Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates novel Chapter 444

Chapter 444: 444-The Ugly Truth And The Brother’s Rage

Norman:

I couldn’t understand what that text meant. What culprit? And who threatened her? What blackmail material did they have on her to make her run away?

So I was right—she left on her own.

"And you guys thought putting me to sleep was the right decision?" Maximus threw another vase at Kaye, who dodged it and rolled his eyes.

"Now who’s wasting time?" Kaye commented with a shrug.

I didn’t like his behavior. I had been noticing my brothers acting weird lately, but only now was I realizing that it had gone too far.

When looking into Kaye’s eyes, I could barely see my brother. It felt like an imposter was trying hard to look empathetic toward us and others.

"It’s Emmet who’s wasting time," I reminded them that we had another brother who didn’t even remember who Helanie was.

"Let’s go. I don’t care who’s wasting time—I’m leaving to look for her." Maximus put on his shoes, still a little wobbly.

After I received that text message, I tried to track it down, but then the snow got so bad that we had to retreat our warriors. We brothers stayed outside while Maximus slept on wolfsbane. But that search turned into a fight with glims. So our time was wasted.

"I’m ready, let’s head out," Emmet arrived, and we started our journey together.

Our attention was no longer on the monsters—we were focused on Helanie.

Now it was the third day, and the hostel fellows had been blowing up our phones, asking about Helanie. The bad signals helped us keep the secret for a while, but before long, they would start showing up at the mansion in groups.

Not that they hadn’t already.

But we always lied about her being out getting groceries or something.

We were on edge about going around without any idea where to look for her. What confused us the most was that even when we got a lead, it didn’t help us at all.

And Emmet being so clueless wasn’t helping either.

"Emmet, you know we’re looking for a blonde chick, right?" I groaned at Kaye, and I bet I heard Maximus growl at him as well.

How did he find a moment to joke?

Wasn’t he her mate? And if I’m not wrong, he had accepted her.

Unless... something was very wrong with him.

But we continued our journey.

"She must be hiding somewhere then. Whoever was scaring her must have made her run away," Maximus suggested.

We didn’t even want to think about the possibility that something had happened to her.

The monsters had attacked many rogues in the woods, and their bodies were never found because they would eat every last bone. But I disagreed when a warrior suggested that something similar might have happened to Helanie.

"You do realize there aren’t many places in the rogue community where one can hide from the snow? She either went to a pack—which is very unlikely—or she’s hiding in a mansion, a hostel, or the academy. All places we’ve already searched, and she’s not there," Kaye took a realistic approach, but I wished he had stayed quiet.

"So what are you saying? That we just go back and act like it’s fine that she’s gone?" Maximus yelled again.

I felt bad for him. He had been so emotional.

And while I watched them argue, something suddenly clicked in my head.

"Or maybe a cave!"

As soon as I said that, the three of them turned to me.

"And I know a cave she recently took an interest in."

My heart started pounding at my words, almost like it was thanking me for noticing.

"Which cave?" Emmet asked.

"There’s one cave she knows." _{freewēbnoveℓ.com}