A Mate For Each Side

Temptation

Nelo's POV:

I was still surprised over the fact that she was my mate, it was hard to believe anything. I look at her neck and realized she wasn't marked yet, was this alpha waiting for her then? Did something happen that she didn't want to be marked yet? She was very beautiful, her bright blue eyes starring back at me. I gulp down, the craving slowly creeping all over my body. I watch her carefully, seeing her shifted uncomfortable, a little scared. She was sweating. 

Then my eyes widen, my father had explained that the Athas family had some vampiric genes in their bloodline, maybe the gene was passed to her more than her parents? Maybe that is why I am her mate, a mate for a wolf, a mate for a vampire. It makes slightly more sense but I was still very confused about what was going on. 

Ilona's POV:

It was a nice morning today, and it had been quite a while since I had started training with my alpha. My mate. Way better than that Dain. It had become a little more playful as time went by, and I didn't stop laughing at everything he did. 

I ducked to avoid a punch, then used my legs to sweep him off the floor. I burst into laughter even more. It died down almost as instantly as my body tense and that familiar fever-like feeling came over me and my eyes stopped on a pair of silver eyes. Those eyes look so mesmerizing, just like Juan's green eyes. 

I heard Juan growled lowly at the person. He didn't walk towards us and seemed to stay in the shadows. Was he a vampire? 

Then something clicked, "mate" Another mate? "You're my mate too?" I ask. Okay, so three so far, but one down. I have two current mates. I look him over, a craving in me appearing. It made me want to jump on him, and I don't know why. I felt uncomfortable, and uneasy with this feeling. I sensed that he felt the same. 

My hands felt sweaty, and I felt hot and burning, I did not like that feeling. Even my mouth and throat ached. I looked away, covering my face as even my eyes stung and Juan wrapped his arm around me immediately. I used to hate it when someone would hug me, but I had gotten so used to his random hugs and warmth and it no longer scared me, rather it soothed me. But right now, my body trembled with a strange need. My own breathing heavy. 

"What's wrong with her? What did you do to her?" Juan snarled at Nelo. 

"I didn't do anything, Alpha" he mocked his title while replying. "she is feeling the same thing as me..."

"and what would that be?" 

"she is craving blood." 

My heart stopped... wait what?! Did I need blood? Now that I think about it, the idea seemed to already calm the need but made me want it even more. I inhaled Juan's scent, his blood smelled sweet. But it was someone else's blood that had filtered to my nose. Such an intoxicating scent. But I was scared. Juan had seemed to try and swallow down what Nelo had said, hard to believe that it was true, but when he had looked down at me and realized that my skin had paled even more and the slight glimpse of my reddened eyes covering the blue of my iris. He accepted the truth. He held me tighter and whispered. "If you need it, go for it." 

Temptation. But I shook my head no, in any other moments perhaps, but right now, I didn't crave his, I craved Nelo's. My head turned to look at him, the vampire still in the shadows. He understood, he knew I wanted his. But he knew I was scared, and he knew I was fighting this need. I closed my eyes and buried my face in Juan's chest as I tried to pass it. As I tried to forget the need. 

My chest hurts now. My throat dry. My teeth and gums aching as I could feel them lengthen. I whimpered and the next minute I passed out. My skin whiter, paler than earlier. I had literally become white as a sheet. 

"she needs blood!" Nelo yelled, "and bring her to the shadows, her skin has paled too much, she'll burn," He said, worry in his voice, and Juan heard it. He hesitated. He knew I didn't want his, but Nelo's blood. But he still didn't want me near the vampire, but then where he was also the safes, and closest place where shadows were. After a mental war, he picked me up and rushed to Nelo. 

Juan's POV:

Ilona is a vampire too? I had it found hards to believe that she had a second mate but then learning that she craved blood just like a vampire, it made sense that she had a mate for each side. I wonder, would she need to make a choice or no? But I guess if she did. she wouldn't leave any. I knew she liked my comfort, but I also knew, and just guessed that she wanted his blood. It is similar to a wolf in a way, we only want our mate to mark us, and mark them back. I guess it's the same with vampires, only want them to drink their blood, and them drinking from you back. She was visibly paling and shaking, it scared me a little. She seemed to be fighting herself. 

she fainted, and Nelo yelled at me. It was blurred but I could faintly hear what he said. My choices were hard to decide, I still did not like him, but she would perhaps need it. And so I ran to him, placing her under a tree. Nelo was by her and I had to stop a growl from me. I had to accept that she had two mates, it was hard to though. 

He looked genuinely worried, his face morphed into softness and worry. 

"Have you kissed her yet?" he suddenly asks. 

"no?" I answered, confused by his question. A slow grin on his face appeared and he bit his own wrist, sucking it before his mouth met hers. I growled, but he just watches me, a smirk in his eyes as pass down the blood from his mouth to her. He repeated the action a couple of times, her skin gaining back her rosy color and her eyes slowly fluttering open. Then she looked at both of us, she wiped her mouth and her eyes traveled down to her hands, seeing the smeared blood on it and she looks at Nelo, knowing it was his blood. Perhaps, she hadn't noticed, but I could clearly see that he was trying his hardest not to bit her, like how I try my hardest not to mark. At least we had something in common. 

"I stole your first kiss, hope you don't mind princess" Nelo just say, a teasing grin on his face with a bit of amusement in his eyes as he saw her blush deeply. " the only way I could think of to feed you my blood" he added, adding to the embarrassment she felt. Her face reddening from the blush, and I couldn't help laughing. Nelo joining in. Ilona just tried to hide behind her hair. It was cute.