Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates novel Chapter 717

Chapter 717: 717-He Knows Something

Helanie:

I never got to ask all of them one-on-one, but they had already expressed their approval of me being a mermaid. Except for Kaye. He was the only one who didn’t comment on my new powers, or my new identity. He kept his emotions to himself, and that made me wonder what was going on with him.

Did he not like the fact that I was a mermaid? Because, like my mom told me, many werewolves don’t really mess around with mermaids.

"Okay," I said, giving my head a small nod.

"You’re not going to yell at him?" Maximus asked, pointing at Kaye, who only gave him an eye roll.

"No, Maximus. I have no right to," I said, keeping my emotions to myself and my voice gentle.

"What do you mean by that?" Maximus asked. He was always the curious type, asking too many questions.

"I have four mates. What gives me the right to question my mate if he has two and wants to accept them?"

I watched Maximus’ face lose color.

"That’s not it, Helene. You have every right, at least over my life. I would never ask you to be fair or let me choose someone because you have someone else. That is not how it will work for my life. You know that. You are the owner of my life."

The way he held my hands and gently touched them, the pain started to go away. Maximus’ words made me feel so important that I couldn’t even respond. If I did, I would break down.

So much had been happening around me. I just found out that my father was killed in the worst way possible. I just found out that I had siblings who were snatched away from me, and that they were sacrificed so these four brothers could live.

There was so much going on. I would look at my mother, and when she smiled at me, I would feel my heart shrink. Where did she get the courage to still smile?

"Maximus is right."

And then Norman spoke up.

"It was never decided that we would accept our mates too. You never made the decision that you wanted four mates. It was us who decided that. So we kind of made you agree to the terms that you should have four mates. So why would we ask you to be fair and let us have two. It was never your choice in the beginning, Helanie. You did it for us. So there is no way we’ll ask you to let us accept our mates too."

Norman made me turn and look at him. The man who once hated me so much was now so sweet to me, so kind to me. I didn’t need him to say it, but I could tell he loved me the most, maybe even more than his brothers.

’Are you forgiving him for not telling us about Emmet being the one who killed your baby?’ Cora asked, reminding me that it’s not possible he would love us more than his brothers.

’Cora, that was a situation where he had to take that step in order to keep the peace. I know he did it wrong, but that one incident can’t make me turn my face away from him. I was angry for a while, but there is no way I would think otherwise. He doesn’t have to walk on eggshells, always proving himself to me. Because he never asked me to prove myself to him. There are things I do without his permission, without his acknowledgment. So does that make me less affectionate towards him? No. So then I will not hold him accountable for something for so long. It was an incident. It happened. That’s it. There is no prolonged punishment for it.’

I reminded her that Norman had always been there for us, or at least, after some time, he began to be there for us.

’What about Emmet then?’ she asked. And the moment I raised my head, I watched Emmet look at me and tilt his head.

’I don’t know. He chose to leave. Otherwise, we might have figured things out,’ I uttered.

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