Unthinkable Second Chance Mate

Chapter 13 The Talk

When we returned from our run, the twins took me quickly into the house and removed the leash after they locked the door behind us. It was almost lunch time, so Brendon followed me to the kitchen and helped me prepare lunch. The entire time we were fixing lunch he never quit humming. It seemed like Brendon was always in a good mood. I let myself get lost in my thoughts until it was time to go to the dining room. While we were eating, the twins sat there and they each put a hand on one of my knees. It had become a routine now that I had just adapted too.

"I'm going to go lay down for a nap." Brandon said as soon as we finished eating.

"Okay, sleep well." Brendon responded to him as I gathered up the dishes.

Brendon followed me into the kitchen while his brother went up the stairs. He started humming again as I was doing my work. His humming was actually quite comforting if I closed my eyes and just listened to the tune. Brendon was definitely the nice one out of the two of them, so it wasn't so bad to spend time with him. I finished the dishes and he grabbed my hand and pulled me into the living room. He sat me down on the couch and turned on the tv before sitting down next to me. I wasn't paying attention to what was on because I had too many questions running through my mind.

"May I ask you something?" I timidly asked.

"Of course." he sounded amused, but grabbed my hand.

"Why me?" the question popped out, it wasn't the one I was aiming for.

"Why you what?"

"Why did you do all this to me? Why did you pick me?"

"Well, you had been promised to us."

"By who?"

"You said a question."

"I'm sorry, I just have so much I want to know."

"It's okay."

"Please tell me who promised me to you."

"I can't tell you, part of the deal was that we would never tell who gave you to us."

"Oh."

"Yeah, so ask another one."

"I think I should get to know who gave me away without my consent."

"You may know one day, if they decide to tell you. I would tell you if I could but a deal is a deal and I am a man of my word."

"Well, if you won't tell me who, will you tell me when?"

"I don't know the exact time frame. You have been promised to us for a long time, we were supposed to come collect you before you had turned 18 and that was a mistake on our part."

"Don't the two of you have mates?"

"No, we had been hoping that you would be one of our mates. That's why Brandon doesn't have much to do with you really. He wanted you to be his mate so bad that he was hurt when you had said you found your mate."

"Why did you not stop after I said I had a mate?"

"Honestly, we wanted you to just be ours. I know it's not an excuse, but it's the best I have to offer. You had no mating mark and we were told you knew we would be coming. When we realized you had no idea about us, we got pissed off and our anger took over. We thought you lied about having found your mate to back out of the deal. We didn't realize you had told the truth that night until we saw you again at Aunt Agatha's and she told us how she found you. We knew we were monsters in your eyes, so we kept up the act, we took you out in hopes of finding your mate and trying to help you. When we did find him and he treated you the way he did, Brandon and I both got so mad that we told each other then and there that we had to get you away from him."

"You two have treated me badly though."

"Yes we have, but it's been to keep you safe."

"Safe?"

"You don't know your way around these woods, so if you ran, you would get lost and we don't want you to get lost."

"But you force me to wear outfits I don't like."

"To make you comfortable in your own skin. You are very beautiful and we want you to realize that."

"It doesn't help."

"It seems to be helping, you have no problem wearing those outfits in front of us now."

"That's because I'm forced to. If I had my choice I would wear more comfortable clothes."

"Then I will get you more comfortable clothes."

"Really?"

"Yes, is there anything else?"

"I used to be a light sleeper and now I'm not. Why?"

"That would be because we noticed the dark circles under your eyes, so we have been slipping you just a little bit of wolfsbane to make you sleep more."

"You've been drugging me?"

"Just enough to help you sleep."

"What about when you two find your mates? What will you do with me?"

"Well, Brandon can have his mate, but I only want you. I know this isn't the ideal way to bring you to this conclusion but I want to be with you. I want you to be so comfortable with us that you decide you want to be with me too."

"But what about my second chance mate?"

"Those are actually pretty rare. Some are lucky to find their second chance mate. A lot of those instances do come from your pack but, in reality, they are hard to find."

"But what if I find mine?"

"That's a bridge we will cross when we come to it. You normally can't find your second chance mate until at least one year after the rejection if you find them at all."

"Oh. Do you and Brandon have a pack?"

"Yes, we are actually the betas of our pack."

"You never leave and there aren't any other wolves around."

"That's because we chose to live out in the woods and away from everyone else. We handle most of our business in our office on the third floor and on the phone. Our pack accepts this and we still do a pretty good job."

"Will I ever be free?"

"Yes, once you realize that we are actually trying to help you. I would love for you to accept me as your mate, but I really just want to help you get back where you need to be."

"Back to my pack?"

"No, you have no place in that pack now. I want to get you where you need to be mentally. I want you to realize how beautiful you are and I want to protect you. I just don't want to build you back up for someone else though. I would do right by you if you just accepted me and let me take care of you."

"I can't accept you, it's because of you and your brother that I'm in this mess anyway."

"Just think about it, think about having me as a mate. I will admit that I'm into some pretty kinky stuff but I think you would like it if you gave it a try."

"You mean like sharing me with your brother?"

"If you want, I'm mainly into dominance. I would prefer for you to submit to me but I could make you. I have made you submit to me physically already. Your body craves my touch even when you don't realize it, all I need you to do is say yes."

"I can't. You and your brother are the reasons I'm hurt so badly in the first place."

"Just think about it."

"Can I have books and stuff in my room? I need stuff to do in the mornings when I'm alone."

"You can have anything you want."

"Even leaving?"

"Except that. I told you that we are trying to protect and help you."

"Fine."

"Good girl."

We went back to watching tv. He had answered most of my questions but now I had no idea what to do with the answers he had given. He wanted me to be his mate by choice and not by fate, but I couldn't do that. He and his brother were the ones that hurt me and I would never accept either of them as my mate. I hadn't expected Brendon to answer everything the way that he had, he definitely gave me a lot to think about. Even with all the information bouncing around in my brain, I started to doze off sitting on the couch with him. He reached over and grabbed my hand and before I knew what happened everything went black.