Chapter 8

*****Author's POV*****

"Aww man! I can't believe I lost to you again!" Zayden groaned as he tossed the spear in his hand to the floor. He collapsed on to the field grass as he shut his eyes to shield it from the sun.

The sweat trickling down his forehead gave him an alluring look as he breathed out heavily.

"That's cause you've been so distracted ever since we began," Eric, Zayn and Zayden's Beta said as he sat beside the sulking Zayden.

Zayden had never lost to Eric ever before, but today seemed exceptional as Zayden kept missing his targets and ends up getting hit by Eric.

At first, Eric thought maybe he was becoming stronger, but then he noticed the look that continuously flashed in Zayden's eyes each time they began another round of fighting.

He immediately knew Zayden was distracted or else, his ass would have been kicked.

"What are you thinking about?" Eric asked him as he drank water straight from the water bottle.

Zayden stayed quiet for a while, just staring at the clear blue sky as the image of Elvira flashed in his mind.

That woman had hunted his sleep and he couldn't even function till this morning. He decided to come duel with Eric and see if she would finally get off his mind.

But it seemed her face was already engraved in his mind.

When Eric got no reply, he slowly nugded Zayden and asked again, "Man, you're lost again. What the fuck is going on?"

Zayden sighed and turned his head slightly to look at Eric.

"Eric, we found our mate," he said in more like a whisper and shut his eyes afterwards.

Eric stayed still for a while and then his eyes went wide.

"You both what?!" He yelled in excitement and Zayden growled, "keep it down will you?"

"Hell no! This is great news, why should I keep it down?!" Eric asked again and tried to stand to his feet, but Zayden pulled him down instantly and rolled over to lay on his stomach.

His eyes darkened as he glared at Eric.

"It's our mate we found, not yours," Zayden deadpanned.

"Ouch, you don't have to remind me of my single life man!"

"It's not about your single life, Eric" he said and ran a hand through his long black hair, "it's just that we can't accept her" he finished.

Eric raised a brow at Zayden's words, "And why is that?" He asked surprised. The twins had waited for their mate for so long.

Now when they finally met her, he says they wouldn't accept her?

"She... I don't know how to say this to you, but She is classless, unattractive and not sexy at all. She is just too thin and weak," Zayden explained with a sigh at the end.

Eric just stared at Zayden like he had grown an extra head.

Just what nonsense has this man said just now?

Their mate is classless, unattractive and not sexy?

Who cares about those?!

"You guys must be joking!" Eric yelled in surprise, "sexy? Who cares about that?! Classless?! The fuck?!" Eric was slowly losing it this time as he glared at the handsome creature of the night before him.

"I and Zayn cares, okay? We care! I mean you should have seen her!" Zayden snapped as he sat up immediately.

A certain image was begining to plung his mind again and he wasn't liking it one bit.

Eric gaped at the shameless man before him.

How could they even say such despicable thing about their mates?

Wasn't this what the waited their whole life for?

Zayden stood up to his feet as he dusted off the few grasses left on his pants.

He turned to look at Eric who still watched him in shock.

"You ain't getting up?" He asked, a smirk playing on his lips.

Eric snapped back to reality and jerked up instantly.

He glared at Zayden and dusted his body as well.

"You and your brother are psychos," he muttered and picked up the water bottle.

Zayden chuckled and made his way into the mansion, only for them to come across Zayn being scolded by Erika.

Zayden paused in his tracks as he stood there, listening to Erika yell at Zayn with tears in her eyes.

Eric also stopped as he watched them.

Firstly, Erika was crying nonstop and yelling, something one would never see her do.

Zayden unable to bear it, ran directly to her.

"Erika, what's with you? Why are you crying?" He asked confused as he held her shaking shoulders.

Panic was begining to set in as he watched her face.

"It's mum" she croaked out, her eyes glistening with tears.

"What happened to her?!" This time, Zayden couldn't keep calm like Zayn.

"Mum....mum was.."

"Say something!"

"Mum was poisoned at a restaurant this afternoon and it was Zayn who took her there." Erika finished and Zayden froze.

Eric also had his eyes widened on hearing that.

Zayn was sitting on the couch with his head lowered as he tried to hold his emotions together.

Zayden's head snapped to him and he suddenly dashed towards Zayn.

"Zayn! What the fuck is Erika unto?!" Zayden roared, but Zayn kept still as he fought with the feelings swirling inside him.

Zayden unable to bear it suddenly pulled Zayn by his shirt collar and pulled him up to his feet, not minding if this was his elder twin brother.

"What the fuck happened to mum?!" He barked again.

Zayn looked into Zayden's gray orbs and bit his lower lip in frustration.

Zayden looked into his eyes expectantly as he waited for the answer to his question.

Their mother was everything to them after the death of their father.

So anyone messing with their mother was likely messing with them.

Erika also walked forward and shook Zayn's arm slightlt as she begged, "Zayn tell us who did that to mum?!"

After staying quiet for a while, Zayn looked Zayden dead in the eye and finally said the words.

"Mum was poisoned at the star restaurant by one of the employees"

Zayden's hand shook slightly, but he still didn't let Zayn go.

"And who is responsible?" Zayden asked impatiently.

Zayn hesitated and finally breathed out, "The woman from the party, Our mate"

Zayden, Erika and Eric froze in shock.