Jack We all trooped off of the raft once we got to the shore. We untied our bags and the ropes, letting the wood flow back onto the sea. I heaved out a sigh of relief, glad to be alive and safe. I was glad that my idea had worked. I would have felt guilty in hell if we had all been killed, telling myself that I should have listened to John. It was good to have a crazy idea and have it work out without being told 'I told you so' afterwards. It was even better to be on land in an open space instead of fighting for your life over water or trekking amidst trees that seemed as terrifying as the forest itself. "I'm glad your idea worked." John said, moving closer to me and clapping me on the back. "Me too." I replied him. Quinn finished stashing his bag onto his bag and pushed the wet ropes into a nylon bag, carrying it in his hand so it could dry off. We would definitely need the ropes anytime soon. Mia staggered on her legs and we all rushed to her side, supporting her with our hands
MiaIf wishes were horses, beggars would ride. I should have known yesterday when I was wishing for no adventures before bed that it wasn't as easy it sounded. It was easier said than done. That was the life here.We hadn't bothered with tents last night, wanting to feel the cool open air on our skins as we sleep. That had been the reason I wasn't suspicious until it was too late.I had felt a hand on my leg and had thought it was one of the boys moving in their sleep and had flicked it off without even bothering to open my eyes to see who it was. I assumed that there was no need as I was sleeping in their midst after all.Some seconds later, I felt the hands again on my legs. This time, they were trailing up my body. I scowled as I flicked my sleepy eyes open as I wondered who it could be. I chose to believe that the person was lost in his dreams and didn't know what he was doing.I knew the boys wanted me but they wouldn't disrespect me like that, not here. Quinn had asked me repeat
QuinnShit! I cursed all through the day. I could feel the energy. I looked at my brothers and knew they felt the same way that I did. They could also feel what I was feeling and the fear coursing through my veins was by no doubt running through theirs as well.This was not good but what I knew would happen. It wasn't possible that there would be no full moon night throughout our journey here. Maybe I had hoped that we would easily find what it was we had been looking for and be out. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case. We had been here for almost two weeks and hadn't gotten to the Aselia tree even though we were on the Gayalluc island. Of course, treasures were always hard to find.I looked at Mia, hating that we might put her in danger. I feared that we should shift tonight and kill her as the dark wizard had predicted. That would be a disaster. I would want to kill myself but I wouldn't because we had to save dad and couldn't let our family die out like that. I also couldn't kill m
MiaQuinn had to be joking. How did he expect me to sleep when they were locked up and far away from me? He had to think that I was inhuman and hated them. I scowled as I remembered that I hadn't exactly done anything to change his perspective that I hated them.We had dinner but we were all distracted as we ate. There was no word at all through the meal. Everyone was obviously busy with their thoughts. The boys were worried still about the impending shift tonight after finding a place that they could lock themselves up in. They were natural worriers and I was shocked to find that out. It was unbelievable to find out that the boys who were strong as that and didn't fear anything could be victims of chronic worry. It was indeed a strange world.The cellar door was iron and there was no way they could tell me that they were worried they might break it down. I doubted that they would even if they rammed all their bodies into it at the same time. They just wanted to worry to keep themselv
Mia"What do you think you are doing here?" The boys growled at me as they shifted to their human forms and saw me."Have you been here all through?""Mia, why are you so stubborn?""I thought I told you not to come here.""What if we had killed you?""Why did you take such a stupid risk?""Why would you risk your life like that?""What were you thinking of?""What made you come in here?""I really hope you have a good explanation."I ignored their angry rants, my mind focused on something else. I was relieved and glad that they were back to their human forms. I noticed that the full moon was still outside and a thought crept into my head. This was the best time to break the nasty curse placed on them. I would make sure that they never have to chain themselves up and go through that pain again. I didn't want to break the curse for them alone but I wanted it for myself as well. I wanted to do it. I wanted them to claim me. This wasn't a pity decision.I knew how to get the anger away f
MiaI had thought that no one would be able to sleep but I was wrong. We had all slept like babies. I woke up to find us wrapped around one another but didn't mind. I wondered if that was how we were going to be sleeping if we got home as I was used to having them snuggle around me already. I didn't want to deal with the hassle of wondering whose bed I was going to share. That felt weird. We should all be one big, happy family as we were at the moment.I shook my head. There was no need to bother about what life was going to be at home when I was still here.We woke up, took care of our personal hygiene and breakfast and walked out of temple. It was time to move forward no matter what beautiful memories we had here. I glanced at the spot we had made love yesterday and blushed. My body thrummed and I knew that I wasn't going to forget that on time."Mia." Jack growled.I turned and saw the boys looking at me with wonder, their noses lifted and I blushed. There was no secret here anymor
