CHAPTER 660: 660-BUT HE WANTS ME

Helanie:

"So what did he say?" I had walked out of the room after he turned me on. It was the weirdest moment I had shared with him. I liked it because his full attention was on me. But I wasn’t sure what he meant by ’it was going to be a long day.’

"I told her what Azura told me." I didn’t know Emmet had come out as well. I had fixed my dress, but the awkwardness stayed.

"What did you tell her?" Norman stepped forward to get the info from him.

We were still in the hallway when Norman and Maximus stopped me midway to question me. I was kind of hoping they had gone to bed, because I was so horny coming out of Emmet’s room that I felt weird having a normal conversation with them.

"Azura said that the evil father captured her and kept her in a place that looked more like underground," Emmet stopped right beside me, probably on purpose, because now I could smell his cologne so clearly.

I sniffled hard and let out a breath when he pulled his hands out of his pockets, but his right hand hit my butt. I jumped, and he added, "Sorry, by accident." It was a lie. He knew exactly what he was doing.

Norman and Maximus looked confused, more focused on the info they were getting.

"So the organization is underground?" Maximus asked, rubbing his chin.

"What if they get their hands on Kaye—" I almost yelped when I felt a hand on my ass. It was much darker in the hallway this time. And with Maximus holding a big file between us where he was adding details, and Norman focused on the papers, Emmet had found a way to mess with me.

His hand gently squeezed my ass and I bit my tongue.

His hand played around more, then he went a step further by lifting my dress. I quickly turned my head to look at him, we would get caught if he didn’t stop. I know the others wouldn’t call me a cheater or anything, but I’d be so embarrassed doing all that while we were talking about something serious.

"That’s what I’ve been thinking too. Not that they’ll get their hands on Kaye," Norman stepped back from the file and came over to me, wrapping an arm around my shoulder as Emmet stepped away.

"But what if Kaye comes over? I brought the family in so he knows there are others around who can fight too, but then I wonder what if he still gets to you?" Norman said carefully, not meeting Emmet’s eyes. I noticed he hadn’t really spoken to Emmet since his first talk with Azura. I’m guessing it was because Emmet once accused him of killing Azura.

"So I’m guessing you’ve already come up with a plan for that too?" Maximus asked, and Norman nodded.

"A lot has been happening. It’s been one full moon after another, and Helanie is suffering. She’s working hard to free us from our curse and pain, so I believe she deserves some rest too," Norman gave me a smile while wrapping his arm around my shoulder and pulling me closer.

"And how are we going to do that?" Maximus asked with interest.

"Wait," I knew he was saying it all for me, but I had something else I wanted to bring up. The three of them turned their attention to me, watching me get ready to shake their world a bit.

"There have been children going missing in The Vicious Banes Pack, and I’m scared for Vani," I reminded them about my talk with Altan, and I noticed none of them looked too happy about it.

"How about we bring Vani here or move her to another pack, then?" Maximus suggested. Norman nodded in agreement, but Emmet seemed a little out of it.

"And what makes you think that will stop the kidnappings? Sure, we’ll keep our family safe, but what about the other kids?" Emmet asked. I expected that from him. That’s exactly how I felt too.

"And? Altan should take care of his pack and his problems. His father pretended to have mental issues the second they tried to question him. Now he’s sitting in a white jacket. Altan is the Alpha, why can’t he do something about it?" Maximus argued while I remembered Alpha Diaz. He faked mental illness, but thankfully no one believed him. Still, after looking into it, they did say he needed help, so they sent him to a mental hospital where he gets shocks every day. I heard he always screams and cries, he swears he’s fine, but he’s not getting out of there and still gets shocks and other medications that he says are going to kill him.

"He can’t help his pack right now, which is why he asked for my help," I reminded Maximus. How could he forget?

"Bullshit. He just wants you in the pack so he can shoot his shot with you. That’s typical of him. Now he wants you to see the ’new’ Altan—the better version of himself," Maximus grumbled while I turned to look at Norman.

"I’ll send our warriors to help him then. You don’t need to go, Helanie," Norman almost hissed at the idea of Altan wanting my help.

"But I have to. You know Vani, even if she hates her parents, would never leave them. I have to do this for her," now even I was arguing.

"Okay, fine. Then I’ll go myself. But you’re not going," Norman frowned at me, giving me that look that told me to stop arguing.

That was so typical of him. I remembered how he always used to argue with me, thinking I’d get myself into danger.

"How about I go?" Emmet’s offer surprised me a little. I didn’t expect him to volunteer.

And I was glad his brothers picked up on it too. They turned to him, shared a look with each other, then looked back at him.

"Don’t you have someone who just came back from the dead to take care of? She’s new to this world now. Aren’t you going to help her figure it out?" Maximus asked, not in a teasing way, but I noticed how Emmet strangely closed his eyes and took a deep breath before answering:

"I don’t think she understands anything I say."