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155.Living is complicated
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Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 156. Modern society
LiaI should’ve known that even though I was home, things weren’t going to be simple. The elder dragon might’ve been stopped, but we also had a huge problem; dragon shifters were now waking up and feeling very confused over the fact that they were now experiencing this modern world.All the supernatural associations out there were working side by side with some of the dragon shifters that had already woken up to help their fellow dragons integrate into this modern society. The dragons were more than willing to help their fellow shifters, wanting to do whatever they could to help them adjust to this new world.The reason the supernatural associations out there had changed their tune was because I had made a public statement on the internet, calling for people to help their fellow supernatural creatures. It put pressure on them and the spotlight on me, something I never wanted to do.But as my brother Michael said, someone had to do it. If I didn’t do it then who was going to take the p
Last Updated : 2025-04-04Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 157.This is chaos
LiaThe previous council meeting went all right but the next one that Rain insisted on paying attention to was more than annoying.In our city, there were a group of dragons that were staying here. A lot of them were all right, being able to try to adjust to our modern world, but some of them were resisting. They didn’t want to conform. Why didn’t they want to conform? I have no fucking idea.Well, I had a bit of an idea. They decided that their way of life they used to live was good enough to continue to live. There was no reason why they should have change, even if everything had changed.I mean, did they have cell phones in their time? No. They didn’t have any of these modern conveniences that we had right now and it was going to be difficult for them to try to get used to it. I honestly wouldn’t want to be in their shoes one bit.But it wasn’t just that.Dragons shifters had been alive at a time when they were at their most power. Other species bowed to them, not wanting to go aga
Last Updated : 2025-04-04Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 158. Dragon ambassador
ColbyLife right now was one meeting after another. It wasn’t something any of us wanted to do but what we had to do. It was simply something we needed to accept.As pack leader, I was used to leading so when Lia asked me to come with her to go meet with a dragon ambassador, I was ready. She hadn’t so much as said the words and I was already on my feet, running towards the door.When we got to the city hall building, Lia looked tense. She had narrowed eyes and was glaring at the closed doors.I adjusted my jacket while Lia stood a few feet away, arms crossed, staring off like she could already hear the argument waiting for us on the other side of those doors."You look thrilled," I said.She let out a short, humorless laugh. "Oh yeah. Can’t wait to walk into another room full of people who don’t trust each other and somehow convince them to work together."I wished I had a good sense of humor like Rain. Now I did have a pretty good sense of humor, to an extent, but Rain was the king o
Last Updated : 2025-04-04Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 159.Coaching job
MattThe more involved Lia got in this whole bullshit, the more annoyed I became. It had only been a week since she started working with this dragon ambassador and I was feeling beyond jealous.I hadn’t felt jealous over Lia for a long time now and I shouldn’t suddenly. We were fully mated now and had been for a while. No one else could lay a claim on Lia because she was with her four fated mates. Nothing was going to change that.Yet I was still jealous.Today I started my coaching job, but I was just sitting here trying to shove this jealousy to the side and get a grip over my emotions.Jesse was sitting here with me, staring. He was doing his own thing—on some committee. I was trying to keep a distance from the whole political bullshit so the less Jesse, Lia, and Colby told me the better.Rugby was the world I knew and loved. It was the world I wanted to stay in which was why I decided to go back to coaching as quick as I did."Alright," he finally said, setting his mug down. "Spit
Last Updated : 2025-04-04Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 160. Protestors
LiaWhen life was starting to get less complicated, life threw a curveball. I show up to this welcoming party trying to help introduce dragons to the neighborhood. Everything is going fine. They are talking to everyone and trying to do their best to integrate into society.But then things started to get complicated. It started with one person showing up with a sign and then someone else showing up with another.There were fucking protestors here.Actual protestors.It was hard to believe that these people had made these signs and then drove all the way out here. They were walking around with these stupid signs that had stupid phrases, saying that dragons shouldn’t be allowed in our neighborhood let alone our city after what they did.I pinched the bridge of my nose, unable to believe this was happening.Then, just to be sure, I pinched my cheek. It hurt, causing me to cry out in pain.Yes, this was real. I was really seeing this right now and no amount of denial was going to change th
Last Updated : 2025-04-04Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 161. Stupid signs
