Accepting My Twin Mates by Unwise Owl

Accepting My Twin Mates Chapter 99

CHAPTER 96 – HE?

Badru

Astennu hadn’t ever shut me out like this before. Our anger and hurt were one and the same, but the way my brother’s detonated while mine retained its composure was alien and foreign territory.

“Divide and conquer.” That was all he would say to me.

How would we divide the interrogation of our father to conquer it, if he was leaving it all to me?

‘I don’t think it was Isaac he meant, slow poke,’ Baniti muttered, while I watched our twin burst through to their midnight wolf as soon as his feet were clear of the prison grounds.

He was heading north?

…Finley.

There was no way for me to stop him. He was far faster and more agile than I could ever be, even sleep deprived as we both were. If I gave chase, there wouldn’t be much of Finley left by the time I caught up. But did I necessarily want to stop it? Why would I want to deny that asshole the beating he had coming.

If Astennu could get the location of our mate, I was free to discover the motives of the former Alpha so nothing like this would ever happen again. I just hoped he would be ok on his own; another foreign sentiment, worrying over Astennu being the impulsive i***t.

Heading back inside the prison, solo, I was met with the scrutinous gaze of Kate, who noted instantly I was alone, and Tamlyn, who pretended to be minding her own business, but the woman had a knack for smelling the shift in mood.

‘He just needed to cool off,’ I stuck to the half-truth and nodded towards the prison door to continue my questioning like everything was fine. f****d up, but fine.

I was an ass for lying, but if I told her, Kate would go running after. She could hate what her son did all the livelong day, it didn’t mean that she wouldn’t want to protect her son. And Astennu needed whatever time I could afford him to get his answers while I got mine.

She gave me a stiff nod, which I didn’t know was from tension or disbelief, and reopened the gate.

Not wishing to go in and fully test the tether of my anger’s restraint, I remained in the frame and proceeded.

“Since you don’t know where Evie is, let’s start with what you do know. Janet, what was her role in all this?” I could see my father looking past me, searching for my brother’s figure alongside mine. Was he disappointed Astennu wasn’t coming back?

“She tampered with Lucy’s water to make sure that she remained unconscious. She used my master code to gain access and was only meant to take the locket from Evie’s room, but she found the patrol schedule as well.”

meeting a gaze I knew he wouldn’t return. “Do you even realise how much Astennu blamed himself? He thought he was the reason our mate was taken. You shoved your ‘evidence’ in

sniped coldly. “That damn rogue had his claws in you already with whatever lies he told for sympathy. Even after

string of curses I wanted to let loose at him. “The only lies here were from you, and only you! Your heartbeat didn’t flinch, once. How could you look at us and lie

what? I didn’t know. I wanted to believe it was out of shame, guilt or regret. The small pup in me wanted to see some flicker of the former parent

is Janet so scared to reveal anything?” I said after a deep breath to keep from

me and the girl would be thrown from the pack, along

you still have the balls to act like rogues are the villains?” I scoffed,

Evie had never come into my life, would I have followed in my father’s footsteps? Selling rogues as though it was some necessary evil to cure the world of their blight? The thought sent a wave of sickening self-disgust through my bones

use wolfsbane?” The question occurred to

to use on all wolfkind, cut with whichever tranquilliser of choice

I was told it would knock the targets out. All they had to do was consume it. Konstantin was the issue because I knew he wouldn’t accept anything I gave him, so I dealt with him personally. I went to his room feigning that I wished to talk and I shot him with plain

told you about the wolfsbane? That Marceau

I went

that my brother had

a second thought.” Call me petty, but it was

out. “He arranges the transport, transfers the payment at my request and forges the documents to make them look bona fide. After that one incident with

a quick glance, the way her face twisted in grief, twisted my guilt with it. My next

another person you contacted, a

usually able to

people you sell into slavery,” I filled in his sentence when he trailed off. “You’ve been doing it comfortably for over a decade, I don’t

alone, but the circumstances this time were quite

pack and his former mate, Lucy, all to himself, did just the trick into getting the i***t ass-hat on

he’s probably still salty over those fingers we digested,’ Baniti added with

the first true sound of torment filtered from him. “I dealt with Konstantin, Finley was meant to take the girl. My Qamar was never meant to be caught in any of this… she was meant to be protected from

never meant to be knocked out that day. That was why Isaac’s reaction was so genuine,

think you were protecting my mother? What if she was taken?!” I wanted to surge forward and punch the stupid out of him. But Astennu had already punched him unconscious and he was none the smarter for it. “How was

idea what it’s like!” He yelled, whirling on me and finally looking me in the eye. “You’ve never had to hold your mother through every one of her nightmares, or tried to wake her when she called out for her attackers to stop, or every time she recoiled when she finally woke. You have never had to see the fear in her over those memories. So if

have killed him all over again. My fists curled and my claws extended, ready to fly through the

grip. “I may have been scared of rogues, but what made you

onto me. “You and your brother were going to let rogues stomp all over our pack! I thought I raised you better than to trust those

us, showing us how to be a good and just Alpha, but it was all a lie. