Lucas POVI couldn’t tell if he was upset with us or if something else was wrong. We knew because of what he said to Heather he wasn’t upset with her, so I was ok with that. Dad could be as mad as he wanted to with me just as long as he is fine with Heather. Reed and I ran to our rooms. I showered quickly, put on some sweat pants and a t-shirt, gathered up a half load of laundry. I wasn’t leaving those jeans for Mom to find if she decided to do some washing. Reed and I mostly do our own laundry, but the odd time Mom will throw a load in for us. I stepped into the hall to see Reed with a half load of laundry also. We headed for the laundry room, throwing all the clothes in together and made our way to Dad’s office in silence. Reed knocked on the door and we waited for Dad to answer. I started to shift back and forth on my feet. I was getting real nervous now since Dad was making us wait. After about ten minutes, Dad opened the door and he looked even more upset now than he did when he
Lucas POV“Where the hell are you two?” I heard Dad through the link.“On our way, be there shortly.” I answered him.I turn off the water, grab a towel off the shelf, throwing it to Reed before grabbing one for myself. I make my way over to the cabinet pulling out clean clothes from the extras that are kept in the gym. Once we are both dressed, we trudge our way to the dining hall. I see Dad at the far side of the room where he normally sits when he is here for meals. He and Mac have their heads back laughing at something Uncle Aaron was talking about. “Good to see I’m not the only one that is late.” I hear from behind us as Levi walks in. He looks at the two of us. “What the hell happened? You guys look...off?” He says, looking at us suspiciously.“It’s nothing to worry about, Levi. We’re just processing things,” Reed tells him.Levi puts his hands up. “Ok, just remember I’m here to listen if you need me.”“Thanks, we’ll let you know.” I said as I pat him on the shoulder. I looked b
Shane POVI walked straight to the bar, grabbed three glasses and a bottle of scotch. I think at least I’m going to need it. I set everything on the table, poured a glass for myself and motioned for the boys to help themselves. I lean back in the chair and wait for them to pour their drinks. This can’t be good, Lucas very rarely drinks and he just poured a glass and downed it in one shot. “Ok, where are we going to start?” They look at each other and I can tell that they linking one another.Reed leans forward, resting his forearms on his knees. “First off, we are not mad at you for telling us to back off, Heather. We understand why and we agree. We also know she is like our own personal drug and she is highly addictive. The last thing we wanted to do was hurt Heather.”“What do you mean, was? What did you two do?” I don’t think I’m going to like what I’m about to hear.The boys spent the next thirty minutes trying to explain what had happened after they left my office. I can’t say th
Heather POV “The women talked to you about us not being alone, right?” Reed started. “Yes, and I agree with them. Is that what the problem is? Don't you agree? Or is it because we can’t do anything? You want nothing to do with me?” I felt the tears start to well in my eyes. I’m not going to let them see me cry. It will just give them another reason to not want me. “That is not it at all, Heather we care for you a lot." Reed says taking my hand gently in his. "We told you even if we are not mates we don’t want to lose your friendship.” Lucas said, a little panicked, taking my other hand. “Then what is it? Tell me now.” The two of them take the next ten minutes stumbling over their words until they finally tell me what they let Sophie do to them in the woods. Sophie of all people. At the end, Reed tightened his hold on my hand. “We wanted to be the ones to tell you. We didn’t want you to hear it from her because she would try and rub it in your face. She won’t keep her mouth shut.”
Heather POVBy the time I was done, he had pulled me into his lap and was rubbing my back to calm me down.“Future Alphas or not, they need their asses kicked. How could they even think about having another woman touch them when they have someone as beautiful as you.” Nolan pushes a loose strand of hair behind my ear. “Even if I had to wait years to be with you I would.” Nolan cupped my cheek, running his thumb over my bottom lip. “What is it about you?” He whispers so quietly that I barely hear him just before he lightly brushes his lips on mine. He is gentle at first, then when I don’t stop him, he tilts his head deepening the kiss a little. The kiss is nice, different again from the twins and Jacob. Without breaking the kiss, he slides one hand around my waist and the other from my cheek to the back of my head and shifts us so that I’m lying on my back on the couch with Nolan above me. He glides his tongue along the seam of my lips asking for entry. I part my lips, allowing him to
Heather POVI’ve been at this for nine days now. I haven’t found much about the curse itself. Most of it that has been in English has been accounts of when previous twins were killed. I’m waiting for Grandma Shaw to come tomorrow to translate some of the other diaries that are written in Gaelic. We were only able to translate a couple of words here and there. Not enough to tell us anything for sure. What I did find interesting was that all throughout my family tree there have been very few males born. There were a lot of unwed mothers, tragic and early deaths of husbands and male children and, in some cases, female children as well. The result of all these deaths was only one child from each women surviving long enough to have a child that reached adult hood to have a child. The original last name of the family was passed down until Grandma married Grandpa and changed her name, which means that the Blackwood family name is now gone. This fact seemed to bother the adult women more than
Reed POV It has been over a week since we saw Heather. She took the whole week off school and was holed up in the room going over all the paper work that was brought from Lyla’s. I miss her. Lucas and I tried to get her to talk to us the first three days she was here. We would go after training not even bothering to shower. Hoping that if our scents were stronger that it would help us convince her to open the door, but she wouldn't let us in. The third day, I think we had been making progress when Levi showed up saying that Dad was looking for us and hadn't been able to link us since we had put up blocks. After we had talked to Dad, Mom had stopped us on our way back up to the room. We had decided that we were going to sit in the hall all night and just wait for her. We couldn't take it anymore. Mom had suggested that we back off for a bit. Give her until the weekend and then try again. Not knowing for sure what to do, we followed Mom's suggestion. That was two days ago. I’ve been num
Heather POV I pull out a chair and set down my bag when a hand lands on my shoulder. Thinking that it was Sophie coming back for another round, I spun around only to have my fist connect with a set of very well defined ads. I tilt my head up and find myself looking into those beautiful gray eyes. My eyes went wide. Shit I just punched the neighboring Alpha.“I’m so sorry Keegan, I thought it was Sophie coming back.” He puts his hand up in surrender. “No, that was my fault. My scent is close enough to hers being her brother that you wouldn’t have noticed the difference quickly. With Sophie it is probably better to punch first and ask questions later.” He says, rubbing his stomach. I watch as his hand moves back and forth. I’d like to do that. I shook my head, Heather stop that, I berated myself. I hear a chuckle and look up to see Keegan with a huge grin on his face. “Should I ask what you’re so focused on or just guess?” He asks as he cocks an eyebrow at me. I feel as if my entire bo