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Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 124. Beautiful performance
JesseIt took a day for us to find the entrance to the dragon stronghold. Apparently, there was more than one way there which made sense.The coven knew them all. If they had simply shared this info with us, we never would’ve found ourselves in this position.But here we were.The first step was going down this embankment and following the river. We can to a cabin, Lia muttering a few magical words once we were inside and at what looked like a dead end.It vanished, revealing a thick forest.“After you,” Rain said, grinning and trembling at the same time.Rolling my eyes, I grabbed his arm and dragged him along with me. We might’ve been teasing him about coming with us, but there was no way he was getting out of this.“Come on, Rain. Stop being such a baby.”He dug his heels into the ground, looking desperately at Lia, Colby, and Matt.“None of them can help you, Rain,” I said, smirking.“I’m going to die.”Lia sighed, pushing past us. “All of us have a chance to die, but at least we
Last Updated : 2025-03-13Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 125. Magical genius
RainI gave a slow clap as the barrier went down. “And just like that, Lia has officially out-magicked every ancient wizard in history. Someone get this girl a trophy.”Colby groaned. “That was awful.”Matt shook his head. “I’d say ‘do better,’ but I know you won’t.”Lia rubbed her temples like I was physically giving her a headache. “Rain, I just exerted a ridiculous amount of energy breaking an ancient magical defense. I will not hesitate to hex your mouth shut.”Jesse exhaled slowly, looking like he was reconsidering every decision that had led him to standing there with us. “Rain, I need you to be quiet and save the jokes for when we aren’t in mortal peril.”I gasped, placing a hand over my heart. “You wound me. You want me to be quiet?”“Yes.”“Like, right now?”“Yes.”“Even if—”Jesse turned, leveling me with the kind of look that could probably kill a lesser man.I cleared my throat. “Okay. Message received.”Colby patted my shoulder. “Proud of you for learning.”“Character gro
Last Updated : 2025-03-13Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 126. Guardian dragon
MattRain had the right mindset. This was fucked up, but we had come too far.After the pictures, we finally stumbled upon the relic. It was a small relic in the shape of a dragon and didn’t look to be very special. The thing looked like it was centuries old… which it was.There was also this strange, jet black stone sitting in the dragon’s mouth. I frowned.From my vague memory, that was a dragon stone, but I had no idea of it’s power. It was something one of the Rosewater Coven elders had said would be no the relic.The five of us didn’t move. It felt like it was a trap of some kind. One of us would rush up and try to grab the relic before the ground would open up and we’d fall to our death.Or something just as horrible. It was hard to say what would happen.Swallowing, I cleared my throat.But no one answers. They seemed frozen to the spot, unable to move. I rolled my eyes.I stared at the stone a bit longer before looking around at everyone.“What the hell do we do now?The groun
Last Updated : 2025-03-13Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 127. True
ColbyThe second Lia’s fingers brushed the relic, she went rigid.“Uh—” Rain’s voice cut through the thick silence. “What the hell is happening?”I didn’t answer right away. I was too busy watching her.Her chest rose and fell, shallow and slow. Her eyes, wide and unblinking, stared at something none of us could see. The relic pulsed faintly in her grip, the jagged edges cutting into her palm, but she didn’t seem to notice.Rain’s panic escalated. “Colby!”“Calm down.”“Calm down? Are you seeing her? She’s—she’s frozen! Lia!” He reached for her, but I caught his wrist before he could touch her.“Wait.”Rain’s gaze snapped to me, his frustration barely contained. “Wait? For what? For her to stop breathing?!”“She’s breathing.” I kept my voice steady, even though I didn’t love this either. “Look at her—she’s not in pain; she’s not convulsing. This isn’t an attack.”“Then what is it?”I hesitated. “A vision, maybe.”Rain’s mouth opened and then shut. He swallowed, forcing himself to brea
Last Updated : 2025-03-13Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 128. The relic
LiaI walked into the town and to the building where they had made themselves at home. The elder I spoke with before looked at me, frowning.“You’re late.”“I’m here, aren’t I?” My voice came out rough, heavy with exhaustion. I held out the relic. “And I got what you wanted.”The elder stepped forward, taking the relic from my outstretched hand. They turned it over slowly, inspecting every jagged edge, every faint pulse of magic.“This will do.”I let out a bitter laugh. “That’s it? I nearly got torn apart for this, and all you’ve got is ‘this will do’?”Their gaze lifted to meet mine. “You knew the risks.”“That’s not an answer.” My fists clenched at my sides, nails digging into my palms. “I need to know—will this fix things? Will it make everything better?”A beat of silence stretched between us, thick and heavy.“I don’t know.”The words slammed into me, knocking the breath from my lungs. “You don’t know?”“The relic is powerful,” they said, voices even, like my entire world wasn’t
Last Updated : 2025-03-13Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 129. Watch your language
LiaThe group of us was standing together in a circle. I was in the middle of the circle, holding the dragon stone and letting their words wash over me. At one point, my finger was pierced with a blade. A droplet of blood was placed on the stone, followed by more whispers.It was to put some of the dragons to sleep, but it also seemed to imply that I would end up gaining more abilities and having a connection to ancient dragons.None of this made sense.Had my ancestor casting a curse somehow managed to tie our blood to the dragons, causing the connection to grow for years? This was based on the fact that it was tied to the artifact. I couldn’t believe what was going on or that this was happening.The power rushing through me was insane. I felt my vision blur, but then this surge of magic rushed into me. It was insane. Gasping; it felt like the power was so great that I could see it flash in my eyes.This was insane.I almost fell over, but I managed to steady myself. When I came to,
