Accepting My Twin Mates by Unwise Owl

Accepting My Twin Mates Chapter 12

Chapter 12 – How Can This Be Fixed?

Astennu

I couldn’t help the little grin as I stared at the door where Evie had left.

‘She’s adorable when she’s embarrassed,’ my wolf chuckled to himself.

But the levity didn’t last. In true ‘Badru fashion’, my twin threw himself on the floor of his room, dramatically.

“I actually think I lost my ass,” he groaned, his voice becoming muffled by the carpet.

“Holy f**k. What’re we gonna do?!” He raised his head. “She’s gonna reject us and it’ll be all my fault!”

“If she does… it’ll be because of both of us…” I sighed, sagging down to the edge of his bed next to where he still lay on the floor. “…I hurt her just as much as you did.”

My mind, on instinct, wandered back to the fateful incident and to the horror and panic I felt as a teenage boy.

“What you did was an accident. You can actually blame it on being a dumb kid. When the hell does a 16 year old make a smart decision anyway?!” My brother exclaimed, in his typical melodramatic way.

“No, what I did… I was a grown-ass man and I said it to hurt her..” his breathing was becoming rapid and I felt a vice gripping my heart, streaming from my twin. He was having a panic attack and was transferring it to me, unconsciously, through our twin bond.

“Hey, hey,” I slipped off the bed quickly and brought his face up to meet mine. “Just breathe.”

I placed my hand on his chest and breathed with him to help calm him down. I had my fair share of these as a teenager after the incident, seeing Evie’s face over and over again. I hadn’t had them in years, almost a decade, but this was the first time I had seen my twin this panicked. He never panicked. He reacted and never considered the consequences of after. This had as many downsides as it did ups.

“She’s giving us this chance, which is more than I thought she ever would…” I tried to soothe him. “Evie could have rejected the bond straight away, but she didn’t. So no more avoiding and we be honest with her… and ourselves… just as she wants. Then, we pray.”

“So… how’re your balls?” I smirked, trying to distract him, which was usually never difficult.

“I’m pretty sure she popped one of them,” he offered me a strained smile. “How’s your face?”

“Stings,” I answered honestly, wincing a little when I scrunched up my nose.

“At least I’m still the pretty one,” he half-grinned.

I rolled my eyes. Well, that didn’t take much.

Badru

Evie could kick like a hammer. I may have some testicular torsion from how hard she nailed me in them. But while I was shitting myself at what she would decide, neither I nor my wolf could stop thinking of one thing.

She said she didn’t hate us!

‘We’re at least two steps ahead of where I thought we’d be,’ Baniti wagged his tail.

‘I’m curious what you thought the first would be?’

‘I dunno… grovel in front of the pack, maybe?’ And knowing my wolf, he would, too. ‘At least we have something to tease her about if she starts getting a little too uppity.’

I randomly burst out in a small fit of laughter, cutting through the silence and startling my brother.

“She was a total badass, right up until she marched into my closet!” How red her face had become was the sweetest thing I could ever see.

chuckled from where he sat propped up against the bed, “maybe don’t bring

look at him. Most werewolves shifted mere minutes after hearing their wolf, some didn’t even get to hear them till after

but I thought it best not to ask

what would they be like after she shifted? Her scent still lingered on my skin like a caress,

the same way? She barely seemed to react in the same way to our pheromones, except when she clung to my naked figure climbing up

you think she knows… about the mattress?”

in my face. And after what I’d seen today, she probably would have literally thrown it in my face. It was Astennu’s idea to coat it in our scents, but they would have probably faded by now and would be non-existent. That being said, at the time, it was comforting to know that our combined scents were surrounding her and possibly scent marking her in some way. Now I understood why that thought sent a possessive

to see Heru. I think mom’s given up on tea

ever wanted to think of their parents

just gonna stay here in my pit of despair,” I raised my hand and flashed him a thumbs up while

stormy blue… just like her eyes. Astennu’s room was no better; a dark

how were we ever going to

Evie

how the hell was I supposed to just carry on after everything? I felt physically sick with dread and nerves. What I needed was to scream into a pillow or sob till I became dehydrated, or simply empty a whole can of whipped cream

the one person I could trust with

‘Lucy?’

cried out. ‘You’ve been gone

lost leaving,’ Evva howled

not have the energy to deal with her

a long story…’ I sighed. ‘How much trouble am I going to be in if

Janet is busy flitting around, I doubt she’d notice if her ass was on fire. And the piano was fine, so

relief. One less thing to fret

uniforms for us all. The guys look dapper as hell, and the dresses she brought for the she-wolves are stunning. I grabbed you one but I think I got the wrong size,” she apologised, but she had done more for me than I could thank her for. ‘Is everything ok? None of this

my room, I’ll tell you in person.’ I could already feel my eyes stinging yet again and I didn’t want to have some random breakdown in the middle of

‘Ok, I’ll try.’

to do about the twins? Goddess, no wonder they ricocheted around my mind constantly, no matter how hard I tried to forget them. All this time, all these years, the mate bond had been silently

only made the past all

~~~~

9 years ago

that I had stayed behind. ‘Home’ was just the children’s home for the few orphaned pups in the pack. The boy who walked beside me was a freshman like myself and we had been partnered for a project, something in English Lit. I couldn’t remember the assignment and I couldn’t even remember his name; I think it began with a ‘D’? But I do remember his

served as the closest point of fresh water for the pack house, known as a pack den back then. Over the years and as the well dried, it became

true,” he smirked, biting his lower lip

and tried to kiss me. I narrowly avoided his lips and pushed him away, but

It’s just a kiss,”

saving that for my mate though,” I

don’t care about that sort of thing,” and he almost laughed, like I was being

tried to lean in again, but I pushed

“I said no!”

and somehow knew it was Astennu. I didn’t know why he was there or why he was so angry. There was a scuffle… shouting… and I tried to pull them apart, but Astennu’s elbow connected with my chest, making

also some strange, warm, comfort in the back of my mind, like I

few years. When my eyes opened and reality started to form a solid picture instead of a wavy image, I realised I was in a hospital bed, in a dark and private room and it appeared to be nighttime. I was hooked up to a machine, a steady beeping sound coming from it that had become elevated as I woke, and there was a clip on my finger and an I.V line in the back of my hand. My head pounded too and I was thankful there weren’t any

awake,” he offered me a kind smile. “Think you can sit

the back up, helping me readjust myself comfortably. His gentle ebony hand clasped the back

Dr Sanders, but you can call me Kyan if

was I asleep,” I croaked, feeling

handed me the glass of water at my side and took my glass once I was

Incident?

aware of my surroundings, I noticed my leg felt strange; constricted, aching and heavy. Dr Sanders must have seen my expression because he lifted my blanket back to

seen a wolf spirit come forward