Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates
Chapter 588-Mark My Mates

Chapter 588: 588-Mark My Mates

Helanie:

"Mmmhmmm!" I broke the kiss with Kaye and watched him close his eyes and succumb to sleep. On my left lay Norman, on his stomach, naked in bed. And then there was Emmet, sleeping on top of me, our naked bodies touching.

I was still tired and wanted to sleep some more, but there was something missing.

Someone missing.

"Where is Maximus?" I asked myself, raising my head and finding the red ribbon attached to him stretched far away.

I realized I was bound to everyone with a red ribbon.

Carefully, getting out from under Emmet, I made my way to the balcony, where the red ribbon led.

We’d had a wild night, it seemed.

"Maximus, what are you doing out here?" I asked Maximus, sitting beside him.

"I had a nightmare. I saw you cut the red ribbon between us," he said, sitting shirtless in the cold wind.

"Maximus, it’s bound to happen. I will have to cut the ribbon. I can’t be with all four of you," I gave him a smile, but the look on his face told me he wasn’t very happy to hear it.

"And you think that’s the right thing to do? To hurt three of us while choosing one?" Suddenly, he wasn’t so calm anymore.

"Have you stopped loving the rest of us?" he asked, his eyes full of deep emotions.

"It doesn’t matter. We have to end it someday," I repeated in an even calmer tone, but he seemed so upset that he got up and grabbed the ribbon.

"Then how about I show you what will happen when you reject one of us?" With that, he held the ribbon even tighter and then, in a split second, he tore it.

The minute our bond broke, I watched Maximus’s eyes turn white.

And the next thing I knew, he was falling to the ground.

"Maximus—" I yelled, reaching him when I heard someone shout from inside.

"Something is happening to Norman! I can’t hear his heartbeat!" Kaye yelled, making my heart sink in my chest.

"Noooo! Nooo! My mates—" I screamed, and that’s when I woke myself up. I was breathing heavily, my eyes wide open and staring at Norman, who was leaning over me.

"Hey, hey! It’s all okay," he said, checking my temperature while I struggled to breathe. He quickly sat me up and started rubbing my back.

"What happened to you? You were suddenly in so much pain, and I got so scared—" Norman murmured softly, checking on me, while I couldn’t help but think about what had just happened.

"I had the weirdest dream," I whispered, and he stopped rubbing my back to sit in front of me.

"I saw red ribbons connecting me to all my mates," I started. Obviously, Norman was now my mate since we had marked each other.

"And—but then Maximus cut his and—chaos erupted. I watched Maximus die—"

Before I could finish, Norman placed his finger on my lips to silence me.

"Don’t say that word."

I could see in his eyes how much just the thought of it affected him.

"And then I heard you—you had one missing heartbeat," I stopped talking and leaned on his chest, sobbing softly.

"Hey, it must’ve just been a nightmare."

The pain in his voice was proof that anything related to his brothers wasn’t easy for him either.

"The thing is—I’ve had dreams like this before. Not many of them came true, but they still scare me so much," I sniffled on his chest.

"Helanie, I’ll talk to someone about this nightmare, but trust me—we’ll find Kaye and bring him home," Norman said while holding me close.

"I’m not even sure what’s going on with Emmet," I added, turning my attention to him.

My love for him never faded. It was true.

The moments we spent together, the warmth of his hug—it was all still fresh in my memory.

"He isn’t even eating—"

As I continued to talk, Norman let go of the hug and gently held my face in his hands.

"Do you want to take food to his room?"

It felt like my chest opened and Norman carved his name on my heart when he figured out what I had been too scared to ask.

"Yeah," I whispered softly.

How did he know?

"Then go make something for him. He won’t listen to me right now, but he respects you a lot," Norman said with such kindness.

I was so shocked that he somehow knew exactly what I wanted to do.

"Thank you so much."

With that, I cupped his face in my hands and kissed his lips.

I noticed how his cheeks turned red, and it made me chuckle a little.

He was still my big, bad professor.

I walked out of the room to grab something for Emmet to eat when Charlotte stepped in my way. She looked like a mess. Her swollen eyes made me feel bad for her.

"Did they find Maximus?" she asked, her teary eyes scaring me.

"No, but after Emmet eats something, we’ll go look for him," I told her.

"Helanie—I don’t know if I should be telling you this, but I’ve been hearing some things..."

The way she rubbed her hands while looking around made me nervous.

"What is it?" I asked, watching her shift uncomfortably and glance around to make sure no one was listening.

"That you marked Norman? That tells me you two are serious about each other. So I feel really weird saying this—"

She bit her lip, making my anxiety worse.

"Tell me, Charlotte. Is it related to the problems we’re having right now?"

Of course they’d heard about me marking Norman.

"It is. It’s something I heard Lady Darcy say to my mother. She said... she’s afraid this whole mess might lead to a solution she never wanted to happen," she whispered so low I could barely hear her.

"What solution?"

My heart was pounding loudly by then.

"That the only way the brothers can be saved now is by being marked by their mates."

As soon as she said that, I almost lost my balance.

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