Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 429

Chapter 429: 429-It’s The Monsters That Are Testing Us
Helanie:

We had been in his office for two hours now, just kissing and grabbing each other. His body was so hot that I wanted to taste more of it. He had me sitting in his lap while he was on his chair, kissing my neck.

“Hmm, I should head back,” I suddenly felt heat rushing to my cheeks when I felt his hand finally slide under my shirt, touching my bare stomach.

“I don’t want you to go,” he uttered, stretching his neck up to reach my face again. He kissed my lips and then nuzzled into my neck. However, he quickly pulled his hand back, probably realizing I got too shy about him touching my bare skin.

I shivered when he kissed behind my ear, his arm wrapped around my body tightly. I could feel his cock getting harder in his pants when I first sat in his lap. I could tell his soldier was just like him—huge and excited.

As he held my chin to bring my lips back to his, we suddenly heard a loud scream echo through the air. My body jumped so much that he had to quickly hug me to make sure I didn’t fall out of his lap.

“What was that?” I asked, breathing heavily, while I watched him fix my sweater and run his fingers through my hair to smooth it down.

“It’s okay, don’t worry about it. I’ll walk you back to the hostel and then go check out the area,” he finally let me go after making sure I had calmed down. The way he took care of me made me not even want to use 1% of my brain and just let him take over my life. He was so calming and careful with me that I felt special.

“No, I won’t let you go out there by yourself,” I instantly shook my head and noticed him smile to himself before quickly forcing a serious look on his face.

“You’re not wrong, though. I need a strong one beside me as well,” he pinched my cheek, making me pout.

Just when I thought he was joking, he looked at me and snapped his fingers in front of my face. “Let’s go, but before that, grab a weapon of your choice.”

He pointed at a chest next to his table on the other side of the room. I frowned and reached for the chest, opening it and finding so many cool weapons. But what shocked me more was that he was letting me pick and be on his side. I thought he would start reminding me how dangerous it is for me—blah, blah.

I grabbed the crossbow and followed him to the door. He turned halfway just to see what I picked and smiled in satisfaction.

“Nice pick,” he commented, making me blush and walk closer to him.

We rushed towards the exit, and what we saw outside made our hearts drop into our stomachs.

“Did someone order a plot twist? Because it looks like the snowman’s making a comeback!”

Emmet’s comment made me look around in shock and even more worry. He wasn’t wrong.

What the fuck was going on? Why the heck was it snowing?

However, soon, my senses started picking up some unusual activity in the trees.

“There’s someone out there,” I said, walking toward the open ground. It was suddenly so cold. Did summer decide to skip?

Emmet followed me, and soon we were among the big trees, hearing them move like something was living in them.

“What is that?” I pointed my finger at a bushy figure on top of a tree and growled, but before I could focus on it, something jumped on top of Emmet.

“What the fuck?!” I screamed at the sight.

They were unusual furry little things clinging to Emmet. They were probably four feet in height, but there were so many of them.

Emmet began to push and shove them away, even kicking one off.

“Hey, you! Get off him!” I grabbed one of them by the back of its head, and it turned to me, making me notice its resemblance to a monkey. However, before I could examine it more, it spat on the back of my hand.

It felt like my skin had been in icy water for days.

“Fuck you!” That was it.

Both Emmet and I had been super sweet to these things. Not to mention, the more Emmet got rid of them, the more they came after him like bees swarming honey.

I started kicking and throwing them off in the most brutal way.

Soon, they began to rush away but stood in a group, hissing at me. Then, they let out cries—almost like a baby crying—but these were monsters, something entirely different.

“Helanie, we should run back,” Emmet gently held my elbow, pulling me closer, his eyes locked on the distance.

“What is going on? What is that?” I pointed at the sky, just behind those creatures, and saw the fog shifting into the shape of a much bigger version of them. But it was so white and furry that it blended into the snow.

“No time to stay and examine it.”

With that, Emmet tossed me over his shoulder and started running back to the academy. He could have let me run with him, but I believed he was afraid I’d fall too far behind.

While he was running, I got a clear view of what was happening behind us.

The monster started charging at us, making my heart drop into my chest.

From Emmet’s shoulder, I launched a crossbow arrow, and it went straight through the thing. But for a moment, it dissolved into the air before reforming again.

The tiny creatures were jumping from the trees, chasing after us. Some even got so close that I had to shoot them down to stop them from getting a hold of us.

Instead of heading straight to the academy, Emmet took me directly to the hostel and put me down on the front porch.

“Open the door!” Emmet yelled at the guard, who had probably run inside to shut the gates for safety.

He opened the door for us, and we both rushed inside. Emmet slammed the door shut while I stood there, trying to catch my breath—until I straightened up and realized every student in the hallway was staring at us.