Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates novel Chapter 246

Chapter 246: 246-Not A Gold Digger

Helanie:

My mother’s words had left me deeply bothered. I went straight to my room and lay down in my bed, sleeping until midnight.

The howls were louder that night, and I could tell they were different from the howls of a werewolf. They were of lycans.

At this point, I thought I could differentiate between the howls easily. I stayed in my bed until the howls turned deadly. My body shuddered, and I jumped up, sitting straight and looking around at the windows that I almost never cover up.

Soon the commotion in the mansion made me run out of my room to find everyone gathered in the living room. Some of the housemaids and the chefs, who were mostly at the maid’s corner, had also come out.

My mother’s eyes helplessly lingered on my face before she looked away. I joined them silently, standing between Charlotte, Emma, and my mother.

"Lord McQuoid is confirming with his warriors that the mansion is safe," my mother whispered, probably relaying the information to me since Emma and Charlotte already knew.

"It is. I am sure it is. These kinds of noises are just normal," Charlotte, even when shaking at the whole situation, still managed to shrug her shoulders.

"I hope it is. It seems like someone’s arrival always brings in troubles," Emma scoffed, making me roll my eyes at them.

"I will go see what is going on at the front gate." I didn’t want to stay behind with these women and hear them throw jabs at me. But the minute I began to pace forward, my mother hastily rushed to block my path.

"And what will you do? Just because you passed some tests, you think you are stronger than my mate? He will deal with it and come back with the information. As for you, don’t get yourself in trouble just for wanting to be saved by someone," she was yelling her head off. Honestly speaking, it came so out of the blue that I didn’t even know how to respond to her, so I went back to my room.

I slammed the door shut and went back to bed. I was sure everything was fine. And sure enough, after a few minutes, everything was back to normal.

Morning was rather dull. I didn’t leave my room, and the maid assigned by Maximus for my comfort brought my breakfast to my room.

After I was done showering and changing into blue skinny jeans, I held my sweater and wondered when it would dry out. The weather was bad outside, it had been raining, and I washed my clothes early in the morning.

I sighed as I put my sweater down again and grabbed my uniform’s shirt. It was in that moment that the urgency of buying new clothes hit me.

"I don’t have a penny," I groaned at myself for living so carelessly as if I didn’t have to buy stuff for myself.

"What can I even do to earn money," I hissed at myself as I left the room. Since my room was right at the entrance, I walked out on Lord McQuoid leaving for work.