Second Chance Mate

Disappointment

Chapter 5 

Nate P.O.V 

    We watched Madison walk out to find the twins and just sit there in complete silence for a few minutes. “Shawn, in the morning I want you to contact Fort Moon and end our alliance with them. I'll never work with a selfish asshole like Aaron. I understand him being upset about his mom being killed, but how could he take that out on his own mate. He thought she was human and knew his reject would kill her, but he still did it." I yell while punching the wall.  

    "I'll handle it, Alpha. But what are you going to do if Aria rejects you? After what she's been through, she might feel the same way as her sister. So what are we all going to do? You heard them the second Aria is okay they’re leaving us." Shawn whimpers with his hands covering his face. I felt for him; we were all in the same boat. We finally found our mates, and they happen to be sisters, but the twins didn't want him, and I had no idea how Aria would feel.  

    "What do you mean if Aria rejects him? For the love of God, please tell me you are not also mated to my little sister," One of the twins says with her arms on her hips. s**t, this is not how I wanted to tell them.  

    "I'm sorry that came out a lot ruder than I meant. I'm Vanessa, and this is my twin sister Isabel. Were sorry for how we acted early but finding out we are mated to ranking pack members right after our sister nearly died is just a bit overwhelming." She quickly apologies  

    "No, it's okay. I completely understand. I am Alpha Nathaniel  Anderson of Blue Mountain Pack, but you can call me Nate. These are my Beta and Gamma Blake and Shawn, your mates." I look at the boys, and both are looking at the ground, too scared to make eye contact with Vanessa and Isabel.  

    Pool it together and talk to your mate's idiots. If we want them to stay, we have to prove to them we're not like Aaron. I mink linked them. Both of their heads immediately shot up.  

    "We're sorry for early also. The second we saw you, our wolves took over. They were excited to finally meet their mates." Blake says in almost a whisper.  

    "It's fine; we talked out it outside as of right now. We need to focus our attention on Aria. When she is better, we'll discuss us being mates. We won't reject and will think about staying after we talk about it with Aria. That is if you still want us after how we acted." Isabel, the other twin tells us.  

    "Of course we still what you as our mates," Shawns says with a massive grin on his face.  

    Mate! Go to her! Why are we still sitting here talking when Mate is hurt!  

    Calm down, Hunter! We’ll go see her now. I yelled back at my wolf. He’s been on edge since the moment he sensed her.  

    "Come on, let's go see Aria, my wolf Hunter is going crazy right now."  

    We go down the hall to Aria's room. When I walk into her room, my heart shatters at the sight of her, and Hunter starts whimpering. I walk over to the bed. There lays my fragile little mate hooked up to multiple machines. I didn't realize that I was crying until I felt a hand on my shoulder. It was madison who was also crying, handing me a tissue.  

    Her sisters were standing on the other side of the bed. I liked at them then back to Aria when it hits they look nothing like Aria. The twins are obviously Hispanic, but Aria looks like she's biracial, maybe white and African American. I looked at the boys, and they look just as confused as I do. I look back at the twins, and they both start laughing.  

    "Your wondering why we look nothing like Aria, right?" Isabel asks while still laughing. "Aria's is our adopted sister. Our mothers grow up in the same coven. Aria's mother was next in line to be the high priestess, but one day she found fell in love with what we call a non-magic. A non-magic is just what it sounds like a person with no magical powers. Knowing her mother would never allow them to be together, they snuck around for a while. That is until she got pregnant with Aria. Her mother kicked her out of the coven. When my mother and father found out, they ran from the coven and searched for Aria's parents for years but couldn't find them. We didn't find them until we move to Virginia, but it was too late. They died in a fire while Aria was at school. My parents adopted Aria after that. My mother taught us magic when each got our powers at sixteen. Vanessa and I are pretty good witches, but Aria is more powerful than all of us combined. We mask our abilities because our parents are scared of her grandmother the high priestess will try to take Aria way and force her to become the next high priestess of our coven, The Home of Larzus."  

    When she mentions the Home of Larzus, all of our faces drop. The home is the largest and most powerful coven in the world. They have hundreds of witches in the coven nobody really knows their actual numbers of members. But in the past, they have wiped out whole packs of werewolves and even whole cities of humans. The high priest was ruthless. I didn't want to tell the girls, but rumor has it she killed her only daughter for turning against her.  

    “Do you think she will accept me when she wakes up?" I ask the twins. 

    They both sigh at the same time. "Honestly, we don't know. Normally is the most caring, loving, and forgiving, person but that was before." Isabel replies. I notice her wobbling a little and look down at her feet. That's right, they were at the club for Aria's birthday and were still wearing heels.  

    "You girls look exhausted. How about you go with Maidson to get a change of shoes and clothes. I'll watch over Aria while you're gone; I'll mind-link Madison if anything happens. Also, I’ll have two cots moved in here, so you can sleep with Aria."  Vanessa and Isabel look at each other, thinking it over. I swear it seems like they are mind linking each other, but I know they don't have wolves. So it must be a twin thing. 

    "Okay, that sounds like a good plan, thank you." the girls say at the exact same time.  

    When the girls leave, I pull up a chair to the side of Aria's bed. While holding her hand, I pray to the moon goddess that she pulls through. "I know this might be a bad time, but you two have a problem," Blake says. " You have your mind link blocked to everyone but Madison and me. Lacie and Christi are looking for you. They asked when you'll be coming back to bed." Blake says with an attitude. For the past nine years, he's been preaching to us about not dating anyone because it could cause issues when we find our mates; I guess he was right. I quickly take down my block and mind link Lacie.  

    Lacie?  

    Nate, where are you? It's the middle of the night. Is everything okay?  

    Um, sorta. I'm in the middle of something right now. So you go back to sleep. I'll talk to you in the morning.  

    Okay, is Shawn with you also? Christi is looking for him also.  

    Yeah, he's here; I promised we'll explain everything to you in the morning.  

    “What the f**k are you two going to do? It was already hard to win over the girls after what that asshole did to Aria, but now they have to deal with you two have long-term jealous girlfriends. I swear to Goddes if they reject us because of Lacie and Christi, and I'm leaving this pack and going rogue." Blake yells as he storms out of the room.  

    He's beyond pissed, and I don't blame him. "Nate, we f****d up big time. I don't know to fix this, but we need to tell the girls all of them. I feel so bad, I've been with Christi for three years, but Isabel is my mate. I can't and won't reject Isabel for Christi " I agree entirely with him, but I don't how to go about this. We grow up with Lacie and Christi. I know this will hurt them, but I can't hurt Aria, not after what she's already been through. Not knowing what to do, I mind-link my parents and tell them everything, even Aria possibly being the next high priestess.  

    After explaining everything to them, they grabbed Blake and Shawn's parents before making their way to the hospital. My parents and Shawns starts scolding us. All we could do is stand there with our heads down. Even our wolves were cussing us out.  

    “So when we agreed to stay and work things out as mates, you all failed to mention you already had girlfriends. Girlfriends who don't even know you've found your mates." I see Vanessa, Isabel, and Madison standing in the doorway with their arms cross. I expected them to be pissed, but not this time they look hurt.  

    I opened my mouth to try to explain, but a weak voice behind me stopped me dead in my tracks.  

    "Isabel, Vanessa take me home, please" Aria says weakly.