Helanie:
"You were supposed to tell everything, Norman," I hissed again, "and now that you are here, do ask your mother about the curse and why she kept most of it from us," I grunted, leaving for the hotel when he tried to hold my hand.
"I never asked you to hit or hurt your brother, Norman. I expected you to tell the truth so that I can decide when I want to have a talk with Emt. So that I wouldn’t have to feel guilty about everything," I repeated myself and at this point, I felt like I was just a broken record.
"Now let go, I can’t stand you or anyone at the mont," I uttered, freeing my hand and walking away. I heard him still follow after even after I was in front of my hotel room.
I stayed with my mom for the rest of the night. The next morning, we decided to head back ho.
"What are you going to do now?" my mother asked, gently placing her hand over mine.
"I’ll just go and maybe confront Emt. I’m not sure yet," I said, looking out the window. Every ti I thought about it, tears welled up in my eyes.
"Are you sure? you can stay anywhere, I’ll co with you," my mother asked, but I started shaking my head.
"I don’t want to exaggerate it too much. I’ll confront Emt alone, and then I’ll just return to the Academy. There’s an upcoming trip, and we all agreed we need to be our happy selves for Gavin. It’ll be his first ti out since he lost his mate," I mumbled, trying to hold back my tears.
This trip wasn’t going to be about . It was going to be about Gavin. He needed to know his friends were with him.
"Oh, I understand. How is he now?" she asked.
"He’s doing great. Mostly just focused on getting revenge for it."
Even though I had no idea who he planned to take revenge on. I guessed his main goal was to help take down X-codex with us.
"Okay, but please be careful out there," my mother said as she gently squeezed my hand.
It was strange seeing her care so much after everything that had happened. But I think I liked it. I really needed her by my side now, and she had promised to tell everything.
"Mom," I uttered, and she smiled.
It was probably just as strange for her to hear say it as it was for to call her that.
"You didn’t tell sothing. There was a mont when Darcy ntioned a ’pure werewolf.’ What does that an?" I asked.
I watched my mother’s smile fade.
"Honey, once you co back, I’ll tell you. For now, just know that you’re special," she said, and I nodded.
I wanted to ask again, but I let it go for now. I was too tired, and there was already too much on my mind.
The rest of the car ride went fine. We made a few stops to eat, and every ti we did, Norman and Kaye’s car would stop right behind us. They never got out, but they kept watching us, and every ti I saw their car, I felt like I was losing my mind.
Our car arrived first at the mansion because Norman was purposely driving slowly to keep an eye on us. The mont the car stopped, I jumped out. But I couldn’t get past the main entrance, as Maximus was standing there.
The second he saw , he opened his arms to hug , but when he noticed the look on my face, he slowly lowered them.
"I heard you marked Kaye," he said, confused as to why I looked so furious.
I stopped, gave him a look, then turned and walked away.
"Hey, what happened?" he called out, following behind . But I didn’t say a word.
I thought about going to my bedroom to rest, but I knew Norman would co there, and I didn’t want to talk to him either. The guest room was already taken by Azura, so I was kind of lost about where to go.
That’s when I saw Emt walking toward . I guess he had figured out that I was back.
"Hey. I heard you did it," he said, hands in his pants pockets, wearing the sa loose suit he always wore.
I stopped in my tracks and stared at him. That’s when the others ca up behind .
"Oh, you guys are back," Emma said, stepping toward us with Charlotte beside her.
"We should have dinner together," Charlotte suggested. She was always so cheerful, with no problems, no weight on her shoulders.
It wasn’t that I wished anything bad on her, she was kind and had redeed herself. She was much nicer to now. But still, I couldn’t help wondering why my life was so ssed up.
"Can I speak with you?" I said to Emt. He raised his head slightly, probably glancing at his brothers behind .
"Yeah, sure," he replied.
I left the others behind, especially Emma, who looked suspicious, probably wondering why I ca straight to Emt, or why I was pulling him aside into the hallway.
We went into the passage and stopped once we were in the middle of it.
"Are you okay?" he asked.
I kept my hands on the railing, taking deep breaths before I turned to face him.
"You were the one who pushed down the well that night," I uttered.
He froze. He didn’t respond, just stared at my face before his mouth twitched in confusion.
"What?" That was the most confused I had ever seen him. "You think I hurt you? Tell ."
He fell silent the mont I started speaking.
"They found that night. You know how? Because of the traces you left behind in your bedroom. You were scribbling your plan, the sacrifice to bring Azura back. Emt, my child paid the price to bring back your psycho lover."
My voice cracked as I began to recall that night.
I watched Emt glance behind , and I turned to follow his gaze, Norman was rushing toward us.
He stord past and grabbed Emt by the collar.
This had never happened before. The way he did it, so sudden, so raw, Emt lowered his head, looked down at Norman’s grip on his shirt, then looked up at his brother again.
Tears filled his eyes instantly.
"It was my son, you asshole. My baby. How could you sacrifice him for her?" Norman shouted, his voice cracking.
"How could you?" Then he scread, Maximus and Kaye ca running from behind, grabbing Norman to pull him away from Emt.
I never imagined our confrontation would go this way.
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