Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 227

Chapter 227: 227-Stepbrothers Hate To See Me In Pain

Helanie:

I was having a weird kind of mood swings. One minute I wanted to pack, and the other minute I asked Lamar to do the packing and meet me at the hostel. We were going to write down the homework and then leave, as they were going to close the hostel.

I bet they also did it because now that an incident like that happened in the hostel, the students were keen on leaving the hostel at nighttime to avoid that feeling of someone jumping off the rooftop.

And the month was not a very good one for anyone to leave the hostel. Since the rogue brothers didn’t want the story of Lycans to hit the news and become a reality from a myth, they wanted everyone back in their packs.

And that’s why probably Norman was even ready to get me a room in a hotel. But I had decided not to take his help.

I entered the academy with a notebook in my hands, wearing blue skinny jeans and my purple sweater.

Everyone was busy talking when they suddenly went silent. I didn’t get why, but I refused to ask anyone and went straight to my lockers to grab my stuff.

However, right when I was about to open my locker, I noticed something taped to the outside of it.

It was a drawing of a black-haired girl being pushed down a tall building by a blond-haired girl. My body flinched at what it was insinuating. Snatching the drawing off the locker, I turned around to look at everyone with my hand raised. “Who drew this?” I yelled angrily, my eyes fixated on everyone.

They all seemed not too confident because they knew such accusations could give them a bad reputation.

“Come on, it’s just a joke.” I should have known he would be behind it. It was fucking Rayden.

The other side of the lockers had the top seniors standing there with their hands tied over their chests.

“Oh! I had a feeling she might be the reason Lucy is going to die,” of course Riri had to come to fight me. She couldn’t fight Rayden, who was the reason she was on her knees that night. She couldn’t fight Penn either, so she chose me because her hatred for Lucy just didn’t make any sense.

“Or maybe we should bring up someone who is fighting for her life?” Sage, who had her earpods in, mumbled. I bet she had disconnected them when she noticed the commotion.

“Come on, Sage! Let’s just be honest here. Lucy was just a miserable girl who loved hanging around the charming beauty, who always ends up becoming the center of attention. Lucy got silenced, and if you think about it, Helanie was not in her room that night. She was also the first one who noticed Lucy going missing,” Riri made me close my eyes to calm myself down.

“And um–she was seen going up and down on the elevator. Wonder what she was doing?” Rayden added, his voice causing me so much trauma.

“I will not talk about it with any of you,” I lowered my head, holding myself back from letting out a scream.

I was not feeling well. My brain wasn’t processing at all. I would have defended myself hard had it happened some other day, but today, it was too soon. I still could see Lucy’s body fall whenever I blinked. That is how miserable I was.

I couldn’t close my eyes for fear of seeing all that happen over and over again.

“Guys, it is insensitive, you know?” Sage had her arms folded over her chest, warning the others.

“No! I do think Helanie did it. She was tired of carrying Lucy on her back,” said Sydney, who stood with Rayden. The mix was not good. The two should not be together in this fucking bullying. I noticed Salem standing behind her sister, trying to pull her back. Did she not want to see me suffer?

“I will go,” I said to myself since no one else was going to care.

“Why?” However, Riri wasn’t going to let me get freed from their harsh glares. She stepped forward and put her hand on my shoulder, her nails digging into my skin.

“Ow!” I hissed. “Let me go.” Finally, anger surged through me, and I decided to scratch her arm. That’s when I made a mistake, because it angered her.

“How dare you!” The next thing I knew, she was screaming at me and pushing me to the ground.

“Everyone, this is the culprit who killed our innocent Lucy,” Riri announced, causing an uproar.

“Hey, hey, that is not true. There is no such announcement–” Sage, who had been standing far away casually, finally started yelling, but her voice got submerged when the others attacked me.

I don’t even know who was throwing stuff at me at this point as I had covered my head in my hands and kept my face down. I began to sob. Not because of the mistreatment, but because I really missed Lucy.

Was it really my fault that she jumped? Should I have stayed with her that night?

As I began to cry, I heard them laugh at me.

“Helanie is a killer,” Riri yelled, and others followed her. Soon the academy erupted in chants of the accusation. I didn’t even raise my head to see who else got involved.

I could no longer hear Sage among the shouts. It was sad that I was still looking for someone to come and rescue me. At least today, because I couldn’t fight for myself.

My ears went silent because of the constant hitting of heavy stuff, but soon the voices resumed, and among them came a loud shout that finally put everyone into silence.

“You all got some nerve picking on her!” It was Emmet. I had never heard him raise his voice or use such words like that before.

I unwrapped my hands from my head and raised my face to see Emmet standing at the end of the hall with Sage behind him.

So she brought him here?

No! Not just him.

In my sight stood the three brothers: Kaye, Maximus, and Emmet.