TRIGGER WARNING: THIS STORY CONTAINS EXPLICIT s****l CONTENT, STRONG LANGUAGE, INTENSE EROTIC SCENES, MATURE THEMES, AND s****l SITUATIONS BETWEEN CONSENTING ADULT STEP-SIBLINGS (NOT BIOLOGICALLY RELATED). Onyx POV Our parents left Friday morning for their anniversary trip. Four full days. I stayed upstairs longer than I needed to. Let the silence settle. Let myself enjoy the fact that for once Stephanie couldn’t storm through the hallway complaining about the Wi-Fi or my “gross gym bag” or whatever else she decided was my fault that day. My stepsister had been extra lately. Rude as hell. Eye-rolls sharp enough to cut glass. Little digs about my schedule, my friends, the way I left a glass in the sink. She’d walk around in those tiny shorts and thin sports bras like the house was

