Lucas“I don’t think I have the time you think I have. Why will I go so far just to get under your skin? You are forty, start acting your age and start thinking your age. We have a situation and I am trying to be the logical adult here. I told you not to go after her when she left but you did and made a scene. Do you even think or are you so caveman that you don’t think before you act?” He shot at me. I clenched my fist and growled at him.“Stop doing that.” He warned me. “I don’t listen to you or take orders from you.” I fired at him.“We both don’t take orders from anyone but again, we have a situation. Do you think I want this? No! I don’t want it. I finally found my mate after so many years of waiting and now I find out that she isn’t just my mate. Do you think I am okay? I am not fucking okay but you don’t see me acting all angry and going around creating a scene. We want to protect her from them, not expose her to them. Think!” He yelled at me and for the first time, I actu
CrossI watched him pace around. He was finally getting it. He was acting like he usually does acting before thinking. It’s one of the things I hated about him. In all, I couldn’t stand him and would very much not want to be in this situation right now but I couldn’t change things.If I could, I would go back to that night three weeks ago and make sure that Thalia knew she only belonged to me. That she couldn’t be with anyone else. I didn’t do it and now, I have to live with the consequences.“Why did it have to be him?” I wasn’t the only one pissed by the idea that my mate didn’t belong to me alone. My wolf was too and he has been going crazy inside me. I was in control so he had no choice but to foam inside.Everything happened so fast that it still felt like some weird dream to me even though I knew that it wasn’t a dream. I don’t dream about stuff like this. My dreams were what people call nightmares. This might as well be a nightmare. My mate isn’t just my mate. She’s mated to a
Cross“I can’t let that happen.”I whispered to myself.“Damn well, we can’t.”He heard it even though I said it in a very low voice. Wolves have really good hearing so it wasn’t a shocker that he heard me.“So, you do agree that we can’t let them get to her. That we have to protect her no matter what?”I asked him. He scowled at me but nodded in agreement. We are finally getting somewhere.“What do you want to do?”It funny how he was asking me my plans now when just a while ago, he went crazy because I asked him what he planned to do. Honestly, right now, I don’t have a plan. Yes, I had a plan before. That’s why I applied to lecture in her school, I wanted to be with her.My plan had been simple, find her, ask her out, and make sure she was never out of my sight. They will definitely know she has been mated if they find her and it’s my job to protect her from that. Of course, staying away from her might be the only right way but I can’t stay away from my mate.The three weeks it too
ThaliaI fidgeted, biting my finger, a habit I have and can’t stop especially when I am anxious. Right now, I was beyond nervous. I could practically feel my heart beating fast against my chest. We tried. We talked for hours but nothing seemed to work so now, we were calling her aunt and waiting for her to take her call.My heart skipped a beat when I heard her voice echo on the phone. Emily greeted her and told her that her friend had something she wanted to talk to her about. I have seen her aunt a lot in photos but I haven’t spoken to her before. Emily said it would be better if I talk to her directly.“Here, she wants to talk to you.”She said and handed the phone to me. I took it with shaking hands. I don’t know why I was shaking so much. Maybe because the reality of my situation finally dawned on me. I carried the marks of not one but two shifters and whether I liked it or not, my fate was pretty much sealed to theirs. I cleared my throat and tried to calm down as much as possib
Thalia“She must be some drama queen.”I bit out in an attempt to lighten my mood but that didn’t work. I still felt like crying. Still felt shitty and out of touch with reality. I don’t even know how to describe how I feel right now. I was angry, sad, confused, and most annoying of all, Horny. I was fucking horny and guess whose face crawled into my head. Lucas and Cross. I shook off my stupid train of thought and focused on what Aunt Rachael was saying.“You will get over that feeling very soon. I promise you. There’s always a solution.”I liked her positivity, and in any other situation, it would have worked on me, but not this one. There was no way out, no solution.“They are both professors at my University. Both are nearly two decades older than me. Both are off-limits because the school doesn’t allow students and professors to have intimate relationships.”I explained to her. She went silent on me again. Maybe she was thinking I might have done it to up my grade or something.“
Thalia“What the fuck are you both doing in my room?” I yelled at them when I finally got myself back enough to speak and quickly wrapped my towel around my body. I mean, my reaction was kind of hypocritical seeing as they have both seen me naked and have both been inside me but still, I didn’t invite them in. Heck, only a few minutes ago, they were downstairs looking at me and now, they were standing at my door and not even trying to leave.Normal people would wait for me downstairs. I am very sure they scared my friend so I can’t even blame her for not trying to stop them. Compared to her petite five foot three self, they were over six foot ten. They weren’t humans either so why did I even expect them to act normal?No human would have followed me home and even found their way into my bedroom. These men don’t follow any norms. They can very much decide to remove me from my house and take me wherever with them and I can’t even fight them. I swallowed as the reality of the whole sit
Thalia“What do you want to talk to me about? Do you realize that you can’t be seen with me outside of school?” I asked him. Lucas scoffed. I turned to him and glared at him. I couldn’t even hold his gaze for up to ten seconds. My whole body heated up and I felt tingles all over. How could I still be attracted to him when I was so mad at him? What’s even wrong with me at this point?“It’s the damn mark, isn’t it?” I let out, they both looked at me in confusion.“That’s why I keep getting drawn to you guys. It’s the mark. You did something to me and now I can’t get over my attraction t—.” I pressed my lips together when I realized I had said too much.“You can’t undo what’s done.” “Yeah? My life would have still been normal if you just fucked me without marking me.” I replied to Lucas who shook his head.“That’s not how it works. You will still be mated to us either way.” Us? Did he just say, us? As in both of them? Of course, that’s what he meant.“So, it isn’t like a glitch?”
