Thalia “Something important.” His answer made me even more anxious. “What kind of important something?” I asked him, I couldn’t figure out what could be so important to discuss that would have Cross come over for dinner with us. I wanted to think positively but no positive reason crossed my mind. I couldn’t be losing any of them, right? Not after our night together. I wanted them both with me for a long time. I refuse to choose. If they are going to make me choose, I might cry. I might go as far as throwing things at them. They shouldn’t put me through the heartbreaking experience of having to choose between them especially not after showing me how good it could be with the three of us together. I won’t settle for that. “Why are you making that face? You don’t even know what we are going to talk to you about yet. Don’t make that face, ma’am, I promise that you will like it.” He assured me. I didn’t know if I should easily believe him. Not like he had a reason to lie. If he s
Thalia “Okay, hit me with what you have for me.” I told them. “We want to spend time with you freely without the weekly thing over our head which means it’s left for you to pick whoever and wherever you want to spend time and we will accept it. It doesn’t matter how you do it.” Lucas explained. I knew what he was saying and what they were offering but it didn’t make complete sense to me. What if I have a favorite and decide that I want to spend all my time with him? Okay, that would mean choosing and I already promised myself that I wouldn’t choose between them. Still, I didn’t see how it would work. I don’t want to move from one house to the next every freaking day. I mean, if I want to equally see them, I would have to make it a day here and a day there, right? I don’t how they think that will work. “Can you explain more?” I asked them instead of jumping on the train and arriving at the wrong conclusions. “It’s easy. You pick where you want to be. If it’s here then we wil
Thalia “No guys but you can have other fun like dancing and drinking moderately. But you can drink as much as you want when you are at home.” Lucas told me. “Okay. You guys don’t need to worry about me clubbing right now because I have to focus on my schoolwork that I have been neglecting recently. I have a lot to do.” I told them. “You are free to do whatever you want within the packs. No unauthorized persons will get into any of the packs so safety won’t be a problem but when you are outside, you have to let us know where you are and you have to come back home early.” I smiled at the rule. A week ago, the rule would have pissed me off but not anymore. They were looking out for me. The council or whatever they called them must still be out there and they might be trying to get me. Not just them, my parents too. They won’t just back out like that. If I am careless, they might catch me unaware and the guys might not be available to come to my rescue so for my own good, it’s
Thalia “Turn it off!” I winced and covered my ears to block out the ringing of a phone that was disturbing my beautiful sleep. I hated being woken by a ringing phone or an alarm that I hadn’t set! Whoever owns the ringing phone better have a good reason for not turning on silent mode before dumping his phone near the bed. It had to be one of those two. Men! Hate and love them at the same time. Even after blocking out the noise, I could still hear the noise. “Lucas? Cross? Turn your bloody phone off or I am going to smash it against a wall!” I yelled out. “Lia, it’s your phone.” Oh shit! I opened my eyes immediately and took the phone from Lucas’s hand. I noted two things, one it was bright outside, and two he was all dressed. Which would only mean. “Oh shit!” I let out and sat up immediately. Looking around like a lost sheep. Did I oversleep again? “Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my fucking God!” I yelled and jumped out of bed. First day back to school and I o
Thalia “No need to be so hostile towards me, woman! I was just concerned.” I rolled my eyes at him and smirked when I saw his gaze linger on my chest. I didn’t need to look down to know my boobs were exposed. Heck, my boobs reacted to his look. I kind of expected him to come closer, kiss me, and then make morning love to me but then he cleared his throat and looked away. I pouted in disappointment and quickly acted normal when he looked back at me. “Are you sure you are okay?” He asked again. I was tempted to pull the nighties that didn’t even cover much of me off and show him my body. I felt good. Not sore at all because they were more careful with me last night. They fucked me senselessly but with care. Just a dip in warm water and I will be good to go. Also, I think my body has adjusted to taking two of them. That’s just a theory but I am willing to hold on to it. He was looking at me again and this time lustfully. It made me feel good. Being desired by such a hot m
Thalia “What happened to you? A day ago, I am sure you would have said no.” Yeah, he was right but yesterday’s me and today’s me are two different people. “Let’s just go, Lucas! I don’t want to be late.” I let out and went ahead of him out of the house and straight to the parking lot. I pulled the door open and got in. I only had to wait less than a minute for him to show up. He helped me with my seatbelt and kissed me before he did his own seatbelt and started the car. “I submitted my report last night.” I told him as the car pulled out of his driveway. He looked at me and smiled. His smile made my inside warm with feelings. “I see why you are an A student now. You have the best report so far.” I smiled. Of course, I do. I don’t do mediocre and easy things. I know what I wrote yesterday. “Did you really read all the reports that have been submitted or are you trying to pull my leg?” I asked him because there’s no way he really read all. There are at least forty-fi
