Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates novel Chapter 599

Chapter 599: 599-The Rune’s Dream Prison

Helanie:

"Why didn’t you tell us this before?" Norman had been so shocked that he was unable to make any comments and had called his mother in for an emergency meeting. I had kept the news to myself too. I just wasn’t sure how to tell Norman this. I understood what he might be going through. He finally found a mate, maybe, but just like his heartbeats, his mate wasn’t his only either.

I was silent too. My body was almost numb, just going with the flow at this point.

"What’s going on? What is this emergency meeting for?" Kaye hadn’t acted the same way since that day. Maybe he had been too emotional in the moment back then.

He came and sat with us in Norman’s office, still avoiding meeting my gaze.

"And everyone’s already here," Emmet entered next, looking sleepless and rubbing his temples as he sat down.

"Are you doing okay? You’ve really been keeping to yourself these days," Kaye said to Emmet, who sighed.

"I’m fine. Just busy dealing with the situation with the Zharns so the students can enjoy their promised cruise trip soon," he reminded us of the trip we had won last time.

I had almost forgotten about it.

I didn’t feel welcome among them, so I sat in silence with my head down.

"You need to come here," Norman finished the call and turned around to face us all.

He passed a quick glance over all of us and probably even noticed how silently I sat on the side because his face twisted with concern.

"What’s up?" Kaye cleared his throat, gently shifting in his seat while following his brother’s gaze toward me. I saw Kaye look at me for the first time since he arrived. But it was a quick glance just to see where Norman had been looking.

"We’ve figured out a way to help Maximus," Norman started, his mouth filling with air before exhaling to show his exhaustion.

I knew it wasn’t easy for him to talk to his brothers about me. We had formed a connection where loyalty and affection meant a lot to us.

"So, tell us," Emmet insisted, sounding more enthusiastic.

"Helanie has to mark Maximus in order to help him with his pain," Norman announced, and silence filled the room for a full minute.

"What?" Kaye was the first one to break the silence. Norman had decided not to tell them that I had to mark all of them to ease their pains because we still weren’t sure how much of that was true.

So we wanted to test it with Maximus first.