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“Oh God, Juliet! What happened here?” Bellowed yet another voice. I must have passed out because I didn’t remember anything afterward. I woke up in my bed though, my father was looming over me. His pale skin and obsidian eyes would frighten anyone but to wake up to it was something different. My father was the pack physician and was never around, since my mother passed giving birth to me and my twin sister, Jemma. She died in the womb and my father said I absorbed all her nutrition and such. I don’t think he ever came to terms with losing his mate and daughter.

              “Your vitals look good pup,” My father, Charles, said as he backed his face away from mine. “I spoke to Alpha Chris, he is looking into the matter, Pup. Get some rest.” The next day was of course my birthday, and it was no surprise Liv showed up with balloons, chocolate, a teddy bear, and the newest movie for us to watch at night. It had become a tradition for us, but to my surprise, she wasn’t alone. Behind her were Oliver, Oscar, Seth, and Shane, I suddenly felt strange, my entire body felt hot. I felt lightheaded and like I was being pulled, I inhaled the air, I had too many scents at once entering my small upturned nose. From mint and sandalwood to vanilla and orange, from pine and cinnamon to coffee and coconut.  My eyes turned black and my canines came out, I immediately covered my mouth but I couldn’t stop sniffing the air.

           “Juliet, I’m so sorry I wasn’t there.” Olivia started but was cut off by her brother bumping into her and moving toward my bed. He dropped the bouquet of roses he brought me, and I watched as his eyes turned black. He sniffed the air, Oscar moved to the side of him as he dropped the candy to the floor. All of a sudden both Seth and Shane did the same, dropping a box of cookies and balloons. I didn’t understand what was happening, I was never told what would happen on my twenty-first birthday, only that I would find my desire, my mate, my soul partner. We would be linked, but never told how, I couldn’t help this urge I had, being pulled and overwhelmed. Was this it? But wait I can’t have four soulmates. Something isn’t right. I watched the guys bare their teeth and start panting. 

            “I.. I.. Brat... You” Started Oliver, his eyes turned back to bright green as he stepped closer taking in my scent. I forced my eyes to turn back to brown and my teeth went back to normal.

             “Mmmm… it’s… you!” Oscar shouted moving next to his brother. I wasn’t sure what to do so I just stared at the twins.

             “Baby girl…” Shane growled as he moved to the other side of my bed to get as close as possible. His blue eyes were back to normal as he tried to reach for my face.

             “Ahh... I.. You..” Seth grumbled moving next to his brother. I didn’t know what to do I couldn’t keep my eyes off of all four guys as my eyes darted between them. 

              “Umm… Something’s not right.” Liv reacted as she moved to the foot of my bed. “Dr. Geauxtreax!” She yelled. She quickly got on her phone, “Dad bring Uncle Rob to Dr. Geautreaux’s now!”

My father walked in and had to squeeze by Oscar and Oliver to get to me. “Boys back up give me some space.” They didn’t listen, he turned and smelled the air. “Oh, Olivia it’s okay.” He watched as she pointed her finger toward Shane and Seth, he turned toward them and sniffed the air. “Oh, boy, no.” He began pushing Oscar and Oliver back but they were pushing back as well, it was almost no use until Ray and Rob came through the door pushing their sons backward.

             “What’s going on here?” Questioned Raymond as he threw his sons on the black sofa next to my bed. He had hair just like the boys with bright green eyes, he wasn’t as tall as them but he was strong.

             “Our mate father,” Smiled Oliver looking at his brother. He was leaning trying to look at me.

             “Our soulmate!” Oscar grinned back at his twin and up at his father.

             “Boys! What’s the meaning of this?” Inquired Robert as he pushed his sons into the two navy blue armchairs on the other side of my room. The twins looked just like him from the hair to the eyes except like his twin he wasn’t as tall.

              “Our desire, Dad.” Answered Shane staring at his gigantic father looming over them.

              “It’s our one,” Seth said looking at Shane as a smile escaped his lips.

              “Impossible, you aren’t quadruplets. You all can’t have the same soulmate!” Bellowed Ray commanding the attention of the entire room. He wasn’t an Alpha but his brother Christopher was, he came from a long line of Alphas so it ran in the genes to command attention, and he was on the wolf council along with his twin Rob. Alpha Chris had no heir and was mated to a human, she died before their second anniversary. So now Chris has to choose between his nephews, they were all twenty-five years old and were slowly being entered into the council. “I need to call Chris, he can help.”

My father sighed, he didn’t like a lot of people in his house and now it was becoming crowded, and he didn’t care for it. He made his way over to me and kissed my forehead, I could hear whimpering as I closed my eyes. “Sleep pup, I’ll be downstairs.” He headed out of the room and told everyone to follow him and that drinks were in the fridge. He listened to the whimpers as their fathers took them out of the room.

            “Well, I wasn’t expecting this when I invited them over,” Liv stated as she sat on the side of my bed. “They were the ones that saved you from the queen bitches, they broke up with them and made them cry in front of everyone.” She got under the covers with me as I scootched over. 

            “Liv, what’s going on?” I asked giving her my best puppy dog eyes. I still felt the urge and pull, it was like nothing I’ve ever felt. 

            “Well, today is your twenty-first birthday, and you know we get our soulmates, but it seems that you have four. Of course, you could have identical twins or triples that could be your person or persons.” She looked at me, clearly, I didn’t understand, she took a deep breath. “Identical twins or triplets have one mate, they are from one egg and one sperm. So, they are basically the same person, just in different bodies. Fraternal twins come from two eggs and two sperm so they have two soulmates, Like my father and Uncle.” 

             “But, why do I have four?” I asked laying my head on her shoulder, my curly brunette hair falling in my face. “Did my glasses break?”

             “My Uncle Chris will figure it out. And yes, but I called in for you another pair.” She hugged me as I heard a light knock on my wooden door.

             “Juliet, can you please come downstairs?” The Alpha’s bright red hair popped into my doorway. He pushed the door open and smiled, The McKinneys all had similar looks and the Alpha was no exception, he had one green eye and one blue, he was tall, as tall as both sets of the younger twins. He smiled widely seeing his niece, he had a distinctive long scar running down his forehead to his neck on the right side of his face. He nodded his head and turned to go back down the stairs.