Thalia “Lia? What’s up with you? You have been awfully quiet and it’s concerning” Emily asked me as we walked together out of the library after spending about three hours there. Three hours that turned out to be mostly unproductive for me because I was too busy thinking of what my lover was up to and was unable to completely focus on anything else. Again, I wasn’t proud of my behavior and I tried as much as possible to push the thoughts away but the more I tried, the harder it was to stop myself from thinking so in the end, I just gave up trying and let my thoughts wander. Let me tell you that it wasn’t good at all. “I am okay, I just have a lot on my mind.” I told them. “Lot on your mind enough to keep you from talking? That means you are not okay and you were okay until a few hours ago.” Elena pointed out. She didn’t lie. Until Cross asked Calista to see him in his office, I had been having a good day. It was all his fault for ruining my mood. Why didn’t he just tell
Thalia “Lia! That’s not how it works! Do you really think they will meet with other women? You think so little of them and it’s not fair. I have known those men all my life, they are fucking loyal!” Elena let out. I understood her anger. Those were her alphas. “Guys, I am sorry, okay! I can’t control how I feel. I know I should trust them with my whole heart and not let little things sway me but this is all new to me! All these feelings. The relationship, the mating thing. It’s all new to me and I don’t know how to navigate anything!” I blinked and tried to stop my calf from crying. This wasn’t the time to cry. Their gaze softened. Emily got out of the car, pulled the back door open, and got in with me. She reached for me and I let her hug me. I couldn’t hold the tears anymore and I felt stupid. I felt stupid because what were the tears for? It’s not like I caught any of them cheating. It’s not like they gave me any reason to think that they will one day move on from me. I
Cross “Why do we need to leave?” I asked him. The thought of leaving the school while knowing that that bastard was after my mate didn’t sit well with me. I hated it. “That’s what's best for her. It won’t take long for us to be linked to her.” “What does that even mean?” I asked him. I did my research before I took the job. If it was because of the no professor-student relationship then I don’t fucking care about that. I didn’t care before and I won’t care going forward. “I mean that if our relationship gets out, she will be expelled from the school and I don’t want that to happen.” He was talking crap. “That’s not going to happen!” “I wish it won’t but think about it! It’s not just one but two of us! Shifters are accepting but humans? They won’t! We don’t want her to end up sad, right? She really loves school and she has worked so hard to get this far. I don’t want us to ruin it for her.” I saw a lot of sense in what he said but that doesn’t mean I agree with it.
Cross “I am going to kill him. I swear on my life that I will kill him!” Lucas yelled on the phone. I couldn’t blame him. I felt the same too. I wanted to kill that bastard the moment I got the message from him. That bastard not only found out about Thalia but he has been following her for a while now and told me about it himself with picture proof. It wasn’t just a handful of photos that he sent. If it was, I wouldn’t have been so mad right now. He has been following her for a while now. Even before Lucas and I met her. I still couldn’t believe that bastard met my mate before I did and even talked to her. Thalia might not remember because he may have met her as a regular person but he did so and has been watching her for so long. I wouldn’t have believed his words if he hadn’t sent pictures of her from over a year ago. Just thinking about the conversation I had with him pissed me off so bad. I wanted to find him and murder him in cold blood. “You are not alone! I want to
Thalia “I can’t lie. Cross, I am scared. Honestly, I don’t know how to be calm and not anxious when someone out there is probably watching my every move. What if they find me when you aren’t there? It’s not like we are together every time, and it’s not like I can just stay home. I have school.” I told him, and he pulled me back into a hug.“Nothing is going to happen to you, Lia, I promise you. Don’t worry; I will take care of that bastard and make sure to put an end to the madness.” He assured me. I let out a deep sigh and snuggled closer to him. I just have to keep believing him and hoping that it will all end without me getting in trouble. After a while, we eased out of the hug, and only then did I remember that the other girls were in my room, and they probably heard our conversation. Not that I mind. “My friends are in my room. We are spending the night here.” I told him. he fixed my hair and nodded.“You go study, and I will take care of everything else.” He told me while
