by CY Jones
The rest of the meal is great. We laugh and joke, and I really feel like I’ve made a new friend. After I insist on paying for lunch, we exchange numbers, and I make a promise to meet up this weekend. I want Lanely to meet April, so I thought we could all go out together.
Driving home, I hum to the radio. I didn’t lie when I said Lanely would make a great psychiatrist. She has a gift of putting people at ease. You couldn't help but to want to tell her all your problems, and she really cares about finding a solution. I don’t hang out with many humans, but I can tell she’s a good seed. Not like the ones I've been warned to watch out for. By the time I pull up to the house, school has been let out for hours. Walking inside with my bags, I try to swiftly make it up the stairs, but before my foot reaches the first step I hear Tyler calling my name. “Shit,” I mutter to myself. Does he know about school, or did Kassie finally rat on me for choking her? Leaving my bags at the foot of the stairs, I follow his voice, and find him in his office with the twins and their father. Glancing over to them wide-eyed, I slowly turn my head to Tyler.
“Alpha,” I say, bowing my head.
“Aspen, I’m sure you remember Gabe. He’s one of my Betas.”
“Hi,” I say moving my attention back to the man, and he looks me over with careful calculation.
“It’s nice to see you again,” he replies in a deep voice. I’m sure he’s lying, remembering all the hell I put his sons through. Just like the twins, his body has also gone through a drastic change. He’s broader now, instead of the lean muscle he once had when he lived in Wolfhaven. It makes me wonder what’s in the water here.
“And these are his sons, Ethan and Logan, which you already know. I’m sure you have seen them in school,” Tyler continues with his introductions.
“Yes,” I answer slowly.
“I have some business to conduct out of town, before the mating ceremony this weekend. The twins will be staying here, and I want you to play hostess with your mom.”
I didn’t think this day could get any worse, but at his words my face pales as all the blood drains out my body. “Why can’t Kassie do it?” I ask, working on a way out of this.
“She a little ambitious when it comes to the twins. I rather have you look over them,” he answers. This isn’t a command, but I can tell he wants me to agree on my own. Even though it’s pure insanity, I nod my head.
“Good, can you entertain them in your room while the maids work on getting the guest rooms ready?”
“Sure,” I reply, grinding my teeth.
“Thank you,” Tyler says before dismissing us.
Turning on my heel, I march out the office not caring if the twins are following me or not. At the staircase, I gather my bags and practically run up the stairs. This is crazy. I’m about to invite my tormentors into my room, my sanctuary after a long day of their torment. With a shaky hand, I open my door leaving it open for the twins to follow.
“Your mom sure didn’t waste any time bagging Tyler. I guess being a whore is a family trait,” Ethans says once Logan shuts the door behind him.
Not rising to his bait, I ignore his comment, and open my practically empty closet to hang up the clothes I just bought.
“I see you’re also reaping in the benefits,” he tries again, his wolf eyes track my every movement.
Still I stay silent. I feel like this is my best defense, plus with them in my room it feels very small in here, and that annoying pull had a firmer grip on me with them so close.
“Cat got your tongue, firecracker,” Logan says stepping up beside me, and I move my eyes to him warily. “Or how about wolf.”
That is the only warning I get before he pulls me to him and attacks my mouth. I’m surprised at first, and I swear I try to push him away. Too quickly I find my resistance lowering, and I give in to the kiss with just as much intensity as he gives me. His hands are like a path of fire as he moves them across my body, and I moan in his mouth from his touch. That stupid pull wraps itself around us, and I know without a doubt that Logan is my soul bound mate.
“See? I told you. You are a whore,” Ethan whispers menacingly in my ear, ruining the moment.
Pushing Logan away harder this time, I turn to Ethan and stare him down, almost shrinking back from how much hate I see reflected back at me in his eyes. But deep in his gaze, what he’s trying so hard to hide, I also see the lust. Is he my soulmate as well? Is this why I feel such a strong pull to him? Sandwiched in between them, I can’t think straight. My wolf wants me to tear their clothes off, and fuck them until the sun comes up. Stupid, reckless thoughts in a fucked up situation.
