Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 523

Chapter 523: 523-The Fool Is At It Again

Darius:

“Huh! You want to marry that woman?” Dad had been yelling at me ever since I arrived home.

I sat on the couch with my body hunched over, elbows resting on my thighs, and my eyes squeezed shut at the complaint my father was making.

Ever since I had spoken to Helanie, I had been feeling so angry that I couldn’t think straight.

“You know Vonston called me. He said I need to help you and that he thinks you might be obsessed with that girl. Do you have any idea what your statements today caused for us? Everyone who used to think Helanie was the desperate one who wanted to marry an alpha is now suspicious of you,” he kept going on and on.

My sister sat on a separate sofa, her eyes blank as if they no longer recognized me. I didn’t get what I had done so wrong that my family wasn’t believing me.

“It wasn’t because of me. It was because of that loser, Zellu. He hurt Helanie and now we all seem like bad people. I just wish his death is a lie so I can get my hands on him and kill him myself for torturing an innocent she-wolf,” I used as much anger as I could to show I would never do something like that.

However, a scoff from my sister silenced me.

“Do you really think you sound believable?” Her calm face but cold tone cut deep.

“You still don’t believe me, do you?” I asked her, tears forming in my eyes.

“Still? You’re speaking as if you’ve proven yourself to be innocent. Almost all of your friends have confessed, Darius. Do you think I’m an idiot? The fact that you have a sister and still did this to another woman—did you not think about what would happen if someone did the same to your sister?” Her eyes started to water and that’s when my fists clenched.

“If anyone—anyone harmed you—I will burn—” I pointed a finger at her, but she started chuckling.

“Oh please, I’d rather have no one fight for me than ask you for revenge. That girl went through hell, her life was turned upside down because I failed to raise you. I just don’t understand where I went wrong,” she broke down and my father glared at me.

There was no lie in the fact that Jessica was our whole world. My father would bury me alive if I didn’t prove myself innocent.

“And Dad, you—” I was shocked when she mentioned Dad too.

“The fact that even his friends admitted to being trash and still you’re calling Helanie disgusting or acting like the idea of anyone marrying her is gross makes me wonder—Mom must be happier dying than seeing this version of you. That would’ve been hell for her,” my sister was losing her mind, but I knew she was just hurt because of Norman.

I didn’t want to believe she was choosing Helanie over me. But there were some rumors—I heard someone say—my sister had been digging up info about my friends.

Was she planning something against us?

“For the last time, I didn’t do it. The others might have—but I’m innocent. Helanie is just taking her anger out on everyone who ever crossed paths with her. That’s all I’ll say,” I got up and started to leave because my father had begun to yell at me after he saw my sister cry.

“We should have killed her when we had the chance. All of this could’ve been avoided,” my wolf suggested.

“No! We made a mistake when we didn’t check the area properly. If I had known she was alive, I would’ve caught her while she was still alone and forced her to marry me,” I grunted as I walked out of the mansion and headed into the woods to shift.

“I don’t think she’ll marry us. Didn’t you see the look on her face? The light in her eyes? I think we should focus more on getting better at combat instead of thinking about marrying her,” my wolf groaned, trying to reason with me—but I didn’t care. I had my own plans.

The only reason I was going to win was so I could make her marry me—and then I’d break all that stubbornness out of her.

“What about Rhiz?” he asked as I started to take off my clothes.

“Hmm, he’s in hiding. I’m sure he’s trying to avoid contact with anyone. But if I’m going down, baby, I’m taking everyone down with me,” I let out a laugh as I noticed a notification on my phone.

Seeing Kaidon’s name made me a little nervous.

I tapped the livestream and saw how many people were joining. Since he was also involved in the case, people were keeping a close eye on him.

“I know you all know me from the case. That’s a terrible way to be known, but I want you to see me differently from now on,” Kaidon said. “You need to know me as a coward. The one who gets abducted, restrained, and drugged so easily. I was given so many chances to do the right thing, to get her justice. Did I do it? Absolutely not. I made one wrong decision after another and that poor girl paid the price for it. I was drugged, so my words aren’t taken seriously, but there’s this memory that recently came back to me. My friends showed me videos of the man who used to bully me while pressuring me to take my anger out on the victim. During that time, I vaguely remember looking at her face while they pinned her down, and I noticed the pendant around her neck. That’s all I remember. You know what that means? She didn’t take her pendant off to seduce us. Her alpha boyfriend admitted he was the one who took it off—but she had it back on so quickly after we showed up. Otherwise, how did her scent drive us crazy but not affect her boyfriend? He was able to run away. In all these statements, there are holes. But one thing’s clear—she was gangraped, and it was all our fault.”

That fool kept going and I had to call his mother to get him off the live stream. We’ve been keeping him from going outside, almost chaining him inside his house.

I won’t let him ruin this fight for me. I must marry Helanie.