Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates novel Chapter 40

Chapter 40: 40-True Love Saved The Day?

Helanie:

"Helanie!" Kaye held my hand, trying to pull me away, but I couldn’t feel my legs anymore. My vision blurred from tears as Kaye wrapped his arms around my body to carry me. I could sense his strength, yet he still struggled to move me from my spot.

"Ahahahaha!" Rune’s laughter echoed through the air, his head disappearing into the clouds.

"Kill them!" As my false mother yelled, I found Kaye standing before me, placing his hand on my chest.

"You will not let them win; you are my mate. Together, we are stronger than they can imagine." His warm hand slipped beneath my shirt to touch my skin, resting over my heart.

"Ahhh!" I gasped, waking up.

"Ugh!" Rune yelled, attacking us again. Kaye raised his head to assess the situation, then carried me and rolled us both onto the ground, saving us once more. I caught a glimpse of Rune’s head submerged in the earth before he rose again. He would take a few moments to calm down before launching another assault.

I struggled to look away from the damage Rune’s head caused to the ground. And once I did look away, I found Kaye staring at my face.

My body was connected to his, my hands on his chest. I was breathing on his face when I noticed my pendant touching his lips. Just the thought of his soft lips touching anything that belonged to me caused a shiver to run down my spine.

"Get him away from her!" Rune screamed as he charged his strength. I was lying on top of Kaye when the guards arrived, grabbing my arms to pull me away from him.

They broke our intense eye contact, taking me away from Kaye as he held onto my hand.

I watched his hand slip through my skin, unable to hold on. It all happened in slow motion until Kaye’s fingers brushed against mine and I was finally snatched away from him.

"Ugh!" Kaye groaned when they grasped his arms too. They clung to him, surrounding him—many against one. As they pulled me away, I watched Rune shift his focus to Kaye. He was going to attack him. I looked around at my fake family until I noticed something I had overlooked before.

Not overlooked in the sense that it hadn’t intrigued me until now.

My mother was the only one with roses in her hair. It had been just one when I first woke up here, but it changed to two out of the blue in the middle of my dance with Rune when Kaye arrived.

And then it clicked.

These were the exact type of roses that we had to sniffle from in order to wake up in this messed up dream prison.

"Kaye! I know how we can escape this nightmare!" I yelled, making him turn his face toward me with great effort as the guards held him, attempting to chain him. He fought with every ounce of strength he had at that moment.

It made sense why he couldn’t transition. This was Rune’s world, a dream world. Nothing here was real, so when Rune decided to make Kaye a wolfless creature, he took away his wolf.

"How—," Kaye yelled.

"Try to get away from them and reach me," I shouted, hissing at my false mother, who was digging her nails into my skin.

"Got it," Kaye replied, landing a punch on the guard’s face, causing him to tumble back. He then effortlessly kicked the one in front and headbutted another who tried to hold him. Even without his werewolf abilities here, he was still capable of fighting them off.

"How could you even be on his side? He comes from the scary world where you were so unhappy," my mother was screaming at me, her eyes filled with anger and rage.

As Kaye battled the others, I ran toward my mother. She looked petrified as I grabbed her by the hair.