“Go fuck yourself Ethan,” I growl, stepping away from them after I finally come to my senses.
“I rather fuck you, and by your reaction to that kiss, I’m sure you want to fuck us as well. I can see it in that golden gaze of yours. You want us, mate,” and at his words, it feels like the rug has been pulled right from under me.
“You know,” I whisper.
“I’ve always known, ever since we were little kids when you treated us like shit. Why do you think we returned to your side time after time again? If our dad didn’t move us away we would have stayed being the fools in your little games,” he admits, and his words are like a stab to an already open wound.
“This is insane,” I finally say.
“What? Are we not good enough for you?” Logan questions, and I shake my head.
It’s not that, in fact, I’m not good enough for them, but I don’t tell them that.
“Don’t worry about it, princess. I rather cut my dick off than take you as a mate,” Ethan say cruely, moving his finger slowly down the front of my shirt.
“Then what is all this?” I ask, slapping his hand away.
“I didn’t say having you around isn’t without its benefits,” he answers.
“You might as well get use to us. Our fathers grouping us together isn’t going to stop. We might as well get something out of it,” Logan says as he looks over my body with a heated gaze. His eyes are more blue than green right now, and they blaze like blue fire.
“Tyler is not my father, and he has a daughter to pawn off on you.”
“Kassie annoys the shit out of us, and our father knows what you are to us. By you coming here, you’ve sealed all of our fates. There's no getting out of this,” Ethan replies, moving closer. His gaze is almost manic, and just like his brother, he pulls me to him and takes my mouth like I’m already his. His kiss is not sweet. It’s all heat and fire. All the hate he feels swirls around me along with his longing, and he punishes my mouth, like him wanting me is all my fault. Pushing me up against the wall his knee slides in between my legs parting them, and his lips moves down to my neck. Not being able to help myself, I grip his hair tightly as he sucks on my neck hard leaving his marks all over me. This is insane. This beautiful man hates me, and I will not be made into his whore. My first time will not be a hate fuck with him and his brother. When he goes to pull my shirt from my body I push him away.
“No,” I yell. “I’m not a whore,” I cry. Spinning on my heel, I run to the balcony and jump off. On the way down I shift mid air, and when I hit the ground four paws land instead of two feet. Pushing my wolf, I run the whole time thinking, why is my life so fucking cruel?
I end up back at the lake, and just like before Mekka finds me here, but this time I’m lying on the bank in my wolf form.
“Fuck you’re huge,” he says in greeting, and my wolf huffs through her nostrils. Wolf or human form, no female wants to hear those words.
Glowing golden eyes greets him, and when he sits beside me, my wolf lays her head in his lap.
Stroking my fur he asks, “do you want to talk about it?”
Without a connection to the pack my wolf can’t communicate with him, so to speak, I'll have to shift back. Whining, I lay my head back in his lap content to feel his fingers run through my fur. It feels fucking amazing, and I can’t remember the last time I let anyone touch my wolf. As a True
Alpha I’ve always been bigger than everyone else except for my father, and it made me a little self conscious, and others were always intimidated by me to come within reach. We both sit in silence content to be in each other’s company as man and beast. After a while, I shift back to human form, and his bare hands runs across my naked back making me shiver.
“Here,” he says, pulling his shirt off, and I put it on, trying and failing at not ogling his bare chest. He’s packed in muscles with what looks like an eight pack. His body is perfection, and I want to touch him badly. Just like before my wolf is overjoyed to be covered in his scent, and it makes me wonder if he’s my soulmate also. Having one soul bound mate is rare, two is damn near impossible, but three? That’s unheard of.
“Why do you smell like the twins?” He growls. “Are they the ones who put these hickeys all over your neck?”
