Helanie:
"I promise to show you the video, but you need to go back inside first," Norman kept repeating while not unlocking his phone screen for . At the sa ti, I saw a lot of notifications from Jessica on his number. That’s when I started to realize he was in a tough spot because of too. He had to run around and make sure everything and everyone was okay. And in return, no one even cared to listen to him.
"Okay," I obeyed once again, just because he had saved from a huge ss last night.
We walked together, with a little ahead of them, toward Norman’s bedroom. My heart was pounding and my mind was racing with different scenarios playing in it.
But Norman saying Zellu confessed to the cri was kind of a spoiler—but it was still news I wanted to hear.
Once in his bedroom, I held out my hand and asked him to show the video he was talking about.
My phone had no charge, and I was pretty sure Maximus had left his phone at ho after leaving for his transition last night.
As for Kaye, I watched him quickly scroll through his phone. Not everything had to be a competition, but it seed like it was for him.
With a sigh, before Kaye could find the video, Norman unlocked his phone for and then played the video, handing it to .
Everyone went quiet and their attention shifted to the phone in my hand.
It was Zellu in the fra, tied to a chair and all bloodied.
However, the way his skin was turning blue made wonder if he had been poisoned or sothing.
"Ahh, it was that night. I had cornered that girl, Helanie. She was begging and crying for to stop. A demon had taken over my mind and I didn’t want to stop... I didn’t stop. I rember nibbling on her skin and biting it. Her flesh tasted so good that I wanted to consu her like a cannibal." I quickly looked away and paused the video.
The graphic details had been blocked from my mind, but every once in a while, I still had nightmares—sharp pain in the sa areas that were hurt that night.
I took a deep breath and played the video again.
"I did it. She had her pendant on, but I didn’t care. I wasn’t there by accident—"
As he let out a chuckle, my frown deepened.
What did he an by that?
"I was told I would find the most perfect, gorgeous woman there that night. So I made my way to the place where that girl was. I was offered a lot for it—to ruin her and kill her—"
I gasped, even shoving the phone into Norman’s hand, but the video kept playing even after I sat down on the couch with my head in my hands.
"The mission was to get rid of her, and I’d be freed from the recent ss-ups in my academy. Fellmoon was about to expel , but this night—this one mission—undid all the damage for . I was back with zero bad records. And yes, I did kill my little sister. I didn’t like won thinking they could be sothing."
He talked about his sister for the rest of the video, and after it ended, silence filled the room—until Maximus finally spoke.
"Saw that dagger in his arm? It has many nas, and one of them is the Venom’s Kiss—the one that makes the victim hallucinate or rember things like they’re living through them again," Maximus explained, making lift my head from my hands.
"Sobody stabbed him with a weapon that Alphas aren’t supposed to be stabbed with?" Norman asked.
"And the blue on his skin explains the poison used in the dagger," Kaye added.
"But who would have planned this? Soone went out of their way to hire those Alphas to do that to Helanie?" Maximus said, bringing up the one thing none of us could ignore.
Their eyes turned to , and I looked away. Great. So it was a planned attack.
"The only person I know who knew I’d be there is Altan. He was the one who begged to et him there that night," I added, clenching my fists tightly.
"Then we better get our hands on him," Norman hissed.
"Wait, but who could’ve stabbed Zellu?" I asked, watching them all look completely lost. I was too.
That’s when the knocking on the door reminded us that the others had probably seen the video by now.
Norman opened the door to a maid, who peeked in secretly, and her eyes widened when she saw .
"Lord McQuoid wants to see you and the others—and maybe her too," she pointed at awkwardly, clearly confused about what I was doing there.
"Tell him we’ll be there in a second," Norman sighed, waving his hand for her to leave so he could talk to us first.
Once she left, he shut the door again and sighed, "Okay, listen everyone—let’s just keep our hatred aside for now and please cooperate?"
The fact that he wasn’t just talking to his brothers, but looked at too, honestly broke my heart.
He thought I hated him for marrying ?
I guess he had no reason to think otherwise, since that’s basically how I treated him.
The two brothers nodded and walked out, while I stayed behind with Norman. As they were leaving the room, I whispered,
"I don’t hate you."
I noticed his body shudder. He could be so weirdly obvious sotis.
We began walking toward the staircase when Norman cleared his throat—and his brothers stopped too. The look on Norman’s face told he was annoyed that his brothers didn’t realize he only wanted to get my attention.
"We can take the elevator," he muttered, avoiding my eyes.
"Why? Because you think she’s too weak—" Kaye started questioning him, but Maximus gave him a nod.
"Not now," Maximus told him, and Kaye went silent.
"I’m just saying, we’re all tired," Norman added.
I rembered how he used to sha for taking the elevator.
But I was tired—so I went and took the elevator with my dear husband.
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