Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Maya's pov 

 I fiddled with my fingers, kicking my legs back and forward as I waited for her to speak, to break the uncomfortable silence that had been growing steadily since I stepped into her room and sat on the bed. 

  “Maya, how could you do this to me?” She asked her voice painfully low, like a whisper escaping through the cracks. 

   I tightened my fists on my lap. 

 “He's my mate, Madeline, I did nothing wrong.” I said looking at her, she pressed her palms against her face and sighed with her full chest.

 “He's also mine too, I was really hoping that it wouldn't turn out this way. I've heard of this happening to twins but I was also told that it was a rarity to imagine that it would also happen to us too…” she paused again.

 “Maya, you should have said something…all this time I had no idea, but you knew everything an-”

“He chose me,” I said, standing up to my full height and looking down at her.

 She looked at me, her eyes soaked with tears and pity.

“Did he tell you that?” Her words came like a slap. “Did he tell you that he would choose you?”

  I ran through my memories searching for a specific moment where Barry had clearly said he would officially make me his mate and all I could recall was arguments stemming from the issue rather than reassurance.

  But Madeline had already caught us, so what else was I supposed to say? 

 “He will choose me.” I said.

  “You really think so?” She said casually wiping off her tears and crossing her legs together.

 “Two days from now will be a full moon, father will be celebrating another year as Alpha…I don't think there will be a better opportunity for buried to announce who his true mate is,”

   She got up, sweeping back a strand of hair that had straight onto her face.

  “I hope that, when that time comes, you accept his choice.”

 “Same for you, don't go crying hysterically if things don't turn out the way you want for the first time ever.” I said, my voice sharp.

  Her brow furrowed slightly.

“What do you mean by that?”

   I turned around to leave, slamming the door on my way out, there was no way I was entertaining a question like that.

  She really had everything thrown on her lap since we were born and yet she didn't understand? What  a joke!

  He was going to pick me; there was no way he could do anything else. 

 The next couple of days I attacked my chores with vicious determination to finish up the voluminous list that had been given to me so that I could attend the celebration with ease.

  So the night before the big day I was working on laundry, despite the cold I was dripping sweat because of how much I was working just then I heard the wooden floor creak and his familiar scent struck my nose.

 “Barry,” I said, my lips subconsciously rolling into a smile.

 I had been a bit upset about how he just wiggled his way out of that  uncomfortable situation in my Dad's office instead of helping me to confront my sister, we had also not been able to talk for the past 2 days but when I saw him coming down the stairs all the anger seem to evaporate in my chest. 

    I missed him.

“Maya, is this a bad time?” He asked and I pushed the basket aside answering his question with a bone crushing embrace. 

  “Where have you been all this time?” I said and he chuckled a bit.

 “I could say the same thing to you, I'm lucky I was even able to catch you here tonight.”

 He said, before gently peeling me off of him.

 “Look sorry about what happened in your dad's office, I was just shocked to see Madeline…”

 He buried one hand in his pocket and used the other to take through his hair.

“So we're good now right?”

 “Why wouldn't we be?” I said with a small smile.

 “I'm guessing Madeline has already told you about what she's expecting tomorrow,”

 I watched his face become pale after I said that and he broke into an awkward laugh.

 “Yeah, your sister really likes to complicate things…but at least after tomorrow no more hiding I guess…”

 My heart swelled up with joy when he said that and I kissed him, this must mean that he's choosing me so there would be no need to hide our relationship. 

 I rubbed my stomach thoughtfully while he was helping me load the clothes into the washing machine. 

  There would be one more secret I wouldn't have to hide from him after he had announced it.

 And so the next day came along with the festivity, everyone both young and old came to celebrate there was plenty of drinking, dancing and socializing; all of which drained me. 

  As always my parents showed off Madeline as though she was an only child while I remained in my place; her shadow.

 But with every minute that ticked away my smile grew wider, Madeline could soak up all the attention she wanted but at the climax of the night Barry would choose me!

  He would do it publicly in front of our pack members that had never thought anything of me, and I would proudly stand by his side with my own announcement. 

 I rubbed my belly again, if the first announcement didn't shock them, then this definitely would. 

   Finally midnight came and it was time for my father to give his yearly speech, with a glass in hand he thanked everyone that had attended, excusing those that couldn't attend for worthwhile reasons, he gushed about sentimental nonsense saying a park was a family and other silly things like that.

 I really had to hold myself back from laughing. 

 It was hard for me to even see my own family as family, much less a bunch of strangers that just happened to live in the same territory as me, but my apathy to his speech didn't stop me from enjoying the moments leading up to Barry's announcement. 

  He gave a toast and then finally surrendered the floor to Barry.

   “Finally,” I said under my breath, my heart thumping loudly.

  “As our alpha said, thank you all for coming, and thank you for granting me your ears the moon goddess blessed me recently by allowing me to meet my mate…the woman that I will spend the rest of my life with, the same woman who will bear all of my pups, the woman that will support me through all of my struggles…” 

 He paused.

 He smiled looking at me then said; “Madeline, please join me.”