Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates novel Chapter 864

Helanie:

"Gather everything you can so the fire gets stronger," I told Jenny and Lucy.

Penn was out in the backyard fighting the zharns and the monsters, along with Lamar and Gavin.

They were shocked when they saw me, but they were all happy. I hadn't come across Kaye and Norman yet. I didn't know where they were.

Lucy gave me a nod and grabbed the sheets from the guest room, carrying them outside to start a quick fire. Emmet and Maximus were fighting the monsters, keeping them away from the garden where we were building the fire.

The weather had turned so bad we worried it would be hard to get the fire going, or even to start it. It had started to rain, with thunder and everything.

I held my phone and dialed Kaye's number.

"Hello?" Kaye answered, almost instantly.

"Kaye!" His name was all I could utter before worrying for him.

"Helanie?" he said, sounding shocked. "You're back?" he asked, and I grinned wide with tears in my eyes.

"I'm back. We've done it. Emmet is fine, and before you ask about the poison, the poison was released in the other dream. I'll tell you everything later. Right now we're starting a fire," I said, then ran toward the door.

We had opened the second floor, the warriors and a lot of maids were with my babies, but they'd woken and were crying.

The thunder was so loud and the wind banging against the windows was terrifying. It felt like something out of a nightmare.

"Okay, okay, but why are you starting a fire?" Kaye asked. I heard him grunt and groan. He was fighting wherever he was.

"It's that we're going to set the gray woman on fire. She might be the only one left," I said, though I wasn't sure.

"All right. I'm at the hospital. Can you please hurry? The monsters are attacking from every side, they seem off, no rhythm left, moving without anyone guiding them," Kaye explained, which made me frown.

Maybe I was right. Maybe the father was dead. I had the sense because of how the gray woman had talked about how important it was for his children to survive, otherwise he would fade away.

It gave me the impression he might no longer be there.

"They're attacking my mom," I uttered to Kaye, already realizing why the zharns and the other monsters had turned toward the hospital.

"Don't worry, you just need to hurry," he said.

"Is Norman with you?" I asked, panicking as we rushed outside and saw how bad the wind and rain were.

The gray woman was tied to a tree, her mouth shut and her fingers clenched together. She kept trying to get out of the restraints, and tears kept spilling from her eyes.

"I don't know, he went to find the father," Kaye announced. As soon as he said that I groaned.

"What?" I couldn't hide the shock.

"I'll talk to you later," I said, and cut the call. I set the phone in my pocket. Everything was water right now, it looked like it might flood or that something worse was coming.

"You guys, can you get something big to cover an area while we start a fire underneath it?" I asked. Lucy and Jenny thought for a second, then nodded.

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