed me. Strangely enough, it was the same with Naya. Two peas of the same pod. It caused a shiver to run down my spine.

"And Kyle," she stopped mid way.

I raised my head to see her mutter.

"Don't underestimate me, Kyle. You might not see it, but there's more to me than meets the eye." Then she disappeared into the forest. I couldn't shake off the feeling that I had only scratched the surface of who she truly was.

Who was she? Luna? My father's mate? Naya's mother? My step mother? A traitor? She was many things...

I can't choose.