Thalia “Hey, did something happen?” I asked with concern. He didn’t respond immediately, just hugged me tighter until it got a little hard to breathe and I had to tap him. “I can’t breathe.” I managed to say and he let go immediately. He looked me over as if trying to make sure that I was okay. I smiled at him to ease his worry but he seemed even more worried. Something must have happened to make him so worried. “Are you okay?” He asked with so much concern lacing his voice. Yup, something definitely happened. “I am okay. Did something happen? Why are you so worried?” I asked him. He pulled me back into a hug. “Thank goodness,” He let out in relief. “Hmm. Why did you think something happened to me? I have been at the pack all afternoon and you told me that I am safe here.” I reminded him. He pulled out of the hug again and nodded. “You are safe here.” He assured me. “Okay, so why were you worried for me? You literally look like something big happened tha
Thalia “Yes, claim her. If he doesn’t, she might never know. Also, she has to be attracted to him too.” Those two are definitely attracted to each other. I literally see sparks flying around when they are in the room together. “You will see. I am betting money on the fact that they will get together.” I told her. She looked unconvinced. “I doubt it but let’s see how it goes. I really like her so I will definitely approve.” Emily called out to us again and We didn’t say anything else as we both made our way upstairs to the balcony outside my room where the other girls were already sitting and waiting for us. I realized that even though I have been here for about two weeks straight now since I returned from Lucas’s pack, I haven’t been into my room. I use Cross’s room and everything I need is there so I don’t even bother coming here. “You guys took forever to do the dishes.” Calista scolded us. I waved her off and sat next to Emily and turned on my laptop. Good thing I asked
Thalia “I am not tall enough.” I knew that wasn’t an excuse even before I said it out and Emily knew too. She eyed me. “Don’t piss me off,” She warned me in her motherly voice. I shook my head at her. Elena showed up just in time to save my ass from more talk and to eat. She sat down without asking questions. “Did you see your brother?” I asked her when I remembered the reason she had to go home first. “I did and he said to not worry and that he and the alpha will handle things.” She told me and started eating. She looked sad which made me worry for her but I didn’t ask any questions while she ate. “What happened at home? You don’t look okay.” I asked her when we started piling the dishes we used into the dishwasher while Emily and Calista went to up our reading spot. She forced a smile. I knew it was forced because her real smile was always more beautiful and carefree. “What happened? Did he not believe you?” I asked her. “No, he believed me. Someone else from th
Thalia “I told you before that he owns a booming business. They both do.” I told her again. she dropped her fork and widened her eyes. “I thought you were just saying.” “Girl, you literally searched for them, remember?” I reminded her. “Yeah, I did. Why did I forget that? anyway, you are one lucky girl. You are born into a rich family, got mated to two rich men and on top of that, you are a literal genius and a beauty goddess, honestly, I don’t know why you aren’t exploring your full potential. What’s stopping you? Remember that modelling job?” I rolled my eyes at her. now, she was back again with the same shit that I already told her that I wasn’t interested in. she wanted me to go into modelling. I asked why she didn’t and she said and I quote. “This is not about me, this is about you and using your beauty for the good of all.” as if that made any sense. It all started a month ago when I got stopped by a talent agency that wanted me to sign with them as one of their mod
Thalia “I am sorry,” I repeated when I finally found my voice. We hugged for a few seconds more before we broke apart and stared at each other. She cried. I could see the aftermath of tears in her eyes. I made her cry yet she didn’t not leave. “I couldn’t leave. I hate fighting with you but I couldn’t continue pretending that you weren’t hurting my feelings.” Emily told me. “I am sorry for how I have been acting. I promise that it won’t happen again. You were right, I need to work on my trust issues. It's not you. It’s me and I will work hard to become a better version of myself.” I promised her. “Thank goddess,” Elena said and we both turned to her. “Do you know that you both fighting will ruin the mood of our small friend group? Don’t do that again. I was gone only a few seconds and you guys broke up?” She let out and shook her head at us in disapproval. “Agree. One moment it was cool and the next moment, they both wanted to tear each other apart. I am just glad th
Thalia “It’s worrying because this is a no-drone area. No drone should be able to get close to the pack.” Now I was even more confused because I didn’t know there was something like that. She saw my confusion and explained. “Our packs, both the Silver-crust and the Rhae Blood Moon pack do not allow drones. We have an official permit from the government and all! Drones are not to be seen in the pack, especially around the woods, I don’t know what happened.” She explained, looking back the way she came from and looking up too as if looking for the drone that she had seen. I looked too but there was nothing. “I don’t know if it's a lost drone or if someone is deliberately sending drones in the direction of the pack to watch us.” Now it made sense. With everything that’s happening with the council, I hope it was a lost drone and not one sent to watch the pack. “I have to speak to the alpha and tell him what I saw.” Elena said in a hasty voice. She looked around again. I re