Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 399

Chapter 399: 399-What An Actress
Helanie:

“Okay, everyone, it’s time!” Hans yelled, making everyone rush ahead of me and start attacking whoever was trying to stop them.

I was so focused that everything around me was a blur.

I couldn’t see the reaction of the trainers or anyone at that moment. Many attempted to come at me, but my teammates pushed them out of my way. At the same time, they had to make sure they weren’t left too far behind either. Finally, as I reached the finish line and someone jumped in my way, I instinctively lifted my hand and punched them, knocking them out of my path as I crossed the finish line.

The feeling of crossing that line hit differently. Suddenly, everything went silent—until Emmet’s loud clap broke me out of my daze.

I lifted my head and saw Hans making sure everyone was crossing the border without getting held back by the other teammates.

Once everyone had crossed, Hans also came to our side and rushed my way.

“We did it!” he screamed with his hands up, coming in for a hug. The moment he hugged me and we both started jumping up and down, I think we woke Jenny up on my back.

“Ow! Why is my bed moving so much?” she complained, making us stop and then share a glance before laughing out loud.

“Come here, princess,” Hans said, helping her down, but her hands were still tightly taped in front of her body with the compass between them. I finally raised my head and saw the trainers watching me while talking to each other.

And then, Emmet smiled proudly, raising his hand to give me a thumbs-up.

He began walking our way with Norman and the others to get the item from us.

“That was a brilliant idea,” Emmet commented as he pointed at the taped hands.

“Why are her hands taped?” Maximus asked, confused.

“If Sydney hadn’t acted up, Jenny would have enjoyed this test so much,” I muttered under my breath to Hans, who grunted while peeling the tape off Jenny’s hands and handing the compass to the brothers.

“That’s right. We have our first winner,” Norman declared after examining the item, making our eyes go wide. We were the first ones to cross.

I was the happiest. Jenny was still pretty out of it, so she sat on the ground while we waited for the other teams to arrive.

The second team to show up was Penn and Lamar. They were rushing toward the finish line, and I could tell they had been through a rough time too. They were badly injured, blood dripping down their faces.

The minute they crossed the finish line, their entire team collapsed on the ground. But Kaye approached them and grabbed the item out of their hands to inspect it.

“My team is second,” he announced, quickly kneeling down to help Lamar with water from his own bottle. He then did the same and took care of his other teammates.

“Gosh! Of course, you were first,” Lamar laughed as he came toward me. One of his legs was badly wounded, so he was hopping half the way until Penn gave him support.

“Is she okay?” Lamar let go of Penn’s support to sit down with Jenny. And I could tell she immediately started telling her brother and Lamar what had happened earlier.

Sydney was in huge trouble after this. Lamar and Penn would make her life a living hell, and I think she deserved it. We had enough of her.

“Which team is leading next?” Lamar asked, his face flushing red with anger.

“You will not attack or say anything to Sydney right now. You just made it to the finish line—let’s not ruin your victory,” I had to remind the two that they would get in trouble if they attacked Sydney in front of the trainers.

We were now anticipating Gavin’s team to arrive next, and just as we expected, they did. Gavin was running happily, smiling from ear to ear with Lucy by his side. She was the treasure in his team.

Seeing them run together reminded me of old times when they were dating and always did everything together. Those were the days.

Just when they were a few feet away from the finish line, Sydney’s team appeared. Now the tension grew as they all sprinted toward the finish line.

However, I noticed a slight delay in Lucy’s movements. She seemed fine and was doing well until suddenly, she began to slow down and then dropped in the most exaggerated way—almost like she did it on purpose.

“Don’t you think she’s doing it on purpose?” Lamar hissed, getting up from the ground as Jenny did too. We were anxiously watching the two teams compete.

Lucy had thrown the item into the bush—pretty obvious she did it on purpose.

“Lucy! Where did it go?” Gavin yelled, and she shrugged, acting all confused.

“She saw the item go behind that bush,” I said to Lamar, who nodded.

“It’s behind that bush!” I jumped up and down to get Gavin’s attention, and once he heard me, he sprinted toward the bush and retrieved the item. By now, Sydney’s team was right next to them.

“Take this,” Gavin had to give it to Lucy and hold her arm to make her stand up. I could only imagine how frustrated he must have been with the way she was delaying.

She dragged her body up and began to slowly make her way toward the finish line. The two teams were right beside each other, with Lucy and Gavin at the end of their teams. However, sadly, Sydney’s team started reaching the finish line first. And even though Gavin’s team had finished the line before Sydney’s, it didn’t make them the winners since Lucy was still yet to cross.

“Please, Lucy—,” I uttered under my breath, hoping she would just cross the line before Sydney’s last teammate.

But that didn’t happen.

Right when Lucy was about to step in, she stopped and acted like she had a leg cramp. The other girl crossed before her, and once Lucy made sure the other team had won, she straightened her back and crossed the line.