Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates novel Chapter 721

Chapter 721: 721-Emmet Didn’t Choose Me.

Helanie:

The minute my tail began to flap around in the water, showing its glowing color and probably capturing guests’ attention, someone yelled,

"Oh my Goddess, that is a mermaid!"

My heart started to sink in my chest, but there was so much going on that I couldn’t focus on one thing.

And then somebody jumped in.

Swimming toward me was Norman. He came like a bullet, wrapped his arm around my back, and pulled me up with him. He helped me out of the water and then placed me down. His brothers were already standing behind me, all three of them, to block the view, but I could hear the chattering and complaints in the distance. The council members were expressing their shock and disgust too. Everyone was worried about what I was, what kind of monster they had sheltered.

I closed my eyes while Norman hugged me. He then carried me inside the mansion.

"You’re not going to take that thing into the house, are you?" 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

That was Kesha’s uncle. I knew it because he had a certain way of pronouncing some words.

"Back off! Not your home, not your rules." I heard Maximus yell at the man.

"Did you just tell me to shut up?" It was like they had such big egos, all three of them: Kesha, her father, her uncle, that every time they were told to do something, they would lose their minds. But they were all okay with disrespecting others.

"Uncle, if you don’t want to lose respect, stay quiet." That was Kaye warning him, but I couldn’t see what else was going on because Norman had already taken me into the house.

Then I heard the gentle voice of my mother calling for me.

"Step aside. I want to see Helanie."

She rushed into the living room, where Norman had placed me on the sofa, and hugged me.

"They know now," I said to her, breaking the hug and looking into her eyes.

"It’s all right. It’s completely fine. You will be fine," my mother said, cupping my face in her hands.

"What if they do the same to me as they did to you?" I asked my mother, watching the look of sheer panic on her face.

"No, Helanie, I will never let anyone harm you. You will not have the same fate as me," she said determinedly. Then she took off her pearl necklace to give it to me.

"What is this?" I asked her, watching her smile very weakly.

"When I lost my tail, it turned into a pearl. This is what happens when a mermaid loses her tail. I want to gift it to you. Keep it with you. It will help you realize that you are not something to be ashamed of. You should be proud of yourself," she said firmly and lovingly.

"Wait, you lost your tail?" I asked, bewildered.

While I was hysterically confused, I noticed Emmet snapping his head at Kaye and then looking back at their mother. He did it so visibly that everybody caught on to it. They all looked at Emmet for a brief moment, as if wondering what he was doing.

"We are not your enemies, but you are our enemies, because every time you see a fucking mermaid, you want to kill her, slay her, or use her in your fucking curses." My mother was finally venting it out.

Darcy looked like she could kill her right then and there, but she wouldn’t dare. Not when I wiped the tears from my eyes and stood up. I was over the trauma, and now I was standing right beside my mother.

"Ah, look at her. She had the nerve to face me after she lied to all of us about her identity," Darcy hissed, yapping everything in one breath.

"That will be enough, Mother."

Norman stepped ahead, pointing his finger at his mother, whose eyes bugged out in shock.

"Just because we are silent doesn’t mean we are not on her side," Maximus added.

"What the heck are you three on about? What about you, Emmet? Do you also think that this is not deceptive?" She turned to her final son, who had been silently watching us, and all eyes turned to Emmet.

He stepped forward, scratched the back of his neck, and then, while avoiding eye contact, he uttered,

"It would have been deceptive, but I guess even Helanie didn’t know the truth either. However, it was pretty fucked up that her mother didn’t tell anyone about her identity."

And right then and there, I lost all my respect for Emmet.