Accepting My Twin Mates Chapter 64
Bonus Chapter 2 – Awkward Firsts?
Lucy
Of all the nightmares that could repeat themselves. Why this one?
I didn’t ask for much in this life. Was it reaching of me to ask for a mate who wanted me?
“I do not think I could ever accept another…”
His words in his utterly addictive voice repeated and rang louder with each repetition.
And somehow, this felt worse. He wasn’t unwilling to accept a second chance mate out of pride or out of being an asshole. He was unwilling because of devotion. How could I fault him for something so pure?
‘How do you know he truly meant it?’ Lobelia, weirdly, acted optimistic. ‘You didn’t give him a chance to feel a mate bond again.’
Was my wolf deluded? Was this her way of coping? To create a self-made fantasy?
The thin trees I ran through soon gave way to a craggy clearing. I collapsed against a rock, unable to keep myself from shattering apart. I had tried to be strong. I tried to put on a mask that all was well and laugh at jokes. I tried to go about my day, pretending I wasn’t slowly dying inside. There was nothing in me left to ‘try’ anymore.
When Evie found me, I couldn’t keep it in any longer, my dam finally bursting.
He was her father! My second chance mate was my best friend’s father, a man who would be more than twice my age!
“…What was the moon goddess thinking?!” I screamed to the sky.
The jolt from Evie’s movements interrupted my cursing out the blameless clouds above.
A large hand, gently holding out a long swath of fabric. “Maybe she thinks two broken souls need each other most.”
My wrap that I had dropped… he brought it back to me?
My hands had remained tightly clutched to my chest, biting into my light sweater. My fingers ached when I began to unfurl them, hesitant to reach out to him. Gripping the fabric, our fingertips brushed and the sensation of the mate bond thrummed through my body.
‘He feels like home,’ both Lobelia and I said in unison.
I heard an echo bounce around and I felt my face heat that I had gasped so loudly.
‘As much as I love our Evie.. can you tell her to go?’ My wolf cut in. ‘She’s standing around like an awkward lemon not sure what to do with herself. Give her an out.’
Oh, that was a point.
‘It’s ok… I’ll try and talk,’ I nodded to her, trying to smile through the last of my tears.
She bobbed her head and quickly retreated faster than I had ever seen her move before, leaving me alone… with her father. Was I entirely sure this was any better?
Heavens above, he was even more handsome close-up. With him knelt in front of me, I could take in his every feature. The scar on the left of his jaw didn’t detract from his looks at all. It added to his rugged appeal that I was increasingly attracted to. And his scent? I wanted to bottle and consume it for the rest of my life. It was perfect… just like him.
I just know it. Tell me you feel it too?’
it, but it didn’t make it any less
cupped around
“I-I know… I’m Lucy.”
was smiling at me? My
the rough pads of his
to feel obligated to accept me and to hide my red puffy face.
from such a huge man be so gentle and featherlight? “It
the worst. Our first mates had left such scars behind. His was what his mate had given, mine was because of what Finley
that I’m
know the answer, to know for
thumb tracing the curve of my cheek. “He was fool to
I gripped his hand, taking a moment to appreciate his every mature and masculine detail. As our silence stretched, his brows
me a mental nudge with her nose. ‘Invite him for a walk, hold his
a little?
my wrap from my grasp to bundle it around my shoulders. Taking my hands, he stood, pulling me up with him and, for the first time, I saw exactly how much his hulking frame towered above me. I didn’t even clear
crushes us?’ My
images she had
anything Lobelia was
it’s needed. You’re kinda staring at
hand, leading him towards one of the mountain trails that would circle
had a relationship before and didn’t really know how I was meant to
Konstantin threaded his fingers with mine and engulfed my small palm with his, making it clear he didn’t want our
clutched my wrap around my shoulders with my free
do not believe. Tell
feeling both nervous to talk about myself so much and comforted by the sparks of our
school and the art of presentation with food. To him, food was simply a necessity meant to be consumed out of survival; and if it tasted nice, that was simply a bonus. Given how he had lived for the better part of two decades, it was understandable. But it was a stance I needed to educate him on, to show him food could be fun. I didn’t speak much about Finley, he seemed to know the
Evie’s told me a little. Her mother sounded like she was a wonderful woman,” Konstantin slowly bobbed his head, a sadness passing over him. “I hope you know you can talk about her with me,
him to feel as though his first mate would be a point of contention. He spoke a little of his past, but having already divulged so many painful parts with Evie, it was difficult for him to rehash everything again so soon. It wasn’t as though we had to share every little detail about ourselves
to set, and our trail leading us full circle back to the pack house, our walk came to a natural end. He was still unsure of how to navigate the large sprawling building, so I walked him back to
mind and wolf were in a scramble. Maybe coming to his room, alone, was a mistake. We agreed we both needed time, to take things slow, and the idea of leaving his scent behind was triggering withdrawals already. Was
you later,” I completely fumbled and wanted to hide my head under
which at this point had
he called behind me and I obeyed in
it fall to the ground and the wall of his chest stood before me. His long-sleeved shirt clung to his torso like another skin
As token,”
my heart to beat somewhat steadily. The plains of his body were the most sculpted I had ever witnessed; hard and rugged muscles, littered with small scars, dark blond chest
black, picking up my heated scent, yet he never said a word as he gently prised my hands from my chest and placed his item
slipped under the edge of my wrap, grazing against
cough that burned my
I squeaked and
coughed up my lungs, taking deep breaths between expelling the irritation in
that in, silly
hurrying to my room and leaning against the closed door at
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