Helanie:
"So you’re going to love her more now?" I asked, tears forming in my eyes.
As soon as Emt nodded and a tear started to fall from my eye, he rushed over and hugged .
"No, silly. She took my side because she wanted to think she was the only one I could trust. It was all a plan. She wanted to isolate ," he said, hugging tightly.
His scent was so comforting. No wonder I never felt strange around it, even after all the accusations we had put him through.
"I an, we were the reason you were alone. And then you picked her, and you ended up isolated with her," I pouted, almost like I was complaining.
"Well–" He scratched the back of his neck. "I had to do it without dragging you all with . Because in my head, I thought, every ti I make a plan, I end up hurting you. First, when I planned to marry you. Then the well plan—I didn’t even think it through. Helanie. I didn’t know about the well and everything. It was a plan made by Zharns when they whispered it into my ear, so I was confused about why you were saying I asked you to co to the well. I decided that next ti I’m doing sothing, I won’t include any of you because I don’t want to upset or disappoint you all again. I’m making a plan but not acting on it, just like the marriage plan." Emt explained, even though there was no need to explain anything anymore.
Before I could continue, he held my face in his hands and kissed .
"It’s not your fault. You didn’t know. In fact, I’m sorry. Because of , directly or indirectly, or soone used to hurt you twice. First, with the marriage, and second, when they made it seem like I betrayed you. You’re the only one who lost everything in the process. So, I’m sorry."
Of course, Emt would never believe he was the victim. He always found a reason to apologize. I ran into his chest and hugged him tightly.
Then I heard a small gasp from Norman. I guess it took him a mont to realize what we had just discovered.
I let go of the hug because I wanted the brothers to talk, but not before I told Emt about Norman.
"You know, he never believed it. He never thought you did anything. That’s why he didn’t even want to tell . He never stopped believing in you," I said, pointing at Norman.
I didn’t want the brothers to feel like they couldn’t trust each other, especially Norman. He trusted Emt with all his heart.
"None of your brothers actually hated you," I added, so Emt would know they truly cared about him.
"I know. After all, they’re my brothers first," he said, sticking his tongue out at to tease and lighten the mood. But Norman was quietly crying, hiding his eyes from us, and it made feel awful.
"Co on, you’re a big guy. You’re crying? Seriously?" Emt joked, reaching over to his brother and pulling him into a hug.
The others joined in, all four of them hugging together before breaking apart to turn and look at .
"Get in here, little one," Norman said.
I rushed between them, feeling all of them hug at once. After a while, we broke the hug so that I could ask him a few more questions.
"Emt, rember when you wanted to marry ? What was that for?" I asked, and I noticed his face begin to change color.
"Yes, Emt, please tell us, what was it?" Kaye asked.
"The mark ties to you. But marriage nas you my wife. The world knows it. The law knows it. The spirits might know it too even if I forget my existence. I wanted sothing to be rembered. It was— it was sothing I found out about myself. I’m supposed to go completely crazy, and my curse is the type that’s a bit deadlier than the others," he said under his breath. We all glanced at each other, then looked back at him.
"Explain it to us," Maximus demanded.
"In the end, I’ll forget to breathe. That’s all I can say." Emt sighed. It felt like I had just received a shock like no other.
"What do you an? Does that an you’re going to die?" I began to panic, tears already forming again.
"But it’s okay. I an, they will die too," Emt tried to joke, pointing at his brothers, who were in tears. Maximus suddenly lunged at Emt and hugged him, crying into his chest like a baby. I started to step back and away from them.
That shouldn’t happen. We need to find a way to break the curse. It was all I could think about when my eyes landed on the pregnancy test.
Although I had been so scared before, I wasn’t anymore, only because I wanted to be there for my mates.
"Guys, you’re all becoming fathers," I announced, the happiest smile on my face, because I wanted my mates to know there was still hope.
They broke the hug and turned to look at , their eyes wide.
"Look, I’m pregnant." I grabbed the pregnancy test and waved it in the air.
They rushed toward again, and Norman was the one who picked up, while the others stood around us, happily hugging each other.
"So I could finally show my happiness?" Maximus asked, and Kaye gave him a nod. He began to dance and jump up and down. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to be pregnant by them, I was just scared. What if I lost the baby again? I didn’t want to go through that pain again. But right now, this was the positivity we needed in our lives.
Even though we were so happy at that mont, we were still trying to look away from the fact that what Emt had told us might be the end of us.
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