The Bastard Who Claimed My Family

In a world where awakening grants godlike power, Lucas Reed was born a bastard — discarded, powerless, and forgotten. When his father, the influential Guild Master James Vanderbilt, finally drags him into the family, Lucas arrives not as a grateful son, but as a predator with one burning obsession: to claim everything the Vanderbilts possess — their wealth, their status, their women… and most of all, the untouchable S-rank Void Sovereign who now calls herself his stepmother. At Seoul Awakener University, two Mythic-class awakeners emerge from the same bloodline. Alex Vanderbilt, the legitimate golden heir, receives the divine Golden Heir. Lucas awakens the forbidden Heir of the Infernal Dominion, an abyssal force that hungers to corrupt, dominate, and devour. While Alex is shielded by his cold, beautiful mother Evelyn, Lucas begins his quiet, ruthless conquest. He manipulates the academy’s factions, bends powerful women to his will, and turns the university’s brutal hierarchy into his personal chessboard. His ambitions are not limited to power and status — he sets his sights on the ultimate prize: breaking Evelyn Vanderbilt herself, forcing the proud Void Sovereign to submit to the bastard son she despises. In a brutal academy where strength rules and mercy is weakness, Lucas will use seduction, blackmail, and raw power to shatter his stepbrother’s perfect life and claim the one woman who should be forever out of reach. Some desires are forbidden. Some heirs refuse to stay in the shadows. And some taboos were always meant to be broken. *** To read ahead, go to my Patreon. patreon.com/DevilsWhisper Disclaimer: 'The Bastard Who Claimed My Family' is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. This book may reference real companies and organizations, but these references are for narrative purposes only and are not intended to depict actual conduct or involvement of these entities. The use of these names and references is not meant to harm, defame, or discredit these companies or organizations.