Sharing Beatrice A Luna To Her Stepbrothers by Alexis Dee

119-The Girl In His Room

“The Mountains?” Helel asked me to be double sure he heard me correctly.

“Yeah! The mountains that everybody is talking about,” I said, and he kept staring at my face in silence.

“Not everybody, only Zane. He is the only one who decid- ed the entire trip with Mr. Mykel. None of the other brothers agreed on it. In fact, Akin and I have been meaning to have a talk with Mr. Mykel to cancel this so-called trip to hell. And now you want me to not only tell Akin I have changed my mind but invite him to the trip too?” Helel had a very bland ex- pression on his face when he asked me if he heard me cor- rectly.

I had to roll my eyes and breathe through my nostrils to express my exhaustion with these brothers.

“The volcano is not going to erupt. At least not right now.” I tried explaining, but his constant shaking of his head stopped me mid-sentence.

“Fine, let’s hear what plan you can come up with,” I said, folding my arms over my chest. He watched my face in silence and then shrugged his shoulders.

“The mountains are fine, I guess. I don’t want a weredrag- on to transition into a pack,” he finally agreed with me. We discussed a few more things, and then he got up to leave.

“And by the way, it’s not like I am jealous or I want to be official with you. I just don’t want you to befriend someone out of frustration and then regret it later,” he murmured, stealing his eyes from me.

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more like our family trip. And if Gwen is indeed a weredragon, we must keep other students away from her,” as Helel said. We heard something fall outside the room and footsteps rushing away in the

a terrifying glance and then rushed over to check who had been eavesdropping on us. The mo- ment Helel opened the door, we realized there was no one near the stairs. But as Helel and I turned around

Helel questioned, looking around and then walking up to his brother,

because the tim- ing was odd. Did Maddox hear us

his chin, “You two —,” he then raised

a nod. We had to look less suspicious, so Helel was left with no other choice but to state a random

was helping her with her studies,” he murmured

with her studies?”

out of this situation. I could tell Helel was not the

you, Helel, for helping me tonight,” I then passed him a smile and eyed him to leave before Maddox throws some more questions our way and catches

need any more help,” Helel awkward- ly itched his temples before he walked past

were mad at me, but you clearly forgave him.” Maddox let out a sarcastic laugh, muttering and clenching his jaw when trying to put me on the spot.

I said, not getting why I have to explain anything

one thing,” he paused only so that he could walk closer to me and when his body was only a foot away from mine, he questioned

know what to say. I stared him in the eye and then folded my arms over my chest to compose my posture. He knew the truth now, but I wasn’t guilty of anything.