Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 460

Chapter 460: 460-Everyone Betrayed Me
Maximus:

“Maximus,” Norman snapped his fingers before my face to add again, “it was Helanie that night. She was out with Jenny to save Lucy when you were there. And that’s when you felt the mate bond with her. You even dragged her with you for a while before her friends secured her from you.”

His words were falling upon my ears like daggers. I didn’t want to believe I had been fooled for this long.

“I don’t know why you thought it was Charlotte, though,” Norman muttered.

I turned to Emmet first, who looked like he had just been informed about an earthquake that would destroy the world. Then, I looked over at Kaye, who didn’t seem pleased with the news either.

Helanie was the last one I looked at because I couldn’t meet her eyes anymore. The fact that she knew she was my mate but didn’t say it, and let her evil cousin exploit me, froze me in place.

Even when I accused her of not telling me about the pheromones, she didn’t think she should tell me my feelings weren’t just because of some pheromones?

The fact that they all kept it from me broke me. And then there was my big brother, the one who was only a few years older than me, yet I always saw him as a father figure.

“Mom told me,” I said only that much before I smiled, a big tear rolling down my face. “And you didn’t tell me either, brother. It seems like we all have our favorites, and I am no one’s.”

The fact that they had no clue what I had been dealing with all these months, thinking Charlotte was my mate, just shattered me.

“Maximus, I thought you had felt the mate bond with Charlotte too—” Norman attempted to come and hold my hand, but I shrugged him away.

“Really? When Helanie is mated to more than one person, there is a special meeting for it. But you all thought I had two mates—okay, so?” I laughed, shaking my head.

“And of course, I don’t blame her for hiding. She had too much going on, and she didn’t want a lycan added to her grief because she had already found the better version of the brother for herself. But I at least deserved to know the truth. That Charlotte—well, we are all screwed now.”

I let out a laugh because I thought, since they didn’t care about me, maybe they would care when they found out what a mess had been created now.

“What did she do?” Emmet asked, showing fake concern for me. I couldn’t believe I fell for his lie when he said— *’I was there for you that night, brother.’*

“Maximus, I get it, we were wrong. But I thought Lycans could have two mates,” Helanie’s voice fell into my ears like a sweet melody. And even though I wanted to yell at her, to complain about her cold-heartedness and unfair treatment, I couldn’t do that to her.

The fact that those alphas had attacked her must have made her sensitive to men acting aggressively around her.

I contained my posture and turned to face her, flashing her the weakest and sweetest smile I could find within me. “I understand.”

The way she sighed while watching me relax made me wonder if she still had feelings for me.

“Maximus, we all love you. We would never do anything to harm you,” Norman came and hugged me, and I let him. All because I couldn’t take my anger out in front of Helanie at the moment.

Emmet arrived and hugged me too, with Kaye joining in for a group hug. To them, it must have felt like we were brothers again, back to being close. But I couldn’t bring myself to accept them as they were now.

They didn’t care about me. They only felt guilty because I had to say out loud that I felt betrayed.

“Anyway, back to the main issue—” I attempted to divert the subject so they would feel like everything was fine. “Oh, sorry, there is no issue. Anyway, what do you want to do about the Alphas? I was thinking about finding Kaidon. They are probably hiding him in some pack.”

“I will get my spy ready too,” Emmet said, giving me a nod.

I wasn’t lying when I said there was no issue. Helanie was just special and had three mates—what else was there to discuss now?

“Yeah, do that. It won’t be long before those Alphas try something to cover it up,” Norman agreed with my suggestion.

“So, you should get them the suite. I will go speak with Mom,” I gave them a smile, not even staying behind to have another word with them.

I sped away on foot when Norman started blowing up my phone.

“Hm? I’m still on the way,” I replied to him.

“You think you can fool everyone with your fake smile?” he said from the other side, making me scoff. Since Helanie wasn’t around, I could act the way I wanted.

“I mean, you all fooled me too. What’s wrong with me faking a smile?” I laughed at him, taunting him through clenched teeth.

“Maximus, I didn’t know anything either. I thought a Lycan could have two mates because a Lycan is different from us,” he gave me the same excuse the others did.

“Sure,” I replied. “I’m busy right now. I’ll talk to you later.” I hissed, cutting the call and speeding up.

Mom was still home since the flights had been delayed due to the storms and turbulence. But she would be leaving soon, and I would make sure to confront her when she was at the mansion.

As I reached the mansion, I watched Helanie’s mother pacing in the garden, and curiosity struck me. That woman had always been against her daughter—I wondered how she felt about her now.

Entering the mansion, I sped to the guestroom on the second floor when I halted outside, listening to my mother having a conversation with none other than Charlotte.

“My son will fall in love with you if you listen to me. But you will have to make sacrifices and change yourself for him.”

Oh! So my mother wasn’t fooled by Charlotte. The two of them had planned this against me.

Well then, I guess since my mother wanted to play a game with Helanie, it’s only fair that I play a game with these two and show them who the best player among us is.