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102.Twins
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Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 103.Unnatural
RainA year playing rugby professionally and you would think I would be better at judging things on the field, but no.Not this time at least.I made a stupid mistake and sprained my ankle. When it first happened, I was wailing at the top of my lungs and crying that I had broken it. Jesse calmly walked over to me, giving it a poke.“It’s not broken,” he said based on my reaction to the pain.I scowled. “It hurt!“Yes, but if it was broken it would hurt a lot more.”Technically, Jesse wasn’t wrong. If it was broken it would hurt a lot more, but it didn’t make me feel any better because my leg hurt!“Let’s stop staring at him and get him off the field,” Colby muttered as he came up beside me.Together, Jesse and Colby helped lift me off the ground. I grunted, trying not to put any weight on my ankle.A sprained ankle wasn’t going to hurt my career, but the fact that I made such a stupid mistake annoyed the hell out of me. I had tried so hard to improve a little bit every day. Rugby was
Huling Na-update : 2025-02-27Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 104.First championship
MattI wanted to punch the wall when I heard about Lia's conversation. It was bullshit that we were the ones who had to deal with this. Why did we have to handle this when they should deal with it in the first place?!It was insane. We had done what we did to rescue Gabi because the Rosewater Coven had no right to take one of the children she was having with Michael. Yet, somehow we were guilty of that.“How the hell do we look into this?” I asked, not bothering to hide my amusement.Colby sighed. “Lia and I were talking earlier. She suggested that she make a formal information request with the Witches Council. They probably have something in their records.”“I have to call them anyway,” Lia reminded us weakly, her face turning into a scowl. “I’ve tried to call them twice today you know but they didn’t answer. Bet they want us to drive out there and force us to make the drive.”My face shifted into a scowl this time.“No, we can contact them on the phone. There is no way we are drivin
Huling Na-update : 2025-02-27Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 105.Dragon shifter
RainThe day after that stressful phone call, I was trying to take a minute to just enjoy my sandwich. We were all running around like chickens with our heads cut off, trying our best to find out where this dragon may have gotten.One of them was awake and walking around. It was important to find the shifter, question them, and see if we could try to understand the situation we had found ourselves in.This was even weirder when I found out I was a vampire and Lia realized she was a witch with genuine magic in her blood.Dragons were supposed to be extinct! I still couldn’t believe they existed and I might not admit this to the rest of my pack, but I was kind of excited to talk to one. There were so many questions I wanted to ask them, the most important one being whether they did sleep on piles and piles of gold.Or were the rumors of dragons hoarding gold true?I was tempted to ask one that to their face if given the chance. Let's hope they didn’t try to burn me with their fire breat
Huling Na-update : 2025-02-27Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 106.Pack leader
ColbyThe day after we apprehended the dragon shifter, I found myself going to the witches council headquarters for the state so I could talk to him. My pack knew I was going to do it, but not when. As pack leader, it was important I keep up with this.When the witches saw me they didn’t seem too perturbed. They motioned for me to sit and said I would be able to go downstairs to speak with him in the cells soon. While I waited, I watched the TV they were playing.It was a shock when the news interrupted the regularly scheduled program to talk about the Dragon shifter.Damn, this was looking to be a big deal, was’ t it?"Good evening, and welcome to Channel 7 Nightly News. Tonight, a shocking revelation—a dragon shifter has been found and arrested by the Witches’ Council in the county.Authorities apprehended the shifter near Rosewater Coven’s former stronghold, where witnesses reported chaos as enforcement agents moved in. Sources claim the individual displayed enhanced strength and po
Huling Na-update : 2025-02-27Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 107.Lesser
ColbyOn the drive home, I am a nervous wreck. I am trying to figure out a way to explain everything to them. They wanted to go with me, but I felt the need to do this alone. Rain would panic, Jesse would scare the local population, and Matt would lash out if angered enough. Meanwhile, Lia would be trying to wrangle all of them on her own.It would be best if I went there by myself. This was why they had named me the pack leader for a reason.Sighing, I park the car in the garage and head inside. The second I step into the pack house, the air shifts. They know something’s wrong. I don’t even make it to the kitchen before every single pair of eyes in the room are on me, waiting.I don’t drag it out. "We have a problem."Why make them wait when it was clear they wanted me to get straight to the point? I just hoped they were all ready to hear what I had to say because there was just no way for me to sugarcoat what I was about to say.Silence falls, heavy and immediate. Then Lia, standing
Huling Na-update : 2025-02-27Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 108.Vacation
LiaWhen I stepped into the witches council building I knew it wasn’t going to go my way. I sat down, waiting to speak with someone but they kept me waiting for a while until I realized it was over an hour after I arrived!Just when I was going to get up and complain, someone motioned for me to come back and follow them. The woman who I sat across sounded like the one I spoke to on the phone a few days ago. She gazed at me, looking less them impressed as I was here.“Ms. Brown I thought I made it clear what you and your pack was supposed to do.”I took a slow, deep breath. “Yes and as stated in my email, the dragon shifter you captured said that there were others who were going to wake up eventually.”“We already know that.”“Which is why I thought you would respond to my email about trying to pin down where the Rosewater Coven has gone.”She sighed. “Ms. Brown, this is on you. You and your pack sent them running so it is up to all of you to track them down.”“Are you telling me that
