Chapter 100 – Her Dangerous Rogue Mates

The corridors were emptying as the students headed back to the hostel, likely getting ready for lunch. The warden was notoriously strict, but thankfully, I hadn’t had any confrontations with her yet.

Once inside his office, he shut the door and pointed to a chair. I sat down, expecting him to take the seat across from me at the desk. Instead, he dragged his chair close to mine and sat down next to me.

Hunched forward with his elbows resting on his thighs, he looked directly into my eyes. “I want you to be my class monitor.”

“Me?” I asked, pointing a finger at my chest in disbelief.

“Why not? Helanie, I see how determined you are, how stubborn you can be when it comes to accomplishing things. I think you’d make the perfect class monitor,” he said, leaning back in his chair.

He couldn’t have been more wrong. He had no idea that I was the complete opposite of what he described. I wasn’t strong at all-I couldn’t even decide what to do about my pregnancy.

“I think the Alphas will be upset,” I replied quietly. “Besides, I really just want to lay low.”

I looked down quickly, not wanting to see the disappointment in his expression.

“Helanie, you didn’t come here to lay low, and I’m going to push you, no matter what you say,” he said with a casual shrug, walking over to a shelf to grab something.

“I got you this-” he began, holding out a small box.

I let it drop onto my lap and quickly tied my hands behind my back, refusing to accept any more gifts.

“I don’t want any gifts. I think I’ve already overused your kindness, and I haven’t been able to repay you for anything,” I said, my voice trembling.

I didn’t know what came over me, but a sudden wave of emotion hit, leaving me teary-eyed. Even he seemed startled by the intensity of my reaction.

“I’m sorry, I’m just very emotional,” I immediately excused myself, feeling his eyes on me.

“It’s the fever,” he said gently. “Besides, it’s a bracelet-not just any bracelet, though. It has an alarm system. Whenever you’re in trouble, you press this button here, and I’ll get an alert and your location.”

He bent down slightly to show me the small red button on the beautiful purple bracelet.

“Why? Do you think I’ll be in trouble? If I’m so weak, why make me a class monitor?” I blurted out. This wasn’t how I wanted to respond-not when someone was being so thoughtful toward me. But I was a mess.

I didn’t understand why I was acting so rude, mean, or overly emotional. Just last night, I cried while watching a cartoon with Lucy.

A cartoon!

I couldn’t make sense of it. The girl who had once stopped crying altogether, even when thinking about ‘that night,’ was now sobbing over a cartoon?

“Yeah,” Emmet replied softly, his voice full of understanding. “You’ll probably get yourself into trouble, and I want to be there for you. As for being class monitor-those are two separate things.”

He didn’t even give me the chance to apologize for my behavior. Instead, he waved the bracelet in front of me, brushing past my reluctance.

I realized I didn’t really have a choice.

So, I reluctantly pulled my other hand out, and he gently slipped the beautiful bracelet onto my wrist.

Kaye:

“This is the best pizza ever,” Maximus mumbled with his mouth full, still praising the food. He had no choice but to act as though he was utterly thrilled by the pizza-it had been a hard-earned treat after his rigorous workouts.

“And how is your training going, Maximus?” Norman asked, since he always kept a close eye on our training and whereabouts.

“It’s tough, but I guess I’m doing much better this time. The weapons are working wonders too,” Maximus joked, referring to taking his own weapons with him into the deep woods.

“Be careful playing around with those things, though,” Emmet commented before lowering his head to focus on his food.

“I’m not an amateur like you, Emmet. I know how to control my emotions and my weapons,” I noticed Emmet pause before continuing to eat. Maximus always made remarks about Emmet, criticizing him for not acting like a brother who should be more responsible, like Norman. But Emmet almost never argued with Maximus, and I guess that upset Maximus most of the time. He wanted Emmet to fight back and explain that we mean a lot to him.

“No need to be snarky, Maximus. He takes care of the academy and business with me,” Norman jumped in, as he always did, to settle his brother’s issues.

“We do too,” Maximus scoffed, shrugging his shoulders. “It’s just that we don’t hide behind alcohol for most of it.”

I sighed, watching Maximus keep targeting Emmet. If Emmet didn’t want to be an elder brother to us and look after us, that was fine. We weren’t kids, but I agreed that there were times when we needed each other’s support and help.

“Anyway, this pizza is really good,” I said, steering the conversation back to the food. You can never go wrong with food.

Now, however, Maximus was preparing to leave for another round of training in the deep woods, where he would only eat whatever he could forage from the trees-if he was lucky enough to find anything.

“I agree,” Emmet said, wiping his mouth clean with a napkin. We were seated on the rooftop of our mansion, enjoying a brotherhood meeting.

“Emmet-” Norman interrupted, hastily swallowing the large bite of pizza he had just taken.

“I’ve found a spot where some unique herbs are growing.” Meanwhile, Maximus turned to me.

“That’s great. I could take the students there to show them that place,” I replied. However, my attention shifted back to Norman and Emmet, whose conversation had taken a far more intriguing turn.

“I heard you bought a purple diamond bracelet. Please tell me you’ve already found a mate,” Norman said, his voice brimming with excitement. I was ready to celebrate my brother’s good fortune-until I heard Emmet’s response.

“Oh, that was for Helanie.”

My body tensed. The bite of pizza in my mouth suddenly felt impossible to swallow. The pizza lost its taste. Hearing my brother take her name was already too much for me and then his response shook the world from underneath my feet.

I didn’t understand how Emmet could think such a statement would go unnoticed. The rest of us froze, and at that moment, he was the only one still eating.

“Helanie?” Norman asked, echoing the question burning in all our minds. “You bought a diamond bracelet for Helanie? Purple diamonds, no less?”

His voice carried the shock and disbelief we all felt. How was Emmet so comfortable buying gifts for someone? I thought he was void of any emotions and feelings. Just doing the right thing was his motto.

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