Page 24 of My Alpha Stepbrother's Dirty Secret 3

I sat up slowly‚ covering my chest with the blanket from behind me and walking over to him."Ryan?"

Then I saw his eyes.

Red.

Like...red.a dark‚ glowing kind of red.I blinked.And just like the nails‚ they went back to normal a second later.But I knew what I saw.

And then his mouth opened as if he was trying to talk‚ but what I saw wasn't normal either.His teeth‚ no‚ just one of them‚ looked long‚ sharp.a fang?It looked like it grew then shrank back instantly‚ like a glitch.

"Ryan‚ what the fuck is going on—"

"Leave."

He said it quietly at first.

I blinked."What?"

"I said leave."

His voice was different.Way deeper.Not like his.

My chest tightened."Ryan‚ you're scaring me—"

"Now‚ anna!"

He roared it.

I jumped.

His fists were clenched‚ his body tight‚ as if he was in pain or about to explode.I could see every muscle shaking‚ his whole body trembling like he was barely holding himself together.

I didn't say anything else.I just grabbed the blanket behind me‚ wrapped it around my body‚ and ran.My legs barely worked as I rushed out of his room‚ my heart hammering in my chest as if it was about to burst.

I didn't know what just happened.I didn't know what I saw.

But something was wrong with Ryan.

Something I didn't understand.

And it terrified me.

CHAPTER 127

Anna's POV

If embarrassment was a human being‚ then I was the living‚ breathing proof of it.I'd never in my life felt that humiliated‚ that stupid‚ that used.The moment I slammed my door shut‚ the tears just came‚ as if they'd been waiting behind my eyes all day‚ and now they had full permission to drown me.I didn't even bother to turn on the light‚ didn't even take off the blanket I'd stolen in panic while he kicked me out.I just collapsed on my bed and cried into my pillow‚ my arms wrapped around it so tightly it felt as if I was trying to hold myself together with it.

I cried hard‚ letting every single sob out.My chest was tight‚ my head pounding‚ my heart broken in a way I didn't even know was possible.How could I let this happen?How could I give so much of myself to someone who didn't want me?

I was done.

I was so done trying to win the heart of someone who clearly didn't give a fuck about mine.I had opened up to him.Let him see every vulnerable‚ scared‚ messy part of me.I'd given myself to him completely.and he… he threw me out.Like I was some disgusting thing he couldn't stand to look at.

"Oh God‚" I whispered into the blanket‚ the tears coming again‚ harder this time.

I cried until I couldn't even feel my face anymore.Until my chest felt hollow and my body was just lying there‚ waiting for sleep to take over.But just as I was drifting into that fragile space between crying and unconsciousness‚ I heard it—a knock on the door.Followed by a voice.

"anna."