Huling Na-update : 2025-02-27Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 109.Whole arsenal
LiaThe one person I had yet to talk to about this upcoming road was my brother. He was one of the most important people in my life so I had to go talk with him about this. My problem was I waited until the last minute. We were already packing to leave. I knew my brother had to figure we were going somewhere but everyone wanted me to talk to him.Finally, minutes before we had to go, I sat next to him and smiled softly."Michael, I have to go," I said, my voice firm this time. "The dragons won't stop unless we do something."He gave me a knowing look, like he had already made peace with it. "I know," he replied, shaking his head slightly. "But I trust you, Lia. You and the wolf pack can handle it."I paused, watching him closely. "You’re okay with this?"What I wanted was for my brother to come with me. But he had Gabi and the twins. Simone and her mates were going to help as well. They were going to travel alongside us. At least there would be a good number of us trying to find this
Huling Na-update : 2025-02-27Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 110.Better plan
LiaDays start to blend when you are on the road. It’s hard to remember one from the next and in the beginning, all I could think about was how much school I was missing.School had become important to me now that I was able to focus on it. I was still taking magic lessons on the side, even with me being a full-fledged licensed witch. There was no such thing as learning too much. One could always find time and opportunity to learn!But now I was neglecting both my academic studies and magical studies. The Rosewater Coven was the cause of this and it filled me with annoyance.Simone was feeling the same way but she was more positive about it. She kept saying that it was important for us to find this coven and if we had to put school on the backburner then that was all we could do.Right now we were on day… god, I wasn’t even sure. We checked into the hotel and got a room for just the five of us. There were three beds and while it was going to be a bit crowded, I was fine with sharing w
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Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 194. Mates
JesseOut of all the mates in our group, I was most aware. It wasn’t like I wanted to mock the others, but the fact of the matter was, I was the type of person to be aware of what was going on with everyone.If something was off, I was going to notice it.Now, with Rain, this didn’t count because he wore his heart on his sleeve. He always made it so obvious when something was wrong, and couldn’t hide his emotions even if he tried. If he did try, then he ended up being more obvious than usual!The others depended. Colby and Matt could hide their emotions, but not from me. Lia also depended, while Michael did a pretty good job of hiding it unless it had to do with Gabi and the kids. If it had to do with one of them, then he showed how upset he was because they were his family.Not that we weren’t, but they were his mate as well as children. It was a little different.Today I was out with Lia. The two of us were going for a walk, trying to enjoy some of the fresh air. I did offer the oth
Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 193. Love you
MattThe past few days have been pretty crazy. I have been trying to deal with healing and then working as a coach while also spending time with my mate and pack. Everything was much better than it had been, especially with my former pack behind bars.I couldn’t stand them. Anytime I thought of them, I got upset, but right now, they were the last thing I wanted to talk about. What I wanted to focus on was the fact that Lia and I had made our way to her room, kissing passionately after going out to see a movie together.Honestly, I couldn’t even remember what the movie was. I remember the people being all romantic on screen and acting like idiots. This meant it had to be a romantic comedy. Was it obvious I wasn’t a big fan of romantic comedies? Because I wasn’t. They were stupid and a waste of time b but Lia seemed to like them.My favorite type of movie to see with Lia was a horror movie because then she got scared and cuddled up close to me. Who wouldn’t want to cuddle up with Lia wh
Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 192. Revenge
LiaI’m in the backyard, ready to start practicing. I have to always be ready. This is why I try to carve time for myself to practice magic. Everyone around here is always practicing their skills because you never know when something is going to happen.After the crazy time we had, I wanted to be ready for anything. How was I to know when a coven seeking revenge or some dragon shifters who had been sleeping“Okay… let’s not get rusty,” I murmured, staring down at the candle placed in the center of a circle I’d drawn with chalk. “Just a little warm-up. Easy.”“Talking to yourself again?” Rain’s voice floated over from the porch, teasing as ever.I didn’t look up. “It’s called focus. You should try it sometime.”“I’m very focused,” he said, strolling over with that infuriating grin. “I’m focusing on how intensely you’re trying to intimidate a candle.”“It’s not intimidation. It’s discipline.” I took a slow breath, letting the magic rise like a tide inside me. “Now hush.”“Shutting up,”
Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 191. The betrayal
