Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates novel Chapter 688

Chapter 688: 688-Luring Me In

Helanie:

My heart skipped a beat watching Emmet hug Azura back. That was a shocker. But I had a bad feeling it stemmed from the fact that his brothers had objections to our relationship. I felt like he had given up—on us, for us.

There’s no way I’d believe he was playing me while also being ready to take things further with Azura.

"I heard you guys did an amazing job with the case," Norman said proudly.

"Yeah, it was mostly Emmet," I interrupted. "I was kind of going through a hard time in there until they all apologized. It was a nice feeling to know they’ve finally understood their mistakes," I uttered while still in Norman’s arms.

Emmet and Azura headed inside the mansion, while we stayed outside.

"You saw that?" Maximus said, pointing at the door, but Emmet was already gone. "He was playing with you."

I closed my eyes and clenched my jaw. "Maximus, can we not talk about it?" I didn’t like how they were demonizing him.

"He’s playing you both—" Maximus stopped mid-sentence, and I followed his gaze to Norman.

"He’s our brother," Norman reminded him, making me wonder if he even remembered himself.

"He is not," I said, pulling away from Norman. "He told me she cursed him."

Sometimes I hated how we kept things from each other while sharing a bed. It was like we were the most open about intimate stuff, yet the moment it came to something important, we kept secrets.

"Cursed?" Maximus’s expression suddenly shifted.

"He recalled the whole event from that night. He doesn’t believe you did anything wrong," I said to Norman, before beginning to recall every detail Emmet had told me, including the heartbroken curse.

Norman and Maximus exchanged a look, then stepped away.

"Hello? You two need to tell me your thoughts!" I snapped, frustrated. "It’s time we shared everything. What if I know something that could change your perception? Or you know something that could help my own investigation?"

They exchanged heavier, deeper breaths, clearly needing time together first.

"I need to figure something out," Norman said just as his phone began ringing.

"Hello? Yeah? Are you sure? Okay, we’re on our way." He hung up, and the urgency on his face told me it was serious.

"The warriors are certain they saw Kaye near our mother’s pack," Norman explained.

Maximus nodded and turned to enter the mansion, but then paused, glancing back at us.

"It’s the full moon tonight. We need to get our hands on Kaye and bring him to Helanie," Maximus said firmly. Then he added, "In that case, Helanie must come with us. We’ll book a hotel room for her in the pack. If we leave her here and catch Kaye there, it’ll be morning before we even get him back to her."

Norman began nodding at his brother’s suggestion.

"Wait, but you’ll be transitioning, Maximus. It would be dangerous for you to be in a pack and go through a transition while I’m also busy," Norman said, making my skin prickle with goosebumps.

We’d almost forgotten about Maximus. Pack members would lose their minds if they found out a Lycan was in their territory.

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