Slow Burn

The party - Aries

So much was happening all at one time. We had all hoped, as triplets, that our fated mate was going to show up, but to think that something as wild as this was going to happen.

My understanding of the situation was that likely, she showed up to the party with a partner, but it turned out that the partner found their mate, and judging by the look on her face, she either never wanted to find her mate, or she never thought she would be able to have one.

When she tried to rush out to the room, Orion got in her way to stop her. Though I'm not exactly sure what went through his mind or how it felt for him to touch her, I could practically feel the positive energy coming off of him. We were all very sure that this woman was the one that we had been looking for. What we didn't know was that she was going to refuse to look at us.

None of us were able to speak up, and then she apologized in her heavenly voice before pushing past Orion to head to the garden. We all followed her, we couldn't let this go, we had to confirm it. However, there was this part of me that just hated seeing this woman like this, so broken up over a man that wasn't even her mate.

Part of me hated the jealous feeling that tore through me. Had she saved herself for her mate? Did she have any intention of waiting for her mate? It all bothered me so much, but the way she just stood there when she was asked to stop, the pain that eminated off of her, I couldn't let her just stand there alone

Slowly, I gently walked up to her and pulled her into my arms. She needed to feel that she was loved and cared for right now. The only way that could happen was through touch. The tingles that our dad told us about slipped through me, forcing me to fight back a shiver as I pressed her head into my chest. Father had once said that when a female is upset, hearing their mate's heartbeat can help them calm down. I cooed softly at her, telling her to let out all the pain that she had been holding in.

She almost did, I felt her relax in my arms, and I squeezed her a bit more, that was until she pulled away, pushing me from her and screaming something about us not understanding anything. However, any thoughts about what she had just said immediately disipated from my mind as her beautiful green eyes met mine, and I felt my brothers come to either side of me.

All of us, including her, cried out the word "Mate!" Knowing for sure that we were destined for each other, my brothers and I tried to swallow down our excitement. Which was made easier by the look that she was giving us. Anger. Pure anger and distrust.

If one of us tried to step forward, she stepped back.

"I... I don't want this." The perfectly angelic voice said, tearing my brothers and my hearts apart as swiftly as they had felt like they had become one. Not only that, it seemed like her wolf was fighting with her on this, too. Her eyes kept flashing brightly as she struggled to keep control of her body.

"You.. promised.. Aria.. after.. watching mom... ngggh" She choked out as she kept fighting her wolf. What in the world could have happened to her mother to make her want to reject the bond.

"I... " She whimpered and started falling to the ground. Being closer, I surged forward to catch her as she passed out in my arms. I looked to my brothers as all I felt was confusion. I was wondering what to do with her at this point. Which pack was she a part of? There was so much we didn't know or understand. When she woke up.. would she try to reject us?