Maximus:
"Maximus," Norman snapped his fingers before my face to add again, "it was Helanie that night. She was out with Jenny to save Lucy when you were there. And that’s when you felt the mate bond with her. You even dragged her with you for a while before her friends secured her from you."
His words were falling upon my ears like daggers. I didn’t want to believe I had been fooled for this long.
"I don’t know why you thought it was Charlotte, though," Norman muttered.
I turned to Emt first, who looked like he had just been inford about an earthquake that would destroy the world. Then, I looked over at Kaye, who didn’t seem pleased with the news either.
Helanie was the last one I looked at because I couldn’t et her eyes anymore. The fact that she knew she was my mate but didn’t say it, and let her evil cousin exploit , froze in place.
Even when I accused her of not telling about the pheromones, she didn’t think she should tell my feelings weren’t just because of so pheromones?
The fact that they all kept it from broke . And then there was my big brother, the one who was only a few years older than , yet I always saw him as a father figure.
"Mom told ," I said only that much before I smiled, a big tear rolling down my face. "And you didn’t tell either, brother. It seems like we all have our favorites, and I am no one’s."
The fact that they had no clue what I had been dealing with all these months, thinking Charlotte was my mate, just shattered .
"Maximus, I thought you had felt the mate bond with Charlotte too—" Norman attempted to co and hold my hand, but I shrugged him away.
"Really? When Helanie is mated to more than one person, there is a special eting for it. But you all thought I had two mates—okay, so?" I laughed, shaking my head.
"And of course, I don’t bla her for hiding. She had too much going on, and she didn’t want a lycan added to her grief because she had already found the better version of the brother for herself. But I at least deserved to know the truth. That Charlotte—well, we are all screwed now."
I let out a laugh because I thought, since they didn’t care about , maybe they would care when they found out what a ss had been created now.
"What did she do?" Emt asked, showing fake concern for . I couldn’t believe I fell for his lie when he said— *’I was there for you that night, brother.’*
"Maximus, I get it, we were wrong. But I thought Lycans could have two mates," Helanie’s voice fell into my ears like a sweet lody. And even though I wanted to yell at her, to complain about her cold-heartedness and unfair treatnt, I couldn’t do that to her.
The fact that those alphas had attacked her must have made her sensitive to n acting aggressively around her.
I contained my posture and turned to face her, flashing her the weakest and sweetest smile I could find within . "I understand."
The way she sighed while watching relax made wonder if she still had feelings for .
"Maximus, we all love you. We would never do anything to harm you," Norman ca and hugged , and I let him. All because I couldn’t take my anger out in front of Helanie at the mont.
Emt arrived and hugged too, with Kaye joining in for a group hug. To them, it must have felt like we were brothers again, back to being close. But I couldn’t bring myself to accept them as they were now.
They didn’t care about . They only felt guilty because I had to say out loud that I felt betrayed.
"Anyway, back to the main issue—" I attempted to divert the subject so they would feel like everything was fine. "Oh, sorry, there is no issue. Anyway, what do you want to do about the Alphas? I was thinking about finding Kaidon. They are probably hiding him in so pack."
"I will get my spy ready too," Emt said, giving a nod.
I wasn’t lying when I said there was no issue. Helanie was just special and had three mates—what else was there to discuss now?
"Yeah, do that. It won’t be long before those Alphas try sothing to cover it up," Norman agreed with my suggestion.
"So, you should get them the suite. I will go speak with Mom," I gave them a smile, not even staying behind to have another word with them.
I sped away on foot when Norman started blowing up my phone.
"Hm? I’m still on the way," I replied to him.
"You think you can fool everyone with your fake smile?" he said from the other side, making scoff. Since Helanie wasn’t around, I could act the way I wanted.
"I an, you all fooled too. What’s wrong with faking a smile?" I laughed at him, taunting him through clenched teeth.
"Maximus, I didn’t know anything either. I thought a Lycan could have two mates because a Lycan is different from us," he gave the sa excuse the others did.
"Sure," I replied. "I’m busy right now. I’ll talk to you later." I hissed, cutting the call and speeding up.
Mom was still ho since the flights had been delayed due to the storms and turbulence. But she would be leaving soon, and I would make sure to confront her when she was at the mansion.
As I reached the mansion, I watched Helanie’s mother pacing in the garden, and curiosity struck . That woman had always been against her daughter—I wondered how she felt about her now.
Entering the mansion, I sped to the guestroom on the second floor when I halted outside, listening to my mother having a conversation with none other than Charlotte.
"My son will fall in love with you if you listen to . But you will have to make sacrifices and change yourself for him."
Oh! So my mother wasn’t fooled by Charlotte. The two of them had planned this against .
Well then, I guess since my mother wanted to play a ga with Helanie, it’s only fair that I play a ga with these two and show them who the best player among us is.
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