Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 606

Chapter 606: 606-Down The Well Or Maybe Hell.
Helanie:

“He is still weak. We need to give him proper attention,” Norman announced as he stood beside Maximus, who was throwing up blood in bed. But he was awake. We had done it.

“Helanie!” Norman ran over to my bed. I was sitting and watching my mates. Kaye was rubbing Maximus’s back, but the smile and tears of happiness on his face showed he was satisfied with the results of his suggestion.

“Hey, how are you?” Norman asked, cupping my face in his hands.

“I’m fine. I missed you,” my lips quivered, but before I could tear up, Norman pulled me into his chest and hugged me.

“We killed that Rune. That dream prison is gone,” I added, making Norman break the hug and stare into my eyes.

“My little fighter,” he was smiling so wide that I couldn’t help but give him the good news.

“Norman!” His name came out in a soft whisper, so he pulled back again to watch my face with interest. Holding his hand, I placed it on my stomach.

I had been feeling nauseous all this time, but I couldn’t tell if I was really pregnant. However, when Rune said I was, I knew it was the truth.

“You’re going to be a dad,” I was so happy I couldn’t even speak the words, just mouthed the words, and he gasped.

“Helanie! Really?” he asked, his eyes turning red almost instantly as tears of happiness formed.

“Yes, I’m pregnant,” I said confidently this time, and he pulled me in for another hug. But this hug—this hug was unlike anything. The way he kept his arms wrapped around my body and breathed deeply was the reaction I had hoped for.

“You’re gonna squeeze the baby out of me,” I laughed, and he quickly let me go, looking worried.

“I won’t let anything happen to you or my baby,” he cupped my face in his hands, both of us smiling as he kissed my lips.

“Hey! You didn’t even hug me once,” Maximus called him out, getting out of the bed and leaving the cage. He touched the bars, almost like remembering his time being trapped in there or maybe just realizing he had been here all this time.

“Did you hear what she just said?” Norman turned to his brothers, both Kaye and Maximus watching his face like he’d lost his mind. I’d never seen Norman this excited and happy before. His voice kept breaking.

“What?” Kaye asked, looking confused.

“I’m… I’m going to be a dad.” As soon as Norman said that, his brothers looked at me.

I half expected them to freak out, and I immediately thought how much that would upset Norman. But they surprised me when Maximus grabbed Norman by the back of the neck to pull him up from the bed and turn to him. Without another second’s delay, he hugged his brother.

“Congratulations, grandpa! I never thought you could get it up,” he teased, crying while the two hugged each other. I could hear Norman sobbing happily too.

The minute they broke the hug, Kaye stepped into view, and Norman stopped crying. The two stared in silence, probably wondering what would happen next, when Kaye joined his palms together in front of his brother and said,

“I’m so sorry for giving you such a hard time. I’m really, really happy for you.”

With that, Kaye started crying, and Norman hugged him. The brothers looked so happy together that it made me tear up too.

“Come on! Get in!” Maximus broke the hug just so he could ask me to join them, and I instantly did.

I shyly got on my knees on the bed, and Norman hugged me while my mates wrapped their arms around us for a group hug. After a while, we broke the hug when Maximus started coughing again.

“Where is Emmet?” Norman looked around, and so did I. We were only one hour past midnight, so we still had plenty of time.

“He wasn’t feeling well, so he left to take a walk outside the mansion,” Kaye told us, his eyes on Maximus as he helped him wrap an arm around his shoulders and supported him as he walked.

“Let me help him,” Norman ran to the other side to carry Maximus’s weight.

“Helanie, you need rest too. Please go to your bedroom. We’ll return in an hour after we figure out how to comfort Maximus. I guess all the blood he consumed in his lycan form is coming out,” Norman explained. “And it’s still a full moon night, so, he’s struggling not to shift.”

This was the first full moon that Maximus stayed in his human form. I wished it would stay that way, but I could tell it wouldn’t, because Maximus’s bones kept breaking.

“Okay,” I said to Norman, who rushed Maximus outside, probably to help him with the full moon transition.

I didn’t want to bother them but I wasn’t going to my bedroom either. I had promised to help Emmet, and I knew this was where he had gone. He had asked me to meet him at the well tonight. He must be there alone.

I tried to call him, but his phone was switched off. I ran to his bedroom and opened the door to find it empty as well. I was sure he was at the well.

“We must go there and help him out,” I whispered, touching my stomach as a smile crept over my lips. I was finally the happiest I’d ever been in my life.

When I ran out of the mansion, I noticed the bad weather. Emmet must be alone, probably thinking I wouldn’t come. But here I was, rushing over.

I ran until I reached the area where Emmet had mentioned seeing a well. However, it was so stormy that I could barely make out what was in front of me.

Finally, I could see a well, but I couldn’t see Emmet around. I reached the wall of the well, placed my hand on it, and looked over and then around. Emmet wasn’t there.

I didn’t look down the well, something just told me not to. I had the sudden urge to step back quickly, but it was too late.

I felt the pressure of hands on my back, and the next thing I knew, I was falling down the well.