Accepting My Twin Mates by Unwise Owl

Accepting My Twin Mates Chapter 50

Chapter 50 – You Ate Them?!

Badru

My second biggest disappointment of the day after having to leave Evie behind, was that there wouldn’t be any sparring in my training today. I would have liked my payback in full where my twin was concerned. Yes, our mate would have found out how ticklish I was, but I could have kept her in the dark for a little while longer. Normally, I hid it pretty well. Only Astennu knew and it wasn’t as though anyone was going to go about tickling a full-grown Alpha; that was asking to have their head taken clear off.

My wolf and I kept up the pace behind Astennu, with Tamlyn and her mate, Suzanna, at her side, as we ran the scent trails for tracker training in our wolf form. There would be no retribution for me today. Astennu was the faster and more agile one of the two of us. There wasn’t a chance I was beating him.

‘Revenge is best served cold anyway,’ Baniti muttered, laying his head between his paws and pining for Evie and Evva.

I would have loved to have her here, running beside me, even if her wolf sense of smell wasn’t yet fully attuned and awakened. If she had grown tired or was unable to keep up with us in our wolf form, we could have carried her on our back. But with Lucy’s return imminent, my mate wouldn’t have left the pack house for anything. My one consolation was that this meant Catalina would be leaving. The sentiment may have been selfish and I knew Evie had grown quite close to her, somehow, but I would be glad to see the back of her. She was pushy and obstinate. I couldn’t foresee any future where I would want to be around her.

A subtle elation, out of nowhere, began to bloom in my chest. Astennu’s emotions were so strong through our bond, they were almost indistinguishable from my own at times. So I knew this happiness wasn’t his. It was Evie’s. Her friend must be back home. And for some reason, this made my wolf grumble and whine.

‘Why, in the moon, are you moping?’

‘We should be making our mate that happy. Not someone else,’ he sulked.

Baniti was jealous of a tiny she-wolf? He was officially at peak melodramatic absurdity.

‘We do make her happy. She’s known Lucy longer… and she’s been a good friend to our mate… much better than we ever were,’ my mood floundered. Oh goddess, I was catching my wolf’s irrational jealousy!

What halted our run, bringing us to an instant standstill, was the sensation of rage. Astennu had stopped too, mid-stride. One glance and we knew. Evie. I was about to mind-link, wondering what the hell had happened to have her emotions take such a drastic change, when her voice rang clear, laced with an edge of fear.

‘Aste! Ru! Finley is harassing Lucy again at her room… I might need help.’

‘We’re coming!’ Astennu and I replied immediately, already prepared to run back to the pack house. Our training had been coming to an end, as the sun had begun to set, and we were barely a few minutes away. The lights of the pack house could easily be seen through the trees.

I had warned him. I had given him a direct order he wasn’t to go near his ex-mate. And now my own mate could be caught in the crossfire. If he hurt my nour el-ain… I would do more than punch him. I would kill him.

Our squad of trackers behind us were long forgotten as Astennu and I took off at full pelt through the sparse trees, heading in the direction of the pack house. The trackers may have been fast, but we were faster. Two Alphas were all that was needed to deal with one Beta wolf. I was vaguely aware of Tamlyn’s voice including us in the mind-link instructing Suzanna to lead the squad back to the training centre.

‘What’s happening?’ Our Gamma kept up behind us, following our scent trail.

‘Finley! That’s what happened!’ Astennu snarled, his anger aimed at our former friend, not Tamlyn.

‘The Alpha is on the way too,’ she replied after a few seconds of silence.

Our father was back at the training centre, leading the warriors’ training with Kate.

‘Contain Finely. Don’t kill him. He will be dealt with properly and face judgement,’ our father commanded, already knowing we were out for blood.

‘He’ll be dealt with alright. By our teeth!’ Baniti was singularly minded about how he wanted to ‘contain’ the situation.

I felt a surge of faint fear flow through me. It had to be from Evie. She would never back down from a confrontation, and she was loyal. She would never turn her back on her friend. If she was scared, it meant only one thing. Finley was about to become physical.

My brother was first to slam through the door, obliterating it to splinters, at the rear of the pack house in the Omega quarters. By some good fortune, Evie and Lucy’s doors were on the nearest hallway and on the ground floor, as though fate knew something we didn’t. Bursting through the now-destroyed door, I heard a woman’s faint yelp, Evie, and the sound of a wolf shifting. Rounding the corner, I cut the inside to get ahead of Astennu and surged forward. Evie sat sprawled on the floor, keeping Lucy behind her. In front, Finley’s wolf stalked forward.

I leapt clear over the girls’ heads, pummelling into him, and rolled us down the hall. He was now trapped between my brother and me. Astennu stood protectively over Evie, brushing his chest against her cheek and blocking his escape, with Tamlyn snarling in back-up of us.

In a desperate bid to push past me to get to his only avenue to flee, the window at the end of the hall, he swiped out with his right paw, his claws extended. I ducked my muzzle out of the way and then snapped forward in one fluid motion. My jaws clamped down on the last two digits and tore them clean off. Blood filled my mouth and I swallowed on instinct, the small severed limbs disappearing down my gullet.

