Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 434

Chapter 434: 434-Left For The Monsters To Feed On
Helanie:

“You’ve got to be kidding me,” I hissed at her, but she just smirked, chewing her gum and swinging her legs.

“What happened, cousin?” Romeo asked, tilting his head. He was covered in bandages and could barely walk properly, yet here he was, trying to rile me up.

“Ahhh! You’re wondering what happened to me. That’s what I’m worried about. Who could have run me over? Who might have wanted to attack me? Did you send someone?” He started limping toward me, but I didn’t step back.

“Really? I’m so worried. Who attacked you?” Lucy jumped off the bed, walking toward him and placing a hand on his shoulder.

“Don’t worry, hun, I’m fine,” Romeo said to her, pouting before he looked back at me.

“And you—” As soon as he took one step closer to me, I raised my knee and hit him in the crotch. His face turned pale.

“What the f—” he groaned, dropping to his knees. Lucy was shocked, but when she tried to come at me to question my actions, I put my hand on her neck and shoved her back. Once she was out of the way, I knelt down to Romeo.

“You survived that little attack. You wouldn’t survive what I have in store for you next.”

With that, I spat on him while he grunted angrily. Thanks to Emmet, Romeo had been weakened. He couldn’t shift and heal properly and was told to give his body a rest for a few hours before trying. I was lucky enough to get my hands on him during those hours.

I straightened my back and flicked my hair. “I’ll be out of here now.”

With that, I walked away steadily, an arrogant smile on my face. Once outside the room, I slammed the door shut and let out the breath I had been holding in.

I was traumatized, scared, and overwhelmed with emotions. The only reason I forced a confident look was to intimidate Romeo and let him know I wouldn’t stay silent if he tried anything. But deep down, I was terrified.

I went downstairs to the living room, but at the same time, the others had arrived and were busy unloading groceries.

“Helanie, do you mind helping me?” I was about to go into the hall to tell Lamar and the others about Romeo when Rudy caught me midway, his hands full of grocery bags.

“Sure.” Reluctantly, I grabbed some bags from his hands and followed him into the kitchen.

“So, it’s going to be a wild week. I just hope we can deal with everything in a week, or we’ll be stuck with each other for a month,” Rudy said, slowly loading stuff into the kitchen. I normally helped people with things, but I was too distracted.

Lucy dating Romeo had broken my heart completely. I wondered why she picked him. And how. I noticed Romeo walk past the kitchen, probably leaving the hostel. Of course, he could get access to the academy and the hostel because he was related to the McQuoids.

Did he contact her, or does she know about my past? What if now that they’re dating, he told her about me and made her believe I’m this crazy girl who traps Alphas?

“Earth to Helanie.” Snapping his fingers in front of my face, Rudy successfully stole my attention back to him.

“Sorry, what?” I asked. He slowed down on his chore and turned to face me.

“If you don’t want to stand next to me, it’s fine. You can go ahead and be with your friends,” he said, his face falling, making me feel guilty immediately.

“It’s not that. I was just distracted. But don’t think I didn’t hear you,” I quickly returned to my senses.

“I think we’ll be able to fight these things once the trainers figure out how to get rid of these monsters. Heck, we don’t even know what they’re called,” I laughed awkwardly, helping him load the stuff onto the shelves. We didn’t know how bad it would get, so we had stocked up on supplies.

Once the land is covered in snow, these things will go crazy and multiply.

“Well, my mom used to tell me that whenever something scares me and I don’t know the name for it, I should call it—Zephois!” He made me frown.

“What does that mean?” I asked.

“It means nothing!” he shrugged.

“Okay, so maybe we’ll be able to kill these Zephois soon,” I laughed before pulling a straight face.

“Hey, I’m really sorry for my remarks to your friends. I was in my feelings and got jealous,” he said, looking away while apologizing. “I’ll apologize to them myself.”

“I’d appreciate it,” I gave him a head nod. After we were done, I went back to my friends, and we all sat on one mattress—mine, next to the window.

“Lucy is a bitch,” Lamar shrugged, hissing at her.

“Don’t worry, we’ll be there for you,” Gavin reassured me, instantly shutting up when Penn arrived with a tray of food for us. We ate together and went to bed early. The night would be horrifying because of the cries of those little things, so we wanted to get good sleep before being woken up again.

And I was right. I woke up to the sound of the windows rattling on the second floor.

Everyone was deep in sleep, cuddling up to avoid the cold. The big window in the hall was boarded up, but small holes were left for us to keep an eye outside. As for the other windows, they were only closed. The things would only be alive under the snow.

I realized it was a snowstorm causing the windows upstairs to make noise. I cussed under my breath, wondering which one of us hadn’t done their job of shutting the windows. Dragging my body up, I quickly started going upstairs to shut the window before the snow came in.

As soon as I reached the second floor, I spotted the open window and briskly moved toward it. I had just managed to close it when I felt something hit the back of my head. I swear I felt blood trickling down my neck, my vision darkening as I collapsed into someone’s arms.

I was on the verge of fainting when I heard a whisper,

“I think the monsters outside need a good meal tonight.”

It was Romeo.