My Twin Mates

CHAPTER 5-PACKHOUSE

*Dom’s POV* 

I watched as my mate jumped off the bed and headed towards the bathroom with a change of clothes in hand. He was small, so much smaller than me. I knew that if I wasn’t gentle with him, I would surely scare him off.

The bathroom door shut and I leaned back against the bed frame.

“So?” I asked my brother, using my foot to nudge his. 

“Our mate’s cute.” Seb grinned widely and we shared a smirk. 

My smile quickly dropped though as the thought of him being scared of us filled my head. Seb seemed to share the same thought as me as he had stopped grinning too. My wolf let out a howl in my head and I clenched my fists. 

You just have to prove to him that you care about him. It isn’t his fault that the first people he met were the alpha’s warriors, my wolf chimed in. I nodded in my head and tried to push away the roaring anger. 

“We’ll give him a tour and try to get to know him more, right?” I looked to meet Seb’s gaze. I pushed away the lingering uncomfortable feelings and plastered a smile on my face for my brother. He was always the more sensitive child out of us two. 

“Yeah. I’m sure it’ll be okay.” 

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*Rin’s POV*

I stood under the scalding hot water, unmoving. I needed to think this through. I’d survived a whole four years on my own in the woods. I messed up today. 

I dragged my hands through the knots in my hair, causing my scalp to burn. But I relished the pain. It felt like I was punishing myself for messing up. How could I ruin everything just like that? 

The water ran down my back and I tried to swallow the despair. I was stuck here now. No way could I get out. I had a terrible memory and being stuck in a huge packhouse with six feet tall werewolf warriors was not making my case any easier. 

My wolf growled in my head and that brought me back to my mates. They were big but their eyes told me that they meant no harm to me. My thoughts turned on me, “And just how long will it take them to realize how worthless you are?”

I ran my hands up and down my face and tried not to scream aloud. A part of me was screaming to get out of this place, that it wouldn’t be long before my mates rejected me too. The other part of me was saying that being stuck in that cave was stupid anyway. I had mates now and the least I could do was give them a chance.

I brushed the wet hair that was dripping water in my eyes away and took a breath. I knew what I needed to do. Pretend everything’s fine and normal. That’s what I’m best at. I spent the last four years of my life wallowing away in a cave, hoping I could find a piece of myself I lost in the fire. But today’s events gave me a reason to live again. If anything, I shouldn’t be trying to run away but instead breathing in the fresh air. I’ll just get through the next few weeks quietly so if the need to run arises, I’ll be prepared. All my life I’d been running away from my problems; but not anymore.

I turned off the water and brushed the water droplets off my face. “Your mom wanted you to live. Do this for her.” 

My mom’s bloody pained face filled my memories and I silently sobbed. I miss you so much mom. So much.

She sacrificed herself for me. Crying about my feelings in the shower was not the way to go. 

I grabbed the towel off the counter and inhaled. You’ll get through this. I was too busy wrapping the towel around my waist and gathering my thoughts to catch my reflection in the foggy mirror. 

Unknowingly my eyes had flashed a bright red. 

With the towel around my waist, I stepped out of the bathroom. 

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My mates were sitting on the bed and turned to me when I stepped out. I watched with burning cheeks as two pairs of eyes turned to stare at me. 

“Do you have any clothes I can borrow?” I piped meekly. 

Their eyes seemed to darken in my presence. I cleared my throat and my eyes darted around the room avoiding their gaze.

“Yeah, here.” Dom had blinked and offered a stack of clothes to me. I bit my lip and quickly darted forward for them.

“I’ll just uhm change in the bathroom.” I quickly stepped back into the bathroom and shut the door behind me. How awkward that was. My mates had stared at me in hunger and I could only imagine what they were thinking.

I tied the strings of the sweatpants as tight as they would go and tried not to wince at how loose they still were. The shirt seemed to swallow me up as well. I was basically swimming in my mate’s clothes. 

I took a peek at myself in the mirror and quickly stepped out before I tried convincing myself to run away. 

I shut the bathroom door behind me and cleared my throat to get their attention. Two pairs of eyes snapped up and I watched as they took in my appearance.

Seb grinned and said, “You look good in our clothes.” Dom tilted his head in agreement with Seb.

I gave him a small smile and played with the sweatpants’ strings. “Are you going to give me a tour?”

Seb nodded and grinned eagerly. Once I learned the layout of the packhouse the next thing to do would be to form a good relationship with their Alpha. I needed to be on the alpha’s good side if I wanted to feel freedom. Not that I didn’t like my mates.

“Yep. Let’s goooo.” Seb jumped off the bed and grabbed my hand, pulling me out of the bedroom. 

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*Seb’s POV* 

“Down that hallway are the omega’s quarters. We usually group pack members based on their rank.” I pointed down the walkway and continued walking, tugging on my mate’s hand. 

Ever since the start of the tour I’ve been holding onto his hand and the tingles made me want to push him against a wall and smother him with kisses. But the wonder in his eyes as I showed him our pack house made me hold the urge back. I could spend the rest of the day with him without doing anything imprudent. 

“Do you guys have any special cars?”, his eyes lit up as he turned to look at me.

“Special cars?”

I was barely paying attention to his words as I watched capsized, as he tugged his bottom lip between his teeth.

“Fuck.” I muttered, forcing my eyes away, looking at everything but him.

“In our pack house we used to have a hugeeeee garage where we kept the special cars. Do you guys have one?”my mate continued on, tilting his head as he finished. 

I mentally told my wolf to shut up and forced myself to look my mate in his eyes to answer him. “There's a garage downstairs along with the kitchens and dining room. I could take you there?” 

My mate nodded eagerly, earning a smile from me. He was so adorable.

Once we got to the garage and I had opened the door, I watched as my mate’s eyes lit up with interest. There were rows and rows of cars, some big, some small.

“We usually keep the keys lined up here against the wall.” I gestured to the huge key rack then turned my attention back to Rin. 

“Could we go for a ride some day?” He was bouncing back and forth on his toes looking excited. I gave him my best grin and said, “We go after dinner.”

I was surprised my mate didn’t burst from the sheer amount of happiness on his face. 

“Really! Oh my god I love you thank you!” Rin bounded forward squeezing me in a hug before backing away in shock from what he had just said.

“I-I- I didn’t-” I smirked at his stammering.

“It’s okay pup. I love you too.”