Accepting My Twin Mates by Unwise Owl

Accepting My Twin Mates Chapter 61

Chapter 61 – What Did They Do?

Evgeniya

“I do not think I could ever accept another, not after Heathe-”

“Dad?” I shook my father’s arm, confused as to why he had stopped, not only, mid-sentence, but mid-stride.

And growling, in a low rumbling timbre? What had he seen? He was frigid in his stance.

I followed his line of sight to the lakeshore… to my friend Lucy… who turned her head away from gazing out at the early morning mist upon the water’s surface to stare wide-eyed back at my father.

‘…Oh snap,’ Evva looked on in my mind, stunned even more so than I.

What strange universe had I slipped into? My father and my friend? My best friend of five years, with whom I shared everything, who was also a year younger than me? And just to confirm this bizarre turn of events, I heard my father mutter ‘mate’ under his breath and saw Lucy mouth the word in reply.

The moon goddess had to be shitting me…

‘She must have given him a thing for redheads too,’ my wolf nervously chuckled.

Now I thought about it, it was obvious. Both my mother and Lucy had gingery red hair, hazel eyes, and Lucy had always been an old soul and the ‘mom-friend’ of the group.

… I could practically hear all the step-mom jokes already.

And as if on cue; ‘looks like Lucy’s gonna be calling him daddy, too,’ Badru mind-linked.

‘So it begins…’ Evva slapped her paw down her face. And if there had ever been a time I wanted to slap that nugget, now would be that time.

‘I swear to goddess,’ I silently retched. ‘You ever say those words again and I will chokehold you.’

‘Is that a promise?’ He smirked down at me from the side, a genuine fire of excitement dancing within his pulsating sapphire eyes.

‘When that brain cell of his dings the horny switch, it dings it hard,’ Evva pinched her brow in exasperation.

Without warning, Lucy suddenly ran, bolting through the trees. The woollen tribal print wrap around her shoulders billowed behind her, fluttering to the ground and a faint choked sob rang out. My father’s figure twitched, wanting to give chase, but ultimately remained fixed in his spot, not knowing how to proceed. I was about to run after her, when his quiet voice stopped me.

“You… know her?”

“Yeah,” I winced. There was no easy way to say this other than to be direct. “Lucy Maddrell. She lives across the hall from me. And she’s been my best friend for a while… and she’s about my age…”

He gave a curt nod, swiftly avoiding my eye contact, and I could swear I spotted a hint of blush under his beard.

“I need to go after her,” I began moving forward. “She’s not had the easiest time recently. You’re both each other’s second chance mates. Her first wasn’t good to her… it ended in a rejection. Astennu and Badru will fill you in.”

gonna leave us to deal with the awkward bomb that went off?’

divide approach to the awkward bomb, and

the pair of them becoming sidetracked so

minty berry scent, following it to a craggy clearing where she sat on a rock with her face buried in her hands, her body folded in on itself as violent sobs wracked her. I dropped in front of her, on my knees, peeling her hands away. I thought I had

heaving breaths. “…I’m not fine… I

a lie, but I didn’t know it was to this extent. And neither did I know what my father would do. He

your father?!” She pulled away, sniffling and screaming into the air. Her eyes

of my shoulder jolted me in startlement. He held out

broken souls need each

chest and slowly reached out to grasp the fabric offered to her. Their fingers must have brushed as they both tensed, Lucy’s

unsure whether I should leave or standby for emotional support for

can taste the awkward,’ Evva muttered flatly.

I’ll try and talk,’ Lucy

albeit in a more speedily fashion, back to

strode straight past Astennu and Badru. “They’re together right now, and we’ll leave it at

the questions

mentally deal with the fact that my father

calling him daddy, then?” Badru

leapt onto his back, slapping my hand over his mouth. “Just

laughed under my hand, grabbing my thighs to keep me

have the power to ground you now?” Astennu slapped my rear, making me squeak at the

Badru’s neck, gripping my arms around him. “The next one of

silent, instantly. “Yeah, that’s what I

Astennu

he was choosing of his own free will to go to

asking,’ Aasim huffled. ‘Like it or not, we’re replaced as his partner

would have much preferred to go too. However, there was another minor issue

to speak to mom about Thanksgiving,” I glanced towards the door to our wing and settled back to gazing at my ammar. “Things have changed a little since our mom

one now,” Badru

was the answer I needed to find. Because I

would do was further sow discord. “But given that the last time our fathers were around each other and it almost ended in a death

Thanksgiving is all about,”

I drew out. “Only with our fathers, it’s likely

start things up with Evie. This is gonna be difficult enough, without feeling you

but I make

soon-to-be former home held a strange sensation. It had always felt like home and, no matter what, I had always loved coming back to it. But now? It didn’t feel very much like home. It felt like hard

to announce my presence. I heard the rustling and quiet giggles from the living room. I didn’t need the visuals

her hair in slight disarray which she tried to smooth down into her polished form. I could see the irked look on my father’s face that he had had whatever he was doing,

notice anything amiss. “I’m glad I caught you

another half hour,’ my

habibi (darling),” if my mother noticed my dad sulking, she didn’t let