Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates novel Chapter 369

Chapter 369: 369-The Rise Of The Organization

Norman:

"Emmet, calm down. I took care of everything," I told my brother, watching him anxiously pace around. It wasn’t like Emmet to behave so nervously. He would usually take a sip of his wine and relax whenever he was stressed out. But this time, he refused to calm down.

"Maximus filled me in on what happened in class today. Why the heck did Kaye make that comment?" Emmet faced me again, asking me the same question.

I knew—I was disgusted too. My brother shouldn’t have gone that far.

"I’m sure he didn’t mean it. He was just so angry that—"

"Norman, it must have hurt her so much. You don’t know her—the trauma—Goddess!" Emmet cut me off.

"I know the words were harsh, but no real harm was done," I tried to reason.

"How do you know? Those words weren’t just nothing to her. They must have struck her hard." I didn’t get what Emmet was implying.

"Brother, is there anything I need to know?" I asked.

Emmet scoffed and took small steps around me. "Forget it. It’s not my story to tell." There was a subtle unease in his voice when he said the word ’story.’

"What story?" I inquired, narrowing my eyes at him, but he refused to look back at me.

He was hiding something. He must have known more about Helanie and why she was so secretive all the time. I knew it too. I mean, I learned from her body language that she was hiding some trauma, but what it was—I didn’t know.

I didn’t explore because I realized she wasn’t comfortable with it. But I knew Emmet—he was the curious one. He liked knowing everyone’s story, and somehow, she might have confessed something to him.

I watched him look so worried for her.

’And she never shared anything with us,’ my wolf howled weakly. It was odd how he almost never communicated but suddenly had something to say when it was about Helanie.

"I don’t want to talk about it. I just hope she’s feeling okay now," Emmet showed so much care and concern for Helanie. But then he paused and turned to me. "Are those two fools okay?"

I was waiting for him to ask about his brothers.

"It’s Kaye!" I watched him narrow his eyes at my response. "He’s acting odd. I stared into his eyes today, and I found emptiness. Emmet—" I cleared my throat as I gently placed my hand on my chest. "One heartbeat is struggling way more than the others."