Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 604

Chapter 604: 604-We Are Stuck Forever
Helanie:

“What the fuck are you doing?” Maximus yelled after he caught up with me. He held my arm and made me stop, facing me.

“We can’t go back home. It’s too dangerous for us. That Rune—he’s not a president. He’s a monster. He is a monster who runs this place. This is not reality, the real world is our there and everyone is waiting for us there,” I said through heavy breaths, my hands on my knees and my mouth dry. I needed water so badly. Being human was so hard. I was just starting to realize that.

“I’m telling you, I’ve changed my mind. I don’t know what happened to us earlier but we’re not doing that,” Maximus scratched his scalp, confused that he even agreed to letting me have a threesome. Even I was disgusted to think about it now.

I’d rather die than let Rune touch me.

“Let’s go home.” He held my hand, but I shook my head.

“This isn’t home. This is a dream prison,” I freed my hand from his and stepped back, refusing to go anywhere with him because he wasn’t thinking clearly.

“Helanie, I don’t think you’re feeling okay. Do you have a fever?” He came closer to check my temperature, and I slapped his hand away.

“Okay, that’s it. I’m taking you home. You’re acting weird.” Of course he wouldn’t believe me. He’d been so unhappy in his real life that he was happily accepting this dream prison.

I wondered if he was so happy being married to me that he didn’t even want to go back. My heart ached when he held my hand to drag me back ‘home.’

“I’ll prove it to you that we’re not in the real world and that we need to get out,” I yelled, and suddenly the weather started getting worse. I pulled Maximus closer and tried to bite him on the neck when he stepped back quickly.

“What the heck are you doing? Have you lost your mind? Were you going to bite me?” he yelled, looking scared of what I was doing.

“Trust me, just let me bite you. It’ll be my mark on you, and then you can bite me to mark me,” I was running out of time. And it was just like last time. I hated this feeling. But back then, it was Kaye freaking out and now it was me.

However, being in the same place reminded me of Kaye and my other mates’ sacrifices. I started to feel connected to them, to miss them. I was scared to even admit it to myself because I didn’t want to hurt Norman. He would judge me if he found out I still had feelings for my mates. But didn’t he already know? When he married me, he knew I loved Emmet.

“Ugh,” I shook my head because I could never hurt Norman.

“You’re going crazy. I need to take you to the hospital,” Maximus tried to reach for my hand again, but I slipped my hand away and stepped back.

“No! If you trust me, you’ll let me mark you. I’m telling you, it won’t hurt like it would for a human. Trust me,” I started rambling when I heard noises from far away.

“What?” He looked lost and worried. He did notice there were people coming our way.

“They’re coming for us,” I helped him realize he wasn’t just going to meet some people looking for something as they were looking for us. And it was serious.

“Do you love me?” I held his hand again and asked him. His focus turned back to me.

“You know I do. More than myself,” he whispered, and for the first time in this dream prison, he didn’t sound delusional or hypnotized.

“Then bite me,” I said, “and let me bite you.”

I knew what I was asking sounded crazy in this world where we were made to believe we weren’t werewolves. He sighed and shook his head slightly, almost like he couldn’t believe he was really going to do it.

And then he held my hand and pulled me closer. Our eyes met, and I could see how handsome he was. My hands gently rested on his chest, my face tilted up to look into his eyes. He leaned into my neck and opened his mouth to bite me softly.

I guess he just wanted to make me happy, so he was going to do it lightly— until he tasted my skin. I felt his arm tighten around my back. His face pressed deeper into my neck, and this time his teeth bit harder.

I felt a sharp pain when he finally broke through my skin. I closed my eyes and smiled through tears. That pain I’d been feeling for so long was suddenly gone.

It was true.

The mark of a mate could cure any poison.

He finally pulled back with a look of confusion on his face. His eyes were watery, and his lips kept trembling like he wanted to say something.

Without wasting another second, I grabbed his collar and made him lower his head so I could bite his neck. His skin tasted like vanilla. I dug my teeth in deeper until I could taste his blood — that’s when I knew I’d done it.

When he held me up and lifted me into the air to help me reach his neck better, I got a stronger taste of his blood.

“There they are!” The loud voice broke us apart. I pulled back from Maximus and smiled through teary eyes. He was watching me with the same love and affection.

There was no way it didn’t work. The way he smiled and gently placed his hand under my cheek. I knew he had remembered we weren’t in the real world.

Or so I thought.

“I got her!” Maximus suddenly yelled, his hand slipping to my neck and wrapping tightly around it. I couldn’t even describe the shock I felt but I can say I was terrified of what was going to happen next.