Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 378

Chapter 378: 378-Another Victim
Helanie:

“There is no data of such a crime,” Alpha Mores declared, his eyes swollen from crying a lot over his son’s death. Of course, losing a child is painful. But he had no clue that his son was a monster. So he didn’t lose a child, we were spared from a monster. We have told them about Rayden and Lamar’s sister.

Rayden’s mother had a heart attack after hearing about their son. They were a mess.

I stared at Jenny, who hadn’t raised her eyes the whole time.

“How is that possible? There is a record of that girl passing away,” Norman argued, the two sitting facing each other with their men filling them in on the details of the crimes.

“Yeah, but there’s no record of the DNA found on her,” something told me Mores knew about that crime and DNA. The way he looked so ignorant made me certain that when the news first got out and the council found a match to his son’s DNA, he had done something to get rid of the records. Otherwise, how could Rayden be cleared?

As for Lord Dewitt, he had been glaring at me as if I was the reason behind all this.

“I’m telling you, these two had it out for my son-in-law,” Dewitt broke his silence, slamming his hand on the table.

“Dad, do you not hear what they’re saying? Rayden was accused of rape and murder, what the hell is so hard to digest about that?” Penn stepped up to yell at his father, but Jenny held his arm to pull him back.

It made Lamar look down. Maybe it was still painful to watch her defend Rayden.

“There’s no record of that rape,” Dewitt scoffed.

“Besides, even if he had slept with her, it must have been consensual. That girl must have found him attractive, had a one-night thing with him, and then decided to go around and get killed by someone else.” Mores shook his head when talking about Lamar’s sister.

“My sister was at no fault. She didn’t go around sleeping with Alphas. She didn’t care about your stupid son!” Lamar’s outburst was full of justice but could be scrutinized by the two Alphas and their guards.

“Just one girl came forward and they think—” As Lord Dewitt was going to dismiss her story once again, I closed my eyes and hissed.

“Rayden raped me,” I finished, keeping my eyes closed.

As the silence filled the air, I felt my body tighten. I wanted to take my words back, go back in time, and open my eyes to when I was a child.

I wanted to relive my life, but this time with people who loved me and could take care of me.

“Helanie!” As I heard Maximus’ whisper, I realized it couldn’t happen.

There was no miracle that would take it all back and give me my sanity, and Lamar’s sister her life back.

So I slowly opened my eyes and big tears wet my lashes. Thankfully, the blur from the tears helped me not see their reactions.

“You heard me. I was raped by Rayden. He planned to kill me but—he underestimated my will to live, so I survived.” It was so hard for me to speak and be in the same room as people who were going to defend Rayden.

“What are you saying?” I heard Norman’s voice and quickly turned my face to the other side, closing my eyes to avoid looking at him.

I hated looking so weak before them.

“There you go, another one woke up to accuse my son,” Lord Dewitt tried to scoff at me, but I heard him getting choked. I opened my eyes to see Maximus with his fingers wrapped around his neck.

“You f**ing dare not say another word,” he threatened him. Chaos ensued. Penn came forward to free his son, but it was Norman who managed to set him free.

“Am I wrong? These girls are all Omegas or worthless ones. Why are such low-rank girls the only ones accusing him? They wanted to get his attention, and when he didn’t give it to them, they accused him of rape. This is what these women are good at,” Dewitt yelled. Now that Dewitt felt insulted in his own home, he was loudly calling me a liar.

I turned around to hide somewhere when Lamar raised his hand and pulled me into them, putting them behind my back with the cuffs on. But it was the most protective hug ever.

“Mister, you should think twice before running your mouth. She is not nobody, she is a prestigious student at my academy and my stepsister,” I heard a growl from Emmet.

“Your son got off easy, Mores!” Kaye finally added, “Because, oh, I would have had fun chopping off his dick.” His words caused a shiver in my body. He even cursed upon his words as he threatened Mores.

“You all have lost your minds,” Dewitt complained.

“Have we? You don’t know what I’ll do when I lose my mind. Kaye is right, Rayden was lucky he died before we found out,” Norman hissed, making his stance clear.

“All that without evidence? Girls always lie. Especially girls from lower ranks—tell me one girl from a good family who would accuse him of abuse?” Dewitt was trying so hard to defend his dead son-in-law that it hurt my soul.

He was a father himself, but he had no compassion for others. But then a little laughter silenced us all. I had to steadily turn around to see who was laughing.

It was Jenny.

She came forward and raised her hand, staring at her father while giving him a closed-lip smile.

“What are you doing?” her mother hissed at her, but Jenny clicked her tongue to dismiss her.

“Dad asked a question and I am responding,” she smiled again, but the pain behind her smile hit hard that time. At least her family noticed.

“Just curious though, I am a higher rank yet, for my words to be believed?” She made us keep watching her face with no clue until she explained, “They are not his only victims, Dad. I am too.”