QuinnThe goblin was crazy. He kept us asking us silly questions and demanded an answer in seconds. Mia broke the pattern and noticed that he was asking questions off his head with what was around him. She observed everything that was around us and gave him the answers. Annoyed that she was getting the answers right, he switched questions and started asking ridiculous questions, ones that made my skin cringe.Did he think we were fools? We would all have to be daft to not know the answers. He got angry and started flinging stuff at is, warning us that we would forever be trapped if one of them hit us. It was annoying dealing with him but we were finally able to beat him with intelligence and courage.None of what he threw at us hit us as we had noticed that his powers only could spin items in the air upwards and not direct them. They moved so fast in the air, going to all directions that it would be impossible to avoid them. Once we noticed that the items couldn't be controlled to spi
JackOh my! I was tired, stressed out and whatever else I could use to describe my fatigue. It wasn't easy, making all those journey that we had been on but there was nothing we could do about it.I needed a break but we had to keep on going. The snake had been crazy but that wasn't my major concern. We had to find a reason that all those creatures were attracted to Mia. I wondered if it was because the dark wizard had left his taint on Mia because she was marked and no one else, not even weird supernatural creatures should find her appealing.That damned dark wizard. He had surely done something to Mia. I sighed. That had to be it. I couldn't wait to get rid of him. That meant that we had to save two people now instead of one. I boiled with determination as we moved on our journey, walking faster than the other to gear them when they seemed tired.I wasn't going to walk faster than normal else I was going to arouse suspicion about what was wrong with me. I didn't want to tell the ot
MiaFinally. It was done. I was mated to the boys. The mating ceremony was over. Some of the new wolves who didn't know were shocked that I was getting mated to the boys as they had assumed that I was getting mated to Quinn only but they had also moved on quickly and were happy that we were officially mated.Not all the wolves were around for my Luna ceremony and ritual or they would have found out about the intimacy between me and the boys.I was proud that mum was there to see mating ceremony and that there wasn't any knife cutting in this own. I didn't think mum was going to stand still if she saw that bloody crooked traditional knife cutting into my skin. I hoped that she wouldn't ever see the scars on my back. She had asked if I was keeping any more secrets from me but I didn't think I was going to tell her about the scars on my back. She was going to freak out if she saw them.She was just getting warmed up into the world of the werewolves and I couldn't show her the scars and r
MiaI had thought that mum would never want to see us again after last night's fiasco. I couldn't blame her. We hurt her and she had a right to her anger. I would have been mad as well if I was in her shoes. I was surprised when she came out and joined us for breakfast. That was good. That meant she was slowly letting go of her anger and would soon warm up to us. Maybe she would be forgiving us anytime soon. I had thought I shouldn't hold my breath on waiting for my mum to forgive us but now, it seemed possible.I was glad that I had told Albert to let us call her to join us for breakfast when he was about to ask the maid to send her food to the guest room that she had slept in. I knew Albert was affected that she had slept in another room. He looked worse, much worse than I had ever seen him. He seemed like he hadn't slept a wink last night with the absence of his wife in their shared bedroom. I didn't think I had ever seen them apart when they were in the same vicinity. He missed mu
VanessaI couldn't believe it. I still found it hard to believe that my own daughter could keep that much secret from me. I thought that we were close. I thought that we were as close as thieves. I thought that we didn't share any secrets. I thought that... Oh no, o stopped thinking as I didn't know what to think of anymore.She had to be kidding me. I felt like a fool, living in a house full of secrets and I was the only one who knew nothing about it. Asides the revelation that had happened in Mia's room after I found her kissing her brother, I had gotten more from her and I couldn't believe it.I still couldn't get the image of her kissing Quinn out of my head. I wondered what I would have done if I had found them in bed. Oh no! I couldn't bear to think of that. If she was dating the three of them, that meant that she was sleeping with the three of them.Oh my! How did that even work? I couldn't think of my daughter whoring herself out but with the way that they had explained it, th
