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70.The Nightshade Eclipse Council
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LiaThe next morning Michael knocked on my door. He was walking back and forth, looking like he had something to say. But wasn’t sure what or how to say it.I’ve been there and done that.“Michael?”“Hey, can we talk?”“I think you’ve already decided you want to talk. It’s more what do you want to talk about?”He grinned, scratching the back of his head nervously. The action reminded me of rain. I forgot that the five of them had spent almost their whole lives together. It was likely that they were going to rub off on one another at some point.Hell, I think the guys were starting to rub off on me to be honest. Sometimes I would stop and find myself doing small little actions that weren’t my usual go to type of action. They were rubbing off on me. But I liked to think I was rubbing off on them too.The only thing I hadn’t managed to do was teach Rain how to properly cook but that was never going to happen.“I’m going to leave the rugby team,” he said, plopping himself down next to me o
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Rain"You hear anything yet?" Jesse leaned against the doorframe, arms crossed, looking entirely too relaxed for someone who knew I was about to lose my mind."They said they'll get back to me by the end of the week," I muttered, my legs refusing to stay still. I paced back and forth across the room, every step making my nerves worse."So… no."I whipped around to glare at him. "Not no. Just... not yes."Jesse let out an exaggerated sigh. "Rain, that's just a fancy way of saying no answer.""Yeah, thanks, genius. I figured that out on my own."He shrugged. "Just making sure."I dragged a hand through my hair. "I should've pushed harder. Asked more questions. What does ‘by the end of the week’ even mean? Thursday? Friday? Midnight on Saturday? If they already know whether they’re in or not, why not just say it?""Because maybe they need time to finalize things?"I scoffed. "Please. They're vampires. They’ve had centuries to perfect the art of making decisions. They should’ve had a plan
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LiaPlanning to infiltrate a coven is not as easy as it sounds. We spent hours with the vampire clan, perfecting the plan as best we could.I wanted to have one last hurrah before we set out on this dangerous path. But Simone had other ideas, texting me with what she thought we should do.The second I saw her text, I sighed. It was just like Simone to want to go a bit crazy and out there with her plans. She meant well. Simone just had a similar personality to Rain, wanting to go a bit crazy.What we needed was something quieter and more subdued. The Moonveil pack had to break into a coven so we needed our rest, to make sure that we didn’t overdo it partying the night before.But I suppose I should try to indulge my friend.No, indulge my best friend.Simone would never steer me wrong no matter how crazy she got. I called her, grinning when her face appeared on video chat.“Okay, hear me out. Pre-attack party.”“…What?”“A party. Before the attack. You know, to get everyone in the right
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Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 211. Gemma and Rowan
LiaRain seemed to be going through something.He wasn’t his usual cheery self, which made me realize it could be tied to all this craziness. Our twins were acting strange, dealing with this curse, and that strange vision I had. So far, nothing else had happened, but I was on edge. I was constantly on edge regarding this situation.But Rain? His behavior was making me feel even worse because I wasn’t sure how to handle it. There was already the blood issue. He was drinking more blood, much more than normal.I already confronted him about it, but he brushed it off as nothing.Or tried to anyway.He’d laughed it off, called it “a phase,” but I could see the tension in his jaw, the flicker of something unreadable in his eyes.After our conversation, I brought this up with the rest of the pack—or more specifically, my mates. They should know what was going on with Rain.“It’s like he is becoming more of a vampire than a wolf,” Matt said out loud during our conversation.Everyone, includin
Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 210. Prophecy
LiaIt was another prophecy. I knew it. How did I know it? Well, I just felt it in my bones.And then I had a dream. Well, not a dream, but it was a vision. I hadn’t gotten a vision in a long time. By this point in my life, I was thinking that I was incapable of having them.But that night, they came back full force.I’m walking through the house. I am cleaning and just taking care of things. The house is quiet, but it’s late, so this is normal.When I hear a noise from upstairs, I run upstairs, taking two at a time. The noise came from the direction of the twins’ room, so I wanted ot make sure I could get to them to see what was happening.I walk inside, the two still in their little beds, fast asleep. Their chests are rising and falling, eyes completely closed. The twins are fine, fast asleep, and sleeping the night away.But what had that noise been?Swallowing, I stood there for a while, but finally managed to talk myself into leaving. I turned around and left, only to stumble upo
Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 209. Ancient curses
RainIt was difficult to pretend nothing was wrong. I tried my best, especially when I was in the presence of the twins.They were pretty perceptive for almost three years old. In two days, they would be three years old, and I was trying to be happy over their upcoming birthday, but I couldn’t deny that something strange was going on.The twins had always acted strangely. They didn’t cry that much compared to other children I had been around. But I always chalked it up to them being intelligent and hyperperceptive compared to other children out there.Now I was wondering if there was more to it.I was bathing the twins right now, helping them wash up and get ready for tonight. The twins were playing in the water, splashing one another. Everything was normal until they looked at me.“Daddy Rain?” Rowan asked, tilting his head to the side.I grinned. It was always great when the kids called me daddy. They called all of us daddy, followed by our names. This was the best way for Gemma and
Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 208. Cursed children
JesseWhen Lia came to us the next night and said she caught the twins saying they were hearing strange whispers, I didn’t know what to think. She said that it either sounded like someone was saying the twins were cursed or someone was in the process of cursing them.This just begged the question—who the fuck was trying to curse our twins. It pissed me off to think that they would dare to do such a thing. Who would curse children? They weren’t even three years old. Yet. Soon they would be three years old, but it didn’t matter.Either way, no matter which way you sliced it, they were children. Children didn’t deserve this. Why would they curse children?It did fill me with anger, making me punch the wall. Lia happened to walk into the room, eyeing me.“Why did you punch the wall?I sighed. “Why do you think I punched the wall? Our twins are being targeted, but this begs the question: Why are they being targeted? It makes no fucking sense.”Lia sighed softly, taking a seat at the kitche
Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 207. Birthday
LiaThe next step was to get the kids tested. We always wanted to do it after the kids were born to figure out who the kids were biologically related to, but things always got pushed off.To be frank, Rowan and Gemma were being raised by all of us. It didn’t matter who their biological fathers were, but now it was important to find out.With a simple test, we found out that Rain was the father of Rain while Gemma was biologically Jesse’s. No one reacted because we were all raising the kids together, so it didn’t matter. Except, Rain being Rowan’s biological father made things complicated.“Oddly, he is showing more vampire traits than wolf,” I muttered one night while sitting around the living room with my mates. “Gemma has shifted into a wolf many times—including yesterday when she chased around a stray cat from inside the house.”Rain laughed. “Gottta love that kid.”“Rain,” Matt muttered, giving him a look. “Now is not the time.”I pinched the bridge of my nose, trying to calm myse
