Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 415

Chapter 415: 415-With The Devil For The Night
Helanie:

Norman forced the worry off his face and turned around to respond to his brother.

“I was just mentioning you, nothing specific,” he said, quickly changing his tone. It impressed me how smoothly he did that.

“No, you were telling her not to go around talking about me. What is she saying about me?” My body shuddered at the realization that he had taken it the wrong way.

“I am not going around talking about you with anyone,” I jumped to explain myself. It doesn’t feel good when someone breaks your trust, and I definitely didn’t want to do that to Maximus.

Even though there was no real trust between us after I found out he had played a game with me, I still refused to be the kind of person who attracts negativity and plays games behind someone’s back.

“I am asking my brother,” Maximus raised his finger as if telling me not to interrupt.

“She’s not lying. She wasn’t talking about you to anyone,” Norman jumped in, explaining it to him, but Maximus seemed weirdly upset.

Even though it didn’t seem like a big deal—at least not to me—he was acting like he had caught me talking about him to others.

Or maybe it was just his fear of getting exposed as a Lycan.

“So now you’re going to cover for her games?” Maximus said to Norman, giving him a betrayed look before hastily walking past us to leave the mansion.

I didn’t understand what had just happened. Norman turned to me and gave me a look, making me scowl back at him.

“You are the problem,” I mouthed at him before he blamed me for upsetting his brother.

Norman left after Maximus while I went outside where the kids were playing. The minute I approached them, they lowered their heads in guilt.

“We are sorry,” Demi apologized, while Davon remained silent behind her.

“It’s alright, but you have to stand up for yourself. You know if you let her bully you, she will only get worse.” I ran my hand through her hair, and somehow it comforted her so much that she hugged my legs and closed her eyes.

After she calmed down, we sat on the grass to play with her Legos. We were building the Lego set while they talked about their life and what they did at boarding school.

It was so upsetting that these kids had such powerful parents, yet they were mostly at boarding school. They could have been given private lessons and stayed home to join a regular school.

“But don’t feel bad for us,” Davon said. “It’s for our own good. We have a hyperactive wolf.”

His words made me narrow my eyes at him in even more confusion.

“Silly, she wouldn’t know that,” Demi was very helpful and observant. She noticed the bewildered look on my face and quickly shut her brother down to explain in simpler words.

“They say we are too young to be hearing our wolf talk to us,” she shocked me with how young they were and yet their wolves were already awake.

“Your wolf is awake?” I asked Demi, who nodded with a proud smile on her lips.

“But it’s too soon,” she pouted sadly.

“However, it also means we are very powerful,” Davon shrugged, showing me his teeth as he smiled.

Hmm, that was odd. I never really asked myself the right questions because I was so drowned in my own life troubles, but the kids talking about their wolves turned my attention to something crazy.

What was it about this family that each of them had something weird going on? These kids had their wolves wake up earlier than anyone else, Emmet was wandering around the woods acting strange the other day, and then there was Maximus—why was he the Lycan?

We played the rest of the day before it was time for me to head home.

“What’s going on?” I asked Lamar as he called me, breathing heavily.

“Jenny is feeling sick, so I have to take her to the hospital. Can you wait just half an hour before I come pick you up?” he asked, sounding so worried.

“Yeah, that’s not an issue. Just tell me what’s going on with Jenny. Is she alright?” I was concerned for her. She was a good friend, and I had grown closer to her over time. I could only imagine how Lamar was feeling, watching her sick.

“I don’t know what happened to her exactly. She was waiting for me in our dorm room, and when I came in, I found her passed out.”

That wasn’t good news. I grew impatient to find out what had caused her to lose consciousness.

“Okay, go with her and stay by her side. I’m sure it will be nothing,” I wasn’t sure myself but tried to comfort Lamar.

As he hung up, I stared up at the sky and groaned. It was going to rain soon, and I had to get back to the academy before Charlotte returned from her salon appointment. I was not in the mood to face her and hear her taunt me.

“Child, why are you standing here?” I didn’t realize Lord McQuoid was going somewhere with my mother by his side.

She hadn’t crossed my path even once in the past two days. She avoided me like I didn’t exist, and I guess that was the right way for us to deal with each other.

“I’m waiting for a friend to pick me up. He will be here in half an hour,” I gave him a smile, thinking that would be enough to finish the conversation.

My mother looked comfortable too, so I expected Lord McQuoid to just leave it at that.

“That will be too late then. If you can’t stay here for the night, let me ask someone to drop you home. The kids have gone to bed, and the others are out. Only Emma will be left, so you will feel lonely.”

I guess this was his way of telling me I’d have to share a roof with Emma if he didn’t find anyone to take me home.

“Kaye is in his room. Let me ask him to drop you home,” without waiting for me to object, Lord McQuoid stepped aside to call the one person who hated my guts more than anyone else now.