Heather POV When we arrived at the house, Meg and April grabbed the food while I unlocked the door. None of us said anything as we unpacked and reheated our lunch. Grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup, some really good comfort food. I need it right now. April takes a bite of her sandwich and swallows and says “So who is going first or should I just ask questions and you two answer?” Meg turns towards me. “Can you go first? I’m still trying to get my thoughts in order.” I proceed to tell them about watching the movie the night before with Reed and Lucas. How I thought things were good. Then how they ignored me at breakfast and seemed upset with me, but I had no idea why. They then had the nerve to check out my ass. They then let their comments slip through the mind link to me. “And you haven’t talked to them yet?”April asked. “No. I was pissed. I spent all morning thinking that I did something wrong only to find out they just needed to stand back far enough to get a good look
Lucas POVAs the door closed behind my uncle and cousin, I turned and my eyes met my Dad’s, “Dad, did you, Uncle Aaron or even Mack have it as bad as Quinn is right now? I know you guys have always told us that it would be more intense for us because of our ranks, but what Quinn is going through seems worse than what you guys described.”“No it wasn’t. We are not sure what’s going on. Your Mom thinks it could be related to the curse that is on our bloodline, which is why it is affecting Quinn too. She’s doing some research.” Dad leaned back in the chair, put his legs out in front of him and crossed his ankles. “Ok what was it you guys wanted to talk about?”We both looked at Dad and said “Heather.”Dad sighs as he leans forward, puts his head into his hands and points at me. “You start.”“Ok here it goes. Both Reed and I have feelings for her that neither of us have felt towards other girls before, and nothing this strong. We don’t feel any jealousy towards each other; we have a very
Heather POV “After you fell asleep you laid down between us. Your legs were right there in front of me across my lap. It took so much control not to touch them. By the time the movie was over, I had my hands sitting on you right about where this one is now. I kept telling myself that it was to make sure you didn’t fall off the couch, but that wasn’t it. I can admit it.” Lucas says with a husky voice. I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, opened my eyes and looked at Reed. “What about you?” Reed raised his hand cupping my neck then lightly glided his fingers across my jaw down my throat. “I’ve got a thing for breasts.” When did his voice get that breathy? He continued moving his hand down, tracing the top of my right breast. Oh, there are more of those shivers. Now he is going down into the dip of my cleavage, then back up my left breast. They are making it very difficult to focus. I close my eyes, take deep breaths, trying to get myself back under control. I should tell them to stop
Lucas POV As Heather closed the door behind her, I flopped back down on the couch letting out a long sigh. Reed walked back over and joined me. The two of us are sitting with our heads leaned back against the couch with our eyes closed. I hear Mom and Dad making their way over from near the desk to the chairs near where we are sitting. I picked my head up and opened my eyes. Mom is sitting with her legs crossed at the knees leaning her elbow on the arm of the chair with her chin resting on her hand, staring at us. Dad is leaning forward with his elbows on his knees and his fingers linked together, also staring at us. Mom was the first to speak. “Well, she walked out of here pretty calmly. Does that mean things went well?” “You heard her, before she left she wanted to think about it.” “That’s better than a flat out NO, isn’t it?” Dad says. “Yeah it is.” “Did she seem ok with the idea or did she seem more panicked by it, maybe in shock?” Mom asks. “Well, if we are to believe her e
Heather POV We had all finished our meal, which had been a very nice deep dish lasagna. We were getting ready to leave when Molly came running up to Levi. She tapped him on the shoulder. “Levi, I have a question for you?” Levi picked her up and placed her on the chair next to him. “What is it, Molly?” “Grandma said that I could go to the movies tonight.” Levi nodded his head. “hmm hmm.” She looks down as she plays with the hem of her shirt and very quietly asks, “Can I sit with you and your friends?” Levi quickly covers his shock at her question and turns to the rest of us. “What do you guys think?” Reed and Lucas lean forward and look down the table towards where Molly is sitting and answer before anyone else, in unison. “We would love to have you sit with us Molly.” Molly whips her head up looking at the twins with a smile that covers her whole face. “Ok. Thank you Alphas.” She jumped off the chair and gave Levi a hug. “I’ll see you there.” We gathered our plates, placed th
Heather POV “So, Molly, what is your favourite Disney movie?” Levi asks her. It had already been decided that we were going to let Molly pick the kids’ movie. Molly leans over and whispers her answer to Levi. “Ok you wait here with everyone while I go get it ready.” Levi gets up and heads to the back room to load the movie. Out of the corner of my eye I noticed that the Groomed Hunters had taken the seats behind us. I hear April ask Molly if she wants to go to the washroom with her before the movie starts and Molly tells her no because she went with her Grandma before they came in. April walks away, heading for the bathroom, leaving Molly sitting at the end by herself, which should be fine, right? So why does something feel off? I see the Alphas walk in followed by the Betas and Gammas; I give them all a wave. I got a link from Mona. “Things are ok. They are not being pushy are they? I start to answer when I hear crying. We all turned to see Molly getting off the couch and rubbing
