Forbidden Stepbrother: A Dark Romance

Imagine discovering your protector is your captor. Kasmine always saw her stepbrother, Kester, as her guardian. As the powerful Alpha of the Crescent Moon Pack and CEO of a tech empire, Kester held sway over everyone around him. His intense protectiveness over Kasmine was once a source of comfort, until it morphed into something suffocating, something dangerous. As she blossomed into a young woman, Kester's behavior became increasingly possessive. No man was allowed near her. Her every move was tracked, her communications monitored, all justified under the guise of brotherly love. Kasmine felt trapped, her life meticulously controlled by Kester's overwhelming presence. The breaking point came in the dead of night when Kester, in a fit of jealous rage, murders an innocent man, claiming he was protecting Kasmine. The brutal act shatters her illusion of Kester, revealing the monster beneath the surface—a man consumed by an unhealthy obsession. As a **paranormal romance** unfolds, she starts to see the strings he's been pulling, the insidious ways he's manipulated her world. Desperate for freedom, Kasmine clings to the hope that her twenty-first birthday will bring forth her wolf and her fated mate, someone strong enough to break Kester's hold. But fate has a cruel twist in store. Her college internship placement lands her squarely in Kester's territory: Zamford Technologies, his company. The very place she'd been avoiding is now her inescapable reality. Working under Kester's watchful eye, Kasmine finds herself caught in a suffocating game of cat and mouse. Even the gentle attention of Jake, a kind classmate, offers only a fleeting respite from Kester's dark shadow. Can Kasmine find a way to reclaim her life, to escape the clutches of her obsessive stepbrother? Will the arrival of her fated mate be her salvation, or will she forever be bound to Kester's twisted version of love? In this **werewolf romance**, survival depends on her next move.