Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 383

Chapter 383: 383-My Past Kept Showing Up
Helanie:

“Helanie! Let’s go, what are you waiting for?” I couldn’t believe I had stayed behind while the others had moved ahead.

Even the guy had left. It was Lamar’s voice that caught my attention. I ignored him and rushed back inside the café to confirm I hadn’t just had a nightmare.

“Hey, how are you?” Penn was standing at the counter talking with this guy. Yep! It was him. There was no doubt about it. The way his eyes had been red that night and the anxious cries he let out when he couldn’t get it done the first time.

The details of that night were startling, but right now, he was standing with Penn, talking about stuff, with the blue jacket tucked under his arm.

“Your mom has been so worried about you, Kaiden,” Penn said his name, giving identity to yet another one of those alphas.

“Helanie, what’s going on?” Lamar came from behind me, but my eyes stayed glued to Kaiden.

“Mom is always worried. Things are just off now. The demise of Rayden—” he sighed, making my head hurt.

“Huh! You shouldn’t be saying his name,” Penn hushed him, causing my nerves to hit another level of anxiety.

“Is it?” Lamar must have noticed. He gently held my hand and squeezed it while I nodded.

“Penn—I forgot to tell you, my boy is here,” Benita walked out from the backroom, pointing at Kaiden.

He was the alpha who was getting bullied?

Oh no!

He was Benita’s son. The fact that this woman was always on everyone’s back, calling them whores and sluts, but had a son who was a rapist didn’t surprise me.

“I came to meet Rayden’s parents but found out—” that guy was so weird, he was still talking about Rayden when his mother glared him down.

“Oh, I’m sorry. I’m not saying he wasn’t a bad person—” he must have noticed the look on Penn’s face. He was talking about someone who Penn’s sister had killed.

Hearing his voice was so odd for me. My body kept getting filled with goosebumps, and my eyes were welling up.

“He got what he deserved, but his mother was an innocent one who had no clue what her husband and son were doing. She had since cut ties with her husband and asked the council to reject all his pleas to ever be released,” Kaiden explained, rubbing his hands together to warm them up.

But every action from him caused my body to shudder.

“I’m glad at least someone is taking the right stand,” I couldn’t tell if it was directed at Kaiden or not, but he made the mother and son share a glance.

“Anyway, I came here with my—” Penn continued, turning to the door when he found us there, “friends.”

As soon as he mentioned us, Kaiden turned to give us a quick glance before looking away. However, something struck him, and he did a double take. His eyes met mine directly, and the look of horror on his face even gave me goosebumps.

Unlike Rayden, he seemed shocked.

“Ummm—” Kaiden turned away, his hands on the counter, “I just remembered—I have a call to make—” The anxiety and fear in his voice made Lamar wrap his arm around my waist to comfort me.

He didn’t even wait and rushed behind the counter to push his mother out of the way and into the backroom.

“He must have forgotten to tell his trainers he was coming here. What am I ever going to do with my naive son? He is still so innocent and pure,” Benita’s words hit me hard.

I turned around and walked out of the café to get some fresh air.

“Guys, come on, it’s going to rain soon,” Gavin yelled from inside Penn’s car while Jenny followed his stare.

Her eyes started to catch onto my anxiety, so she jumped out of the car to follow us.

“Oh no, no, you too,” Gavin complained, annoyed by us delaying.

“What’s going on?” Jenny stood in my way, blocking Gavin from looking directly at me.

“Kaiden,” I whispered under my breath, pressing my hand to my chest.

“Is he one of them?” Jenny asked, and I nodded my head, trying to calm my rapid breathing.

“Hey, everyone, let’s go,” Penn came out and snapped his fingers at us, having no idea what just happened.

“I know some stuff about him. I’ll tell you later, for now, let’s go,” Jenny whispered in my ear before taking my hand and making me walk back to the car.

I was anxious all the way. It wasn’t over for me. I realized I would be traumatized whenever I caught a glance of each of them. I had only taken care of one of them—there were 5 more to go.

Freaking 5 more!

“You guys go and change. I’ll be in Helanie’s room for a while,” Once we reached the academy, Jenny yelled at her brother and Gavin and didn’t even wait for their response, rushing into the elevator with me.

I couldn’t take all those stairs tonight. Even Lamar was inside the elevator with us. We silently reached our room and found Lucy absent. She must be in Sydney’s room.

We went to the balcony and sat down to talk.

“I can’t believe Kaiden was one of them. He’s a coward—a very scared one. In fact, whenever Rayden would have a party with them, he would scoff and roll his eyes at Kaiden. He didn’t want him in the group because he said Kaiden was a little bitch. So it wasn’t just the others bullying Kaiden—he gets bullied within the group too,” she explained, making me take deep and heavy breaths.

“Can you tell us who else you know from his group of friends?” Lamar asked, what I was too afraid to ask. I was scared some big names would be thrown my way.

“The issue is that he hasn’t shared his friends with me anymore. The only ones I knew were the common friends between him and Penn. Besides, Rayden befriends every powerful guy,” she apologized and pouted, and I believed her.

“Hmm, but—there’s one issue. The way he looked seemed like Rayden hadn’t told him about Helanie—so does that mean Rayden hadn’t told any of his friends about Helanie and her revenge? Also, would Kaiden do the same or is he going to tell his friends?” Jenny uttered the most scary and valid point in a gentle and mild tone.