Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates novel Chapter 368

Chapter 368: 368-A Great Offer

Helanie:

After a few minutes, the class was over, and the brothers had gathered in a corner.

"Hey, Helanie," I heard Rudy call out to me, jogging toward me in his tracksuit. Their training session started after ours finished. We were preparing to head back to the academy when Rudy spotted me.

I slowed down to fall behind the crowd and have a word with him. All the while, I was aware of the eyes on me—the brothers, standing together and talking, had turned their attention toward us when they heard Rudy yell.

"Hi," I replied meekly, feeling awkward after everything that happened today.

"Don’t be too sad. Not everyone can do everything. Besides, you know yourself—once you get into something, you come out victorious," Rudy stopped near me, smiling and speaking in an encouraging tone. I realized he was referring to the earlier incident.

"Yeah, but combat is the one thing everyone has told me I can’t do," I muttered. Even though I had learned a lot with Norman, and he had done a great job waking my wolf, it was still difficult for me to ace every exercise—especially when they were outside the syllabus.

"You know what? How about I train you?" Rudy’s sudden offer brought a small, broken smile to my lips. "Don’t worry, I’ll get my fee. You’ll have to join me for dinner every night and listen to me ramble about nonsense."

He spoke so charmingly that I felt like his training might actually help me.

"Thank you so much. I’ll owe you big time," I said. I wanted to train, so whatever help I could get, I took it.

"Good, see you then." He looked down and blushed. "I’ll, umm, head back to my own class now." There was a subtle, flirtatious look in his eyes that he kept casting at me after I accepted his offer.

As he walked away, I noticed the brothers silently glaring at me. I didn’t care what they thought of me now. Kaye had proven he had it out for me, so I needed to learn how to defend myself against his attacks—whether verbal or... I just hoped they wouldn’t sink to a new low where the strikes became physical.

"Wait up!" I was on my way to the academy when Maximus caught up with me. I should have known the brothers weren’t the type to let things go easily.

"What was he saying?" Maximus stepped in my way, his hands on his waist.

"Max! Come back," Norman yelled from afar, but Maximus ignored him, holding up a hand to signal him to wait.

"He wants to train you?" Maximus repeated Rudy’s words. So they had heard him.

"Yeah," I replied, sidestepping to get past him, but he moved right back in my way.

"Why? You’ve already been trained by Norman. Why Rudy now?" His tone was so aggressive that I felt the need to remind him he wasn’t my mate and had no right to question me.

"Sir, you should focus on your own fiancée, not me. I will spend time with whoever I want. Please understand that every training session and class will only strengthen my abilities," I spoke respectfully but in the coldest tone possible.