Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates novel Chapter 826

Chapter 826: 826-The Blade Against My Throat

Helanie:

The weather had turned gloomy and bad so quickly. As he dragged me out, I realized my belly looked like that of a nine-month pregnant woman.

"Please, be careful," I pleaded with a grimace. But the closer he got to the well, the more numb he became. I noticed how cold his hands were as he gripped my wrist.

I held one hand over my belly, my eyes misty, blinking again and again. If only Cora were here, she would have easily escaped his grasp. But I wasn’t well.

Strange pains coursed through my body, not the kind from transition, heartbreak, or exhaustion, but the kind someone must feel before giving birth.

Yet I wasn’t giving birth. So why was I in pain? Something was wrong with my babies, and I had no one to help me. I sniffled, overcome with emotion.

Then I saw the path to the well. We were only two minutes away.

"Kaye, please listen to me, just once," I begged, pressing my feet into the ground to stop and pull him back. But he never turned to look at me. He just kept dragging me.

I tilted my head toward the sky. Dark clouds covered everything, and a light rain began to fall on us.

Finally, we reached it. The cursed well of sacrifices. My heart pounded louder than ever.

"So this is where it ends, huh?" he muttered, releasing me.

The instant I tried to run, even just shifting into a stance to sprint, he lunged forward and seized my wrist again. I knew I couldn’t outrun him. So what else could I do?

"Kaye, for this ritual to work, you need to perform it on the night of a full moon," I lied. I had no idea, but maybe that would work.

His face twisted with confusion. If I couldn’t make him remember me, maybe I could trick him.

"What do you know about this curse, and this ritual?" Kaye snarled, gripping my elbow tightly.

"Of course I do. I’ve spoken with your mother, and she told me all about your curse. She told me about the sacrifice too," I murmured, careful not to say whether I was Kesha or Helanie.

If I admitted I was Kesha, things would be far worse. That wasn’t a game I was willing to play.

"But I didn’t think the full moon was needed," Kaye muttered. I saw him look for his phone in his pocket before he remembered I had tossed it out of the car and he looked lost.

"How is it not needed? A full moon is required for every ritual," I argued, pressing harder on the idea that he couldn’t make the sacrifice work without it. He scratched the back of his neck.

"Wow, amazing," someone voiced.

Then I heard someone clap and step out from behind the bushes. She had finally arrived, the devil, the villainess herself.

"Kesha," I growled, locking eyes with her.

A sharp pain shot through my body, almost certainly from the pregnancy. I placed a hand on my belly and locked eyes with Kaye. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

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