Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates

Chapter 736: 736-Once A Sinner

Author’s POV:

"Holy Mother, there has to be a way to break this misfortune because she’s pregnant now and we cannot discard the baby," Lord McQuoid argued. Although he knew they had made a mistake, aborting a baby was never an option for him. He absolutely loved Darcy and wanted a baby with her, and this was their baby.

"Of course, it’s not an option," Darcy hissed almost instantly before the Holy Mother could respond to his request.

"Nobody is asking you to discard the baby. That won’t change anything. You have already conceived. You have already slept with her and knotted in her on the mate full moon night. That’s why it is important that you follow the rules of the Moon Goddess," she said, watching Darcy hiss and raise her eyebrow high enough to show she did not like this woman or what she was saying.

"So you’re telling me there is no way? I have been a very obedient follower of the Moon Goddess for so many years. From the point I could even say ’Mommy,’ I have loved the Moon Goddess. Even my first words were the Moon Goddess. How could she not have sympathy for her child?" Lord McQuoid argued, his hand on his chest as tears started to form in his eyes.

The Holy Mother took a deep breath and then nodded her head. "There is a way," she said, and the two were suddenly all ears.

"If it will be the only child you can have and you promise to never have any other children," she suggested, and Darcy was already not up for it.

"That will be fine by us. If we have our one baby, that will be enough. He will be our whole world," Lord McQuoid said, happily agreeing to the terms.

As for Lady Darcy, she kept her mouth tightly sealed. She did not understand why they had to sacrifice so much just to please the Moon Goddess, who could not look past their one mistake. She thought it was pretty hypocritical of the Moon Goddess to ban one night of mating just for the sake of fun or to test how many of her followers would obey her. But did she say it to the Holy Mother? No, she kept her silence. noveldrama

"You know why the night is a forbidden night?" the Holy Mother asked, almost as if she could hear Darcy speaking these concerns in her mind. "Because many, many years ago, a lot of she-wolves were raped, forced, and knotted inside on this particular night. It was a mate full moon night, and many she-wolves had gathered to enjoy and celebrate it. It wasn’t forbidden back then. In fact, it was a very cherished night. And that is when some of the evil men lured these women into the celebration, just to use it as an excuse to bring them to one place. Once they were there, the men attacked them. They forced themselves in order to have babies with them. They wanted them to carry their children. That is how brutal they were. That is when the Moon Goddess came to the earth herself to curse those men with misfortune."

She finished, and Darcy started to scoff as if she did not believe the story.

"What is so funny?" the Holy Mother asked her.

"It’s just that she punished the poor women as well?" Darcy questioned.

The Holy Mother kept staring at her before she added, "The women were killed after they gave birth. The men only wanted the children, because they wanted to create wealth, because they wanted their heritage to go on. And that is why the Moon Goddess had to take this harsh step, so that anyone who disobeys her, anyone who thinks they can find loopholes and torture other souls, will not live happily. Their entire heritage, their entire bloodline, will be cursed too. Sometimes harsh punishments are important," she stated, staring directly into Darcy’s eyes.

But Darcy was unbothered.

Lord McQuoid and Darcy left that day for home. Lord McQuoid was happy. He thought they would pass the curse because they would never have more babies anyway. Darcy could not conceive on regular nights, and he would strictly stay away from her on mate full moon.

However, Darcy was bothered because, after a few days of this meeting, there was bad news for her.

"No, no, no, no, not my father!" she was screaming and crying, sitting on her knees beside her father’s corpse. He had died fighting the monsters in the rogue community.

"Why did he have to die?" she screamed again and again.

There were other alpha kings who had accompanied him, but they had their brothers with them, all powerful siblings. However, her father was an only sibling, the only man powerful enough in his family. His sisters had died, so he was the only one.

And Darcy realized at that moment that her baby would need siblings.

"Where was everyone when they were attacking him?" Lord McQuoid yelled at the warriors, pointing at the corpse of his father-in-law.

"We were right there. But the other alphas had their brothers. They were all very strong. We tried to be there, but we are not comparable to their strength," the warriors explained, showing how having many strong siblings on the battleground nowadays was important. Once the monsters attacked, the warriors either got killed or scared away. But the bond between siblings—that would stand.

One of the alphas had his strongest sister with him, and she would do anything to save her brother. Even when her warriors ran away, she stepped forward and fought alongside him, and they were able to save her brother.

But sadly, Darcy’s father didn’t have any siblings. So nobody stayed to protect him.

Darcy looked up from her father’s dead body and stared directly into Lord McQuade’s eyes.

"And you don’t want us to have other siblings, other babies?" she yelled at him.

He was taken aback because they had already decided on it. He didn’t understand why she was bringing it up again. But then he chalked it up to her being extremely emotional.

Her first pregnancy had been nothing but a stressful journey. She would remember her father and cry. Then she would think of all the other scary thoughts. What if the war breaks out in the packs too? What if the monsters are never controlled? What will happen then?

Although they were desperately trying to capture the monsters like before, many had been trapped inside objects. One was inside a flower. Others were sealed in abandoned buildings.

While all this was happening, Darcy was going through a hard time. She knew in her heart that there was no way she would stop with one baby.

"Even if it means I have to sleep with him on the mate full moon, I will do it again and again. Until I have babies that will grow up together and support each other. I will not let a fucking Holy Mother decide it for me," she hissed under her breath, gently rubbing her big belly. She was due any day now.

"Your Highness, you asked for me?" Larry Taboida, the man who had always had a crush on her, was now always by her side as her husband’s royal beta.

"I want you to do something for me, Larry," she said, a smirk appearing on her lips. She knew if there was someone who would commit a crime, it would be Larry.

"Book me a ride. I want to go and meet this Holy Mother again. As her death angel," she hissed, planning a surprise attack on the poor, helpless woman.