It was morning already and Lia wanted to go check on the house they left unguarded. After breakfast, the twins and their mate,Rain, Lia and Dustin were headed towards the death-trapped house to check if it caught the little mouse or the little mouse wasn’t curious enough.
Lia’s pov
As we walked towards the house that has housed me and my best friends for months, something in me stirred. Zaya was fully awake and confused too. This feeling is the same one I had when I first found my mate. The rose scent was intoxicating even though there were two other scents mixed with it. This is odd. Dustin smells like pine, so that means this is another person.
I am sure it’s not Austin because he smells more like the white lotus. I know I love flowers and plants but I just realized that all my mates’ scents are of my favorite flowers, including roses. My steps slowed down and everybody around me noticed the change. They all looked at me with worried eyes and I looked at them with the mixed emotions that my eyes were showing.
“ What’s wrong, Lia? “ Dustin asked worriedly. He definitely felt my fluctuating emotions and guessed what was happening, but he needed my assurance. I just looked at them and whispered so low that even Zaya snorted, “ I think I have another mate.” Gasps followed and Rain shouted, “ What? So whatever grandpa said is true! You will have three mates!”
“ Wait, are you sure it’s not Austin, maybe that sicko followed you here?” Ally said while her wolf Artemis growled lowly with a warning. “ Yeah, it might be that stuck up weirdo, nkt!” Sally said and Anthena (her wolf) almost taking over.
“ No, guys, it’s not that sonofabitch. This is a new scent, and a dangerous one at that. I feel fear and at the same time comfort. Let me lead you there because the scent isn’t moving at all, maybe he/she is hurt or something.” So I led my family and friends towards the scent that was making Zaya and I cautious.
I looked towards Dustin to find him shocked. He couldn’t move. I don’t know what was going through his mind, but I needed his strength now. I went and held his hands in mine, which brought him out of his stupor. He looked at me with sad eyes and I squeezed his hands in assurance. “ I will never leave you for anybody, you are mine and I am yours forever.” He sighed and relaxed his tensed body after I mindlinked him these words.
I know this will be a great challenge in our relationship. How am I supposed to share my heart among three people when I am struggling to give it to one? I shrugged my thoughts and followed my friends who were following a blood trail that was leading from inside the house to outside near my beautiful bat-thorns. These beauties feed on werewolf blood to bloom, they are just like wolfsbane but much more poisonous.
When we arrived near the flowerbed we found a very burnt body which had stopped bleeding and my flower bed blooming with no shame at all.
I giggled knowing that they drained enough blood to last them months, the girls were dumbfounded and the guys were just looking on dumbly.
“Let me introduce you guys to my beauties. These are called bat-thorns and are much more poisonous than wolfsbane.
They actually don’t bloom this much, but when fed werewolf blood or water them with the same blood, they bloom like this.” I explained to them as I pointed towards my flower bed that had white, purple and black weird flowers blooming.
The guys' mouths were twitching while the girls were chuckling darkly. “ So what you mean is that this pervert actually rolled himself from the death-trapped house to his death literally.” Sally asked with a snort. She was definitely enjoying this as much as everybody else. My heart started beating furiously and I moved back two steps, looking at the badly burned body which was now emitting a strong rose scent.
“ No, it can’t be. No, no, no, no.” I was so shocked and Zaya was dumbly looking at the black person in front of us who was definitely passed out due to blood loss. “ What’s wrong.” Rain asked worriedly and the rest looked at me with worried eyes. “ This pervert is Lia’s mate, even Pio can feel the bond and I won’t deny it, it is damn strong.” Dustin said with worried eyes and a trace of longing passed through them.
This is what the mate bond does. It’s really annoying. We are all bonded and I can feel that Dustin wants to be with him too, just as much as I want. What the hell is this curse?
“ What the F*CK!” The twins shouted, shocked.
“ What the!!!”
“ What the!!!”
“ “
“ Enough guys! I’m already shocked enough and Zaya just hid away. What am I supposed to do? Reject him or run away?” I asked no one in particular, I am going to lose it! “ Who even came up with these bonds? I am going to turn around and go back into the house, clean it and make lunch, then I will assume that this is all a dream.” I said and turned around as I walked away.
“ You are leaving your mate to die?” Malik asked after he regained composure, it had been like a roller-coaster for him. “ He is killing my kind, what do you think he will do when he finds out that his mate is a white wolf? Also, he has to share this same mate with another man?” I asked, sneering at Malik’s thoughts. “ Actually it’s two other men.” Rain said with confusion on his face.
“ What do you mean?” The twins asked simultaneously. Everyone turned to look at Rain. “ Well, grandpa had already told us that Lia’s bond with her first mate wasn’t broken, because she is a different kind of wolf who is blessed with two or three mates. It is rare. Yes, but it happens. So she has to be ready because Austin will come and find her. Hahaha such luck.” Rain said with sarcasm dripping and a little bit of envy.
I laughed out loudly to clear the words that Rain just said, this can’t be happening. My life is going from worse to worse, fine if I’m blessed and all, but why can’t I just have normal mates? A king is enough, but I have another stuck up brat and a psychotic pervert with a fetish for murdering white wolves. What a life!
I just turned around and entered the house. I must eat first because these events just made me hungry and I can’t think on an empty stomach.
The rest followed me inside but Dustin was nowhere to be seen. “ Where is Dustin?” I asked worriedly. “ He is moving your burnt mate in the house, he can’t leave him there. He is a believer in mate bonds and I am sure he has already accepted him despite the darkness and past he comes with.” Malik said in understanding. He obviously knows him well, he is his childhood friend and best friend.
“ Okay, you guys remove all the broken furniture and put it in the backyard. You girls please help me clean the floors, they are too bloody and Dustin let him stay with that burnt being and watch him lest he comes after me with a knife. I’m off to the kitchen.” I left after handing out their work.
I went directly to preparing ingredients. I just wanted to make a meaty pizza with a lot of cheese. I prepared everything, making the dough and adding the toppings with extra cheese. I also cooked some fried chicken while the pizzas were cooking. It would just be a meaty meal with no vegetables. “ What are we going to do, Lia? I don’t want to end up in wolf stew for being white.” Zaya, who had been quiet all along, suddenly spoke with worry, confusion and sadness in her voice.
“ I don’t know, Zaya. Let’s eat first, then we shall talk it out with Pio and Dustin because this is so out of my league.” I said, worried as hell too. Maybe just maybe Dustin will have a solution. I know he is healing Xander’s wolf as we cook. I could feel his wolf stir a bit and was healing well, he would be awake soon and then, sigh I don’t know.
Two hours later, the house was sparkling clean and the food was ready and on the dining table. Xander was almost fully healed and we sat down to eat first before he woke up.
Dustin helped him to change into some of his clothes and was looking presentable. As we ate, we waited for him to wake up. Thirty minutes later, he woke up with a stat and looked around cautiously trying to figure out where he was. As his eyes cleared, his body relaxed and then turned to look at us. We were all looking at him without blinking. Obviously, our bodies were tense and our wolves were on high alert.
This was just a staring competition, where we were all worried that all hell might break loose.