Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates
Chapter 707-The Lost Father

Chapter 707: 707-The Lost Father

Helanie:

"Mom, Niles is not my father?" I asked, my eyes filled with tears. The things my mother had gone through made my heart shrink in my chest. I had no clue she had endured so much pain, and even afterward, she couldn’t be with me because she had to protect me.

My mother was in tears, her hands resting in her lap, one over the other, gently tapping the back of one hand with her fingers.

"No, you are Soren’s daughter," she said softly. "But there is one more truth that I’ve been hiding from everyone. That night when I slept with Soren, they took him away. And Niles came in. He told me they had taken Soren, and in that moment, I realized what they were doing. They were going to use my child again, and this time it would be a special, powerful child. I wasn’t an idiot, I put two and two together. Everything was falling into place, and I was terrified for my child’s life. So I played one last trick. I seduced Niles. And just like that, he fell right into my trap. He was a corrupt man, he still is. Even though he had another woman in his life, your stepmother, Larissa, she knew everything. She was part of it. Even before he captured me, she let him do this to me. The two of them planned everything. She helped him figure out what to say to fool me. And he did it. So after I seduced him, he slept with me. Once I was pregnant, I told them the truth about the child, I told them it was his. That you were Nile’s daughter." My mother paused as I kept staring at her face.

"How do you know I was not?" I questioned. My mother gently held my hand and rolled up my sleeves to show me a birth mark.

"Soren had the same leaf like birth mark in the same spot." she smiled through tears.

"Niles was furious because Darcy was enraged with him. She even beat him up. They would have killed you, they didn’t want that baby. But then I offered a deal. I told Darcy I’d willingly sleep with Soren again for another powerful baby if they let you live. And Darcy! she actually gave it a thought. She asked me why I would want a child with Niles to live. And I said, ’Because I know you wouldn’t let other children live. I just want someone. She agreed. I don’t know why, maybe she was just desperate. She didn’t want you anyway, so she saw no point in killing you. You were delivered prematurely because they didn’t want to waste another minute. After that, I was ordered to go back to Soren to sleep with him again."

My mother hiccupped, emotions building inside her.

"Then what happened to Father? Is he okay? Is he alive? Did you do it? Do I have more siblings?"

I couldn’t believe I had lost so many siblings because some bitch thought their lives meant nothing. It was all too much. I could only imagine what my mother had endured.

"I went to him, Helanie," she sniffled. "He had heard about me and Niles, about us sleeping together. And, of course, he knew I had given birth to you. He understood my reasoning." She took a breath to clear her throat.

"He knew you were his daughter but kept his mouth shut. We had sex again. Afterward, Darcy told him they were sacrificing the babies. He was furious. He said, ’How could you get pregnant? How could you let them do this to our babies?’ He didn’t understand—I had no choice. But he said he had a choice. He said he’d put an end to this. That after this baby, there would be no more children. I didn’t understand what he meant. I thought maybe he wouldn’t want to sleep with me again. Back in my cage, in the basement, I was exhausted again. This time, I was beyond distraught, I knew another one of my babies would be taken. But I had hope. I believed Soren would find a way."

She paused.

"They didn’t tell me what happened to Soren, not until I was four months pregnant. That’s when they broke the news. Soren had finally ended this long, painful journey. He took his own life."

She finished, and I gasped, covering my mouth with my hand.

"My dad?" I started sobbing. My mother gently ran her fingers through my hair.

"He ended his life because he didn’t want another baby to suffer, something I should have done. But I was a fucking coward. He wasn’t. The pirate Soren, the famous adventurer who was never caught by any monster, finally ended his life for the sake of his children. To stop his mate from going through the pain of giving birth and losing more babies. He died. Darcy was so angry she chopped him up. Then she threw the pieces in front of me after she forced me to give birth. She took my child away. I cried and cried, but somehow, I still felt responsible. I really thought that this time, I’d be able to convince Niles to help me escape. After I gave birth to you, I believed he would soften toward me. At that point, I didn’t know Larissa was in his life. I was planning to play games with them. But after Soren died, I kind of lost all hope. Then Darcy realized I was trying to harm my child, because I didn’t want my baby to become her sacrifice. I know what I was doing was wrong, but I was frustrated. I had lost my mind. I had lost my children. Niles had taken you away from me, and I didn’t even know he had handed you to Larissa, or how she was treating you. You were just a baby."

She cried. I raised my head to look at her. She needed comfort. Sadly, she had gone through the worst shit I had. Lucky for me, I had taken revenge but she was still stuck among people who had wronged her.

"You did nothing wrong. You were just a victim, abused for years, Mother." I reassured her that I didn’t blame her for anything. It wasn’t her choice. They forced her into it.

"My daughter," she whispered.

"Once they found out I was trying to harm my baby, they took her away by force. And then— they sacrificed her."

I looked at her. And I began to break down again.

"What happened then?" I asked.

"Then one day, after I had given birth, Niles returned.He told me I had done a great job. That it was over for me. Darcy was extremely happy with me.I didn’t know what it meant, until she came in. Holding her own child with a smile on her lips. She looked so fucking happy while my arms were empty." My mother let out another cry and I figured this is where her journey to revenge began.