Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates novel Chapter 588

Chapter 588: 588-Mark My Mates

Helanie:

"Mmmhmmm!" I broke the kiss with Kaye and watched him close his eyes and succumb to sleep. On my left lay Norman, on his stomach, naked in bed. And then there was Emmet, sleeping on top of me, our naked bodies touching.

I was still tired and wanted to sleep some more, but there was something missing.

Someone missing.

"Where is Maximus?" I asked myself, raising my head and finding the red ribbon attached to him stretched far away.

I realized I was bound to everyone with a red ribbon.

Carefully, getting out from under Emmet, I made my way to the balcony, where the red ribbon led.

We’d had a wild night, it seemed.

"Maximus, what are you doing out here?" I asked Maximus, sitting beside him.

"I had a nightmare. I saw you cut the red ribbon between us," he said, sitting shirtless in the cold wind.

"Maximus, it’s bound to happen. I will have to cut the ribbon. I can’t be with all four of you," I gave him a smile, but the look on his face told me he wasn’t very happy to hear it.

"And you think that’s the right thing to do? To hurt three of us while choosing one?" Suddenly, he wasn’t so calm anymore.

"Have you stopped loving the rest of us?" he asked, his eyes full of deep emotions.

"It doesn’t matter. We have to end it someday," I repeated in an even calmer tone, but he seemed so upset that he got up and grabbed the ribbon.

"Then how about I show you what will happen when you reject one of us?" With that, he held the ribbon even tighter and then, in a split second, he tore it.

The minute our bond broke, I watched Maximus’s eyes turn white.

And the next thing I knew, he was falling to the ground.

"Maximus—" I yelled, reaching him when I heard someone shout from inside.

"Something is happening to Norman! I can’t hear his heartbeat!" Kaye yelled, making my heart sink in my chest.

"Noooo! Nooo! My mates—" I screamed, and that’s when I woke myself up. I was breathing heavily, my eyes wide open and staring at Norman, who was leaning over me.

"Hey, hey! It’s all okay," he said, checking my temperature while I struggled to breathe. He quickly sat me up and started rubbing my back.

"What happened to you? You were suddenly in so much pain, and I got so scared—" Norman murmured softly, checking on me, while I couldn’t help but think about what had just happened.

"I had the weirdest dream," I whispered, and he stopped rubbing my back to sit in front of me.

"I saw red ribbons connecting me to all my mates," I started. Obviously, Norman was now my mate since we had marked each other.

"And—but then Maximus cut his and—chaos erupted. I watched Maximus die—"

Before I could finish, Norman placed his finger on my lips to silence me.

"Don’t say that word."

I could see in his eyes how much just the thought of it affected him.

"And then I heard you—you had one missing heartbeat," I stopped talking and leaned on his chest, sobbing softly.

"Hey, it must’ve just been a nightmare."

The pain in his voice was proof that anything related to his brothers wasn’t easy for him either.