Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 432

Chapter 432: 432-Ready To Fight? I Am!
Helanie:

“What is that?” she asked, and I rolled my eyes tiredly.

“I thought you were raising your hand to let me know what you know about this,” I complained, and she mouthed an apology.

“I wish I did, but—what is that?” she continued, the others nodding their heads.

“I saw a monster outside last night, and it wasn’t alone. It had some smaller versions of itself jumping around it too. I don’t know what other powers they have, but when they spit on you, it feels like getting drowned in cold, icy water,” I laid out the information as quickly as possible.

They all immediately started searching for answers while I sat down with Salem to see what she was finding out from her pack officials. Of course, she couldn’t ask them directly because the pack members barely ever knew anything, but she told me what I had basically told the brothers.

That the pack alphas always gossiped about the rogues hiding something. And now she was realizing what it was.

Soon, our research was interrupted—which usually didn’t lead us anywhere—by an announcement on the speaker.

Argona told us to gather in one of the academy’s classrooms. She specifically told all of us to come because the brothers wanted to discuss some things with us.

“You think they will decide if they want to shed some light on what the rogues have been hiding or not?” I said to Salem, who was walking right beside me.

The minute we joined the groups of students walking toward the exit, I noticed Sydney glaring at her sister. Even Lucy was watching us.

We all made our way to the academy and then to the dining hall. I stood with my friends when Norman pointed at me and then at the space between him and Emmet. It was a clear invitation for me to stand between them.

I steadily looked around at the eyes on me and then went ahead to stand with them. Now I got to see everyone from the front. Of course, some were not happy to see me—Arlo, Sydney, and Lucy were the ones with frowns on their foreheads.

“Good afternoon, students,” Norman stated, taking a deep breath. The way he started off, I had a feeling he had chosen to finally let them in on the secrets.

“I know you all need answers, so here we are, finally being honest with you,” he proved me right.

Everyone was listening anxiously.

“As you all know, and as the rumors have been circulating, there is a secret that we have been keeping from all of you,” he continued. “It is actually true, and it was for your own good.

The rogue community is not a safe place—it never has been. There was an organization that once ruled the world. It was led by a powerful man, but he started to fall apart when the alphas joined forces and began hunting these monsters. Then, an agreement was made many, many years ago where the alphas took half the land and created packs out of it, while the organization and the monsters thrived on the other half.

But then, some of the rogues started a war with the monsters, and that led to where we are today. The rogues won, and the monsters went into hiding. They were believed to have gone extinct, but recently, their return is making us believe the organization is slowly rising again.”

I knew their hearts were racing at Norman’s words because mine was.

I didn’t know the history of the rogues. I thought the packs had existed since the beginning of werewolves.

But at least now I know.

“Now, we will be letting you go back to your packs to take a few days off while we deal with this mess. But—if anyone wants to stay—they can. We will tell you what these monsters are and how to fight them,” he stated, watching everyone exchange glances.

Many started whispering to each other. Some girls wanted to step forward, but the fear on their faces killed their confidence.

Some of the guys, as soon as they lifted their heads, had their girlfriends hold their hands and silently tell them no. However, I already knew who would step forward.

My friends knew I would stay, and I knew they would too.

“Sir, we would like to stay behind,” Penn stepped up, pointing at himself, Lamar, and Gavin.

“I would like to stay as well,” said Salem, while Sydney immediately started shaking her head.

“You cannot stay,” Sydney hissed at her.

“Why not? I am my own person, and I want to stay and help our academy trainers,” she said loud and clear, making Hans step forward and join the others who were staying.

“Salem, you don’t have to stay. It’s okay, you can go with your sister,” Maximus told her, realizing that his pack might cause problems if anything happened to her.

“See? No one will judge you. Just come stand with me,” Sydney grunted at her, but Salem gave her a blank look.

“No, thank you. I will stay,” she refused to be her sister’s twin anymore. I saw the fighter in her eyes at that moment.

“Salem—” Sydney called her name, almost like she wanted to make eye contact and silently tell her why she couldn’t stay.

“She just wants to stay so she can shove her tongue down Gavin’s throat. I’m sure she doesn’t give a damn about the monsters or the trainers,” Lucy suddenly said.

Sydney turned to her and hissed in front of everyone, “Shut up!”

That was the first time the two seemed to be against each other. I bet Lucy showed signs of shock. Did she really expect to bully Salem and have Sydney side with her?

“I will stay too,” Lucy muttered, shocking Sydney this time.

“No! You will pack your bag and go home. We don’t want drama,” Norman made everyone snicker when he straight-up called Lucy out for being a mess.

“Sir, please, I will not cause any issues. I want to stay,” she insisted. “You said whoever wants to stay can stay.”

“I will stay too,” said Sydney, and I guess at this point, they had to let Lucy stay so the three of them could look out for each other.

“I will stay along with my top senior friends,” Rudy raised his hand, and I noticed how the brothers seemed happy to have such powerful seniors on board.

Of course, they had high hopes for them.