MiaIt was revelation day. It was a hassle trying to calm mum down after witnessing me and Quinn kissing. She had glared at us with her eyes widespread and in disbelief."Can someone tell me what is going on here?" She yelled."Please calm down, mum." I pleaded with my face blushing red. I was embarrassed. I shouldn't have let this happen like this. I felt like she was disappointed in me and I hated myself. I wanted my mum to know about my relationship with the boys but it was not like this. I felt bad with the way she was looking at me and I wished that the ground would open up and swallow me whole."Calm down?" She squealed. "I just saw you kissing your brother while the others are looking at you. That was a passionate kiss for it to be seen as brotherly. You were sucking on each other's tongues and Jack was looking at you as if he couldn't wait to undress you. How can you tell me to calm down?"I sighed. I shouldn't have said that. "I'm sorry, mum. I will tell you everything that
Quinn"Mia! Wait! Stop!" I shouted at her to stop but she wouldn't. She kept on running, heading outside and I knew that I was messed up if she could get out of the gate. She would misunderstand the whole scenario and harden her heart before I could find my brothers, and go home to beg her.What was she doing here? Scratch that. That wasn't the right question to ask. She could be here for reasons of her own that she knew. The right question to ask was why she would think that I was cheating on her. I understood that the situation wasn't a nice one and it was possible that jealousy suddenly crept up on her but she should have held on to her logic. I was a wolf and never would I cheat on my mate. She was far from thinking right and that was what I had to help her do which was why I had to run to her before she could escape.I ran after her, watching as she took a bend. I sighed. If she could get out of that turn, she would be at the gate and that would be the end of my immediate apolog
MiaI flicked off the paper in front of me, tired of staring through fonts and ink. I had been busy. No, I had been trying to keep myself busy. Those were what I had been trying to do all day, all week since the boys had left.I missed them. I missed them with an ache that had my heart rolling and I couldn't imagine how they would feel as well since we were all mates and were apart. I was sure that it would be hard on them the same way it was hard on them. I wondered how they felt. We had calls everyday and almost every minute but that couldn't suffice for being together.I couldn't tell if they were in pain from our phone conversation as they were trying hard to hide it from me which was also what I was trying to do. I was also hiding it from them how much I missed them so they wouldn't be distracted and be able to concentrate where they were.I sighed. As if we could hide how we felt. Even if we didn't talk about it, we all knew that we were missing one another greatly. It was the m
QuinnI thought I had seen the last of Susan by telling her how I didn't miss her but I was wrong. She was more determined to have me in her space and because I mentioned my brothers the other time, she extended a bit of the gesture to them though it was all too obvious that what she was doing to them was fake and all she was concerned about was truly me.I sighed. I hated unnecessary attention of any kind and I had tried my best to avoid it by staying on my own in the barracks but now she was bringing me out in the open against my wish.I didn't like this and I was going to have to talk to her. What did she think that she was doing? That I was going to like it? She was being ridiculous if she didn't know it and she had to be dreaming if she thought that I was going to like her gesture.I remembered that I wanted to tell my brothers something and was about to speak up but the bell beat me to it."Oh! That is the bell for dinner. Shall we?" Jack said."No problem." John replied.We had
QuinnI missed Mia. I missed her with a pang. I didn't think that I could stay far away from her any longer. It was easier staying far from home when I wasn't a mated wolf but it wasn't the case now. My mind was conflicted and my heart longed to be home where she was.It was affecting my body as well and I had gone weaker and wasn't discharging my duties properly. I wasn't the only one as I had expected. I wasn't the only one mated to Mia and missing her. The three of us were weak and the major had noticed immediately the second day that we reported for duties. We got tired easily and were easily distracted.He had teased us about losing our abilities because we had been away from so long and had told us to get back in shape as soon as we could. I shook his head. If only that he knew. He didn't know that what we needed wasn't more trainings but being by the side of our mate.There was no way that Mia could be allowed to stay and live here with us as she wasn't an officer. We were the
MiaNo matter how much you anticipated or feared a day, it was going to come. I didn't even have the time to anticipate this time as it had come suddenly. I hadn't been expecting it. How could their major tell them to come back and give them only two days to do so? Who did that? He hadn't even given them time to prepare at all and had just wanted them to be back. Didn't he think that they were going to have to prepare? What if they were in the midst of something important when they had gotten his mail? Were they supposed to have dropped it all and reported to work?I believed that they were. They wouldn't have been military men if that wasn't the case. They weren't meant to complain when they got an order but followed without a complaining.I snorted at my thought. I knew that they were military men before I got involved with them.I was going to miss them. I stood by, watching them with my arms folded on my chest as I watched as they packed their luggage into the car.They turned whe