“They were at the house when I returned, and Alpha said they will be staying there while he’s away on business.”
“What does that have to do with the hickeys?” He questions.
“Alpha told me to entertain them in my room, and I don’t know what happened. Ethan insulted me like he always does, and Logan kissed me, and then I found out they are my soul bound mates, and that they always known, then Ethan kissed me, and gave me these hickeys, and tried to do more, but I stopped him and jumped off the balcony and came here,” I ramble on, not pausing in between my sentences.
“Whoa, you’re going to have to slow down, that was a mouthful,” he says, holding his hand up.
So I tell him everything, and he listens to my whole story with wide eyes.
“I don’t know what to say,” he says once I finished.
“Did you know?” I ask. I don’t know why, but I know I’ll be hurt if he did, and didn’t tell me while he still continued to flirt with me.
“No, sweetheart, I swear it. They didn’t tell me, but it seems like they haven’t been telling me a lot lately,” he answers as his gaze drifts off, and I know he’s probably thinking about the lunchroom incident.
Relieved, I look out at the water. I need to go back. I don’t think mum will be happy with me missing dinner with company in the house, although at the thought, I have a feeling of deep satisfaction come over me knowing the twins are stuck at the dinner table with Kassie right now.
“What’s that smile about?” Mekka questions.
“I was just thinking about how the twins are stuck with Kassie at the dinner table right now.”
“There's the mean girl the twins been telling me about. That’s downright cruel, and a fair punishment for them,” he replies gleefully.
“I was just wondering something,” I say suddenly nervous.
“What’s that?” He asks.
I don’t answer in words, instead I lean over and take his mouth with mine. At first the kiss is hesitant, but quickly Mekka recovers, and he groans loudly as the intensity of his kiss rises. That familiar pull wraps around us, telling me everything I need to know. Mekka is also my soul boud mate. My heart sings, rejoicing in finding our mate while his hands move up under his shirt I’m wearing until his thumbs brush the underside of my breast.
“Mate,” he growls in my mouth, and he pushes me gently on the ground until he’s hovering over me. His kiss is possessive, but not in the hate filled way as the twins. Moving his hand lower causing a trail of fire as he goes, he pushes his finger inside of me. Once he reaches his destination he starts teasing my clit and making me moan. The feeling is so intense, I almost forget my name as he plays with my pussy, stroking and rubbing until I cum all over his fingers, calling out his name into his mouth.
“I want to fuck you so bad, but my first time with my mate won’t be out in the open,” he says, biting my earlobe.
Breathing hard, I can’t answer. I thinks it’s sweet he wants to wait, but also frustrating. He just gave me one of the most intense orgasms in my life. I’ve never been able to play with my pussy the way he just did. It makes me think just how inexperienced I am compared to him.
“The rumors they say about me is a lie. I’ve never, you know,” I say embarrassed to say the rest out loud.
“Had sex,” he finishes for me smiling. “I know, sweetheart. I never believed the rumors.”
“The twins believe them,” I tell him sadly.
“No, I don’t think they do. I think with them it’s easier to believe the worst about you, then see what is in front of their faces.”
“And what is that?” I ask in awe over his words.
“That you are a beautiful person inside and out.”
Taking my mouth again we lay out in the open touching and kissing late into the night. I don’t know how long we stay out there, but after awhile we stop so he can walk me safely to the house.
“Goodnight, mate,” he whispers against my lips as he gives me a long kiss goodnight.
“Night, mate,” I respond back before sneaking back inside.
Getting back to my bed unnoticed, I sink into my sheets and sigh with happiness. Mekka is my soul bound mate, and unlike the twins, he’s actually happy about it. With my exhausting, drama filled day It doesn’t take long for sleep to take me, and I sink deep into my dreams with a smile planted firmly on my face.
“Tony, I dare you to touch Emily’s breast for ten seconds,” I say enjoying our little game.
“No way,” Emily starts to protest, and I give her a look that makes her shriek back in fear.