LiaNow that I’ve spent all this time with my mates, I wanted to spend time as a whole with everyone in the pack. This was why I let myself into the house my brother now lived in. See I had a key and he had a key to the place I had with my own mates. We were part of a pack so if we didn’t want to let the other in we would say something ahead of time.I found Michael in the kitchen, his head buried in the fridge like he was on a mission. “Hey,” I said, leaning against the doorframe.He grunted in acknowledgment, pulling out a container of leftover pasta and giving it a suspicious sniff. “Who made this? You?”“Gabi,” I said.He immediately popped the lid and started digging in cold with a fork. “Then I trust it.”I made a face. “Cold pasta?”“Don’t judge me. I’m a man of simple pleasures.” He took another bite, then finally looked at me properly. “What’s up?”“I was wondering…” I hesitated, then sighed. Why was this suddenly awkward?Michael raised an eyebrow. “You okay? You look like y
Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 190. Weapon
MattI found her on the porch, curled under a blanket like a cozy little woodland creature, mug in hand, book in lap. Honestly? Not fair how good she looked doing absolutely nothing.“Hey,” I said, leaning on the railing and trying to sound casual. Which meant I sounded like I was overthinking breathing.She glanced up, smiling. “Hey. Why do you look like you’re about to give a presentation in front of the school board?”“Because I’m brave,” I muttered. “And because I came to ask if you wanted to go for a walk. In the forest.”Her smile widened. “A walk?”“Yeah. Just us. Trees. Quiet. No one is trying to set the microwave on fire.”She sat up, already pulling off the blanket. “Of course I’ll go. I love when you get all woodsy and mysterious.”“I am always woodsy and mysterious.”“You spilled coffee on your shirt this morning and said, ‘The mug betrayed me.’”“It did.”She stood, and I thought that was that—until we heard it.Crunch.A very loud, very obvious crunch from behind the scr
Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 189. Bad strategy
ColbyEveryone was doing their own thing to bond with Lia. I decided that I was just going to cook dinner for the whole group, and then I would sneak her some dessert. Great for us to have a private dessert. Something chocolatey, maybe. She always smiled more with chocolate.“I’m making dinner tonight,” I announced, tossing my keys into the dish by the door and heading straight for the kitchen.Rain popped his head around the corner, eyes lighting up. “Ooh! Need a sous chef?”I didn’t even hesitate. “Not.”“What?!”Rain gasped like I’d just insulted his entire bloodline. “Banned?! That’s so harsh!”I had to stifle a chuckle even though he was just being his usual self. That was Rain for you. But he would be fine after a while. He just had to get over his little pouting session.Lia appeared behind him, crossing her arms. “Rain, last time you helped, the smoke alarm had to be reset twice.”“That was an accident!” Rain argued. “The stove was faulty!”“No,” Matt said from the couch witho
Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 188. Successful date
JesseAfter learning that Rain had a successful date, I decided that it was my turn to take Lia out. I had something in mind. It was a bit of an odd date—the two of us were going to play chess. Or I was going to invite her out to play chess.Chess was an awesome game that I loved. I tried to teach some of my friends the game, but only Michael was interested and now he had kids. Colby just didn’t want to waste time on it, Matt had no patience and Rain was well… Rain.If Rain ever came to me and said that he wanted to learn chess, I think I might die from shock.“I’m taking you out,” I said.She blinked. “Okay… where?”“The park,” I replied, dropping my hands into my pockets.Her head tilted slightly. “Just the park?”I nodded. “Yeah. We’re going to learn how to play chess.”Lia stared at me. “Chess?”“Chess.”“Like… with the little horses and castles and tiny guys in helmets?”“They’re knights and rooks and pawns,” I corrected, lips twitching at the corners. “But yes. That chess.”Ther
Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 187. Romantic picnic
RainI had a plan and the plan was to do something romantic with Lia. It didn’t matter if it led to something more, but I wanted the two of us to spend some quality time together. The two of us hadn’t spent any time together with it just being us.None of the guys had been able to spend any quality time with her either because of all the shit going on in our lives.This wasn’t going to happen any longer.I had racked my brain, trying to think of something to do, and then I realized that I was going to surprise Lia with a private picnic in a meadow that was nearby.So I decided to go to her door to talk with her, letting her know that I was taking her out on a date.Well, if she wanted to go out on a date. She was perfectly capable of saying no. and could say no. I didn’t care if she did or not.No, that was a lie. I wanted her to say yes, but if she didn’t want to go, then this was fine too. Lia was her person and could decide what she wanted to do.“I’m taking you out tomorrow,” I sa
Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 186. Five-star luxury
LiaAfter everything we dealt with regarding Matt’s old pack and Colby fighting them, we needed a break. I was planning something with my pack, or more specifically, my mates. We were just going to have a quiet evening at home and enjoy our time together.Simone was helping me plan. She was a great friend, doing what she could to help me plan this thing.Now the sun was starting to set. We had managed to get the guys out of the house so they wouldn’t bother either of us while we planned. Rain would blurt everything to the entire household if he caught wind of anything.Rain was incapable of keeping a secret. This was why everyone kept secrets from him and also kept him out of the kitchen, but that was a completely different story.But then they did come home, and I was forced to tell everyone what was going on. They started to do some things to help me prepare for the night, wanting to do their part.The sun was just beginning to dip behind the trees, painting the sky in streaks of or
