Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 408 "You look... beautiful, princess," he murmured, forcing another smile.

I bit my lip, trying to hold it together. "Thank you, Dad." He gave my hand a gentle squeeze.

I looked ahead and locked gazes with Kester.

Everything else blurred.

He was standing there at the end of the aisle, dark suit fitting him like sin, his broad shoulders squared, and his jaw set in that way that made him look carved from something forbidden. And his eyes... God, those eyes rootedin place.

Obsession. Admiration. Possession.

It was all there, glinting like wildfire.

He was looking atlike I was the only thing breathing in this garden. Like if anyone so much as blinked in my direction, he'd tear the world apart.

The closer I walked toward him, the hotter and darker his gaze burned.

My pulse pounded. My fingers tightened around Dad's arm. By the twe reached the end, I could barely feel the ground under my feet.

Dad placed my hand into Kester's. His warm, hands swallowed mine, and he didn't take his eyes offeven to acknowledge Kade.

"You made it," Kester murmured, in a voice low enough for onlyto hear.

I smiled faintly. "I was always coming to you." Something in his jaw flexed. He lifted my hand and pressed his lips to my knuckles, his eyes still locked on mine.

Everything else blurred for us, as we only paid attention to each other, until the priest announced that it was tto say our vows, "Alpha Kester Hamilton, do you wish to share your vows?" The priest asked.

Kester's fingers tightened around mine as he smiled and nodded.

The whole place went quiet.

1/3 Chapter 408 "Kasmine..." My ncout on a breath, like he'd been holding it in for years. "Do you have any idea what it's been like... wanting you the way I have? Needing you so bad it felt like my bones would break under it?" My heart gave a painful thud.

"I've spent years with this ache in my chest," he went on, "Every single day, I fought for the chance to stand right here. I fought your doubts, your fears... hell, I fought you. And I'd do it again. I'd go through every fight, every sleepless night, every moment I thought I'd lost you... just to get to this one." His jaw flexed, like he was swallowing back emotion. "I've fought battles for you... Swith my fists, most with my demons. I've bled for you. I've broken for you. And I'd do it all over again without hesitation." My throat closed.

"I've wanted you for so long, Mine, I forgot what life was before you. And now, standing here, knowing you're about to be mine in every way a man can claim a woman..." his voice cracked slightly, "...it feels like I've finally won the only war that's ever mattered to me." A tear slid down my cheek before I could stop it. He noticed-of course he noticed-and his jaw clenched, like it physically hurt him to seecry.

"I'm not perfect," he went on, his thumb brushing lightly over the back of my hand. "Hell, I'm not even good most days. I'm possessive, I'm jealous, I'm selfish when it comes to you. But I swear to you, I will use every ounce of that to protect you. To make sure you never go a single day without knowing you're loved. Wanted. Safe." God, my heart... it was breaking and swelling at the stime.

"We'll get it wrong, most times... We'll also get it right. We still have a whole lot of tears we'll have to cry. We still have a lot to learn. And I am willing to becyour raw clay... Moldinto the kind of man you desire, Kasmine." I couldn't breathe anymore. His eyes glistened. Oh, God...

"You are my first thought in the morning. My last at night. And when I'm gone from this world, you'll still be the center of whatever comes after. I will never stop wanting you, Kasmine. I will never stop chasing you. I will never stop choosing you even if you stop choosing me." The lump in my throat was so big I could barely breathe.

"You are my mate. My Luna. My reason. The last breath in my lungs." His voice dropped lower and rougher. "So here, before everyone, I vow this-your life is mine to guard, your heart is mine to hold, your body is mine to worship. I will burn the world to keep you. And I will never let you go, no 2/3 Chapter 408 matter how many lifetimes we get." "I will love you until there's nothing left ofto give. And when there's nothing left...” His voice cracked, and he leaned in slightly, eyes locked to mine. "...I'll still find a way to love you more." The world blurred in my vision. My chest hurt from holding back the sob that wanted to break free.

"Kester..."

He swallowed hard, "I love you, Kasmine. God knows the best thing I'll spend my life doing is loving you. And I swear I'll prove it every damn day until my last breath."

I thought I'd been ready for this moment. I thought I'd heard every declaration Kester could givein the months we'd been together. But this... this strippedbare. All I could do was squeeze his hand and whisper through my tears, "I love you too." AUTHOR'S NOTE:

I'll be making a video of Kester's and Ksmine's wedding in a few daysm Who wants to see this moment cto life????? Chapter Comments Visitor meeeeee View 1 Comment > 3