Thalia“What the fuck are you even talking about, right now? Are you trying to scare me? Is that what all these are about? You are trying to scare me into doing what you want, right?” I yelled at them. Cross hasn’t said anything to make me angry but Lucas was pushing it with the way he was talking to me as if I am a child who can’t comprehend and making it seem as if I wasn’t capable of caring for myself.“That’s not what I am trying to do. Why will I scare you? I can get you where I want without using fear. You belong to me.” How can I hate someone and desire him at the same time? Why can’t I just hate him and throw him out of my house and life? He was fucking annoying. Fucking possessive. “I don’t belong to you and you are trying to scare me into doing what you want. Why else would you lie that I am in some kind of danger?” I fired at him. He turned away from me, dragged his fingers through his hair, and yelled at no one in particular before turning back to me.“I am not trying
Cross “What do you mean you lost her? She has been with you for what? Two minutes and you already lost her?” I yelled out. I couldn’t believe he nagged and talked me into the one-week thing only for him to lose her just a few hours after she arrived at his house. “You lost her too, stop acting like she didn’t bail on you too.” “Yes, but not on the first day and you know why she left! I damn well know that it’s not for the same reason because your horny ass won’t let her leave,” Even thinking about it made me jealous. I hated it so much. “I didn’t stop you from having her and she was clearly ready and willing. Again, don’t blame me.” Lucas yelled at me. “Who said that I am blaming you? You lost her! You couldn’t even properly take care of her and ensure she stayed safe but you wanted so much to have her with you.” I should have expected it to happen. I blame too because I shouldn’t have hung up until I managed to talk her out of leaving the house but I had been too b
Thalia“You are right. I already did that and I would very much want to do it again but those two won’t do me and I hate it so much. I feel like I am the only one wanting them so much. I don’t even know why they aren’t feeling it too.” I let out begrudgingly.“Feeling what?” Emily asked with interest. I didn’t know how best to describe how I was feeling to her without sounding like a whore who couldn’t do without sex. I have tried to act like I didn’t feel the way I did but I feel it and there was no hiding it from myself.I felt the change in me since the first time both of them walked into my class. If I am being honest, I felt the charge from the moment I slept with both of them. It only got intense the more time I spent with them. I was in heat or something.I had never thought so much about having sex until I met them. Now all I can think about is being taken by them yet none of them want the same thing. I don’t even know if any of it made any sense but that’s just how I felt.
