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.”

awkward bomb that

the awkward bomb, and you

and their lips twitch in glee, the pair of them becoming sidetracked so readily. It appeared they shared that horny switch, and my father was too

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 seen

heaving breaths. “…I’m not fine… I can’t

knew she wasn’t fine, I knew it had been a lie, but I didn’t know it was to this extent. And neither did I know what my father would do. He had shown nothing but devotion to my mother’s memory, his mate… would he truly be able

sniffling and screaming into the air. Her eyes a deep red. “…What was the

my shoulder jolted me in startlement. He held out the woollen

she thinks two broken souls need

beginning to calm. She clutched her hands to her chest and slowly reached out to grasp the fabric offered to her. Their fingers must have brushed

for emotional support for one of them… both

taste the awkward,’

talk,’ Lucy nodded to me with

as my wolf suggested, I backed away, albeit in a

Astennu and Badru. “They’re together right

up and I could feel the questions swimming around in

them before they uttered a word, with a sharp look. “I mean it! I will mentally deal with the fact that my father and my best friend, who is my age, are

then?” Badru just

just say?!” I leapt onto his back, slapping my hand over

my thighs to keep me in place on his

mean she’ll have the power to ground you now?” Astennu slapped

I’m done,” I groaned into Badru’s neck, gripping my arms around him. “The next one of you who makes a step-mom joke

instantly. “Yeah, that’s what I

Astennu

had been rendered pointless. Neither I nor my twin had any other plans and, for once, he was choosing

it or not, we’re replaced as his partner in

However, there was another minor issue that I hoped to settle

I glanced towards the door to our wing and settled back to gazing at my ammar.

one now,”

to

I don’t want to see anyone excluded,” all that 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 match, I have

what Thanksgiving is

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

for the love of goddess,’ I beseeched my brother. ‘Don’t start things up with Evie. This is gonna be difficult enough, without feeling you two

try, but I make

back to it. But now? It didn’t feel very much like home. It felt like hard work, as though I was constantly about to set foot in a battleground. I felt more at home in Evie’s small, modest and cosy room, filled with her

presence. I heard the rustling and quiet giggles from the living room. I didn’t need the visuals of my parents canoodling on

slight disarray which she tried to smooth down into her polished form. I could

to notice anything amiss. “I’m glad

with another half hour,’ my dad frowned, confirming what

my mother noticed my dad sulking, she didn’t