Accepting My Twin Mates by Unwise Owl

Chapter 73

Accepting My Twin Mates Chapter 73

AMTM chapter 70 – Tea?

Evgeniya

The plummet back to reality had to come around eventually. Neither of the three of us could hide away forever in our bubble in the mountains. I was eager to return to see my father, to make sure he was doing ok, but I was dreading it in case anything had happened to him and he was keeping tight-lipped.

‘I’m fairly certain that if he and the Alpha had another smackdown, wingus and dingus here would have been mind-linked,’ Evva pointed out.

‘I guess…’ I mumbled, not terribly convinced.

“You ok back there?” Astennu turned in his seat from the front passenger. “You’ve got that deep thought crinkle going on across your forehead.”

Badru had jumped at the chance to drive. It gave him the sense that he was taking care of me and it meant his hands were busy elsewhere to perform their usual wandering. He had pouted that I had climbed in the back, no doubt hoping that I would have been upfront and within range.

“Yeah,” my wavering tone gave my real thoughts away. “It’s just… I’m starting to worry about my dad. I mind-linked him that I was coming back and he said he’s been fine… but, I don’t know. I guess I’m tense in case we’ve been intentionally left out of things.”

“I doubt it,” Badru flashed me a comforting smile in the rearview mirror. “When I grabbed supplies to come up to the lodge, I asked Tam’s mate, Suzanna, to keep an eye out and report anything to us, no matter the time. She hasn’t mind-linked once.”

“Oh… why didn’t you say something before?”

“Are you serious?” He almost careened off the road, snapping back to glance at me. “I’ve had other things on my mind for the last three days and none of it involved thinking about your dad.”

Touché.

“Maybe you could spend the rest of the day with him? Providing Ru doesn’t drive us off the road,” Atsennu chuckled, earning a small growl from his twin. “What about taking him into town, if he’s comfortable with it?”

“That sounds nice,” assuming I was successful in talking him into it. “Sure you two can stand being away from me all day?”

“I’ll have to stare at the door and pine till you come back,” Badru playfully pouted, turning the Jeep into the stables to drop his brother off.

“Or you can come see Heru with me?”

“I would rather eat my own arm.”

“You mean you didn’t want to come out on a ride? I could call Catalina, instead,” Astennu snorted. “I’m sure she’d looove to come keep you company.”

“Sure, I’ll tell her to bring Adrian. The two of you can f**k around with horses to your heart’s content!” The two of them bickered.

“Why do you have to hate all my friends?” I sighed, slouching back in my seat in a huff.

“Not all of them. We like Lucy,” Astennu half grinned.

“Yeah, even though she’s your mom now,” the other finished the wisecrack.

“Ok, I think we’ve roasted each other enough for one drive,” I noticed the pale gold stallion out in his paddock stomping the fenceline. “You better get to Heru before he leaps out.”

“Here,” Astennu fished in his pocket before he got out, pulling his wallet free. He was giving me his credit card? “I know you’re proud and you’ll fight me on spending our money, but please take it. Anything you need, use it.”

I did want to fight him on it. I wasn’t used to being given things and I certainly wasn’t used to spending other people’s money like some trophy wife…

‘Quit being a stubborn muffin and take the damn card,’ Evva huffed. ‘It’s not a chain dependency you’re undertaking. He just wants to help and reconcile with some of the misdeeds done to our father.’

“Thank you,” I surprised my mate by taking the card, slipping it into the slot on my phone case, and not digging in my heels and bunkering down to argue. “Sneak Heru a few treats from me.”

“I will,” he leant in between the gap and pecked my lips in a lingering kiss. “I’ll see you later.”

Pulling up to the main entrance of the pack house, a steady stream of pack members were coming and going about their day. Badru and I drew a few curious looks, and I could tell from the direction of their eyes, they were prying in their gaze to see if I was marked. By the hushed mutters and flicker of brows shooting up in surprise, they were expecting to see one gracing my neck.

