Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 100

Chapter 100: 100-Kiss Of A Rogue King

Helanie:

My body had been shaking ever since he said those words. I thought I would never hear them again, mainly because I was convinced it was just part of the dream prison.

“That’s not true,” I shook my head, refusing to believe it.

“I’m not mistaken, Helanie,” he insisted. As he tried to come closer, I stepped back, creating distance between us.

“Kaye! You said you didn’t remember anything about that—dream prison.” I hugged myself as my mind drifted to the other details of the dream prison.

“I didn’t—until I did,” he stammered, and I knew he had lied to me. It’s not like I had been completely honest with him either, but I had said a lot of things in the dream prison that worried me.

“Kaye, it was just part of the dream,” I rubbed my elbow, turning my face to the side, feeling embarrassed.

I was pregnant, and now he was claiming that we were mates. Which wasn’t even possible because I knew damn well that I had felt the mate bond with his brother before him.

“So you remember everything too?” he stepped forward and held my hands. That’s when panic struck me.

“Kaye!” I pulled my hands free and stepped back.

“It has to be part of the dream—” I tried to make an excuse, but he looked adamant.

“You’re telling me I found my mate, and now she doesn’t even want to acknowledge me?” The hurt in his voice made me feel guilty.

But how was it possible? What about Emmet then? Had I wronged him? Could I have imagined it?

No! I remembered feeling it so vividly. But with Kaye, it was different. I didn’t get the usual vision of us together in the skies like most people do because of the mate bond at first. But that was because there was no time to savor the mate bond that night, and since we were already in a dream, we couldn’t dream about anything freely as the dreams were being controlled by Rune.

“What do you want from me then?” I realized that it wasn’t working. He was certain he hadn’t mistaken it.

So, even though I was confused about why I felt the mate bond with two brothers, I had to admit—this wasn’t just a dream anymore.

“I want you to—let me accept you.” I let out a gasp, my hands flying to my mouth. My eyes were wide open as I stared at him.

“Kaye! What are you saying? I’m your stepsister!” I started fiddling with my fingers, almost nervously from the start.

“You’re not my sister by blood. And as for the status of you being my stepsister, I’ll speak to Dad and make him understand that his old self needs to get a grip. Because sure as heck, I’m not leaving my mate because of him or his feelings toward your mother.” He suddenly became aggressive, pointing a finger at me before he changed his tone. “That’s you. I’m not going to leave you, Helanie. I don’t care what others think, okay?”

I was still recovering from the shock he had just blasted at me.

“Kaye, I don’t know—” I hugged myself, my arms around my stomach, feeling disgusted by everything.

There was a perfectly handsome guy in front of me, my mate in fact, and he was openly expressing that he wanted to accept me. While I was carrying another man’s child.

I wasn’t even sure if he would be okay with his mate having such a past. Some people could be nasty. And then there were the rumors about me in the pack where I lived. How could I move past all of it?

“What don’t you know? Is it about what you said in the dream prison? Did something happen? Did your father used to hit you? Just tell me and I’ll go crash every bone in his body—” I had to silence him because I didn’t want him going to my pack.

“I left the pack long ago, so I’ve been living as a rogue for a while. When I was a kid, I used to get bullied, and that’s what I was referring to,” I lied through my clenched teeth.

“Then let me find those bullies—” he insisted, but I kept shaking my head. I couldn’t even raise my face.

I had received so much shock in the last few hours that I didn’t know how to respond. Now, I learned I had two mates.

“Helanie! What’s wrong? I thought you’d be happier. Everyone wants to find a mate so badly—” His voice was making me dizzy, it was so mesmerizing.

I was afraid to lift my head and look into his eyes because I feared I might fall for him outside of the mate bond.

“I have some ambitions,” I kept my eyes on the ground, tears welling up. I could have just shared a kiss with my mate and lived happily ever after, but here I was, stuck in confusion.

“I’ll be on your side, celebrating your success when you achieve your goals,” he said, making it harder for me to dismiss him.

“Kaye! I only see you as my stepbrother.” I raised my head when I said it loudly and noticed his face changing color.

“Then change your perspective. I’m not asking you to accept me right away, just let me—let me—prove to you that I can be the best mate you could ever have. No second-chance mate can ever come close to my level,” he smiled, but his smile faded when I shook my head.

“Stop shaking your head, Helanie. What’s wrong? You don’t seem happy,” he frowned, expressing his frustration openly now.

“Kaye! I don’t want to talk about it.” My voice broke as I took a deep breath and added, “I’m not looking for a mate.”

“But you found one,” he mumbled.

“I have no feelings for you. It would be odd for me to now think of you as my mate after only thinking of you as a stepbrother,” I insisted with a heavy heart, and I could tell I had broken his heart.

He looked so hurt that he just stood in front of me, unable to say anything.

“Can you please drop me home?” I didn’t wait for him to respond and went ahead to sit in the car.

He stayed outside, not moving an inch, before he finally came back and slammed the door shut. He started driving aggressively, grunting every few minutes.

I understood he was angry. I would have been too, but I wasn’t trying to fool anyone. I was with a child. And who was to say, once I told him my truth, he wouldn’t flip out on me? That he wouldn’t betray me?

I had learned not to share my secrets with anyone. People change! They change in a heartbeat.

The journey was so uncomfortable because he kept shaking his head and groaning a lot.

We finally arrived, and before I could leave the car, I noticed he locked the door so that he could have one last word with me.

“You see me just as your stepbrother because you never gave me a chance. And you still refuse to, but if you think that will be enough for me to leave you alone, then you’re wrong. From today onwards, I will show you that I am not only your stepbrother. I will make you so wet and horny for me that you will question your own statements,” he said in the most seductively aggressive tone before unlocking the door.

I was shocked as he said those words, and I instantly jumped out of the car. I had to walk back to the hostel before it got too late. I needed to get ready for my first class.

But just as I was about to walk away from the car, Kaye stormed out and grabbed my arm, pulling me against his chest.

“Kaye!” I gasped as he cupped my face and crashed his lips onto mine.

In that moment, I could have pushed him away, but the brief moment before he kissed me was too short for me to react.

I didn’t push him away.

Even though I claimed not to see him in that way, I needed that kiss so much.

His lips were soft, yet so hot, as if they were burning mine. There was no tongue involved, but it felt like I was melting inside his embrace.

He broke the kiss after pressing our lips together so aggressively and hard, letting out a deep breath.

“Have a good day, my mate!” That was his way of making a point.

I was in a daze, even as he started walking back to the car.

That kiss…

I knew I should have stayed true to my words and pushed him away, but I just let him kiss me. I guess I wouldn’t regret it, given how lonely I had been for so long. But I had already told him my decision.

However, why did I have two mates?