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LiaI found Simone exactly where I expected—at the hotel, twirling a lock of her hair around her finger like she didn’t have a care in the world. The second she spotted me, her face lit up.“There you are!” She pushed off the fence and walked toward me. “I was starting to think you ditched me.”“I thought about it,” I admitted, trying to keep my voice light, but the weight in my chest wouldn’t budge. “Sorry we’ve been spending so much time in that abandoned city. We need to stay there so I can figure out everything I need to figure out.Her smile faded as she got a good look at me. “Okay, what’s wrong? And don’t say ‘nothing’ because you look like you just walked out of a horror movie.”I let out a breath and crossed my arms over my chest. “Do you ever feel like… maybe you’re in way over your head?”Simone blinked, head tilting. “Uh, yeah. Like, every other day. Why?”“I mean really over your head,” I pressed. “Like… no matter what you do, you can’t fix it. And maybe it’s only going t
Last Updated : 2025-03-13Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 131. Monitoring
LiaWhen I spotted the house at the end of the drive way I froze. I couldn’t believe we had finally come back home after being away for weeks. It was crazy.I had learned a lot from the coven, being given mini-lessons before I left. I needed to be able to control this new power I had and train.Being told that I had to come back home and train, caused me to inwardly groan. I didn’t want to train. But I knew I had too. It was important for me to be able to master these new powers.What did destiny want with me? So many times I laid in bed next to my mates at the hotel, trying to figure out what the hell destiny wanted with me. I wish I knew but the more I tried to think about it, the less I understood.But now I was back home.Gabi and Michael were out there to greet us. They pulled us into a hug, telling us they were glad we were home.I had told them everything along the way so they were aware of what was going on. Gabi had seemed in shock when I first told her. Michael denied it was
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Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 183. A challenge fight
ColbyIt was no surprise that I ended up receiving a letter that officially challenged me to a fight regarding my authority. If I won, then they would be facing punishment for their crimes, but if I lost, then they would be free to commit more.The first thing I needed to do was go talk to my pack about everything so they knew what was going on. They were bound to get upset knowing that I would be facing a rogue pack leader who had ordered the kidnapping of Matt and was just a brutal guy in general. Understandable, but there was nothing I could do about it right now.I had to fight him. It was the best way to end this once and for all. But did I like it? No. I thought we could be a bit more civilized about this, but nope. They didn’t understand any language other than violence so I was going to have ot suck it up and fight.There was no doubt that I was going to win, but it didn’t mean I liked it. I downright hated it.Slowly, I looked towards the pack who were waiting for me to expla
Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 182. Rude awakening
ColbyWhen you found yourself in a certain situation, you realized that there was nothing you could do but bite the bullet. This was exactly what I was going to do with Matt’s old pack. I was going to reach out to them.Reaching out with words was the civilized thing to do. We were a partly civilized society right now, so I wanted to try to do things with words rather than class. Eventually, I was going to get to the point where I might have ot fight with claws, but this was the first step.It was important to tell my pack. The first person I decided to tell was none other than Lia. She and I were sitting on the front porch, her having joined me a while ago. I didn’t mind the company and was more than happy to just sit out here and enjoy being outside.But again, I did need to tell her what I was planning. As my omega and mate, she had a right to know what I was thinking. So I cleared my throat and looked over at her, causing her to look at me.“Colby, is there something you want to t
Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 181.Bake him cookies
Matt“I think he’s starting to crack,” I said, tossing a ball between my hands. “Colby. He’s pulling away again.”Rain was sprawled on my couch, chewing on the last of a granola bar like it was a steak dinner. “Yeah. He’s been going full ‘grumpy alpha in self-doubt spiral’ lately. It’s like watching a motivational poster give up.”I tossed the ball at his head. He caught it—barely.“We should do something.”Rain sat up, rubbing the spot where it bounced off his forehead. “Like what? Bake him cookies? Knit him a scarf that says Believe in Yourself, Dumbass?”I snorted. “Tempting. But no. I mean something real. Something to show him how far he’s come.”“Okay, so… a slideshow of his greatest hits? Background music by Beyoncé?”“Rain.”“I’m just spitballing, man.”I stood and started pacing. “What if we got everyone together? Lia, Jesse, the others. Had them each talk about what Colby’s done for them. Pack stuff. Personal stuff. Victories. The whole deal.”Rain’s eyes lit up. “Like a livi
Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 180. Lia’s room
