Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 373

Chapter 373: 373-The Final Call
Helanie:

As the caller kept blowing up my phone, I was left with no option. I agreed with Gavin and answered the call. As soon as I put the phone to my ear, I was stunned to hear his voice.

“So, it seems like I can’t just let you live happily. I’m going to tell your pack and father that you’re alive. I’m coming for you.”

It was Rayden, making a final threat.

My eyes widened at Lamar, who got the hint from the look on my face that it was someone who meant harm. I got so scared from his tone that I hung up on him.

“What happened? Who was it?” Gavin asked, walking beside me on my left while Lamar walked beside me on my right. Jenny and Penn were behind us. But I guess Jenny wasn’t sure if we would invite her for outings because of Lucy.

“It was a wrong number,” I laughed nervously, but Lamar got the hint. He knew it was not nothing, but he also knew he shouldn’t bring attention to it.

“Jenny, why don’t you come have lunch with us?” Gavin suddenly turned to her, and both Lamar and I stopped. We weren’t upset with her over anything, at least I wasn’t. I was just uncomfortable since her mate was actively threatening me. But I must say, she looked abused by him. Verbal and mental abuse must’ve made her dependent on him.

Back when she used to try so hard to tell her parents and brother Rayden was in the wrong, they didn’t believe her. And from what I’ve been hearing, his parents still praised him. It was Penn who had cut ties with Rayden.

I still had to figure out what to make of Penn. His close association with Rayden and his rendezvous wearing his jacket had left a mark on me.

“I’m not sure if they’d want me…” Jenny mumbled.

“You can come,” I jumped in and offered her. I wasn’t trying to get back at Lucy by inviting Jenny, but I realized Jenny shouldn’t be held back when she was trying so hard to make herself a part of our group.

“If—if it’s okay with you,” I turned to Lamar and whispered.

“It’s fine,” he replied. “I’m really over her, so it’s okay.” His comment really hurt because Jenny heard it, and her face fell.

However, nothing could be done about it since she was still dating Rayden.

We still went to our rooms and freshened up to join the hall for lunch. While I was in the room and showering, I couldn’t forget Rayden’s threat. My eyes kept moving to my phone, and I wondered if someone would just call me to tell me the council had found out I faked my death and that I needed to come back to be punished.

It was the most stressful shower I’d ever had to take. Once out and dressed, I watched Lamar stand by his bed. He had taken a shower before me.

But he stayed behind in the room to have a word with me about the call before we headed out for lunch.

“Who was it?” he asked, rubbing his palms anxiously.

“It was Rayden. He was making a threat that he would tell my old pack’s alpha and the council that I’m alive.” I sighed, steadily crouching down and sitting on his bed. He sat beside me, his hand on my shoulder, his body turned toward me.

“You should have told him that if he did, you would tell everyone about that night,” he made a good point. I should have made that threat. “And also remind him that his reputation is ruined. His credibility is in the mud, so nobody would really believe him anymore.” I wished there hadn’t been others around when Rayden called. I would have asked Lamar for help.

“I s—,” I stopped when my phone rang again, and my eyes widened. “That’s him.”

I pointed at the phone’s screen in urgency, shaking at what he might be calling for. What if it was just to tell me that he’d already informed my pack and the council?

Lamar gestured for me to pick up the call and put it on speaker, so I did.

“Hello!” I answered the call and put it on speaker.

“You got some nerve cutting the call on my face, pretty face,” he laughed on the other side, making me clench my jaw and close my eyes in anger. He was such a bastard.

There wasn’t a single bone of guilt in his body. In fact, I could tell he was enraged that I was still alive and thriving while he got kicked out of the academy.

“Go ahead, tell the council if that’s what you’re calling for. But remember, the minute they pursue me, I’ll fight back. I’ll let them know all about that night and your connection to another murder of a redhead girl. Isn’t that who the hair belonged to?” I heard him go silent for a moment, but then he started laughing out of nowhere.

“And you think anyone would believe you either? Your credibility is lost as well. Guess what I heard the other day when I left you on the road?” My body shuddered at the reminder of that day.

He called me a monster and sped away—so what else happened?

“I came back for you when I found the two brothers confronting you about playing with them,” my heart dropped in my chest, and I rose from my spot, gulping, as I looked at Lamar with teary eyes.

“You bad, bad girl. You played them both. You got one of them to accept you, then ditched him for his brother, and then ditched the brother for Rudy. What the f*ck! You turned out to be such a player. Now I wonder if you enjoyed all those d*cks in all your holes that night…” His every word pierced through my skin like a needle.

That kind of accusation would ruin my credibility now.