Heather POV The next morning, I woke to the sun beaming in through the patio doors again. I must have fallen asleep because I don’t remember the end of the movie and I don’t remember going to bed. One of them must have carried me to bed again. I get dressed for training in a similar outfit as the day before. As I reach the top of the stairs, I’m greeted with”Good morning Heather.” Both Reed and Lucas are standing at the bottom with big goofy grins on their faces. I stopped at the top step. “Good Morning.” I replied. I made my way down the rest of the steps. The boys part so I can pass. I made my way over to the table, the boys following. Reed pulls my chair out for me and Lucas pours me some orange juice. “We helped Dad cook this morning. We have already eaten and cleaned up the pans that were used to cook.” Says Reed. “All you and Mom need to do is enjoy your breakfast and put the remaining dishes in the dishwasher. Enjoy. We will see you at training.” Lucas adds. They both lean in
Reed POV Lucas, Quinn and I are standing on the grass in front of Meg’s normal parking spot. We watch as Meg pulls up and parks. They don’t get out of the car right away. “Why aren’t they getting out?” Quinn links us. “I don’t know, man.” I sent back. Quinn points at Meg and tells her to get out of the car. He walked over to the driver’s door. Meg slowly steps out of the car and before Meg can close the door, Quinn has her pulled in for a kiss. He breaks the kiss, leans his forehead against Meg’s and whispers something to her. He pulls her in for another kiss. From behind the car we heard a growl. We all turned to see Avery. Boy is she pissed. Quinn pulls back from the kiss, turns his back to Avery and puts an arm around Meg’s shoulders. “Is there anything else you need from your car?” He asks her. Meg shakes her head no. Quinn reached over and swung the driver’s door closed. “April, please make sure it’s locked after you get out.” Quinn asked. “No problem Bro. Talk to you later.”
Heather POV The next day, Dr. Beal called me with the results of my visit. It looks like I’m going to be a Mom. I was nervous all last night and this morning. I was able to hold off the morning sickness until after Reed and Lucas left the room. I know they could pick up on my nervousness, so I’m not going to be able to keep it from them for too long. That is why I’m now pacing in front of the fireplace waiting for them to come back for the evening. I know a lot of people nowadays are doing cute little things to tell their partners that they’re pregnant, so I’ve been trying to think of a way to do it without having to do massive planning. I’m so lost in my thoughts that I jump when the door flies open and Reed and Lucas storm in. Reed walks right up to me, grabs my shoulders and spins me to face him. “Heather, what is going on? Your agitation has been driving the two of us crazy. Tell us what is going on.” Taking a deep breath, I stared at these two large gorgeous men. “OK, sit down.
Heather POV It has been a month since Reed, Lucas and I marked each other. The guys have graduated, and we have moved back to Twin Moon. The original plan was for the three of us to start learning the day-to-day operations of running the pack. Fine-tuning our knowledge, you could call it. Unfortunately, with Meg and April still missing, that has been put on hold. We are still waiting to hear from everyone overseas if there is any word about Meg. The visions have been happening more often but are not giving us any more information. April has been keeping in touch, but still won't come home or tell us what she is doing or who she is with. Reed and Lucas are planning on joining Mac and Quinn next week in the search. We need to get the two girls home. We have started doing some remodelling on a couple of the rooms on the second floor of the residential building. We are designing them into a small apartment for Mona and Shane. Mona insists that the three of us move into the Alpha apartme
Heather POV I looked down at my hands where they were resting on the guys’ hands. I moved my gaze up my arm and looked at both Reed and Lucas’ marks on their necks. It all seemed to be glowing. “That has got to be the most beautiful thing I have ever seen,” Rene says. “I think there is much for you and your mates to learn about... this,” Grandma says as she waves her finger around pointing at the three of us. “Yes, I say that they do,” Mona says, looking at us in wonder. “Not today, though Mom,” Reed says. “Today we just want to enjoy being together just like any other newly mated and marked wolves would. OK?” Lucas adds. Mona looks at her boys with so much love it sometimes hurts to see it and remember that it is the same way that my Mom used to look at me. “We are not going to even worry about it until you two have graduated and the three of you have moved back to Twin Moon.” She then moves her gaze to me and I see that same love there for me. “I want my daughter to have time t
