Claimed by my brother

After thoughts

Olivia POV:

I was spent. Wrapped up in Damien's clothes, he carried me back to our house. My anxiety increased as we got closer because the lights were still on and I couldn't remember if they were always left on or if tonight she was sitting and waiting. She would know when she saw us. Clearly, she had known from the get go that we were mates and instead of telling me, she gas lit me and broke me down and now she was willing to go as far as sell me to some foreign man. I buried myself deeper into Damien, letting his scent engulf me. Technically, there was two days left for my birthday and my stomach was now all tied up in knots because of it.

Damien creeped up the omega entrance as my heart beat heavily in my chest like some kind of looney tunes character. He pushed open my door and walked into my room, making sure to not make a noise. He laid me down on the bed, kissing me once more before whispering his good nights and leaving.

I felt saddened by his absence but knowing why he had left had gave me some closure as to why this wasn't my fault like our mother made it seem. I turned on my side, still naked, except for his jacket and the tiredness that I had felt before had disappeared and now I was wracked with thoughts and guilt. The usual when a girl disobeys her family. Her family she is supposed to be grateful for.

I pushed myself up from the bed and tip toed to the window, I wanted to get a glimpse of him before he went into the cottage and then I remembered the lingerie clad w***e from earlier and my heart sank into my stomach. I was now desperate to see anything, just to know what was happening. Was he f*****g her? He didn't f**k me so he must be getting it from somewhere! I was freaking out now. How could I be so stupid!?

My phone buzzed in that moment and it was from Damien. It was a picture of him naked in his bed, his bed which was empty. "She's gone, don't worry." It read and my heart seemed to recede back to it's normal position in my chest. I let out a deep sigh of relief. However, I still could not rest as I walked back to the bed and sat down, why would I be mated to my brother!?

It did not make sense. None of this did. I rubbed my temple as I did whenever I was trying to think, the pieces were there but I just needed to find them. I opened my bed side drawer and took out an empty notebook. It was deep purple with printed flowers on the cover. I flipped open to the first page and grabbed a pen, let's see...

Two years ago, D found out we're mates.

M makes him leave and we don't talk to each other.

M has me betrothed to some Alpha as soon as I turn 18.

Why??

These were not things I could figure out in the night but atleast I knew three things for sure. I just needed to figure out why, I drummed my pen against the notebook as I tried to think back everything Mother had said to me at some point, in case she had slipped up. Turns out that I didn't have to go too far down memory lane, last night she had told me that I could of had a very different life and I should be grateful. That was an odd thing to say so I wrote it down anyway. Now I knew four things.

I awoke in the morning with again the three knocks but today I was excited to get out of bed. I slipped the notebook in my bag and rolled out of bed. Immediately, I was at my closet, checking each outfit for the perfect one. I finally decided on a black plaid skirt and a black crop hoody. A lacy black bra for later if Damien was still interested.

To say my wolf was unimpressed by my self confidence would be an understatement. Emma opened the door and came in, surprise evident on her face, "you're up early," she noted as she mirrored my smile, "did you meet someone yesterday?" She asked, cutting right to the chase, "is it maybe that beta Michael?" She teased and I smiled at her, "just because I'm happy, you think it's a man?" I joked and she giggled, "no, I think it's a man because of your after glow." I was high on cloud nine, "I'm going to shower," I giggled and she smiled back, "I'll be here to hear all the juicy details when you get back!" I couldn't help but roll my eyes at her.

Emma was more of a mother than my own mother and that was saying something but still, how would Emma feel about Damien and I being mates... I could feel my spirit sinking as I turned on the shower. I needed to will this away, it was hard to feel the way I did about him and then also feel dirty about it at the same time. Astrid's words came floating back to me, "the Moon Goddess never makes a mistake." If that is true, why did she pair us together?