Chapter 254
254-Killed My Brother
We walked out of the woods in defeat. Thiago must be worried about one of my mates not being able
to mark me, but I somewhat felt at ease.
The moment I hit the road, I found Lazlo and Zander arguing about something. I thought they would be
done by now. But it wasn‘t until I saw Maynard and Christina that I realized what was going on. Zander
wasn‘t arguing with Lazlo this time. Lazlo was holding him back from at tacking Maynard.
“You cannot interrupt me. I need to know it from his mouth.” Christina yelled at her brother for stopping
her from talking to her mate.
“He is a fucking murderer and a rapist. I don‘t understand why you desperately want to give him a
chance,” Zander yelled as he freed himself from Lazlo‘s grasp.
“Because that‘s the right thing to do. I need to know his side of the story,” she screamed at her brother
in tears. I never really thought she was this much in love with Maynard.
Maynard closed his eyes and sighed. He stared at me as he opened them again.
“And what makes you think he has a side?” Zander scoffed, taunting Maynard for staying silent for so
long.
“Everybody has a side,” Christina stopped screaming and murmured, a stream of tears drenching her
cheeks..
“And they tell their side. They don‘t run away from it.” Zander, who was already angry about not being
able to mark me, yelled back at his sister.
“He needs time. It must not be easy for him to look back at things and talk about them. Something
traumatizing must have happened.” She defended Maynard once again. I was watch ing Maynard look
at the ground and not say anything in his defense. What was it that he was hid ing?
“I think it is time you speak up,” Lazlo interrupted, and demanded an answer from Maynard.
“That‘s what I am talking about. If an innocent person gets used of such a disgusting act of crime,
they would be yelling at the top of their lungs, trying to prove their innocence, but he is doing none of
that,” Zander sided with Lazlo. The two were on the same page. I get it. Thiago hadn‘t said a word, but
every time they talked to Maynard, I saw Thiago‘s body shuddering. It must be a reminder of what we
lost back in the woods.
“Maynard! Please speak up. You need to tell your side.” Christina‘s whisper broke my heart for her. She
was over here fighting his battle, and he didn‘t even give a damn.
“Well, when he is ready, he knows where to find us.” With that being said, Zander grasped Christina‘s
hand and dragged her away, despite her attempts to call for Maynard. Who hadn‘t even moved a
muscle this whole time?
After a brief moment of silence, Maynard walked up to me, surprising us all.
“I know you have many questions regarding my side of the story.” He started in a whisper, “Enya! I am
aware of your loss. I am aware of your feelings, and it kills me that I became the rea son behind the
agonizing pain you are in, even when I tried everything in my power to be the one who hurts you. I
wanted to break the mate bond with you so that I could keep you safe from my mother‘s madness. If
anyone here deserves to know the truth, it is you. I owe you an exna
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tion.” His eyes carried guilt. I can‘t imagine there was once upon a time I saw love in them for me. We
have moved on from each other and possibly don‘t carry the same feelings and would never again. But
the way he held my hand to tell his story, I felt weird.
“I don‘t want you to look at me as a monster,” he continued to talk, “I will exin my side to each one of
you just for the sake of Enya.” He then freed my hand and stepped back to inform the others.
“Hm! I think we should head back to our room and discuss it there. Christina also deserves to know the
truth,” Thiago reminded him. He has a mate who is relying on him. Christina had stood beside him in
thick and thin. Even when her brother disapproved of their rtionship, she supported Maynard.
Maynard nodded his head, and soon we were on our way back to the room.
Thad prepared myself for every kind of truth.
We reached the room and found Christina crying and Zander yelling at her.
“You are an idiot,” he continued.
“That is it,” Thiago scoffed. “Back off!” he added as he pushed Zander away from Christina. He was
literally in her face and making her tremble. I didn‘t understand how the whole dynamic changed
between them. She was the one controlling him and poisoning him. Did my eptance make him
stronger than her?
“Let‘s just say the entire issue is going to be resolved now that Maynard has decided to tell us the
truth,” Lazlo then informed them. Christina uncovered her face from her hands and stared at Maynard
with a smile of relief on her lips.
“Really? Let‘s hear that out too.” Lazlo folded his arms over his chest and sarcastically pre tended to
pay attention to Maynard.
“I am here to confess,” Maynard whispered under his breath, meeting with gasps. Christina‘s smile
faded away the moment she heard him say that.
“What are you saying?” she asked in a trembling tone.
“1 – I am going to confess and tell the truth” Maynard repeated, but this time, his hands clenched into
fists.
“I killed my brother.” Our blood ran cold as soon as he made that confession.
I thought Olivia had killed his brother. He fucking told me a lie.
“What?” Christina stepped back and met the wall, trying to hold on to anything for support.
“Ah!” After being proven correct, Zander pped his hands together and added, “I told you, he‘s
dangerous.”
“And why did you kill him?” It wasn‘t until Thiago asked him in a very soft tone that Maynard raised his
face and looked at him.
It filled his eyes with tears of relief that somebody asked him why, instead of calling him a murderer or
any other name.
I am publishing chapters early because I am sick and I am afraid I might doze off and miss the updates.
Hopefully, you will get a lot from Maynard‘s side of the story.