Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 550

Chapter 550: 550-People Are Finding Out The Truth
Helanie:

“Are you okay?” Norman asked, wrapping a towel around my shoulders to comfort me.

Charlotte and I had sat down next to the vehicles with cold drinks offered to us.

The warriors were taking Romeo’s body away while his parents had arrived at the location.

They didn’t speak to me, but I could tell they were hostile.

Darcy had shown up and cried the loudest, but her sons didn’t let her come near me. That’s why we were sitting a little farther from the scene.

“Helanie… are you okay?” a loud voice called out, and I turned to see Jessica getting out of her car and running toward me.

“She doesn’t hate you?” Charlotte complained softly.

I got up from my seat and stepped forward to show Jessica I was also happy to see her. She ran straight into my arms and pulled me into a tight hug.

“Oh my Goddess, I heard the news. He confessed,” she chirped, jumping up and down while still hugging me.

I laughed, and when we broke the hug, I noticed she was holding back tears. Her smile looked so fake.

Her lips kept twitching downward, almost like she wanted to break down.

“I heard his confession—” she sniffled, “almost all of them were part of horrible things. Just tell me… my brother… did he too?” She closed her eyes and clenched her jaw. Her nostrils flared when I gave a small nod.

“Jessica, I’m fine. I’m just glad justice is being served,” I said quickly, holding her hand and rubbing it between mine. I noticed how badly shaken she was.

“It’s so hard living in the same house and seeing him… every day. He’s training hard, Helanie. Please focus more on your own training from now on. The battle is in a week. Forget everything else and focus on your mission,” she said in a broken voice before forcing a smile for me.

“She’s right,” Vonston chimed in.

“I don’t know what to say. At this point, I can’t look at Alpha Darius and say he’s innocent. But he’ll never confess,” he groaned, clearly feeling guilty.

“His loss will be my victory. His crown on my head will be my justice. I’ll do my best for this battle,” I reassured both of them, all while noticing Jessica getting distracted by Norman.

“Helanie! I heard you fought the Zharn? Was it easy to beat him?” Vonston asked, referring to the ongoing threat against the packs and rogue community.

“It was pretty easy, to be honest,” I admitted. I remembered killing that thing in just a few minutes.

“Hmm, that’s strange. They’re supposed to be the best fighters from the evil organization,” he mumbled, looking down at the ground as if searching for answers.

“What is this organization?” I asked.

“Helanie! Focus on the battle first. Our warriors will deal with the Zharns. When you’re done getting justice for yourself, you’ll most likely wear the crown of Alpha Queen. Then you’ll learn all about the organization. You’ll find out everything soon enough,” Jessica said firmly, reminding me of what really mattered.

With a nod, I agreed with her.

“I’ll go say hello to Norman,” her face lit up as she whispered her next step to me. I guess meeting Norman was what she had been waiting for.

Her entire mood shifted from sadness to happiness as she began walking toward Norman.

Weirdly enough, Emmet and Kaye hadn’t shown up. Maximus was busy with the warriors, checking security against the Zharns.

“She’s going to steal Norman from you,” Charlotte’s voice pulled me back to reality. I turned to her, studying her body language. She didn’t seem too threatening at that moment.

“I trust her. Besides, Norman is her friend too,” I lied, avoiding the truth that she was still his fiancée and Norman had only married me until the next full moon.

“Hmm, it was disgusting,” Charlotte said, folding her arms across her chest as she stepped closer to me, “his confession.”

She bit her tongue and quickly looked away. “I used to think you were making stuff up. But then, one after another, alpha came out. I was still so arrogant that I didn’t care much. I was able to separate you from your trauma and still see you as my enemy. But then—then I was alone in the room with Romeo,” her eyes drifted off, lost in thought, “it was just a brief moment that he held my hand before you showed up. But those few seconds made me fear for my life.” She paused, and I immediately grew concerned.

She didn’t deserve to be alone in a room with that rapist.

“I’ll be honest with you. Maximus told me we had to go in there for another reason. It was only after you barged into that room that I realized how Maximus sees me. The fact that he thought I wouldn’t help get justice for a victim—that was a reality I had to face sooner or later.” I had never seen her speak so calmly and sincerely.

“That’s because you never sympathized with me,” I said softly. Maybe it would help her realize that Maximus didn’t assume things about her because of anything I said—he had seen her for who she was. He had lived with her, known her. And after all that, he decided Charlotte was a liar.

“You’re right. Helanie, that man woke something inside me. In those few seconds he held my hand and I looked into his eyes, I lived a nightmare. I saw my whole future flash in his eyes if I didn’t get away. My future looked like yours. A victim, all alone and hated,” she sniffled, then took a deep breath and straightened up, her voice turning firm.

“I want to make things right. And I want to start by telling a certain someone the truth about something very important.” Her tone was full of determination.

I followed her gaze—and saw her looking at Maximus.

Wait… was she going to tell Maximus that she had lied about being mates with him?