Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 522

Chapter 522: 522-My Life Is A Joke
Helanie:

“If she kills me or gets me to surrender—which I doubt will happen—but if it did, she would get the throne. But I’m not heartless, I won’t let her die. So when she surrenders, she will marry me. I’ll give her the life she has always dreamed of,” Darius made everyone watch his face, even with a puzzled look, while the brothers shared a glance before grunting in sync.

“You want to marry her?” Maximus hissed, stepping forward to attack him when Emmet gently tapped his stomach to stop him.

“She can handle him. He’s a mouse in front of her,” he whispered, and Darius started cackling, shaking his head.

“Alpha Darius, the way you keep talking about marrying her makes me wonder if it’s you who dreamed about it,” Lord McQuoid let out a scoff, and Vonston sighed as he probably agreed too.

“I just want this drama to stop,” Darius probably realized how ridiculous he sounded. So he started changing his tone.

‘Do it,’ After last night, I hadn’t heard my wolf until now. And she did catch me off guard.

‘What if we lose?’ I asked her in worry. That would be a very dangerous game we were playing.

‘Trust me, we won’t. Even with half our powers, we will win. Or—we would rather die.’

I took a deep breath and nodded my head. “I accept it.”

Once again, the whole place went silent, and then Vonston gave a head nod.

“So it’s decided. On 16 August, the battle between Alpha Darius and Helanie for the title of Alpha King or Queen will be determined,” Vonston announced, causing everyone to stand up in support and respect.

Now I realized why others barely ever challenged someone. The chances of them dying would scare them off.

That’s why they desired admission into the best academies—to at least learn how to twist the battle in a way that it leads to surrender.

We walked out, with the brothers surrounding me to make sure the crazy ones didn’t get near me.

“I’m sorry,” I heard Lord McQuoid say before I got into the car. “They all lied about you. It was one night full of horror that they are now making out to be a lifelong habit—or actions. There’s no way a man being wrongfully accused of such a heinous crime would want to marry the girl. It proves what a scum he is and that he is not innocent. Your accusations are right, and we stand with you.” He gave me a smile, patting my back.

“Thank you so much, I’m really glad people are slowly coming around. But I will not rest until I have exposed every single one of them,” I said to Lord McQuoid before I got in the car with Norman.

Once we settled in, we started driving back home.

“I think you will do it,” Norman stated, his tone hinting he was certain I would be able to defeat that man.

“Hmm, what about Romeo?” I shifted in my seat, watching him, resting my head back, my face touching the seat’s leather.

“We need to plan something big for him,” he confirmed.

After that, I started zoning out a lot. Even when Norman stopped midway so that Kaye and Maximus could hop into the back seats, I didn’t utter a word.

“Emmet is taking Dad home,” Maximus told his brother, clearing his throat before speaking to me. “You okay?”

His voice was filled with concern. But there was nothing he could do about me feeling down. The events of that night couldn’t be changed.

“16 August is in 45 days,” I spoke up, smiling while a tear started to leave my eye. I don’t know how Norman spotted it, but when he did, he hurriedly parked the car on the side of the road.

“What happened?” Kaye asked from behind.

“Helanie, why are you crying?” Norman asked me. Kaye jumped out of the car to open the door to my side and bend down to check on me. Maximus was trying his best to get a good look at me from the back as well.

“It’s just that—my life is funny,” Even when I tried to snort a laugh, tears spilled down my cheeks. Suddenly, I was so vulnerable.

“But what is going on?” Maximus inquired. I bet Emmet saw our car parked in the middle of the road and followed. He gestured at his father something before quickly heading our way.

“She’s so upset,” Kaye complained to his brother, who gestured for him to step aside. Once he was the one standing by the door for me, he ran his fingertips onto my cheek to push my hair off my face.

“16 August is her birthday. That is the night when—and now that day, she will be fighting him,” Emmet spoke up, causing gasps from his brothers to hit my ears. I closed my eyes because I wanted the world to disappear to hide myself from everyone.

It was then I felt a hand turn me in the seat, his hard chest pressing against my face. I knew who it was.

Emmet.

“It’s alright. Maybe it happened because you have to win that night. You’re going to replace the memories of that night with something victorious. You have no idea what it means if you win. You’ll be an Alpha Queen, the first one to challenge someone and win. You can have a say in werewolf court and even suggest rules that will help out victims,” his soft and comforting tone made me take a deep breath and finally open my eyes. He broke the hug and cupped my face in his hands.

“All I know is that you will win. That the night of 16 August is not the night of your destruction, that night will be remembered as the biggest fall of an Alpha King,” he said confidently, his brothers nodding and giving me support. When I thought I wouldn’t be able to cheer up, he proved me wrong. I was suddenly smiling through tears. I will do it, and I will win.