Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 395

Chapter 395: 395-And It Is Game Time
Helanie:

It was finally Friday. The seniors had been given a day off to rest and prepare for their own test, but ours was first. We all woke up to set alarms, warmed up, got ready, and some even had breakfast. I couldn’t eat anything.

This was the thing about me: I can eat a lot when I’m upset or angry, but when I’m anxious, I lose my appetite.

“I will never be rude to anyone ever again,” Jenny was praying when I found her on the ground, making me laugh.

“You’re never rude to anyone anyway,” I said. When it comes to being rude, Jenny could never do that.

“Well, I am messy. I do make a lot of mistakes,” she pouted before quickly looking up at the sky again. “I will never hurt anyone.”

She quickly changed her prayer. Then, she opened her eyes and watched Hans come over. “And I promise I will never cuss at Hans in my heart either.”

Hans scoffed, stopping dead in his tracks with his hands on his waist. They had been butting heads a lot throughout the training. It was all Hans’s fault, obviously. He would always try to piss Jenny off. I didn’t get why, but I noticed it.

“Okay, team, listen,” Hans gathered our team to the side to have one last word with us. We had let him take over the leader duties. Honestly speaking, despite being a pain in the ass, once he was given responsibility, he did an amazing job. There were some of the academy students who weren’t eating much and losing weight. He even took care of them and made a diet chart to help them with their nutrients.

He took his team leader duties very seriously.

“Remember the roles,” he said. “Jenny is a treasure.” The way he said that and smirked, I found it odd. “Helanie and I will go with her to find the magical item and hand it over to her. After that, we’ll gather around her in a certain radius. Make sure we have covered a lot of ground around her and don’t let anybody come near her, got it?” he voiced, and everyone nodded their heads.

My heart was jumping up and down the whole time. I wanted to win this match, but I also wanted my friends to win it too.

“Now, let’s go and stand with the others. Don’t let any comments affect your strength or mental ability to deal with hurdles,” he kept going, boosting everyone up. Once we stood with the others, I felt a little nudge to the back of my hand from Gavin.

“Best of luck,” he whispered, making me smile. Lucy was standing in front of him, so when she heard a little whispering from us, she turned around and gazed at us directly before looking ahead again.

I couldn’t believe it had been days since we’d last talked. We just avoided each other most of the time, or she would throw a comment here and there whenever she was around Sydney.

The trainers finally arrived and stood before us, all wearing black. Emmet had on a black suit, Kaye wore a black high turtleneck sweater and black pants, Maximus was in a long black coat, and Norman wore a black shirt without a coat.

“I wish you all the best of luck and remember, this isn’t the end of the world. But give your best,” Norman clapped his hands for the teams before he blew the whistle.

My heart skipped a beat at the loud noise of the whistle. We all began to sprint with the papers given to us.

Our teammates were following Hans’ instructions and staying close on all sides.

“It states that ‘It spins with purpose, sharp and true, leading the lost ones when skies are blue'” Hans said as he opened the paper once we were near the trail.

“What could that be?” Jenny rubbed her temples, and I kept an eye on her behavior. I remembered she was still under the effect of the powder, so I was worried for her.

“It could be—” I paused as I closed my eyes to focus on the item.

Suddenly, ticking sounds started to echo in my head. My mind raced, and I saw a flash of something round with needles. “It’s a compass.”

I opened my eyes and stared at them as they got it.

“Yes, she’s right,” Hans pointed at me excitedly, “but where could it be?”

We were back to square one. I could see other teammates pass us, laughing like they had figured out theirs.

“Hmm—where can a compass be—” I then reread the written riddle again and it hit me, “Maybe a closed space?”

‘What is this guide, where waters creep, in hidden halls, where silence sleeps?’

“Or a cave maybe?” Jenny smirked, making us stare at her with amusement.

“Exactly, but how many caves are there?” I jumped happily until I remembered we didn’t know how many caves there were.

“See—it says the cave is near the water, so there’s one cave I know that’s right beside the waterfall,” Hans made it so easy for us. I mean, there could be other ones, but none of our teammates had heard about them, so we decided to visit this one first.

We began to sprint again, and just like Hans had told us, we acted like we were cluelessly running around and arguing. That was Hans’ plan to keep us from being anyone’s target.

But right when we were headed to the other mountain where the fountain was, I felt someone coming after me.

I turned my head and saw Sydney coming at me. She elbowed me right in the eye while jumping as high as she could, knocking me to the ground.

I didn’t expect her to do that, so I was defenseless.

“You fucking bitch!” Hans grabbed her by the hair before she could get away and gave her a good spin, tossing her around like a monster tossing his prey. She yelped and hit the tree, falling down and bleeding from her mouth.

“You idiot, how dare you hit me?” she yelled. “This fucking loser hit a woman!”

She kept yelling, and where I expected Hans to take her words and be afraid of them, he avoided her and quickly approached me to check up on me.