I nodded as he carefully explained the plan. “That sounds amazing,” I said sincerely.
“So, I wanted you to try the caf? with me,” he added, a smile appearing as he glanced at me through the rearview mirror.
“Why me?” I asked, skepticism creeping into my voice. I’d learned to be cautious about random acts of kindness.
“Helanie, I… need to talk to you about something too. Let’s get to the caf? first,” he replied. Yet again, his demeanor shifted whenever he brought up the reason behind his visit to me in such early hours.
“I don’t do well with the anxiety of suspense,” I murmured, hoping he’d understand that dragging it out wasn’t helping.
He suddenly pulled the car to a stop in the middle of an empty road, letting out a sigh as he rested his hands on the steering wheel.
“Okay,” he said, “but you need to eat something first. I want you to feel your best-and right now, you seem… down.”
He reached into the dashboard and pulled out an energy bar. Then, without warning, he stepped out of the car and opened the back door for me.
“Here,” he said, handing me the bar.
While I finished eating, he walked around the car, keeping his distance but clearly waiting for me to join him. Finally, I stepped out of the car, determined to press him for answers.
“Tell me now,” I insisted, crossing my arms over my stomach.
He stood in front of me, tall and determined, the faint morning light filtering through the clouds and framing him from behind. His broad shoulders make him look even hotter.
Then, in the softest tone, he said, “We are mates.”
Helanie:
My body had been shaking ever since he said those words. I thought I would never hear them again, mainly because I was convinced it was just part of the dream prison.
“That’s not true,” I shook my head, refusing to believe it.
“I’m not mistaken, Helanie,” he insisted. As he tried to come closer, I stepped back, creating distance between us.
“Kaye! You said you didn’t remember anything about that-dream prison.” I hugged myself as my mind drifted to the other details of the dream prison.
“I didn’t-until I did,” he stammered, and I knew he had lied to me. It’s not like I had been completely honest with him either, but I had said a lot of things in the dream prison that worried me.
“Kaye, it was just part of the dream,” I rubbed my elbow, turning my face to the side, feeling embarrassed.
I was pregnant, and now he was claiming that we were mates. Which wasn’t even possible because I knew damn well that I had felt the mate bond with his brother before him.
“So you remember everything too?” he stepped forward and held my hands. That’s when panic struck me.
“Kaye!” I pulled my hands free and stepped back.
“It has to be part of the dream-” I tried to make an excuse, but he looked adamant.
“You’re telling me I found my mate, and now she doesn’t even want to acknowledge me?” The hurt in his voice made me feel guilty.
But how was it possible? What about Emmet then? Had I wronged him? Could I have imagined it?
No! I remembered feeling it so vividly. But with Kaye, it was different. I didn’t get the usual vision of us together in the skies like most people do because of the mate bond at first. But that was because there was no time to savor the mate bond that night, and since we were already in a dream, we couldn’t dream about anything freely as the dreams were being controlled by Rune.
“What do you want from me then?” I realized that it wasn’t working. He was certain he hadn’t mistaken it.
So, even though I was confused about why I felt the mate bond with two brothers, I had to admit-this wasn’t just a dream anymore.
“I want you to-let me accept you.” I let out a gasp, my hands flying to my mouth. My eyes were wide open as I stared at him.
“Kaye! What are you saying? I’m your stepsister!” I started fiddling with my fingers, almost nervously from the start.
“You’re not my sister by blood. And as for the status of you being my stepsister, I’ll speak to Dad and make him understand that his old self needs to get a grip. Because sure as heck, I’m not leaving my mate because of him or his feelings toward your mother.” He suddenly became aggressive, pointing a finger at me before he changed his tone. “That’s you. I’m not going to leave you, Helanie. I don’t care what others think, okay?”
I was still recovering from the shock he had just blasted at me.
“Kaye, I don’t know-” I hugged myself, my arms around my stomach, feeling disgusted by everything.
There was a perfectly handsome guy in front of me, my mate in fact, and he was openly expressing that he wanted to accept me. While I was carrying another man’s child.
I wasn’t even sure if he would be okay with his mate having such a past. Some people could be nasty. And then there were the rumors about me in the pack where I lived. How could I move past all of it?
“What don’t you know? Is it about what you said in the dream prison? Did something happen? Did your father used to hit you? Just tell me and I’ll go crash every bone in his body-” I had to silence him because I didn’t want him going to my pack.
“I left the pack long ago, so I’ve been living as a rogue for a while. When I was a kid, I used to get bullied, and that’s what I was referring to,” I lied through my clenched teeth.
“Then let me find those bullies-” he insisted, but I kept shaking my head. I couldn’t even raise my face.
I had received so much shock in the last few hours that I didn’t know how to respond. Now, I learned I had two mates.
“Helanie! What’s wrong? I thought you’d be happier. Everyone wants to find a mate so badly-” His voice was making me dizzy, it was so mesmerizing.
I was afraid to lift my head and look into his eyes because I feared I might fall for him outside of the mate bond.
“I have some ambitions,” I kept my eyes on the ground, tears welling up. I could have just shared a kiss with my mate and lived happily ever after, but here I was, stuck in confusion.
“I’ll be on your side, celebrating your success when you achieve your goals,” he said, making it harder for me to dismiss him.
“Kaye! I only see you as my stepbrother.” I raised my head when I said it loudly and noticed his face changing color.
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