Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 424

Chapter 424: 424-All My Friends Know
Helanie:

I had been in the backseat of Salem’s car. She was injured herself but didn’t transition because she was scared they would come back for me. However, she made sure I was safe in the car and kept making Gavin run around to get me medicine or anti-flame-of-lust medication—basically, sleeping pills.

I had fallen asleep, but I would force my eyes open once in a while out of fear. Whenever I saw Salem and Gavin taking turns watching over the car, I would go back to sleep.

Now it was almost 6 PM when I woke up again, and this time, I felt fine.

“Ugh!” I sat up, groaning from the headache.

Seeing me wake up made the two immediately get in the car to check on me.

“How are you feeling now?” Salem asked, sitting in the backseat with me, the door behind her open.

“Much better,” I replied, touching my forehead. She had bandaged me up, but the pain hadn’t gone away.

“Helanie,” Gavin, who was sitting in the passenger seat, tried speaking up, but Salem shot him a glare.

“Hm?” I turned to Gavin, ready to listen to what he had to say.

“Nothing,” after getting another deadly glare from Salem, he shut up.

“You two are wondering about what those guys said, aren’t you?” I wasn’t a kid. I knew they had heard Romeo’s comment loud and clear.

“No! Why, what did they say?” Gavin attempted to lie, trying not to trigger me. I shook my head at him.

I leaned back in the seat and turned my face to look at the sky through the window. “I was gang-raped by six alphas from the Fellmoon Academy before coming here,” I stated, feeling so light after saying it out loud without being forced to stay quiet.

Silence engulfed them. Then I added, “I was left at the location by my boyfriend, and then—the alpha of the pack demanded my death sentence. My father planned to kill me, but my little sister helped me escape that night. When I showed up at the back hostels, it was probably a week after the rape.”

The silence was so loud, so shattering.

“I took admission because I wanted to be skilled enough to fight them. And then—today, when they were in front of me—” I clenched my fists, muttering under my breath angrily.

“I will fucking kill them,” Gavin yelled, but before he could get out of the car, I grabbed his arm, leaning over the front seat almost.

“Do you believe me?”

I was a bit surprised, but what Salem said next shocked me even more.

“Who are the rest? Tell us,” she demanded, not questioning my claims.

“It was Rayden—” I hadn’t even finished when Gavin rolled out of the car and started hyperventilating. I had to get out while Salem began pacing around angrily.

“That’s why that asshole used to linger around you?” Salem hissed, facing me.

“There’s Kaidon—and then there’s probably two more,” I sighed, feeling so light.

“Oh, we are going to kill them,” Salem said, smiling through her clenched jaw while her eyes glistened with tears.

“No! I want them to be convicted of their crime. I want them to admit that they did it so that all the accusations against me are cleared. I don’t want them to die as heroes. I don’t want the—” I shut up when Gavin gave a head nod to Salem, not even listening to me.

“When can we start?” he asked Salem.

“I’ll get their information in a few hours. We can make their lives hell,” she continued.

“Guys, do you even hear what I said?” I jumped between them, pushing them apart.

“We heard you, but we’ll do what’s right. Did you not see what they were doing today? They’re beyond redemption. Another day of them breathing means another day of them planning something for you,” Salem shouted at me, tears streaming down her face. “And fuck me, I was—ugh! I was so blindly ignorant and such a bitch.”

I sighed, hugging myself.

“Please, calm down,” I requested, my eyes landing on my bracelet on the ground. I quickly put it on. I didn’t even know how it came off.

“Calm down? You want us to calm down? Oh, you don’t,” Gavin hissed, showing me his fist and then pointing in the air as if gesturing toward those two alphas. Salem was already on her phone, gathering as much information as she could.

“Guys, what’s going on? I got Gavin’s text that Helena had been under attack,” we didn’t realize Lamar and Jenny had arrived until we heard their bike. Lamar dropped his bike and rushed to pull me into his embrace.

“Are you okay?” Jenny asked, rubbing my back.

“You two knew about the rape?” Salem confronted them. “How the hell did you two let her walk around without any supervision?”

“It’s okay. Lamar has been there for me,” I told Salem, trying to calm her down.

“Wait, they know?” Lamar asked me, breaking the hug.

“Those two alphas said it out loud,” I sighed, feeling exhausted.

“Two alphas? Which ones?” Jenny asked.

“Alpha Zellu and Alpha Romeo.” The minute I said that, Jenny covered her mouth with her hands as if she had seen a ghost.

“Please tell me it’s not more bad news,” I asked her.

“I know about Alpha Zellu. He’s unhinged and had been accused of murdering his little sister before, but nothing was done about it. Somehow, he just survived, and then there were so many other cases, but he never got sentenced for any of them. Somehow, he always comes out victorious.”

My heart sank at the injustice going around. But there had to be something he was doing to keep surviving.

“And whenever he gets accused, somehow, his entire pack takes it upon themselves to save him. They either end up killing the victim or taking the blame for his crimes,” Salem sighed as she read more information from her phone.