Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 519

Chapter 519: 519-It’s Getting Good.
Helanie:

“Can I see it again?” I asked for the fifth time after watching the same clip with a huge smile on my lips. Kaye nodded and handed Emmet’s phone to me.

I held it in my hands and smiled once more. Watching my beautiful wolf run was the confidence I needed.

The fact that it had two powerful eye colors — pink and blue — and had dual-toned fur… I was seeing what others had been telling me.

“Why is her wolf so different from the others?” Maximus asked, shifting in the bed. The two had come after Norman informed them about my transition.

We had ordered so much food to celebrate my wolf.

Although everyone was here, all four of them, Emmet remained slightly distant. He barely spoke, only answered with small head nods.

The spark he used to show before was fading, and I was getting worried for him.

“Because she isn’t like the others. There is definitely some story behind her two-toned colors. We have different wolves, but they are nothing like hers,” Norman explained, holding a book in his hand.

Emmet sat on the chair far away from the bed, his foot tapping on the ground anxiously, and his eyes fixated on the wall ahead.

“And why didn’t you two call us when she started transitioning? We would have loved to run beside her,” Maximus complained.

Since it wasn’t a full moon, Maximus’ wolf would have been just a normal one — powerful but not a lycan.

“We didn’t think about you two, sorry,” Norman complained as he continued to check my wolf’s condition.

“Well, Emmet, was it crazy? Did you at any point want to shift and run beside her?” Maximus, who had been keeping one eye on his big brother, finally said his name to involve him in the conversation.

Even Kaye seemed worried about Emmet too.

“Ah?” Emmet shook himself back from whatever thoughts he was lost in and turned his attention to us.

“You know Emmet was a big help. If he hadn’t seen her on the stairs—” As Norman started to praise him, Emmet cleared his throat, which cut the sentence short.

“Then Norman would have. I’m sure when she hadn’t returned to the room, Norman would have gone out to look for her,” Emmet intervened, refusing to take the credit.

“Anyway kids, I’ll be heading back to my room now,” he got up and, without sparing me a glance, started walking out of the room.

“Brother, stay a little longer, can you?” Maximus’ voice was filled with so much worry as he requested his brother to stay.

Silence lingered for a few seconds before Emmet turned around and his gaze finally fell on me.

“It is late,” he said while looking straight into my eyes, and then walked away.

“Umm, he’s not wrong though. Helanie hadn’t rested the whole night. How about we let her rest and then later we can try the combat classes?” Kaye got out of the bed as well, fixing his pants.

“And this time — be serious. I know you two want to impress her, but brothers, Darius wouldn’t be lenient on her. We need to perfect her every move — every attack,” Norman reminded them about the last day, and the two scratched the back of their necks, looking guilty for giving me the idea that I was beating them up.

Well, I kind of knew they were letting me kick their asses.

After they too walked out, I smiled and laid down on the bed.

“I am so happy,” I muttered to myself and then slowly closed my eyes to rest.

While I slept through, Norman silently tried looking for answers. When I woke up, he told me there was nothing helpful in the books.

So maybe I was a rare case?

Could be.

But my attention shifted to Lord McQuoid, who had asked me to come for lunch. I assumed he would remind me what a horrible person I am for ruining their chance at happiness and all that. But to my surprise, there seemed to be a lot of dishes in honor of my marriage to his son, decorated on the table.

Emma and Charlotte had a sour look on their faces. They hadn’t filled their plates like they used to.

So, every time they sat at the table, they wouldn’t wait for others to arrive and would start eating.

This time, they seemed to have been asked to wait. I joined the table, sitting between Lord McQuoid and Norman, wearing a black shirt and blue jeans.

“I know I’ve been missing out on the traditions because of the shock factor. But let me make it up to you,” Lord McQuoid started by pouring me a glass of drink and then to his son.

“Happy marriage — I hope you two grow old together and achieve all that you have in mind.” His sweetness was overflowing, but it was my mother who I had my eyes glued to.

She looked so red, almost like blushing. There was also a smile she seemed to be holding back.

Was she happy?

How the hell did she allow Lord McQuoid to throw us a lunch?

“Thank you,” I said to Lord McQuoid, avoiding the eyes of Kaye and Maximus, who seemed to disagree with me and Norman growing old together. Well, I did too.

I looked around to get a full glance at the table, my eyes searching for a specific someone when Norman whispered in my ear, “He’s sleeping.”

I nodded, hiding a sigh. I didn’t want Emmet to lose touch with everyone once again. It was like how he was when I first arrived at the mansion.

He would always keep to himself, yet help me whenever he could. And even though I was grateful to that Emmet, I was still not happy that he was acting that way.

“Let us have a feast, and then we can go to the council together.” As soon as Lord McQuoid said that, my smile faded away.

“Why?” I asked in a whisper.

“Because of the Zellu thing. You know they are saying Zellu is dead but since his body isn’t found yet, the rest of the investigation will be conducted later. For now, the reason is the confessional video. They want to meet you,” he said. “I think they will ask you about the case. If you want to reopen it or not.”

That was a big success after having success with my wolf last night. Things were finally falling into place where they should be.