Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 593

Chapter 593: 593-Divided We Fall
Helanie:

“Norman, please,” I whispered from behind him, breaking their attention from each other. I felt so guilty that I wanted to run far away from all of them.

“Amazing. Threatening your brother—the one you claimed to love. Is it too much to ask you to at least let us know?” Kaye slapped his hand away again. “Fine, we’ll never speak of you or your mate again.” Kaye’s eyes shifted to me, and he hissed, making a decision that would hurt his brother.

“But let me tell you a secret—we will not reject her either. Let us all play with fire,” Kaye finished, shocking me with how angry he was.

“Helanie,” Norman reached back and took my hand to show Kaye that none of these things about me bothered him and that he stood by the decision that he could love his brothers and me at the same time, “let’s go take Maximus home.”

He said it to Kaye, but the minute we took a step toward Maximus, Kaye stepped in our way.

“No! You two will stay away from my brother. Emmet and I will take care of him. You two should go home, plan your honeymoon or whatever crap you want to do behind our backs,” Kaye yelled, using his finger to gesture for us to move away.

“We can do it, Emmet? Right?” Kaye didn’t turn to Emmet but waited for his response.

In a calm and casual way, Emmet stepped toward Kaye and then bent down to pick up Maximus from the ground and put him on his back. It was his way of showing he was siding with Kaye.

“But he is my brother too,” I felt Norman’s body shake as he asked Kaye to let him carry Maximus. The lycan was heavy, so they would need to take turns carrying him, and Norman wanted to be part of it.

“We were just your subjects of interest. Broken brothers you wanted to fix, and in return, you took a heavy price from us,” Kaye hissed, his eyes landing on me once again before he turned to walk away with Emmet.

“Norman, are you okay?” I felt so guilty that even speaking a word was hard for me at that moment.

“Did you hear him? How could he do this to me? How could they—I cared for them for years, Helanie. I would have told them everything, but it all happened so fast. And you guys were all broken up,” he started explaining himself to me, and it brought tears to my eyes.

I never thought Norman would be so devastated.

“All my life, I’ve put them above myself, and I don’t regret it, but they—they won’t even let me see Maximus anymore. He is my brother—they are my baby brothers—I’m not selfish,” as his voice broke, I got to see a side of him I don’t ever want to see again. I want Norman to shine like the arrogant one—that suits him.

This one was too broken and it broke me.

He kept rubbing his chest constantly, and it was scary. I kept thinking about the nightmare I had earlier.

“I love them a lot,” he whispered.

I was confused and guilty for breaking these brothers apart. If I hadn’t jumped from one brother to the other, none of this would have happened. Kaye was right.

I was a whore.

I put a wedge between them. It was okay as long as it was my fated mates, but Norman—he wasn’t my fated mate. And I couldn’t control myself around him either.

“Maybe we should have just—not done it. I hate that I’m the reason your brothers are doing this to you,” but the minute those words left my lips, the tension in Norman’s body stopped. He stopped moving around and turned to me.

“Helanie, don’t ever say that,” his voice was firm this time. “How could you regret giving me the most comfort and amazing moments of my life? Don’t ever look at us and feel guilty. I love you—and it hurts to say, but I love you a little more than my brothers.” He tilted his head and a big tear rolled down his cheek.

Before he could wipe it away, I rushed toward him and started rubbing my hand all over his face.

“I don’t regret it either. I just wish I had done it in a better way. It wasn’t your fault, it was mine. I just don’t understand why fate brought us together if we’re not even fated mates. How could I have fallen for you when I have a mate bond with others?” I whispered, feeling so lost in that moment.

We stayed like that for a while before we held hands and walked behind the brothers. We stayed at a distance because getting closer wasn’t an option anymore. Kaye and Emmet kept switching Maximus from one shoulder to the other.

“Yeah, make sure the mansion is empty for a few hours,” I heard Norman speaking on the phone. He had already arranged a place for Maximus in the basement.

“Sure, soundproof it and do the other necessary changes I sent you,” I had to step in and make the arrangements. Kaye was emotional, but he hadn’t thought about where he would keep Maximus. For that, Norman had to step in and silently prepare everything.

After we arrived at the mansion, just like Norman had told his warriors, the household members had been settled at the hostel for the day.

“Where is everyone?” Right at the door, Kaye started to remember he couldn’t just bring Maximus in like that.

“I took care of them,” Norman replied as he walked past him and got inside before him. Norman didn’t turn around, but I saw the look of guilt on Kaye’s face before he looked at me—and that guilt washed away.

However, not everyone had left. There was someone who had refused to go.

“What did you do to my son?” Lady Darcy had been sitting and waiting for our arrival, and the minute we stepped in, she started screaming at me.