Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates
Chapter 599-The Rune’s Dream Prison

Chapter 599: 599-The Rune’s Dream Prison

Helanie:

"Why didn’t you tell us this before?" Norman had been so shocked that he was unable to make any comments and had called his mother in for an emergency meeting. I had kept the news to myself too. I just wasn’t sure how to tell Norman this. I understood what he might be going through. He finally found a mate, maybe, but just like his heartbeats, his mate wasn’t his only either.

I was silent too. My body was almost numb, just going with the flow at this point.

"What’s going on? What is this emergency meeting for?" Kaye hadn’t acted the same way since that day. Maybe he had been too emotional in the moment back then.

He came and sat with us in Norman’s office, still avoiding meeting my gaze.

"And everyone’s already here," Emmet entered next, looking sleepless and rubbing his temples as he sat down.

"Are you doing okay? You’ve really been keeping to yourself these days," Kaye said to Emmet, who sighed.

"I’m fine. Just busy dealing with the situation with the Zharns so the students can enjoy their promised cruise trip soon," he reminded us of the trip we had won last time.

I had almost forgotten about it.

I didn’t feel welcome among them, so I sat in silence with my head down.

"You need to come here," Norman finished the call and turned around to face us all.

He passed a quick glance over all of us and probably even noticed how silently I sat on the side because his face twisted with concern.

"What’s up?" Kaye cleared his throat, gently shifting in his seat while following his brother’s gaze toward me. I saw Kaye look at me for the first time since he arrived. But it was a quick glance just to see where Norman had been looking.

"We’ve figured out a way to help Maximus," Norman started, his mouth filling with air before exhaling to show his exhaustion.

I knew it wasn’t easy for him to talk to his brothers about me. We had formed a connection where loyalty and affection meant a lot to us.

"So, tell us," Emmet insisted, sounding more enthusiastic.

"Helanie has to mark Maximus in order to help him with his pain," Norman announced, and silence filled the room for a full minute.

"What?" Kaye was the first one to break the silence. Norman had decided not to tell them that I had to mark all of them to ease their pains because we still weren’t sure how much of that was true.

So we wanted to test it with Maximus first.

"I spoke with Mom," Norman began, but Kaye had some harsh questions, rightfully so.

"And? Mom told you that? How did she know about it and didn’t tell us earlier?" I watched him clench his jaw. I remembered how he wanted to be her favorite and got that position just to blow it off.

Nowadays, he didn’t care much about what his mother thought of him. But that child who craved her attention was still deep down there.

Which is why it bothered him that his mother didn’t include him when she told Norman this information.

"Kaye, she only told Helanie. I believe her seer told her that a long time ago," Norman explained, but it caused Emmet to speak up this time.

"Right. Why didn’t we ask her to hook us up with her seer? Where did that witch lady go?" Emmet had such a casual tone. He didn’t even react too harshly to the fact that I would be marking Maximus.

Even when Kaye looked so uncomfortable with the idea.

"Mom said the seer died a long time ago," Norman shrugged, probably not wanting to talk about it.

"And you’re okay with your wife getting marked by your brother? How the hell did that happen? I thought you were being too greedy about Helanie," Kaye muttered under his breath, and I turned to give him a look. I saw him glance at me from the corner of his eye, but then he didn’t say anything else.

"It’s Helanie’s choice. And I’ll stand by her because it’s just a marking—-a sign of acceptance. Besides, Helanie is linked to him. She’ll feel the pain too. She already had moments where she passed out after Maximus transitioned," Norman slammed his hands on the table and leaned forward while telling his brother why it was so important.

"So now she remembers we can feel each other’s pain?" Kaye said quietly. I remembered he had accepted me before, but I hadn’t marked or accepted him back.

"She passed out? When and how—," Emmet stopped talking the second his eyes met mine.

He was still in there, the Emmet who cared, but I could tell he was pretending not to.

"A few times since Maximus transitioned. She seems to be in extreme pain. That’s why it’s important we handle this carefully. We’re hoping she’ll do it this full moon. But the issue is—how? If he marks her, he could kill her. His bite on her neck, in this panicked state, would be deadly. And then how is she supposed to mark him?" Norman sat down, his eyes starting to shine at the thought of me being in pain.

Even I was worried, but I kept faking a bold, confident face so they wouldn’t back out out of fear for my safety.

"So for her to mark Maximus, he must be in his human form, right?" Kaye asked, rubbing his chin and frowning.

Emmet started rolling his chair sideways, his head down and eyes on the ground, but once in a while, he would raise his head to look at me, only to quickly look away again.

"That won’t be a problem," Kaye suddenly sat up in his chair with excitement, and all of our eyes landed on him.

We were intrigued now. He looked hopeful.

"There’s a place where the wolf doesn’t exist. I mean, it does, but it’s the most submissive," he announced, a hopeful smile spreading in his eyes.

We all stared at his face before I said, "The Rune’s Dream Prison."