Thalia “Jack! It's so good to see you.” I told him when I walked up to him after parking my car in the space that it would be in until I came back for it. “You got a new car. A pretty expensive one.” Jack observed. I smiled and nodded.“Can I leave it here? My friend is coming to pick me up.” He nodded even before I could finish. I smiled and hugged him in thanks. I saw Emily’s car drive into the building and bid Jack goodbye after making sure that I locked the car properly and got everything that I needed from inside.“Why did you want us to meet here?” Emily asked when I got into her car. I smiled and gestured for her to drive out. She looked at me in confusion.“I came to drop my car. We can use yours. Let’s go.” I told her. She looked even more confused but started her car and turned it. I waved Jack goodbye and blew him a kiss. He laughed and shook his head.“Why are we leaving your car behind?” Emily asked as soon as we were out of Pretense. I sighed.“I didn’t want to b
Thalia“There’s only so much I can take. Open this gate right this moment or you will all regret it. Not just you but every member of your so-called pack! You don’t want to deal with humans and the cops. You don’t want to deal with my parents either. Look them up! Look up the Sinclairs! My parents will have you all locked up and your pack will be nonexistent if you don’t let me go!” I threatened the buffy security men. I hate bringing my family into my issues or threatening people but these fuckers refuse to listen to me. I have tried every other means to get them to open the gate but they have refused each one of them. If threatening them would get me what I wanted, so be it.Lucas, that fucker. I scoffed at the thought of him. Did he really think just because he told me that he knew the law I would stop? What? He wanted me to go back to the house? Never! If he cared a little about me, he would have stayed at home today not just dropped me off and dumped me immediately. Packing mee
Lucas “Lia? Are you there? Did you hear what I said? Turn your car around and meet me at the house.” I instructed her and removed my phone from my ear to make sure she was still on the phone but she already hung up. I dialed her number again but she didn’t pick up. I called her for a third before deciding that it would be better to go pick her up before it was too late. “Damn!” I let out and rushed back into the meeting room. Everyone turned in my direction when I walked in again after stepping out to take a call that I wasn’t supposed to take during a very important pack meeting. Fuck my life. I made the rule of no phone calls during pack meetings but I was the one to break the rule and now I am about to break another rule. Leaving the pack meeting before time wasn’t allowed but I couldn’t stay in the meeting while knowing that my mate was about to leave the pack even though I told her not to. There’s only so much the guys at the gate can do. If she persists and insists
Thalia “Because we said so.” I stared open-mouthed at Lucas. Just when I thought he got better, he just had to go spoil things between us. What? Because they said so? Like I will listen just because they said so. Men and audacity. “Can you just listen to us?” Cross added. I glared at him. “So? You expect me to say yes sir and do everything you two want? It doesn’t work that way.” I told them firmly. It was just clubbing with my friend. Nothing too huge. I could have gone without telling them but I chose to be a good girl and look where that got me. “You can’t go around unguarded. We don’t want anything to happen to you.” Lucas said in that voice that made him sound like he was talking to a child. “I have been okay all my life. Why do I have to be watching my back like some fugitive? I am twenty-two. I can’t spend my nights curled up in bed in my twenties. I will do that in my thirties or forties. I am going out and that’s final. I just thought to let you guys know. You c
Thalia “And I thought my life here would be better. What a letdown.” I grumbled. It was only my first night here so I shouldn’t be disappointed but I was. How could he leave me alone in the house on my first night? I spent all day anticipating only to be left disappointed. “Shit!” I complained and got out of bed again. I was bored out of my mind. Alone in the house on my first night. I could do a house tour but I wasn’t the type to go snooping around without approval. In the end, I decided to chat with my friends. “What’s the use of having two lovers when I can’t even get any of them like I want?” I sent the chat to the group and both girls started typing immediately. “Holy, what?” I rolled my eyes at Emily’s question. Both of them didn’t believe me when I told them that I wasn’t getting any. “I am not kidding, not to mention, I am home alone right now. That fucker dropped me off and went away talking about some pack meeting.” I texted. “Oh, pack meetings are very impor
Thalia “Is she okay?” I nodded. “Alright, let’s go?” I nodded and grabbed my stuff from the chair I had kept them earlier. He took the bag from me. “It’s just school stuff that I need for the new week.” I told him when he looked at me with questioning eyes. “Let’s go.” I walked ahead of him and saw his car. I excitedly strolled there but as I got in the car, I couldn’t help but feel a little sad. Cross might have done some crazy shit but he had been a good host so yeah, I miss him already. “You will be back next week. Don’t miss him so much. In fact, forget about him for now. You belong to me.” Lucas told me. He dropped my bag in the back seat and got into the car. “I don’t belong to you or anyone. I only belong to myself.” I let out. He smirked and started the car. I sent a text to Cross that I already left and thanked him for having me. Don’t ask me why I thought of thanking him after how yesterday night turned out to be. “We have arrived already?” I let
Thalia By afternoon, I was all set to leave the house and so fucking exciting for my week with Lucas because I know it will be very spicy. I cleaned up really well. There was no need to pack my bag as Lucas already had stuff I could use over at his house. I only carried my school materials that I would need for the week and my gadgets. I went over to Elena’s house and had lunch with her and her brother’s pregnant wife. Contrary to what I thought, she was actually a sweet woman, just that her hormones were all over the place because of the pregnancy. “You look super excited to leave our pack.” Elena commented as we both made our way back to Cross’s house. I smiled. I couldn’t even deny the fact that I was excited. “I am but don’t worry, I will be back soon.” I assured her. “Can you actually keep doing the back and forth? Won’t you get tired?” I smiled. I have thought of it too but right now, I don’t feel tired yet. Maybe later I will but for now, I am just not going to