Instinctively, I folded in on myself, despising the scrutiny and being the topic of gossip. I knew I would have to get used to it; I was now thrust into a public standing. The knowledge made it no less comfortable to digest.

‘Hey,’ Badru grasped my hand and feathered a gentle kiss across my knuckles. ‘f**k their whispering.’

‘Should I tell them in those words?’

‘If you don’t, I will,’ and he set a rather seething glare at a small group flashing me with some disparaging looks. “You got time to stand around and talk about s**t that’s none of your concern, you clearly got time for double patrols. So step the f**k off.”

bar the pack house, as though a cattle prod had been

check out Ru being spicy,’ my wolf melted

a rather warm flush igniting my cheeks cherry red. Was I so sure

unaware of how his

our oblivious nugget,’ Evva sighed longingly. ‘The world is

his, holding on just that bit

my bag in my room, I went to see my father, my feet hurrying up the steps two at a time. My hand

sunshine),” his

was expecting a bone-crushing hug, but I was pleasantly surprised by his gentleness, tucking my head under

smelling?” He pulled back, holding me at arm’s length. “What is

my heat. Aste and Ru liked it, so I’ve been wearing it as, like, a perfume,” I shyly tucked a lock of

Evie,” a voice I

Lucy.

was further into the room, I could detect her scent was far heavier than if it were from a mere visit. There were also a few of her items scattered about that

For our sanity’s sake,’ Evva

needed

wriggling her brows. ‘I take it you

not need to hear what went down, not that I could

awkwardly. “I’ve been cooped up for far too long. I thought you might like to come into town with me, dad. You too, Luce, if

pack is,” he frowned

hand, squeezing lightly. “We can go somewhere

he gestured at nothing in particular, but I knew what he

to be persuaded,’ Lucy mind-linked, sliding her hand up his chest. ‘I think he

her a little smirk, grinning wider when

house and down the snowy pathway past the training centre that led into town.

and Lucy look as though you’re doing… well?” I fumbled my phrasing, awkwardly, wanting to shove my head into the

his deep timbre. “She feels as though lost piece has… vernulsya… uh, come back,

said the same thing about you too. Maybe it’s because you’re both

“Maybe…”

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and chocolate shavings. After trying a sip of mine,

low before we even left the pack house. My father was definitely going to be one of those wolf men that relied on the women in his life to buy him clothing rather than look for any on his

at my feet by the bench we had taken a short rest on. It was just outside of town facing a wide lake that flowed into the river that fed Reflection Lakes nearer the pack house. The sun was slowly fading to orange as it set and the first of the trumpeter swans

direct. Like me, my father wasn’t someone who skirted around his

his eyes. “It is not as bad as I thought. Most have avoided me, but a few pup warriors were keen to

warriors? How did

not take no as answer to eat in dining hall,” a tiny smile crept under his beard as he drained the last of his hot chocolate. “For

things that you’ve learned over the years to survive?”

things I learned from your mother. She was great warrior in Tundra River,” he said proudly. “But what could I

is your opening, ask him!’

I’m not the only one who thinks it,” I took a deep breath and went for broke. “You know that Astennu and Badru’s last Beta didn’t work out. Now they need someone who they can trust, someone who’s been on the outside and can see what needs to

conversation. The same fear flashed in his eyes that I had experienced when it dawned on me that I

it’ll be a while

would I lead anything? I may

the world of you. And besides, you’ll need all the

his arm to me to walk home and picking up the bags so I could finish my hot chocolate. “I… I will think about it,

as we walked along the pathway home. “They definitely

your mother. Heather stood up to most,

“What was she like?”

much like you,” a rueful warmth swept through his eyes. “You look like her, have

here I thought I was more like you,” I

tone in you, but that sharp tongue, that

automatically, only to be left disappointed wishing I had worn my locket.

the first tattoo on his wrist. His finger slowly traced over the black lines as though he was tracing the memory itself. “She was digging for

it a love-at-first-sight

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