JesseColby was busy. All of us were busy dealing with people’s bullshit. Politics was not something I ever thought I would end up going into but the fact of the matter was it had ended up becoming my calling somehow.It was something was good at. I was able to deal with people and make sure they listened to me. One way was my smile. I smiled and it scared the shit out of everyone.What were we to do about Colby, though? I thought I should talk to him but wanted to talk with everyone else first. The first person I wanted to talk to was Lia who might know of something we could do.As his omega, I also felt that she have some say in it because Colby was her mate. He was my pack leader, but he was both to Lia.“I think he’s spiraling again,” I said, leaning against the doorframe of Lia’s room.She looked up from the pile of books on her bed. “Colby?”The amount of worry on her face was pretty staggering. I wanted to reach over and cup her cheek, to tell her that it was going to be okay b
Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 179. The hug
RainThe celebration for Colby was something I thought would be a game changer. I thought he was going to walk in, grin, and everything was going to be fine but after the celebration it became clear that he wasn’t okay.He certainly had a good time. There was no doubt about that. I coyld tell from the way he was laughing, hanging out with all of us, and just having a good ol’ time. But then the celebration ended and Colby ended up vanishing.My eyes found Lia’s, the two of us sharing a worried look.“Where the hell did Colby go?”“Probably to have a sulk somewhere,” Matt said, taking a bite of the cake Simone had made for the celebration.As tempted as I was to grab another slice of cake, I knew we also had to go find Colby and talk with him, or one of us did. He was probably upset and sulking somewhere up on the roof or something.And that was exactly what ended up happening.I found Colby sitting on the roof again. Alone. Hood up, staring at the stars like they owed him something.“
Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 178.No promises
LiaHe was feeling anxious. I can’t believe Colby was feeling anxiety because it wasn’t something I ever thought he would have to deal with, but he was. It was obvious from the look on his face and the way he kept breathing super fast.Those were what we called panic attacks. I wanted so badly to help him, to figure out some way to help Colby and make him understand that he could lean on his mates, but the more I tried to help, the more I realized I was in over mt head.Plus, Colby was trying to avoid me helping him. He was proud and had become more proud since he became the pack leader. It was like he was unable to comprehend that he and an entire pack at his disposal to help him with his issue. But no. Colby wanted to take it all on his shoulders.Simone and I were hanging out at her place next door, the two of us trying to figure out how to help Colby. Well, first, I wanted to vent about how I wanted to help my mate.Out of all of them, Colby was the one who was able to keep a good
Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 177. Leader
ColbyTrying to rally together out allies is a pain in the ass. It involves me sending a lot of emails to people, trying to figure out who is willing to back us up. But much to my dismay, not everyone is willing to answer right away.This makes me frustrated, making me wonder if I am ever going to be effective as a leader. Being a leader was something I decided to accept after my pack said that I would be the best choice. I thought about it for a while until I decided to agree to be the leader.But being a leader was difficult. No one ever said it was going to be easy, but I certainly never thought it would be this difficult.Groaning, I stepped away from the laptop and decided to go for a walk around ten, but everywhere I turned, it felt like I was being confronted by the fact that I had so much responsibility thrust upon me.Sighing, I ended up doing two laps around the place. It led me to the back porch where I saw Michael. A smile made it’s way onto my face. He was a good man. One
Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 176. My old pack
ColbyIt was great to have Matt back, but the fact was, we had to do something about what his former pack did. They couldn’t get away with kidnapping him and torturing him the way they did just to get at us because they felt threatened. A reckoning was going to come for them, and I intended to make sure they were going to answer for their actions.Matt wasn’t going to care. I think he was going to want me to do it. But bringing it up to him when he was still healing was a difficult thing. I didn’t want to add more onto his plate given everything he's been through.But like usual, Matt beat me to it before I could decide to tell him on my own. He looked me straight in the eyes and sighed.“Colby, what the fuck is going on in that head of yours? You have something you want to say to me so why don’t you just get it out of your system before I get pissed off. I can’t take the long looks you're giving me. It’s pissing me off.“I’m going to do it,” I told Matt, voice firm. “I’m going to ral
Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 175. You were kidnapped
MattI woke up a few hours later in my bed. It was so great to be back in my bed. I almost wanted to kiss it.Then I realized Jesse was there, and if I was caught kissing the mattress, I would never live it down.“Hey, you’re awake.”I grinned. “Thank you, Jesse. I just want to say that before we say anything else to each other. I appreciate it.”“You don’t have to ever thank us. I know you would do the same thing for us. Any of us.”I grinned. “Of course. How is everyone by the way?”Jesse explained that everyone was resting a lot better now that I was home. Colby had been beside himself and was feeling guilty over the fact that I was gone. Then there was Lia, who was worrying even more than usual.The same applied to Rain, but he was worrying even more.I hated that everyone had been beside themselves, struggling to accept that I was gone. When I explained what happened on the day I was taken, I admitted I shouldn’t have let my guard down. It was entirely my fault.What I should’ve