‘He ain’t getting those back anytime soon,’ Baniti snickered. And I would admit, there was a sick sense of self-satisfaction in that.

Fin’s roar of pain transformed to a human’s yell as he shifted back, clutching what remained of his hand which poured with blood. I spun and kicked him square in the chest, sending him sailing towards my twin. Astennu shifted, clamping his arm around Finley’s neck. The rage was clear on his face. He wanted to kill him and I wanted him to do it.

‘Stop,’ Tamlyn shifted, hearing Fin’s gargled gasps. “Don’t lower yourself to his level.”

We felt our dad’s aura approach, along with the pounding of several others’ footsteps. He turned the corner, with three warriors and Beta Kate flanking him.

quickly going

held her back and approached my brother slowly. “Aste… release him,” his voice may have been filled with authority, but

a second, I thought he was actually going to do it. He dropped Fin’s body with a resounding thud. His heartbeat was weak, but

father pointed to the now unresponsive Fin. “He’s not to be left alone or unguarded for a second. And make sure he’s cuffed to the

the repercussions of this. Tamlyn, get yourself dressed and meet us in my office. Boys?” He turned to us both. “Get cleaned up, get

where they still sat, coming out

nodded, not saying anything. My heart plummeted seeing Evie look so vulnerable. She had probably never seen a full-on wolf

on Astennu and me. “Don’t keep us waiting too long. And if anyone finds that

howled with a sadistic laugh and I narrowly contained my own

I wiped the blood from my mouth and chin on the crook of my arm and rushed to Evie along with my brother, while Tamlyn

Astennu softly stroked

wall, and told him she’s his f*****g Luna,” Lucy timidly said, a small smile curling

we missed it?” Tamlyn chuckled, standing Lucy

proudly, nuzzling into my mate. “And here I thought you saved all your rage for me.

of going dumb, so

I helped her stand, gripping her tightly. Her chest still rose and fell in subtle shallow breaths and her skin

I swear,” she answered my invisible concerns. “It’s just the come-down from the adrenaline high, that’s all. I’ve never faced

neck, as Astennu kissed her temple, comforting her that it was all over. She had stood up to a full-grown Beta wolf male, without the ability to shift herself… I was still both terrified and aroused by

He didn’t touch

everywhere and anywhere bar at us. “I’m

to our lower halves and shakily went to her room

the towel under her arms and secured it, while

I thought it was Evie coming back with dinner,” she sheepishly looked up at my mate. “He said he wanted me back, that he could change… I wasn’t convinced… he hasn’t done anything to prove it,” Lucy wrung her fingers. “…And that’s when he got a little

been?!” Tamlyn threw her arms in the air. “What did he think, that you’d just say ‘ok’, and

with a slight tremor to her voice. “I can’t tell you how much I don’t want to trip over

to find that Finley’s two severed fingers had rolled away from the

“Tell me you didn’t…”

out,” I folded my

bounced between us

fingers?!” My mate’s beautiful face gawked,

reattached?” Lucy was as good as

care what happens to him as punishment. I just want to be there when you tell him exactly where his fingers are,” Tamlyn gripped her side in laughter. “I might not be able to see his horror, but I’ll sure as s**t be able to taste

his waist tighter, and slapped my back.

own?” I gazed at Evie with concern. Every fibre within me was begging me to stay. My wolf was about ready to cling on to her leg and never leave. “We can send for a couple of guards, if you’ll feel

pretty sure the threat is neutralised. Go make sure he

we

office. Kate had barely looked up. Her head had remained exclusively buried in

asked as we lowered into

will give you every single one of my desserts for a year if you stay quiet,’ I mind-linked my

years old,

was all he revealed and I could see Tamlyn’s lip twitch,

and Lucy’s version of events. The atmosphere grew palpable to hear what my father had decided and, by the looks of him, he had reached a verdict. I knew what verdict I wanted and I could feel what Astennu wanted,

Kate broke the silence, her voice ladened with anguish. “This is all my fault. I encouraged him to go talk to Lucy, to start over… I would have loved to have her

Kate,” Tamlyn guided herself with her cane over to where the Beta sat. “He’s a

I don’t feel any lengthy

fists clench, as did mine. Our father saw too, judging by the subtle glare he threw us to remain quiet. With how he looked at our mother and his twitching features, they were

starting a tirade,” our

of his chair and slamming his fists on the desk. “He could

just sentence one. You sentence their whole family,” our father’s composure remained intact, even though I knew he would be taken aback by my brother’s outburst. “Kate has already lost one son. Would you make her go through that again, while she’s pregnant? She could lose her pup and be left with

very little valid argument. f**k, I hated reasonable

Actually, he had nothing to add. Now I had noticed, he had gone completely silent. Baniti was focused elsewhere, rigidly

‘Aste, is Aasim qu-’

‘Yeah… something’s going on.’

do something productive, burn up all this extra energy,” our dad stood, pushing

Energy?