Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 483

Chapter 483: 483-I See My Culprits
Helanie:

“Well, then why did she claim she was raped? Why won’t she give the names?” Alpha Diaz countered, but nobody seemed too impressed.

“I was raped,” I said loudly, not trying to hide the truth.

“Really? And do you have any proof? You didn’t even get a test done,” Alpha Diaz asked, scoffing as if he was mocking me for lying.

“You didn’t let me, you made my father—” I shut up when he interrupted.

“Do you have proof of that?” he asked, and everyone laughed until Norman started shaking his head. Attention turned to him, and then he pointed at the door.

“There was a witness that night—who would love to tell you what happened.” As he said that, the door opened, and in came Altan.

Not only did I gasp and narrow my eyes in confusion, but Alpha Diaz looked so lost and anxious.

“Lord Vonston, I was promised my son wouldn’t be dragged into this,” he complained.

“I volunteered,” Altan said, taking the stand. “It’s true. I was there that night. I was— with her.”

He closed his eyes when they landed on me. The guilt was written all over his face.

“Why?” Lord Vonston asked.

“Because I was dating her,” the words from his mouth made heads turn. The brothers looked down and clenched their jaws at his confession. Took him too long to come forward.

“I saw the alphas come at her and harass her,” he continued. “And before you ask me why I didn’t stick around to fight for her, I never do. I am a coward—it’s a known fact. But what she’s saying is true. I can name the alphas that I recognized.” Altan made my jaw drop.

Alpha Diaz seemed to be having a hard time accepting the truth.

“Bring in Romeo, Kaidon, and Darius. The rest… I don’t know any of them, but I do know Rayden is dead and Zellu is abducted, probably hiding and pretending to be abducted,” Altan glared at his father, who had been nonstop saying I faked my death just to run and hide.

“Rayden—that one admitted to raping her,” Lord Vonston quickly checked his files and nodded his head.

Now that Norman had brought Altan in, everyone was slightly shifting from taking Diaz’s side.

I don’t know how Norman managed to do it because Alpha Diaz would have never allowed his son to come forward.

“And you don’t even need to do any of that. I made your work easy,” Norman added, hinting towards the door again.

The door opened, and in came Kaidon, Romeo, and Darius. I don’t know where they were found.

I thought Kaidon had been hiding somewhere. Behind them were their parents.

My eyes briefly landed on Maximus, and he mouthed, “We found them.”

He pointed at himself, then at Kaye and himself, so that Norman wouldn’t take all the credit.

All the men came and stood in a line. Darcy started tearing up when he saw Romeo in the lineup. He was doing his best to look innocent with tears in his eyes. Kaidon looked genuinely guilty, but I couldn’t be sure what he would say.

But Darius, he stood tall with no emotion on his face. Or so I thought. The minute he knew nobody was watching him, he winked at me.

My body shuddered in disgust, and I quickly looked away.

“So, why don’t we bring in Romeo first?” Norman asked, making Darcy look down in disappointment. I wasn’t surprised my mother didn’t show up.

She didn’t care, so she wouldn’t waste her time. If anything, she might be angry that I caused so much drama.

Romeo walked over to the witness stand on the other side and sat down, sniffling as if he had been wrongly accused.

“You have been accused of raping Helanie Niles in the abandoned subway. Do you plead guilty?” Alpha Diaz asked, and Romeo quickly started shaking his head.

Well, I knew this would happen.

The others had to go sit with him in a line, too.

“It’s a lie. I would never do anything so horrible,” he scoffed, clenching my jaw.

“What about you? What do you have to say?” Norman asked Kaidon, who adjusted his posture in his seat and briefly exchanged a glance with his mother.

I knew what would happen. Let me guess, he would lie just for the sake of his mother.

But he surprised me when he started breaking down and confessed the heartbreaking truth before everyone.

“It’s true. We—raped her.”

Everyone gasped, hands covering their mouths. Lord Vonston closed his eyes and shuddered in shock.

“I was drunk—and drugged—but that doesn’t exempt me from punishment. She was begging us to stop—” he continued, causing me to break down. I saw Emmet get up, but then Kaye put his hand on his shoulder and stopped him, eyeing Norman to look over at me.

Norman steadily walked toward my stand and slid the glass of water closer to my hand. They were doing everything perfectly to avoid diverting attention from the main issue and starting any other rumors that would further stain my character.

“Wait a minute—you were drunk and drugged—but you remember everything? Why didn’t you come out before?” Alpha Diaz, however, found a way to question Kaidon.

“Because I was told by them that I had dreamed about it,” Kaidon admitted. He was doing his best to confess to his crime, but others had been convincing him that no crime had been committed that night.

“So you were so passed out and out of it that you didn’t remember anything? You even relied on what your friends told you. What made you think it happened now?” Alpha Diaz smirked as he cornered Kaidon.

“When the flame of lust is mixed with any alcohol—it acts as a crazy instigator. A person might forget the event temporarily, but when reminded of it, they remember,” Norman said as he presented the research done on the flame of lust.

“But it still doesn’t prove anything. He’s confessing to being drunk—could it be that he’s lying now?” Alpha Diaz asked, and the crowd started nodding their heads once again. But it was Darius who diverted attention to himself when he cleared his throat.

We all watched his face, thinking maybe he would confess or deny, but he took a different approach that left me paralyzed.

“We had consensual sex with her that night. The one where she—forced us, and it was not the other way around.”