Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates novel Chapter 600

Chapter 600: 600-Back To Rune’s World

Helanie:

"How is everything going?" Norman asked as he walked beside me. "Are you nervous?" he added, and I sighed, reluctantly nodding my head. I could always tell him my fears. He was the type I could put my stress and worries on and know he would find a way.

With him, I wasn’t the powerful Helanie who was the Alpha Queen of the North. Beside him, I was just a teen who only had ’lalalala’ going on in her head.

"Maximus seems healthy. Everyone has been volunteering their blood to him. Tonight will decide most of it," I said with a deep, heavy breath, walking toward the basement with him.

"The whole house has been asked to evacuate for the night," Norman added, and I nodded in appreciation. He had been working nonstop to find a way to avoid me marking Maximus. He didn’t say it out loud, but I knew it.

"Norman, are you scared of me marking him? Would it be trouble for our relationship?"

I finally stopped at the bottom of the stairs and turned to him, holding his hand.

"I’m scared of you getting trapped in Rune’s world. The rest, I trust you," he smiled, gently pinching my chin.

"I’ll be fine. I remember we had to destroy the roses we sniffed from in order to get out of it. Now the real issue is, how are we going to get him to sniff the rose?" I turned to Maximus, who had been extremely anxious the whole day.

The full moon was tonight, so he was growing impatient and violent. There were nights when he would bang against the walls and I would come downstairs to stay beside him for comfort.

And weirdly enough, he would calm down.

Which made my belief in marking him even stronger.

"Empty the basement, kids. We’re planning to take him for a ride," Kaye walked downstairs, purposely stepping between me and Norman as he made his way to the cage.

He was holding some flowers in his hands. Behind him was Emmet, who reluctantly walked between us, but we had already stepped aside to leave the path clear for them.

Kaye and Emmet had been bringing him different kinds of flowers every day. They would sit and sniff those flowers in front of him most of the time. I had no clue if it was working or not, since I didn’t spend time with the two. But here I was, to see the result of their hard work.

As soon as Kaye reached the cage, Maximus lunged at him, snatching the bouquet out of his hands and sniffing it.

"See that, kids? This is how you save your brother. Not by stealing his mate," Kaye whispered under his breath, but made sure we all heard it.

"Kaye, behave yourself," Emmet warned him before stepping to the side, checking something on his phone.

"Don’t just don’t come to the well for me," he muttered in a grumpy undertone, and my eyebrows scrunched. "I don’t want to see you there. If you’ve ever respected me, you’ll leave me alone and not come to the—well," it was like he had to force the words out.

It hurt my heart. He didn’t even want my help anymore. But he was wrong if he thought I’d forget about him.

A few hours later, the beds were delivered and set up. One inside the cage, the other just outside it, at a safe distance.

Norman came back with the ribbons and purple roses, and Emmet returned after spending some time alone.

"Get ready for a ride to Rune’s dream prison. But remember—if he recognizes you, he’ll make it extra hard for you to get out of there," Kaye said, not even looking me in the eye as I sat down on the bed.

"You don’t have to say that out loud in front of Norman. He’ll panic," I reminded him, and he finally raised his head to glare at me.

"We’ll panic too. So don’t act like he’s the only one who cares. Just admit he’s the only one you fucking acknowledge," he muttered under his breath but pulled away quickly as Norman and Emmet came over to the bed.

"Best of luck. I’ll come into Rune’s dream prison if you’re delayed longer than what we agreed on," Norman said, kissing my forehead and reminding me of what I already knew. Then he walked with Kaye to help Maximus sniff, which he started doing immediately. I held the rose and sniffed it as Emmet came to me for one last word.

"You have to come back. Remember—you’ll be there at the well to help me out tonight. I don’t have time," those were the last words I heard from him, and they made me feel so confident. Hearing Emmet put his trust in me again was a good way to start this mission.