Accepting My Twin Mates by Unwise Owl

Accepting My Twin Mates Chapter 31

Chapter 31 – Expectations?

Astennu

Groaning a little, I turned over. How my gamble last night had paid off, I was still trying to figure out. I couldn’t recall a time I had fallen asleep so content. Aroused as hell, but content nonetheless. I would have loved to have known exactly what happened in her dream, though it was doubtful she would ever tell either of us. Given her reaction to my brother and I showing up at her door, it must have started in a similar way. Knowing she was having those sorts of fantasies about me was somewhat daunting. How would I compare in reality? The real me was pitifully inexperienced and what was intimidating was the certain expectations on me as an Alpha for ‘performance’.

I would worry about that when the time came.

For now, I just wanted to enjoy having Evie so close. Her arm slipped around my waist and her face nuzzled into the crook of my neck. As my sleep faded and I began to wake, her body increasingly felt wrong. Where were the tingles? Her breath fanning against my skin sent no shiver of delight rippling through me.

The gentle laughter I heard definitely belonged to Evie… but it wasn’t from behind me.

“Are you two spooning?”

Blinking the sleep from my eyes, I turned, seeing the figure behind me was in fact my brother, curled up against me like a cat.

“I had no clue you were that close,” she continued her quite sniggering.

I pushed his arm off and scooted away a little, much to his sleepy protests.

“Mmmf, I was comfy,” he complained.

He had yet to grasp reality, so I hit him in the arm to wake up.

“Why do you keep punching me?” He stretched, still unaware.

“That one’s too easy,” Evie shook her head.

Upon hearing her voice, my brother was fully awake in a second and sitting upright. The sleep disappeared instantly as his eyes landed on our mate in nothing but a towel.

“Now that’s a sight to wake up to,” Badru grinned, before his brows furrowed as his sleep-addled brain cell caught up. “Wait… who was I spooning?”

“Who do you think?” Evie sniggered.

“Why would you let me spoon you?” My brother asked, annoyed, pulling his t-shirt over his head.

“I thought it was her,” I indicated our mate. “And there was the little issue that I was unconscious?”

“Think you’d have noticed the arm hair,” he muttered.

“Oh go chase a squirrel!” I snapped. If he was going to embarrass me, I would repay the favour.

“Hey! That was one time.”

“Please tell me it was in your human form!” Evie cackled, switching on the heater. We really needed to get her radiator fixed.

“Very funny,” he narrowed his eyes, a hue of pink dusting his neck. “It was when I first shifted and my wolf was a little excitable, ok?”

“He chased it around a tree for, like, ten minutes, barking,” I laughed, while my twin pouted.

His wolf was an exaggerated version of his human; a ferocious fighter that could switch with the same breath to an exuberant pup, not that he showed the latter to many.

Evie grabbed a few items of clothing after I told her to pick out something warm. We would be spending some of the day outdoors, though she was always welcome to warm up in my arms if she was getting a little chilly. She disappeared back into her bathroom to change, much to my brother’s disappointment, given his heavy exhale.

“How long has your heating been out?” He called.

“I first reported it a month ago, maybe?” Her muffled reply came from behind the door.

have been left for so long? The longest she should have had to wait was a week and even that would be excessive. I mind-linked maintenance, with Badru included in the connection, pulling my own t-shirt over

out of her bathroom fully dressed in a cosy thick sweater and a pair of skinny jeans that made me drool over her ass. “See? Being

that, all her good mood evaporated. That hard stare of hers was back with a vengeance at hearing my brother’s words. Normally, I knew instantly

to have some basic heat,” her glowering shifted between the two of us. “What about other people that aren’t getting what they need? Just because they’re an Omega, or they can’t shift, or they’re a rogue? Oh wait,” her voice took on a heavily sarcastic tone that even Badru picked up on. “There aren’t

taken aback and silenced under

“…You’re right,” I admitted.

elitist and prejudiced our pack was on status. If I or my brother ever needed

to apologise, but I didn’t want to hear her apologise for

voice her opinions to us, and forcefully at that. The rest of the pack could learn a thing or two from

don’t you two freshen up a bit and I’ll get us

can get it,” Badru moved to get

raised her hand to stop him, “I know mine and Lucy’s rooms are the only ones on this corridor. But how exactly would you explain

opening the door. “…And thank you, for sorting out my

us could reply, softly closing the door behind

again?” Badru stared after her, his worry trickling through our

for us with this pack,” I frowned, wondering how the hell we would

‘Small steps,’ Aasim sighed.

of those first

a huge tray filled to the brim with English muffins, eggs and

today? It is actual work,

looked over some of

Badru grumbled, stabbing his food in a mood. “You should be doing this, you’re better at

himself at our twin’s little tantrum, all because he didn’t get to spend the day

the practice,” I raised a brow at him. ‘You’ll have all day tomorrow,

I’m not good with patience,’

can practice

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Much to my disgruntled annoyance, I had to wash all of Evie’s wonderful spicy vanilla scent from me. It wouldn’t be for long, I kept reminding myself and Aasim. We would be in my jeep for almost two hours, affording me plenty of time for her scent to permeate my clothing and skin once

feel Badru in a sulk, that he was cooped up in an office while I was driving our Evie out to the eastern side of the pack. We would be meeting a few of the pack’s farmers at one of their locations, instead of dragging them

which specialised in year-round fruit production, and made our way over to the detached office. The farmers inside, a mix of four women and seven men and both wolf and human alike, greeted me instantly and eyed Evie

present. Evie already had her copy and had read it over on the drive. I hadn’t the first clue about agriculture and while I hoped our proposal plans were thorough, there

about to call a break for a few minutes, to assure them they could speak freely.

for goddess’s sake. If you have any complaints or suggestions, now’s the time to say. Nothing’s gonna change if you all stand around

I. My wolf’s chest puffed out with unbridled pride of our mate,

no trick question here. We can’t help you unless you tell us what we can do

on? You’re with a bunch of

our mate,’ I glanced in her direction as she continued taking her

to mean?’

‘You’ll see tomorrow.’

actually happy with the plan for moving forward, I led Evie away and back to the jeep. Her natural dominance had always been a huge turn on and physically seeing that dominance in action almost sent me over the edge. How they had looked at her, with true respect,

‘Small steps.’

be this smooth sailing, but maybe they

would still be in his overly dramatic mopey mood and that I should head back with our mate. But I wanted some time alone with her first, without job roles and titles surrounding us. Closing my car door, I sucked in a breath, readying myself to ask her. Only, her scent went straight to my pants; her pheromones instantly hitting me deeply and sending me straight back

my throat, “do you wanna go for a walk together? Just

Evie

away from any border patrols, to one of

I was debating with myself whether to take it or not. I wasn’t sure why, but this small, innocent yet intimate act made me nervous, more so than having both Alphas wrapped around me. The sweet purity of it and the tiny amount of skin contact made me crave more, to feel his hands in other

to take the damn

my wolf and tentatively slipped my hand into his, threading my fingers with his. He didn’t look, but a little smile tugged at his lips as his thumb traced gentle circles across my skin. Those lips looked extra kissable… and this

to distract myself

special case,”