Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 217

Chapter 217: 217-The Night I Felt The Mate Bond With The Lycan

Helanie:

Once I sat in Norman’s car, I started to take deep breaths. “Wow, I finally did it,” I said to myself, but the minute Norman stormed back in, I gulped and sat straight.

He sat in the driver’s seat and started driving, but the minute he adjusted the mirror, I knew he was ready to have a talk.

“You really didn’t want to come back, huh?” It was more like a statement to himself than a question to me.

“I would much rather live in the woods than in a luxurious place where I am not respected,” I replied, looking outside the window.

“And what about your friends? They are causing damage to your reputation,” he stated as he brought up the main topic again.

“They are not doing anything to me. I get involved because I care,” I replied again with much confidence this time.

I was not guilty of having my friends and being part of their messed-up situation. They needed me, and I was not a coward who would turn her back on her friends just because she wants a peaceful life for herself.

“What if they become the reason you lose the great opportunity of becoming a top senior in the future or maybe even getting more privileges?” It was odd how he always asked so many questions to me. It wasn’t that he wanted to get to know me, but more like he was intrigued.

“Norman, I don’t know about you or others around me. But I am there for my friends. Just because they have flaws doesn’t mean I will leave them. I have my own messy situations too. But they stand with me through and through. I will not leave them just because someone is spreading rumors about us. I am not scared of rumors,” I stated confidently.

I couldn’t be too afraid of everything. Not to mention, I was already living a life where I had to be very cautious for my past catching up with me, and now I have to be concerned about who I befriend.

“Hmm, never really expected such courage from you,” his comment compelled my eyes to him.

“I just don’t understand how their personal issues can damage my reputation. Just because they are having trouble, should we leave them? These things exist because people see them as such a big deal. That is why they are now called a rumor. Rayden accused our group of messing up, but he never told anyone that he had been cheating on Jenny and always gaslights her whenever she questions him. She was left with no other choice but to give it back to him. And you must have heard how he acted when he felt the pain. Why didn’t he take her excuse like she has to take his every time he cheats?” I asked, and Norman sighed.

“Because Lamar confessed. You need to also hold your friends accountable when they do something wrong. Confront Lamar and ask him why he exposed her business like that,” he was not wrong, but I had a question for him.

“What would you do if your brother turns out to be someone who is hurting others? Let’s just say, your brother is the real one having a hard time, would you confront him?” The minute I inquired it from him, I saw his body language change.

His shoulders slouched down, and he almost missed the turn.

“I will not–do it publicly. But I will do it in private and then make sure he doesn’t do it again,” he replied, but there was a weird hesitation in his voice for the first time.

Not like how he always talks like he knows everything.

“Anyway, it is the month of the eclipse. Emmet will have a lecture prepared for tomorrow about this month, but I will tell you briefly that the month will have lunar eclipse two hours every night. The lunar eclipse is a, um–more like a full moon in a weird way. Whenever the eclipse happens at night, it gives out the effects of a full moon, which means every night will be a full moon night for two hours. Just remind the warden to tell the students not to leave their dorms and the hostels after midnight,” he explained, but took weird pauses in between.

I sat curiously and then asked him something that I didn’t expect to get him so nervous, “Does that mean the lycan will be out every night now?”

He swiftly turned his head to me, almost going off the road before he grunted, “How do you know about the lycan?”

“I heard the rumors–and then I saw him too,” I said casually, not really thinking it would be such a big deal.

I mean, that is what he meant when he said to not go out at night, right?

“Helanie, a rumor is just a rumor–wait! Did you say you encountered the lycan–?” He immediately parked the car on the side of the road and jumped out of the car.

I was regretting even mentioning it now.

“You–,” I have never watched Norman hyperventilate like that. He sounded like a beast going crazy. I could even hear a gulp that he forced down his throat.

He ran to my side and slammed the door open, making me jump back in the seat. I felt like he was going to rip the door off.

“It was you that night?” As he posed that question, goosebumps appeared all over my skin, and I just kept watching his face.

“What do you mean? How do you–,” I gulped, feeling a weird coldness around me. It was like I was staring into the eyes of someone who knew my secret about that night.

Who knew that I had felt the mate bond with the lycan?

But that can’t be. He wasn’t there, then why was he asking me that question?

“Tell me, was it you that night?” he continued, his eyes starting to turn red from holding back tears.

In a mild and scared tone, I replied with a head nod and then uttered, “Yes! It was me that night.”