LiaTonight was one of those nights were I was close to being done.After the protests and Jesse nearly going crazy, one of the guys, I just decided to lock myself in my room. It wasn’t until late that I decided to come out to get some air.The air was nice. It was free too.One would think that I had gotten enough air from earlier, but here I was, trying my best to calm myself and not worry over everything that had happened earlier.I sat on the edge of the balcony upstairs, staring out over the city. The lights blurred together, a tangled mess of color and movement, much like my own thoughts.Everything used to be so simple, but I had to stop thinking like this. It was important for me to realize that my life wasn’t going to be the same again. This was my life now, so I better get used to it, honestly. Yawning, I leaned against the railing and then jumped when I heard the door to the balcony open.“It’s just me. Your amazing and loving brother who has come to lift your spirits,” he
Last Updated : 2025-04-04Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 162.Good luck
JesseI can feel it before she even says a word—the shift in her scent, the way her body tenses ever so slightly. Lia’s heart is coming again.It’s been a few days since the incident, and everything is okay. Or it seemed to be okay when I walked in and saw that Lia was not in a good way. I cleared my throat, trying to get her attention.Lia looked up, but then she looked away again. Sighing, I decided to just sit across from her and just try to get her to open up. It wasn’t going to be easy, but I would do my best.She’s curled up on the couch, arms wrapped around her knees, staring at nothing. I settle next to her, close enough that our shoulders brush. “It’s starting again, isn’t it?”She lets out a breath, a small nod following. “Yeah.”There’s hesitation in her voice, a weariness that twists something in my chest. I reach for her hand, rubbing my thumb over her knuckles. “You don’t have to go through this alone, you know.”She looks up at me then, the corner of her mouth quirking
Last Updated : 2025-04-04Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 163.Werewolf pup
LiaWith my heat days away, I wasn’t doing much work. My mates were insisting that I stay home in case I go into heat. Sure, I could’ve said no, but I decided to just humor them because I didn’t want to argue. It was easier to just go along with what they wanted when I was already starting to feel kind of shitty from the heat creeping up on me.However, right now Simone and I are watching something that was amazing from the front yard.There was this little party that was introducing some of the new dragon shifters that were assigned housing here to some of the people. I saw humans, werewolves, and I think a witch was there.One of the most interesting things the two of us saw was a young dragon, probably one of the youngest shifters I had seen, talking with a werewolf pup.It was beyond cute. I never thought that I would see such a thing, but it was great that I saw two young creatures getting along.If they could do it, then why wouldn’t the adults? It just proved that adults were s
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Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 204. Games
LiaFive months passed quickly. Before I knew it, the twins were already rolling over and crawling around. They even shifted into wolf forms without warning, which were so fuzzy and cute!But being a parent at the same time was exhausting. My mates and I didn’t have a lot of extra time to spend together. A good portion of the time, we were just taking care of our kids.This time, however, things were a little different because we were going on a date night.Simone was planning something, and I wanted to tell her it wasn’t necessary. We were going to just go out and do something simple. All that mattered was as long as the five of us could be together.They hadn’t touched me in months—not since I had the babies. I was aching for their touch and wanted it so bad. It was just difficult to express it after having children. A part of me was almost embarrassed, wondering if they still found me attractive.I flopped onto Simone’s bed, groaning into her pillows. “I have no idea what I’m doing
Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 203. Hospital rules
RainI pressed my forehead against the nursery window, staring at the twins sleeping inside their little bassinets. Their tiny hands curled into fists, their soft breaths making their chests rise and fall. They were so small. So perfect. A lump caught in my throat out of nowhere, and to my horror, my eyes started to sting.Rowan and Gemma were finally here! It was about time.I didn’t know if either of them was biologically mine, or we honestly didn’t care to check right now. Eventually, we might, so we could find out for paperwork purposes, but until then, we were going to remain ignorant of their biological parents.Or biological fathers, I should say.Lia was their mother.The babies yawned, pumping their little fists in the air as they slept on and on.God, they were so cute. Too cute.How could something so cute even exist?It wasn’t like I hadn’t seen babies before. I had been around babies a lot, including some of my younger cousins and siblings. But this was different.These w
Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 202.A boy and a girl
LiaI was a week overdue.Yes, a week.It didn’t seem real.My mates didn’t want to leave me, but they needed to go to work and do what they had to do. I didn’t want to prevent them from going to work or keeping the household functional.Besides, Simone was home and right next door. She was set to come over within thirty minutes and keep me company, so it wasn’t like I was going to be alone.Shifting on the couch, I glared at my swollen stomach.“Gemma, Rowan—you two need to get the hell out of here.”We were also having a boy and a girl. The five of us went to the doctor and got the results of the scan—we were having a girl and a boy. It felt good to know that we were having one of each.Perhaps one day we will have more of the same gender.But I wasn’t going to think of any more kids right now. The two kids we were having now were the only ones I wanted to think about. They were going to be enough of a handful for the five of us to handle.I rested my head against the back of the co
Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 201. Low expectations
