Helanie:
"Mmmhmmm!" I broke the kiss with Kaye and watched him close his eyes and succumb to sleep. On my left lay Norman, on his stomach, naked in bed. And then there was Emt, sleeping on top of , our naked bodies touching.
I was still tired and wanted to sleep so more, but there was sothing missing.
Soone missing.
"Where is Maximus?" I asked myself, raising my head and finding the red ribbon attached to him stretched far away.
I realized I was bound to everyone with a red ribbon.
Carefully, getting out from under Emt, I made my way to the balcony, where the red ribbon led.
We’d had a wild night, it seed.
"Maximus, what are you doing out here?" I asked Maximus, sitting beside him.
"I had a nightmare. I saw you cut the red ribbon between us," he said, sitting shirtless in the cold wind.
"Maximus, it’s bound to happen. I will have to cut the ribbon. I can’t be with all four of you," I gave him a smile, but the look on his face told he wasn’t very happy to hear it.
"And you think that’s the right thing to do? To hurt three of us while choosing one?" Suddenly, he wasn’t so calm anymore.
"Have you stopped loving the rest of us?" he asked, his eyes full of deep emotions.
"It doesn’t matter. We have to end it soday," I repeated in an even calr tone, but he seed so upset that he got up and grabbed the ribbon.
"Then how about I show you what will happen when you reject one of us?" With that, he held the ribbon even tighter and then, in a split second, he tore it.
The minute our bond broke, I watched Maximus’s eyes turn white.
And the next thing I knew, he was falling to the ground.
"Maximus—" I yelled, reaching him when I heard soone shout from inside.
"Sothing is happening to Norman! I can’t hear his heartbeat!" Kaye yelled, making my heart sink in my chest.
"Noooo! Nooo! My mates—" I scread, and that’s when I woke myself up. I was breathing heavily, my eyes wide open and staring at Norman, who was leaning over .
"Hey, hey! It’s all okay," he said, checking my temperature while I struggled to breathe. He quickly sat up and started rubbing my back.
"What happened to you? You were suddenly in so much pain, and I got so scared—" Norman murmured softly, checking on , while I couldn’t help but think about what had just happened.
"I had the weirdest dream," I whispered, and he stopped rubbing my back to sit in front of .
"I saw red ribbons connecting to all my mates," I started. Obviously, Norman was now my mate since we had marked each other.
"And—but then Maximus cut his and—chaos erupted. I watched Maximus die—"
Before I could finish, Norman placed his finger on my lips to silence .
"Don’t say that word."
I could see in his eyes how much just the thought of it affected him.
"And then I heard you—you had one missing heartbeat," I stopped talking and leaned on his chest, sobbing softly.
"Hey, it must’ve just been a nightmare."
The pain in his voice was proof that anything related to his brothers wasn’t easy for him either.
"The thing is—I’ve had dreams like this before. Not many of them ca true, but they still scare so much," I sniffled on his chest.
"Helanie, I’ll talk to soone about this nightmare, but trust —we’ll find Kaye and bring him ho," Norman said while holding close.
"I’m not even sure what’s going on with Emt," I added, turning my attention to him.
My love for him never faded. It was true.
The monts we spent together, the warmth of his hug—it was all still fresh in my mory.
"He isn’t even eating—"
As I continued to talk, Norman let go of the hug and gently held my face in his hands.
"Do you want to take food to his room?"
It felt like my chest opened and Norman carved his na on my heart when he figured out what I had been too scared to ask.
"Yeah," I whispered softly.
How did he know?
"Then go make sothing for him. He won’t listen to right now, but he respects you a lot," Norman said with such kindness.
I was so shocked that he sohow knew exactly what I wanted to do.
"Thank you so much."
With that, I cupped his face in my hands and kissed his lips.
I noticed how his cheeks turned red, and it made chuckle a little.
He was still my big, bad professor.
I walked out of the room to grab sothing for Emt to eat when Charlotte stepped in my way. She looked like a ss. Her swollen eyes made feel bad for her.
"Did they find Maximus?" she asked, her teary eyes scaring .
"No, but after Emt eats sothing, we’ll go look for him," I told her.
"Helanie—I don’t know if I should be telling you this, but I’ve been hearing so things..."
The way she rubbed her hands while looking around made nervous.
"What is it?" I asked, watching her shift uncomfortably and glance around to make sure no one was listening.
"That you marked Norman? That tells you two are serious about each other. So I feel really weird saying this—"
She bit her lip, making my anxiety worse.
"Tell , Charlotte. Is it related to the problems we’re having right now?"
Of course they’d heard about marking Norman.
"It is. It’s sothing I heard Lady Darcy say to my mother. She said... she’s afraid this whole ss might lead to a solution she never wanted to happen," she whispered so low I could barely hear her.
"What solution?"
My heart was pounding loudly by then.
"That the only way the brothers can be saved now is by being marked by their mates."
As soon as she said that, I almost lost my balance.
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