Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 477

Chapter 477: 477-Not Deserving To Be An Alpha
Altan:

Months Ago:

I was shaking as I sat on the seat and the train started. My vision was blurry as I scrolled through the numbers on my phone.

“Hello, warrior—I need you at a location, I’ll tag you—,” I stuttered. “Get as many warriors as you can and do it quickly.”

I hung up and lowered my head, remembering her misty eyes.

“You did it again.” I was shocked when I raised my head and saw him sitting across from me.

“I couldn’t outnumber them,” I said, making excuses again like a damn coward.

“Hmm, so you didn’t even try? That girl came all the way to that abandoned place on her birthday for you, and this is what she gets?” He clicked his tongue and shook his head, reminding me what a loser I was.

“I should go back,” I said as it hit me that by the time the warriors arrived at the location, it would already be ten minutes after the attack.

“You should’ve called the warriors right next to her, all the while making sure she was safe,” he disagreed with the way I had run away.

“I get it, I messed up. But I’m going back there. Everything will be fine. And about calling the warriors—I couldn’t do it in front of them,” I said, rushing hesitantly to the side to pull the chain, but the train didn’t stop. I even ran to the front and demanded they stop the train, but they didn’t. They only stopped it at the station.

Still, only fifteen minutes had passed by then.

“One minute is enough to kill someone,” he said from behind me, getting off the train with me. But right in front of me—there was hope.

My warriors were heading straight toward me.

“What are you doing here? You were supposed to be at the location!” I yelled at them, grabbing the royal gamma’s arm to drag him toward the path so we could go save Helanie.

“We came here for you, young lord.”

However, the way the warrior pulled his arm free from me made me frown at him.

“Well, I don’t need your help. She does. Let’s go,” I said, panicking. With every minute passing, I was getting more anxious.

“We’re sorry, but it’s the alpha’s orders,” he whispered.

And just as I turned around to ask him what he was talking about, I felt a warrior behind me stick a needle into the back of my neck.

“What the—what did you do?” I instantly rubbed the back of my neck and glared at him.

“We’re really sorry. Your father asked us to bring you back to the mansion,” the warrior said.

And in that moment, my heart nearly stopped.

“No! I cannot go home—she is all alone there!” Tears streamed down my face as I tried to fight them off, ready to run to the location. I should’ve stayed and defended her. Trusting anyone else when she trusted me was my mistake.

“We are sorry,” the warrior said again, holding my arms.

I yelled and screamed, kicked and fought, but the wolfbane in my system had started to wear me down.

“Your highness, you should have never taken her there,” one of the warriors muttered, confusing me. But I had no time to argue with him. I passed out.

I woke up, tied in chains. I couldn’t tell how long it had been, but the weakness in my body told me I was still under a heavy dose of wolfbane.

I looked around through the darkness and realized where I was. I was in the basement, chained like an animal.

“Father—” I screamed as loud as I could. “She needs my help.”

I screamed again and then sobbed, lowering my head in guilt.

“Tsk tsk tsk,” then he appeared again, standing before me with his arms crossed and his eyes showing that I had let him down once more.

“First me, and now her. Did you not learn anything at all?” he asked, and I clenched my jaw.

“I should have stayed there. What happened to her? Did they hurt her?” I asked, and he shrugged.

“How do I know?”

However, the door to the basement opened, and I watched my mother walk in with a few guards. She had tears in her eyes as she approached me and lovingly wiped my face.

“Mother, what happened to her? Why am I chained?” I asked, and her lips quivered.

“You are chained because you are a prisoner, just like me, my son. And as for that girl… her father demanded to know if you had an affair with her. They wanted you to accept her—” she paused as I started nodding.

“I will. It was my fault what happened to her. I will accept her and give her respect—tell Dad to tell the council about it, please,” I begged her, but she turned her face away, crushing my heart once more.

“It’s too late for that. Your father told them you denied ever having anything with her. And that… your father, he demanded her life—from her father.” My world shook beneath me, but I couldn’t fall to the ground. The cruel chains kept me in place.

“No! We must stop it!” I begged her again.

Dad didn’t realize he was once again letting me fall into deep regret.

“I told you, it’s too late. She’s gone. She has been for a week now.”

A week? I’ve been tied up for a week and couldn’t do anything for her?

Present time:

Dad had tied me up again, trying to stop me from seeing Helanie, but things were different this time. My mother untied me, and I ran like a madman, escaping the warriors to reach the council center.

Once I opened the gate, I came face-to-face with the girl I had betrayed. She was standing there, her eyes filled with grudges. I wanted to hug her, but the way she narrowed her eyes at me made me realize— I was one of her enemies.