Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates novel Chapter 724

Chapter 724: 724-Goodbye Sweet Mates

Helanie:

I ran to my mother’s room, the one near the garden side. From there, I could hear people chattering outside.

"Where is McQuoid? How could he let a mermaid stay among us for so long?" someone complained, probably Jessica’s father.

"And that same mermaid is the reason my son is dead," he added, justifying his son’s actions against me because I was a mermaid now.

"Mom, we can’t grab our stuff," I said to my mother, watching her stare out the window with tears in her eyes. She was peeking through the curtains, silently watching people hate us.

"If you want, we can hide somewhere until Mr. McQuoid is back, so you can have one last word with him," I said to my mother, holding her hand to comfort her.

But she began to shake her head.

"We don’t have time for this. I don’t want to put him through all this. These people will question him if he takes my side. And at his age, I don’t want him to deal with more shit. He is a nice man, Helanie. A very kind and gentle man. And although I will miss him forever, it’s also true that we cannot stay here. I won’t jeopardize your life anymore just because I’m selfish enough to want one last word with him. If he truly loves me, if he’s on my side, he’ll understand."

She gave me a look, confident and bold. I laughed softly for her, but the fact that she was once again losing the love of her life because I was exposed for who I truly was made me feel incredibly guilty.

"Now let’s go," she said.

She held my hand and started to run toward the door, just as Maximus barged in.

"Son, I have been very nice to you," she said to Maximus, showing him her palm. "But please, don’t make me and my daughter wait here. I don’t want her to die," she said, looking him straight in the eyes.

"But we’ll take care of her," Maximus tried to reason, but my mother began shaking her head.

"No. You cannot do this. You cannot fight everyone. I saw what happened when I was caught, and that was just a few people. Now the entire werewolf community knows, and they’ll be after her," she said.

While she was speaking to Maximus, I began to hear a voice from outside.

"Everybody just calm the fuck down!" Dalton shouted.

"Why are you shouting at us? Aren’t you angry too? You were crucified as a coward for a mermaid!" someone yelled from the crowd.

"A mermaid? She’s a fucking being. She has her own identity. Why does it matter who she is? She has been kinder to us, even after what we’ve done. That should have been us. She is not a monster. She’s a creature like us with her own identity. She’s part werewolf. You don’t understand that? She’s the most powerful one among us. With her on our side, don’t you see it’s more beneficial than harmful?" Dalton shouted.

I was stunned that he was standing up for me.

"Come on, alpha boy, she rejected you. We all know how you tail around her and she ignores you," said Jessica’s father.

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