Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 366

Chapter 366: 366-He Is Different!
Helanie:

“Ugh!” I groaned in pain, coming to a halt after half an hour. Sure, I had some strength from my wolf, but it was nowhere near enough to cover the mountains in one hour.

No one could—unless it was obviously the brothers. They were strangely powerful, and I could understand why Maximus was, but the others were no ordinary ones either.

I bent down with my hands on my knees, struggling for breath.

I deserved this treatment. How the fuck did I let two brothers fool me?

I should have stayed focused on my mission, but deep down inside, I was still that dumb, hopelessly romantic idiot.

I sighed and straightened my back, taking one more step and grimacing in pain.

“Take a rest and go back to your dorm room,” I heard a voice from behind me, and I didn’t have to turn around to see who it was.

“No, thank you, Trainer Maximus. I was asked to finish my round, and I won’t stop until I’ve achieved that target,” I groaned arrogantly, turning around to head back to the starting point.

“This is the fifth time I’ve told you that your punishment is over. You’re free, and you’re just being stubborn,” Maximus said, his hands on his waist, looking angry.

He had actually asked me to stop the first time I tried to reach my goal in one hour. Every time I realized I couldn’t, I would return to my starting point and start over.

I would quit running midway once I realized I had wasted too much time and covered very little ground. So, keeping on going wasn’t benefiting me. I would return and restart.

“If you want to be a bad guy, be a bad guy. I don’t want your sympathy,” I hissed at him, stretching my arms a bit.

“Huh? You think I’m the one in the wrong? You betrayed me and left me in the middle—” As he began to hiss and come at me, I yelled back at him.

“Why? Mommy wasn’t helping you? How were you alone?”

My words struck him—I could tell because he stepped back and raised his brow at me.

“What the fuck? Why are you dragging my mother into this mess?” He didn’t sound too pleased.

I guess it was time I told him the truth.

His truth.

I wouldn’t let him act like a victim of my poisonous claws.

But I must say, I was shocked that his mother agreed to him accepting Charlotte. What was she planning now? She would have never accepted anyone related to my mother, so why Charlotte?

“I heard you!” I hissed.

“I never said you were deaf,” he kept the same confused look on his face.

“Maximus, I heard you speak with your mother,” I muttered, and the minute I did, tears started to form in my eyes. I hated acting like he had succeeded in hurting me.

“About what? What did you hear?” The look on his face told me he was beginning to understand. He tried to approach me, but I stepped back.

“I heard you talk about trapping me and using me against my mother. I fucking heard you say you thought of me as a dumb tool, something you were going to use to stop the engagement before you kicked me out too,” I screamed, then covered my face with my hands, hiding the tears that had escaped my eyes.

He looked shocked that I had found out about his plan.

“Fuck!” he cussed, his hands flying to his head. “That was just to play my mother!”

I stepped back and rolled my eyes. His audacity was something else. I couldn’t believe he was twisting the story so outrageously.

“Of course, you’re not going to admit it. I am such a fool,” I shook my head, waving my hands to dismiss the topic. I didn’t have a reason to keep talking to him.

“No, wait!” As I tried to get past him, he stepped in my way and spread his arms to block my path. “I swear I’m not lying. My mom asked me to fool you and all that, but I figured if I made her believe I was being honest, she would let me have you. And when it was time for me to kick you out of my life, I would backstab her and make you my queen,” he explained, trying his best to sound genuine.

But I didn’t care anymore. I wasn’t that much of a fool to believe his ridiculously unbelievable story.

“Sure!” I scoffed and attempted to get away when something he said stopped me dead in my tracks.

“You’re the one who played me, though,” he continued flipping the script on me.

“Sure!” I clicked my tongue. It was obvious he was grasping at straws to accuse me of something and make himself look innocent. But what he said next shook me to my core, and I turned to look at his face in shock.

“You never told me that whatever I felt with you was because of your pheromones.”

“What? You’re not going to say anything?” He had genuine tears in his eyes.

I stared at his face, my breath quickening, but before I could respond, someone else had it out for me.

“Why the fuck are you not running?” Kaye screamed from afar, and I visibly startled at his sudden arrival. The anger in his tone jolted me out of my own thoughts.

“It’s okay, Kaye. She’s off the punishment,” Maximus said in a very grumpy and angry tone.

Kaye, who was walking toward us like he was about to kill an enemy, ignored his brother completely. He walked right past him and stopped face to face with me. I even had to step back to create some distance between us.

“Get going. You are not getting spared until you’re done,” he hissed, his eyes glaring daggers at me.

I just felt a dark vibe from Kaye, almost like I didn’t recognize him.