Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates
Chapter 597-I Must Mark Them All

Chapter 597: 597-I Must Mark Them All

Helanie:

I have not been able to sleep this whole time. After Norman and I made out, he had gone to work on finding a solution with Emmet. He was probably in Emmet’s room, and that made me feel even lonelier.

"Hey!" I said, carefully walking up to the cage. He was badly wounded from his time out with the Zharns.

He snarled, not raising his head from the ground.

"Maximus!" I said his name. He got up and lunged at me. I didn’t back down even when he was trying to reach out with his claws through the bars.

"You want to claw me?" I asked in a softer, lighter tone. I reached out to his hand but only brushed the tip of our fingers, and he suddenly backed down.

He stared at my hand and then lifted his head. I swear I wasn’t seeing things, but I spotted tears in his eyes.

"Maximus! It’s me, Helanie!" I reached the bar so close this time, not even fearing that he might attack me. I knew he would never harm me.

He kept staring at his hand before he strolled closer again, this time reaching with his finger and my balled fingers against the bar. I was staring at his finger as he touched me and then let out a little whimper.

"We are looking for a way to bring you back," I said, placing my hand on his claw. The way he even snarled under his breath as if he was shocked at the sensation of touch broke my heart.

To others, he might be a monster, but to me, he was my mate.

"He needs us," Cora uttered.

I took a deep breath, rolled up my sleeve, and pushed my hand inside.

"You can drink my blood," I offered, and he instantly clawed his hand to my arm. I winced but forced a smile. Tears sprung down my eyes when I watched him lick my arm.

His touch never scared me for some reason.

"It’s okay, you can drink a little," I sniffled, even though I was told once he starts drinking, he is unable to keep control and does not know when to stop.

He licked my hand and then opened his mouth wide before he pulled away again.

"What happened?" I asked as I watched him walk away and sit on the ground looking like a gorilla. He looked so adorable for being such a monster in shape.

He turned his back to me, refusing to hurt me.

"You can’t even hurt me," I uttered, "and I am here unable to do anything for you." It was a wide awakening. That was it. I would get him help.

"Helanie!" however, Norman suddenly arrived and pulled me back from the cage, worried his brother might have attacked me or might attack me.

"It’s fine. He didn’t do anything," I told Norman and then my eyes moved behind to Emmet. He was in his oversized coat and pants, his hands in his pockets even at nighttime.

"Did you two find something?" I asked, watching their faces one by one.

"I will go rest now," Emmet said, excusing himself without answering me. Once he was gone, Norman and I sat down on the ground because we didn’t want to leave Maximus alone. He didn’t turn around this whole time.

"Your mother said something else to me about the mate bonds and—how Maximus could be saved," I started, realizing I should have told him that way earlier.

"Really? She knows and isn’t telling us?" Norman frowned.

"Norman, I want you guys to be honest with me now. I want to know what’s going on. Why do you have four heartbeats? Why is Maximus a lycan? Why is Emmet losing his memory? What is this curse and why is it affecting your brothers?" I asked, unable to just sit and watch them hide it from me. If they expected me to believe they have accepted me as part of their family and that they trust me, they must tell me the truth about their past and their curses.

"Helanie—" Norman took a deep breath before starting, "We are cursed because we were born against the will of the moon goddess. She didn’t want our mother to have children, but here we are. So we were cursed for an eternity of pain and misery."

I was so shocked when I heard that. Just a few days ago I had started to feel a little better towards the moon goddess, only for my rage to come back.

"Why would she do that?" I asked angrily.

"I’m not sure. My mother knows the whole truth and never tells us. For all I know, we brothers are cursed, and with time—our curses will consume us," he looked so broken when mentioning that part.

I was scared for it to ever happen. I had fallen deeply in love with my husband and had feelings for my mates; I wouldn’t be able to watch them fade away.

"We will never let that happen," I held his hand almost like I was scared if I didn’t, I would lose him.

"I didn’t know my mother knew the solution to Maximus’s pain. For all I knew, I would never have a mate, and if I did, I must not get accepted and marked by her. But now that Maximus is in pain after our marking—even I wonder—," he uttered, the tip of his finger roaming around the back of my hand.

"The only way to save the brothers from the pain is for them to be accepted and marked by their fated mate. In our case, it will be me," I didn’t hold back and told him the entirety of the truth.

I watched his eyes widen, and his body leaned back, creating a distance between us.

"What if it is true? It started with me marking you—what if it ends with me marking them all?" I asked, even having goosebumps on my skin just by mentioning it.

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