Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates

Chapter 721: 721-Emmet Didn’t Choose Me.

Helanie:

The minute my tail began to flap around in the water, showing its glowing color and probably capturing guests’ attention, someone yelled,

"Oh my Goddess, that is a mermaid!"

My heart started to sink in my chest, but there was so much going on that I couldn’t focus on one thing.

And then somebody jumped in.

Swimming toward me was Norman. He came like a bullet, wrapped his arm around my back, and pulled me up with him. He helped me out of the water and then placed me down. His brothers were already standing behind me, all three of them, to block the view, but I could hear the chattering and complaints in the distance. The council members were expressing their shock and disgust too. Everyone was worried about what I was, what kind of monster they had sheltered.

I closed my eyes while Norman hugged me. He then carried me inside the mansion.

"You’re not going to take that thing into the house, are you?"

That was Kesha’s uncle. I knew it because he had a certain way of pronouncing some words.

"Back off! Not your home, not your rules." I heard Maximus yell at the man.

"Did you just tell me to shut up?" It was like they had such big egos, all three of them: Kesha, her father, her uncle, that every time they were told to do something, they would lose their minds. But they were all okay with disrespecting others.

"Uncle, if you don’t want to lose respect, stay quiet." That was Kaye warning him, but I couldn’t see what else was going on because Norman had already taken me into the house.

Then I heard the gentle voice of my mother calling for me.

"Step aside. I want to see Helanie."

She rushed into the living room, where Norman had placed me on the sofa, and hugged me.

"They know now," I said to her, breaking the hug and looking into her eyes.

"It’s all right. It’s completely fine. You will be fine," my mother said, cupping my face in her hands.

"What if they do the same to me as they did to you?" I asked my mother, watching the look of sheer panic on her face.

"No, Helanie, I will never let anyone harm you. You will not have the same fate as me," she said determinedly. Then she took off her pearl necklace to give it to me.

"What is this?" I asked her, watching her smile very weakly.

"When I lost my tail, it turned into a pearl. This is what happens when a mermaid loses her tail. I want to gift it to you. Keep it with you. It will help you realize that you are not something to be ashamed of. You should be proud of yourself," she said firmly and lovingly.

"Wait, you lost your tail?" I asked, bewildered.

"Yeah. There were a few details I couldn’t tell you because I didn’t want to freak you out, but one of those times when they were torturing me, they cut off my tail." My mother’s words shook me to my core. I instantly hugged her, crying hysterically.

"Nothing will happen to you, Helanie. We will not let anyone harm you." That was Maximus, reassuring me. I broke the hug and looked at all four of them.

"What is going on? How the heck did she turn into a mermaid?" Darcy walked in, sounding dramatic and hysterical.

My mother turned to give her a glare. As she tried to get up, I held her hand, shaking my head at her. I didn’t want her to confront this woman right now. There were too many people outside who were against mermaids, so it would get us in a lot of trouble. But then my mother gave me a reassuring glance as she got up again.

"As if you didn’t know she was a mermaid’s daughter," my mother hissed at her.

Darcy covered her mouth with both hands dramatically. "What? You’re a mermaid?"

The look of anger on my mother’s face matched mine. She had the nerve to still act so well at an age where she should be showing grace.

"I had no clue. Children, does your father know that he has been sharing the bed with a fucking mermaid?" she asked her sons.

Kaye stepped forward with his fists clenched.

"Stop it."

The look she gave him was so scary that even I felt like I would have melted if I were Kaye. noveldrama

"You, out of all people, should know how ugly mermaids are. Don’t you know? They’re not supposed to be our friends," she said, speaking directly to Kaye.

While I was hysterically confused, I noticed Emmet snapping his head at Kaye and then looking back at their mother. He did it so visibly that everybody caught on to it. They all looked at Emmet for a brief moment, as if wondering what he was doing.

"We are not your enemies, but you are our enemies, because every time you see a fucking mermaid, you want to kill her, slay her, or use her in your fucking curses." My mother was finally venting it out.

Darcy looked like she could kill her right then and there, but she wouldn’t dare. Not when I wiped the tears from my eyes and stood up. I was over the trauma, and now I was standing right beside my mother.

"Ah, look at her. She had the nerve to face me after she lied to all of us about her identity," Darcy hissed, yapping everything in one breath.

"That will be enough, Mother."

Norman stepped ahead, pointing his finger at his mother, whose eyes bugged out in shock.

"Just because we are silent doesn’t mean we are not on her side," Maximus added.

"What the heck are you three on about? What about you, Emmet? Do you also think that this is not deceptive?" She turned to her final son, who had been silently watching us, and all eyes turned to Emmet.

He stepped forward, scratched the back of his neck, and then, while avoiding eye contact, he uttered,

"It would have been deceptive, but I guess even Helanie didn’t know the truth either. However, it was pretty fucked up that her mother didn’t tell anyone about her identity."

And right then and there, I lost all my respect for Emmet.