MattI sat on the edge of the stupid plastic chair, my head in my hands.How had this happened? We were acting like assholes and worrying for nothing. It seemed truly fitting that nothing ended up being wrong, and who was to blame? Well, all of us.I couldn’t even blame it on Rain for jumping to conclusions because we all were acting like it."False labor," I muttered, feeling like the biggest idiot on the planet. "We nearly broke land-speed records getting here for false labor."Or as they were technically called Braxton-Hicks contractions. When we were going to the classes with Lia, we just assumed that labor was going to be the finale. A few hours later we would be holding the twins in our arms.Except, we had been fooled by these false contractions. Lia seemed to be handling it well. I think I was the one who mostly felt like an idiot. What happened when she gave birth? I needed to make sure I had my wits about me and didn’t allow myself to get overwhelmed or worried.Rain patted
Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 200. The twins
Colby A few months has passed since we learned Lia was pregnant and it was crazy how close we were getting to her giving birth. The Werewolf pregnancies didn’t last as long so she was in her six month, ready to give birth any day now. There was a set date the doctor had marked, but they could always come early.Or late.When the doctors said they came late she was very angry. She glared at every one of us.I was halfway through a sandwich when I heard Lia gasp from the couch.Rain shot up like he'd been electrocuted. "What was that?! Was that a contraction?! Was that a baby contraction?!"Lia winced, gripping the edge of the couch. "I don't know! Maybe? It hurts!"Matt practically fell off the armchair. "Define 'hurts'! Like normal hurts? Like stubbing your toe hurts? Or like—' call an ambulance' hurts?!"Rain was already pacing in wild circles. "Oh god. Oh god. We’re not ready. We’re not ready! We don’t have the bags packed, we don’t have a route to the hospital mapped out, we don’t
Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 199. Nightmare
JesseLearning Lia was pregnant was amazing but also fucking scary. I never imagined myself as someone who would be a father. After the two of us were together, I knew it was bound to happen, but the fact of the matter is, I never thought I would be a parent.Sighing, I finished gathering the groceries and headed home. It was truly annoying to go about the day-to-day things you needed to live. I had gone for a run last time, realizing that we all had been missing out on this.It was a good run, but when I got home, I realized I had to get back to normal life. AKA getting groceries.Huffing, I pulled into the driveway and then took the bags to the front door. It was a bit of a balancing act, but I was able to do it.I pushed open the door with my shoulder, balancing a couple of grocery bags. "Lia? You home?"Silence.Then I heard it—the soft sounds of... something. Shuffling. Rustling. A thump.Frowning, I kicked my shoes off and followed the noise upstairs. "If you're hiding and plann
Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 198.Threats of violence
RainAfter learning Lia was pregnant, I became even more anxiety-ridden and neurotic. I was always like this, but when I was stressed, it was a hell of a lot worse.Right now, I was determined to make Lia’s life as uncomplicated as possible. I was doing my best and probably overreaching, but there was no stopping me now. Every part of me was determined to help Lia as much as I could.If I ended up acting crazy during this point, then so be it. I was willing to do it.I raced back into the living room, nearly slipping on the hardwood floor. "Lia! Where’s your water bottle? You need to stay hydrated!"She gave me a look over the mountain of pillows she was lounging on. "I drank it already."I froze. "You finished it?! That fast?! Oh my god, you’re dehydrated. You're going to shrivel up. I’ll get more—""Rain!" she snapped, cutting me off. "I’m fine! Sit down for five seconds before I throw this pillow at your face."I blinked, halfway to the kitchen. "But—""Sit. Down."I shuffled over
Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 197. Crazy party
LiaMy mates knew I was pregnant now, but I also had to adjust to the fact that I was dealing with a pregnancy.There was a child or likely children in my belly. I kept saying that there were twins. I had no proof yet, but it felt like there was. It was just one of those feelings I had deep down, as strange as that sounded.Yawning, I was lying on the couch, trying to nap after having a difficult morning, throwing up a lot, when Simone burst into the room.I was still processing everything when Simone practically burst into the living room, wild-eyed and vibrating with energy."We have to plan a party!" she shrieked, already pulling out her phone like the planning was happening right now.My head started to hurt. I wondered if I should go for another run. When I was in my wolf form, I didn’t have so many morning sickness. Strange that when I shifted, the morning sickness was mostly there, but I suppose that made sense.Our human forms were technically weaker than our wolf ones. There
Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 196. Wolves
LiaIt was time I told my mates. Simone knew but my mates didn’t. Then I would proceed to tell my brother and Gabi. I’d also tell her twins, my niece and nephew, in the best way I could. They were very young so I don’t know how well they would even understand for the most part.But my mates were the most important people to tell.And yet I was nervous.This was a huge change. I also, briefly, wonder if they are going to be upset over trying to figure out who the fuck the biological parents are, but everything is going to be all right.The fact is we are all a pack and family so there is no reason for me to be upset about it. I am still putting it off until this very morning that is.Everyone was gathered in the kitchen table. I was pacing, walking back and forth. Honestly, I felt like I was going to wear a hole out in the kitchen floor from all the pacing I was doing but I was pretty sure I wouldn’t. It was sturdy ground.I wrung my hands together, the words caught in my throat. They