“You agreed to play, so you need to follow the rules,” I point out. I’m being extra cruel to her on purpose. I’m jealous Emily’s chest grew over the summer, and I’m still flat as a board.
Grinning, Tony happily approaches Emily, and pulls her shirt up so he can grope her chest without a barrier. He’s the typical horny preteen, and he doesn’t disappoint when he pinches her nipples making her cry out.
“Time,” Emily says pushing him away, and lowering her shirt. “Timmy, truth or da…”
“I want another turn,” I say interrupting her.
“That’s not fair,” Emily whines.
“You can always leave,” I tell her as I raise my brow, and she quickly shuts up. We’re all sitting outside the lake playing truth or dare. It’s the annual Winter celebration, and us kids were left unattended to entertain ourselves while the adults eat and get drunk on homemade moonshine and fairy wine.
“Ethan,” I say, giving him a wolfish grin. “Dare or dare.” I’m not giving him a choice. I already have something special in store for him.
“Dare,” he answers warily.
“I dare you to run across the lake and back naked.” I know for a fact he’s terrified of the freezing water, but the lake is frozen over, so he should be fine. I just want to see if he’ll actually strip and do as I say.
Swallowing hard, he turns his gaze to the lake and back to me.
“I’ll do it,” his twin pipes up for him, and I frown.
“I didn’t ask you, I asked your brother,” I retort.
Resigned to his fate, Ethans strips, and stands naked in front of us. He’s super skinny and gangly, and I wonder for a second if he’s eating enough.
“Go on,” I prod, and he walks over to the lake.
On swift feet he runs all the way across the lake. I have to give it to him, he’s very fast. The fastest out of all of us, even in his wolf form. Halfway back, we all hear a loud cracking sound.
“What’s that?” Logan asks as he watches his brother. I can tell how worried he is for him just by the look in his turquoise eyes.
Another cracking sound reaches our ears, this time louder, and I watch in horror as the ice breaks around Ethan.
“Ethan,” Logan screams as he runs over to the lake to save his brother.
Despite how horrid I am, I did not mean for this to happen. No way would I have known the ice would actually break. Running to the edge of the lake I look over at Ethan. He’s just standing out there floating on one of the broken off pieces of ice, too terrified to move. More pieces have
broken off, and now he’s surrounded by the freezing water. Concentrating hard on the water, I try to make it flow so it will push the chunks of broken ice closer together making a bridge long enough for Logan to reach his brother, and help him back. Screams behind me breaks my concentration. The others must have told the adults at the party what's going on. That loss of control costs me dearly when the ice up under Logan’s feet breaks at his next step, and he falls under. Not caring what the others will think, I run across the ice myself. When I get to the hole Logan fell through, I dive in. When I reach his body, I use the extra strength from my True Alpha blood to ignore the overwhelming feel of the cold, and hold onto him as I swim us to the surface. Horrified, I realize the ice has already frozen over. Using my free hand I try to bang on the ice, but I’ve strained myself so much that I’m not strong enough to break through even with my Alpha power. Looking down at Logan, I see that he’s already passed out, and I know he can’t stay under here much longer if we’ll have any hope of reviving him. Closing my eyes, I place my palm against the ice, and use my fire power to melt it. As soon as it starts to slush over, I punch my fist through, and a hand grabs onto it, pulling us free. I barely see the disappointed look on my father’s face before I pass out.
When I wake, I’m naked and wrapped in my comforter. My mum is tightly holding my hand as she sits in a chair beside my bed. When she sees I’m awake, she smiles.
“My brave little girl, I almost lost you,” she says, gently brushing away the hair on my forehead.
“Are they ok?” I croak. My throat hurts, and I feel like I haven’t had any water in years.
“They’re both fine, figlia, you don’t need to worry about them anymore,” she answers and I frown.
“What do you mean?” I question. Before she can answer my father comes into my room with a look of fury on his face.
