Accepting My Twin Mates by Unwise Owl

Accepting My Twin Mates Chapter 62

Chapter 62 – Is That…?

Evgeniya

Badru rubbed his elbow absentmindedly while he skimmed through and amended the new rotas and schedules in place.

“I told you he had reach,” I huffed a sigh of laughter through my nose, continuing to peruse through some of the books and artefacts on the bookcase. “I thought you’d know that by now.”

The cause would come as little surprise to most, Heru. At the stables, like the impulsive wolf he was, Badru had tried to get a little handsy as I finished up brushing the stallion.

Evva was still chuckling to herself at our mate’s pout. ‘He was warned, our nugget thought he knew better and, of course, he was bitten.’

We had come to his and Astennu’s personal office afterwards, just down the hall from their father’s in the main pack house. It was a space I hadn’t seen before. Their desks were similar but not identical; a huge sliced log that sat upon rustic tree stump legs. And like their bedrooms, the decor was a mix of slate-blue and dark gold colours.

“I’m sure the beast deliberately lulls me into a false sense of security.”

“I don’t think Heru is some mastermind,” I raised an eyebrow, finding a shadow box frame containing an ancient-looking portrait.

“Ha!” He laughed bitterly. “That beast knows what he’s doing, trust me.”

“Hey, what is this?” I stood back from the portrait.

It had been placed away from the window, in a darker spot of the room. The canvas was faded and, in some parts, tarnished. The man was almost visible, with long black hair reaching his chest, clean-shaven and had what appeared to be midnight sapphire blue eyes. There was a look about him similar to the twins. The woman was trickier to make out, except for golden hair and possibly hazel eyes.

“That?” Badru pushed away from his desk to stand behind me, taking his opportunity to paw at my hips and stomach. “That’s our ancestors, Alpha Emmerich and his Luna, Estrid. I think the portrait is from about 1450.”

So these were the real faces of the old werewolf legend. There were several historical and fairytale versions. The various fairytale adaptations painted Luna Estrid as either a vampire, wiccan or human princess that fell in love with the Saxon Alpha and they fought the evil forces, side by side, that kept them apart.

The historical legends were a little tamer.

One version was that they were true mates; the first and only human mated to a werewolf. The other was that theirs was simply a marriage of alliance between the Saxon Alpha, Emmerich Rolfe, and the Scandinavian princess, Estrid of House Skötkonung, to secure a treaty between humans and werewolves. One of the more famous books was titled The Wolf Lore of Howling Woods Pack, focusing on the year 1453 when the two races began to see peace. Although, it was only since the turn of the 20th century that humans began readily joining and living in our packs.

Even though the picture and finer details were faded, the pure look of love between the two couldn’t be fake.

“You and Aste kinda look like him, the same eyes.”

‘For a 600 year old guy, he’s pretty damn fine,’ my wolf also fixated on the ancient wolf’s irises.

“My dad has a journal that’s supposed to be written by them,” he nodded towards the portrait. “It’s been passed down, Alpha to Alpha. Only our family knows about it.”

“What does it say?”

“No clue,” he turned me in his arms. “It’s all written in sassisch, a dead language. There’s a few random words I know, but none of it really makes sense.”

The door handle rattled with the thumbprint pad activated. I had already sensed who it was, though. Astennu entered, a tense look on his face as Badru and I pulled apart. I had felt it through our bond that something troubled him. He and his twin shared a glance, clearly mind-linking. Whatever I had felt, Badru would have experienced tenfold through their twin bond.

“Dare I ask?” I perched myself on the nearest desk, resting my hands behind me.

Astennu shook his head, “I didn’t even get chance. My dad stormed out as soon as I mentioned Konstantin’s name.”

Badru rubbed along

“Yeah, in a decade.”

shirt damp?” I pushed off the desk and ran my fingers over

been keeping in, but she won’t see

about your ste-Lucy,” he wisely changed his word swiftly at the last second. “You heard from either of them?” And I didn’t miss Badru’s little suppressed grin, holding a burst of

narrowed my eyes, “I’m slightly terrified to

straight away,” Badru said with little tact.

scarring me!” I tried

into his arms and kissing up

squirmed. “Will

hips and thought he was helping. How wrong

both he

melt into them, but this wasn’t the time or the place. I shook my head free

a while,” I started to move to the door and looked over my shoulder when I felt them about to follow. “And I don’t need an entourage. I’m… I

starting to get dark, but no way was I about to

don’t. We can’t run the risk of interrupting anything,’ Evva grimaced

to my room, I could pick up the fresher scent of Lucy’s. I couldn’t pick up the scent of my father, so I took it as a

nudged in my mind. ‘I’m fairly certain you’re

I hope

would let myself in via the keypad. This time, I

a moment later, the door

“…Hey.”

we’re a pair of matching

good reason,’ I argued back to my

ok to come in?” I fiddled with my locket to give my hands something to do

need to ask,” she grabbed my free hand and pulled

still a little red from earlier. I half-sat on the edge of

“Is that…?”

face erupted in a flash of red. “Um, yeah… he, uh, Konstantin, your dad, gave it to me.” She struggled to look at me, “…and

“Did you…?”

squeaked. “We… I, uh, held

I meant,” I winced. “Are

that

delightfully adorable,’ Evva guffawed

Lucy knelt on the bed next to

I mean, ok, it’s gonna be weird, how can it not be? But I’m really happy for you both, I swear. I just need you to promise me one thing and it’s non-negotiable,” I turned fully, crossing my legs to face her. “You can never, ever, at any point, tell

out laughing, and I smiled along. “I’m serious. There isn’t enough therapy in the world that will help me get over any mental image you put in

lady, you had better behave, or I’ll tell you everything in detail… not that I’m ready

I hate this

cringing. “He’s almost two feet taller than me…

in my ears and curled into a dramatic foetal position. “I

my hands away, laughing. “Sort of.

tight line, trying to block out what she

“It’s kinda weird though-”

patted her head, taking my