Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 443

Chapter 443: 443-The Insane Brothers
Norman:

“It had been two days—two fricking days.” Maximus sat on the front porch, his eyes empty as if he had no soul left in his body. We had turned the entire rogue community upside down, but obviously, we couldn’t go through every area. Snow covered the trees, rocks, and Goddess knows what else.

“How is Emmet?” Maximus asked, turning his head to me. I sat down on the stairs with him and sighed.

“Not good. Sometimes, he acts super worried, and then the next minute, he acts like he doesn’t know what’s going on.” I was worried about Emmet. Those symptoms weren’t good.

And then there was Davon—he had been so weak, too.

“What do you think happened to her?” I watched Maximus’s eyes flash with a hint of disaster if I said one wrong word.

“I am sure she is fine.” All four of my heartbeats skipped when thinking about Helanie.

Her innocent little face flashed before my eyes—her pity, her sass. It had been two days, but it felt like months.

I guess I had gotten used to hearing her complain, putting me in my place, and arguing whenever she felt something was wrong.

She had grown into such a sassy and confident person that I couldn’t help but be proud of her, even when I was at the receiving end of her savage remarks most of the time.

I couldn’t imagine anything happening to her. And even though I had been keeping myself together for my brothers, I was extremely worried and breaking apart deep inside for my stepsister.

It was true—I had decided to accept her as my stepsister after I realized how much I cared for her. I guess my wolf, too, wanted her as our family.

“If so, then where is she?” Maximus hissed.

Our eyes shifted to Kaye, who had returned after a run. I grabbed his shirt from the side and threw it at him, along with his pants from the other side.

“I’m afraid I have bad news,” Kaye said through heavy breaths. He had been looking for Helanie along with us. Even though he didn’t show desperation, he was doing his duty better than us. Probably because he wasn’t too emotionally invested, so his energy was on another level, while we were afraid at every step we took for Helanie.

“What do you mean?” I asked him. As he put on his clothes, he threw a plastic bag toward us. I caught it, and Maximus kept staring at it. I guess he was too afraid to even look inside.

I hastily opened the bag and looked inside to find something familiar.

“I believe that’s Helanie’s phone and bag,” Kaye heaved, rubbing his cheek, which had turned red from the cold at this point.

“What does that mean?” Maximus rose from his spot. “This can’t mean—it—” he started stammering. Helanie’s phone was ruined so we couldn’t even get a clue from it.

“Kaye,” I looked at him, gulping, as I knew what needed to be done.

“I am going there, and you will tell me where you found this stuff. She has to be somewhere around—oh! Maybe she was upset with Mom, so she decided to just run away,” Maximus smiled, placing a hand on his chest, and I already knew this wasn’t looking good for him.

Kaye steadily moved to the side, extending his arm to the warrior who handed him an injection.

I had prepared these for us, for Emmet and Maximus. I was afraid that if any bad news arrived, we would need it for them.

I was stunned too, but not as much. I just didn’t believe Helanie was gone. She must have dropped these, or someone had kidnapped her—that could be the explanation. And I would find her. I just didn’t want to believe the other possibility.

In a very subtle movement, Kaye reached Maximus and wrapped his arms around his brother. “Shhh! Everything will be okay.” With that, Kaye injected him with a heavy dose of wolfsbane.

“What? I was supposed to go out there and look for her!” Maximus screamed, pushing Kaye away, but Kaye kept his arms tightly wrapped around him. Maximus started scratching Kaye’s back with his claws—or whatever strength was left in his wolf—to attack him.

Good thing Maximus was just a werewolf when it wasn’t a full moon.

And soon, Maximus started to fall asleep.

“You go check on Emmet,” Kaye said, putting Maximus over his shoulder and taking him inside.

Emmet would be a hard one to control. I took a deep breath and started walking toward the passage. The snow would start again, and life would go on. But where the heck would I find Helanie?

We should have focused on interrogating her about the night when she was tied to the tree. Whoever tied her must be behind this too. What if that person kidnapped her?

I briskly made my way to Emmet’s room. I didn’t have to knock because the door was open, and he was standing with his back facing me.

“Emmet, I don’t know what it means, but Kaye found Helanie’s phone and bag in the snow,” I said in a steady tone, ready to comfort him if it came to that.

He slowly turned around and squeezed his eyes a little.

“Who?” he asked, making the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

“Emmet, Helanie,” I repeated her name, and Emmet shook his head.

“Who is that?” he questioned again, looking so genuinely confused that it shook my heart deep inside my chest.

“She is—one of our students. Would you please come with me to find her?” Despite the craziness of him forgetting her, I had to keep it together and find her first. Of course, something was wrong with Emmet too, but I was sure I’d be able to help him later.

For now, Helanie was out there, probably all alone.

“Sure, wait outside. I’ll change and join you,” he offered, concerned but only as much as he would be for any student.

I left him in the room and stopped in the passage, taking a deep breath while waiting for him.

“Where have you gone, Miss Troublemaker?” I looked at the sky and asked when my phone beeped, and a text popped up.

Unknown: I am one of the culprits, and I wanted to help her. But they didn’t let me. However, she left because they threatened her, blackmailed her.