Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 314

Chapter 314: 314-The Pirate Song

Helanie:

I had been struggling to get out of the belt for the past hour, but he had tightened it so hard that I couldn’t escape.

“You’re kidding me, right?” I asked as he showed up again with a burger in his hand and sat down next to the tree with a book in his other hand. He had left me here after saying that to me.

After a few minutes, I gently thought he wouldn’t even come back—but he did.

“Norman,” I yelled, and he squeezed one eye shut to show me my voice wasn’t bothering him.

“You’re not serious, right?” I asked again, while moving my hands to somehow loosen the belt around my wrists.

“You heard me. I said what I said,” he took a bite from his burger and then acted like he was so busy reading that he couldn’t bother responding to me.

“I can’t believe you’re so evil,” I hissed, sitting down on the ground in anger.

“Firstly, ew! So unclassy,” he commented, “and secondly, didn’t you say I’m already a monster? Then what are you so shocked about?” He shrugged, as if his childish behavior had a good explanation.

“Okay, you won. Now get me out of it,” I screamed, tears starting to form in my eyes.

“Not going to work on me. That waterworks can be saved for my brothers. Now either you get out of it, or you become the lycan’s food for the night,” he didn’t shift his eyes from his book, his legs stretched out like he was sitting in his garden.

“You know if the lycan killed me—everybody would point fingers at you,” I spoke with difficulty, trying not to anger him but still wanting to be harsh.

“How so?” he shrugged, finally raising his eyes from his book.

“Because everybody knows I left the house to be in the woods for training,” I reminded him what we were here for.

“Nope! You left the house alone. Nobody saw you come here with me,” he said in a cold tone, taking a bite from his burger while meeting my eyes.

“You really want me dead?” I gulped.

“Why? I wasn’t going to use the footage against the lycan,” I felt so bad for tearing up again because I knew he wouldn’t be bothered, like he said.

But how do I tell him this wasn’t something simple to me?

My anxiety came from deep within. Being held against my will was so triggering, but I was keeping my sanity intact.

“Helanie, if you would stop running your mouth and focus on your strength, it would be much better. Now come on, take that belt off your wrist. You’re a werewolf, act like one,” he hissed, then started humming as if he didn’t just scare me.

“Ugh!” I moved my wrists hard, closing my eyes to use all my strength.

“You better get out of the belt before I finish this book. The minute I’m done, I will go back home. Either with you or alone,” he threatened, smirking a little when he watched me clench my jaw. My misery seemed so amusing to him.

“I need to get out of here,” I mumbled to myself, “I must.” I had promised myself that next time I was in trouble, I would rely on myself, so why the heck was I asking Norman for help?

I wanted to be a warrior who could take her revenge, right?

I struggled for another few hours. Or how many hours? I have no idea. Norman stayed, reading the book. I had no clue he could patiently sit for hours and not move until he was done with the book.

My anxiety spiked when he shut the book and pointed, “Well, it seems like I’m going home alone.” He got up, brushing his pants and shirt clean.

“NO! Please wait. I can get out—of this,” I started to panic, even visibly now, as I moved around.

“Don’t go,” I watched him shrug and walk away.

“It’s 11 PM. I better get home,” he announced, making my jaw drop. So many hours had passed and I hadn’t even gotten out of the restraints?

What was I doing at the academy then? Always busy with drama and getting myself in trouble when I should have been focusing on my strength already. Tears sprung from my eyes as I noticed he wasn’t slowing down.

“Norman, don’t be an asshole!” I screamed at the top of my lungs, but he was gone. He was out of my sight, and it was so dark now that I couldn’t even see through the darkness ahead.

“Shit, shit, shit,” I cursed under my breath, casting quick glances around in fear and then hastily moving my arms, twisting my wrists.

And then, after about another hour, I began to hear the howling. The big trees around me and above me blocked the sky from my vision. It was so dark now.

I couldn’t even focus on the howls properly, but I could tell they were probably getting closer and closer.

“Please, if you are within, now would be the right time to come forward and help me out,” I whispered, shaking and sobbing.

I was frozen in my spot, unable to try and get out. Hours had passed, and I swear my hands were bloody. My skin hurt so badly from moving my wrists around so much in the belt.

“Come on, please,” I begged within myself. And then, the howls came from right behind me. The heavy breathing and grunting paralyzed me. My skin felt cold, almost like I had lost my soul.

I dreaded dying without fulfilling any of my promises.

The twigs snapped underneath the lycan’s foot, and I closed my eyes.

I knew it wouldn’t leave me alive this time. As panic struck me, I began to move again.

And this time, I heard something deep within me.

“You wish for the downfall of those, and I will make your wish come true.”

It was the most angelic and melodic voice I’d ever heard, and then she started to hum a melody that made the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

“There once was a ship that sailed to sea!”

And with that, my eyes closed, and my legs began to itch.