Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates

Helanie:

Sitting with Emmet and listening to him made me blush so hard now.

But it was a serious matter, so I had to compose myself.

"Pied Piper? As in that tale where the piper played the flute and made the children follow him?" Altan asked. Emmet only nodded once, then blinked his eyes to confirm that’s exactly what he was talking about.

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"I don’t understand. How is that tale related to these cases?" Altan said aloud, echoing the question I’d been silently wondering. But since Emmet brought it up, he must know what he was talking about.

"Those children weren’t kidnapped. They left on their own," Emmet’s statement made my eyes go wide.

"But where would they go? And how has no one heard about them all these days?" I asked, confused. If they left on their own, they must have had somewhere to go. They hadn’t left the pack— otherwise, the warriors would have noticed something.

But then again, the warriors hadn’t been doing a great job at the borders. I remembered how easy it had been for a wounded and disturbed me to run away from the pack back then.

"They’re not alone. All I’m saying is that they’re the ones summoning whatever this demon is. And that demon helps them escape their homes," Emmet said with confidence, making me keep staring at his face.

"They’re summoning the demon? Why? And who is this demon?" Altan almost leaned forward like he was ready to climb into Emmet’s mouth to get the answers directly.

"Sadness. They were all depressed and had talked about running away at one point or another.