Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates novel Chapter 655

Chapter 655: 655-Already Having Sex With Her

Helanie:

"Every person makes a wish for how they want their body to be treated once they’re gone. Azura always wanted to be sent to the ocean after her death. So when her body was found in a well—the one Emmet had retrieved her from—we gave her a warrior’s farewell. We laid her body in a boat, surrounded it with flowers, and let the tide carry her out to sea," Norman explained as we all sat in the living room among the other housemates. They had returned as well.

"So you’re telling us that she woke up in the sea and then took years to come back?" Emma asked, while I stayed quiet.

"No! That’s what’s confusing us. It’s not possible. She was dead for days before her body was sent out," Norman argued, and his father rubbed his face with both hands. I noticed my mother’s eyes on me, she looked worried.

"So how is she alive now?" Charlotte asked, her eyes flicking to me. At this point, I wondered if everyone knew the situation between me and my mates.

So every time someone asked anything about Azura, they’d glance at me with eyes full of sympathy, and I hated it.

"Because the Moon Goddess sent her back."

We all fell silent when Emmet showed up. He didn’t seem too pleased that everyone was questioning her return instead of being happy for him. I sighed again, rubbing my hands on my jeans.

"Emmet, we would have celebrated if it were possible. When has anyone ever come back from the dead?" Norman said, and Maximus looked visibly upset too.

"It’s always the start of something. Don’t tell me you think it’s impossible when we live in a world where strange things happen all the time," Emmet stood tall, his fists clenched, but he looked more alive than he had in days.

"Okay, let her wake up and we’ll ask her how she came back," Lord McQuoid suggested, and Emma started nodding.

"We should make sure she isn’t some creature just wearing Azura’s skin—" Emma was in the middle of speaking when Emmet’s sharp glare shut her up.

"I hugged her, I knew her scent. She is Azura. But sure, she’ll tell you all herself," Emmet said defensively before turning and walking back to his room.

"Yep. Not Azura at all," Maximus muttered, clearly still suspicious. His eyes then landed on me, and he just stared in silence.

"Anyway, the list of new people showing up just keeps growing," Emma said with an eye roll, before everyone started heading off to their rooms. Now it was just Maximus, Norman, and me, sitting awkwardly.

"Are you okay?" Maximus finally broke the silence, leaning forward with his elbows on his thighs.

"I’m fine. I’m happy for him," I said, though it took effort to get the words out because I wasn’t fine.

But telling them wouldn’t change anything. I didn’t want to seem like the desperate one who wanted all her mates.

The mate eclipse was over, so there would be no reason for us to get intimate by force anymore.

"Why are you so quiet, Norman?" Maximus asked, making me turn to look at Norman, who was leaning back on the couch with the tip of his index finger on his temple and his thumb under his chin, forming a V shape.

"How is she alive again?" Norman repeated his question.