Heather POV I woke up a few times to make love with my mates, and I did exactly what Lucas once told me that their mate would be able to do. I made love with one of them, then rolled across the bed to the other. I hate to say, even though we had been spending weekends together I was still worried about what they were going to think. But now there are no worries. The bond that I had formed with Reed and Lucas had always been strong and scary when we were younger. Being able to pick up on some of their feelings even when I shouldn’t have been able to, felt wrong, but now it’s even stronger than before and nowhere near half as scary if that makes any sense. The strength of it now... wow. The love that I feel pouring off of these two is something else. The only other love that was this strong was my parents. I spent a lazy morning in bed with my mates showing me many ways that they love me, then a long shower where they showed me some more. It was almost noon when we made our way up to
Lucas POV I woke to the sun shining through the small gap that was in the curtains. It was casting a glow across the face of the beautiful woman who was using my bicep as a pillow. I can see Reed’s mark because of the way that she is sleeping, but I know that mine, the mirror image, is just as prominent on her other side. I’ve never heard of markings like the ones we have. They are very unusual and beautiful. I have heard about when witches mark their partners, but it’s still different from this from what I understand. So I don’t know if it’s because Reed and I are twins. I don’t know if a double-mate mark is different from a single-mate mark. But I think that it has something to do with the fact that Heather is the first of her kind. This would also explain why Reed’s and mine are so different from others we’ve seen. I keep thinking of all the things that led us to this point. Heather has been through hell ever since she met me and Reed. The stuff with Keegan and finding out about h
Possible Trauma Triggers Keegan POV Carter had ended up having to sedate Sophie. The bastard had taken over her body and tried to convince the guards to open the door, then went on to demand it. Then, when begging and pleading to let her go and see her daughter didn’t work, he tried to use Sophie’s wolf’s claw to slit her wrist. The guard that had been assigned to watch her acted quickly, using the tranquillizer gun and sedating her before any real damage was done. I had a feeling that this bastard would consider Sophie expendable. After that, Carter decided that it was best to just sedate us in case next time the guard wasn’t able to react as quickly. I rolled over, reaching for my phone that I had set on the stool that was beside the bed. I feel the drowsiness of the drugs that are still in my system and a wave of dizziness hits me as I sit up. Glancing at the phone, I see it’s just before three in the morning. I was just about to stand when I was hit with an immense pain that sho
Heather POV Reed, Lucas and I started towards the cabin. I slowed, allowing the guys to get a little ahead of me. I wanted to talk to them about what they had been discussing earlier. It may not be common nowadays, but I do know that in our culture it is more accepted. I’m thinking that I would like to take Mona’s approach. If it happens, it happens. Reed and Lucas turn as they reach the door, noticing that I wasn’t right behind them. “Is everything OK M’eudail?” Reed asks before opening the door and holding it for me. I walked in and stood in the middle of the room. “Do you not want to do this? Because we will wait if that is what you want, Mo leannan.” Lucas adds. I smiled at them and shook my head. “No, I don’t want to wait.” They both walked towards me, taking my hands and holding them to their chests. “I heard what the two of you were talking about earlier in the clearing just after I shifted. I don’t want to worry about protection either. “Are you sure M’eudail?” Reed asks, k
Heather POV Slowly the pain reseeded and I could hear Indigo calling me. ‘Heather it’s over.’ I could smell... fire, wood smoke. It reminded me of the campfires that I used to have with my family where I would sit and drink mint hot chocolate. ‘Mates’ Indigo said quietly. ‘Was that the other scent I was picking up on from the guys?’ I asked her. ‘Yes, our mates’ scents. They smell...’ ‘Like home.’ I finished for her. I could feel tingles spreading from behind Indigo’s ear as Lucas sat with her head in his lap. “If Heather agrees, I don't want to worry about protection.” He suddenly says. I feel tingles along my neck as Reed runs his fingers through Indigo’s fur. “Are you sure?” He asks. “Because I was thinking the same thing.” I was just about to ask Indigo what she thought when she suddenly jumped up. I watched through Indigo’s eyes as Reed and Lucas stood and walked towards us. “Are you ready for a run, Beautiful, because we have two very impatient wolves who want to be with y
Reed POV While Mom and the rest of the women went to talk to Heather, Lucas and I stayed with Dad, Gavin, and Alpha Sean. I was nervous, I didn’t know if Heather’s shift was going to be the same as ours or different because of being a hybrid. I was pacing along the edge of the path that led to the clearing we were going to later. Then the question that Lucas asked about us being ready to be parents, was going through my mind too. Was I ready at twenty to be a Dad? Was Heather ready to be a Mom at eighteen? What happens if she’s not ready, and we forget, are we going to spend the rest of our lives together with her resenting us? I felt a hand land on my shoulder and I looked to see Dad staring at me with worry. “What is going around in that head of yours, you look like you’re about to spill your guts, and I don’t mean verbally.” I walked over and sat on the log at the side of the path. Letting out an exhausted sigh, I confided in Dad. “I'm scared that something is going to go wrong.”