Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 590

Chapter 590: 590-Ruined Me
Emmet:

“Come on, Emmet, we can’t just keep lying here,” my wolf hissed, trying to wake me up to a world that had nothing left for me.

“Meret, let me rest. I don’t want to hear another word from you,” I warned him, folding my arm over my eyes and trying to shut everything out.

“Emmet?”

A gentle voice from outside my door made me move my arm as quickly as I could.

“Don’t trust the voice,” my wolf muttered.

“Helanie?”

I ignored my wolf and focused on the voice. It was really her. How I suddenly recognized her from just her voice was beyond me. I only focused on the fact that she was outside the door.

I got up and reached the door, answering it without delay or fear of her leaving if I didn’t respond immediately.

And just like I thought, she was standing outside with a bright smile on her face and a food tray in her hands.

“What are you doing here?” I asked, watching her smile sweetly.

“I came to see you,” she replied, walking into the room. I stepped aside to let her pass. She sat down on the bed and placed the tray to the side, smiling so warmly that I couldn’t help but walk closer and sit beside her.

She suddenly turned around and held my face in her hands.

“Have you forgiven me for the mess earlier–” I began, but before I could explain which of the screw-ups I meant, she leaned in for a kiss. I quickly went quiet to let our lips meet. But before they could, I felt a sharp pain in my neck.

I opened my eyes in shock and saw her holding a dagger–she had stabbed me.

“I told you, do not trust this Helanie,” my wolf shouted.

“I will not rest until I finish you,” her voice began to change into a weird monster-like creature.

I jolted awake, sitting up in bed. I noticed someone in the bathroom.

“There’s someone showering in my bathroom?” It didn’t make any sense. I had been in my room the whole time. Usually, no one comes in like that, so someone using the bathroom was a big deal.

“Is anyone in there?” I called out, getting up from the bed and knocking on the door.

“Hey!” I knocked again, louder and clearer. The water stopped, and I took a step back from the door.

The door unlocked and slowly started to open, but only partway.

“Yes?”

Through the small gap, Helanie stepped into view. I could tell she was completely naked.

I quickly looked away and awkwardly cleared my throat. “I’m so sorry. I didn’t know you were using my bathroom.”

“It’s alright. But I need your help. Why don’t you come inside and help me shower?”

Her words made the hairs on my skin stand up. I looked up and saw her smiling at me.

“Do not trust this Helanie,” my wolf muttered.

“Emmet, I know you are out there. Why won’t you come inside and help me? Do you not care about me anymore?” it was Helanie’s voice and she needed my help.

“She is Helanie. This one is real. The other one was just a nightmare,” I replied, quickly taking her hand as she reached it out through the crack.

The moment she held my hand, she let out a howl and started peeling off my skin. Panic rushed through me, and I pushed her back, trying to get away–then I woke myself up.

“Ugh!” I hissed, tired of this back and forth. It had happened for the twentieth time in one night.

At this point, I didn’t even know what was real and what wasn’t.

Then I heard a knock on the door again.

“Yes?” I called out, not really believing it.

“Do not trust this Helanie,” my wolf muttered, warning me to be careful.

I started walking toward the door, and when I opened it–just like before–it was Helanie holding a tray of food. But this time, I knew it wasn’t Helanie. I wasn’t going to let her trick me again.

So, I pushed the tray aside and pulled her inside, pinning her against the wall.

But then she said my name–and I realized it wasn’t a nightmare this time.

Her mother rushed in, pushing me off her daughter and dragging Helanie away.

For a second, I couldn’t understand what had just happened–or what the hell I’d done.

“You told me not to trust her!” I yelled at my wolf, quickly grabbing my shoes to run after them and explain that I didn’t do anything on purpose. Or at least tell them why I messed up.

“Helanie!”

I left my room, running after them down the hall, but they were already at the main mansion.

Once I got to the living room, I saw everyone standing there, staring at me.

“What is going on?” my father stepped forward, questioning me.

There was Emma, her daughter, Helanie’s mother, and my father. Helanie had probably already gone to her room.

“Nothing. It was just one big misunderstanding–” I tried to walk past my father, but he put his hand on my chest to stop me.

“You are disgusting for doing that,” he hissed.

“He must have been drinking to act like that. He’s always drunk–some drunk guy wandering around a house full of women,” Emma said, her nose wrinkling, until her daughter shot her a glare to make her stop.

“I didn’t do anything–and no, I wasn’t drinking. I just–”

I rubbed my temples, unable to explain what was happening to me.

My wolf had lost it. I had lost it.

I was supposed to lose my memories, but hallucinations? That had never been a part of it. If it had, I would’ve ended myself a long time ago.

“I was there, and I saw it,” Emma said. “He had pinned Helanie to the bed and was trying to–rape her. After everything she’s been through, he tried to do that too.”

Her words made my heart drop. Something so awful shook my whole existence.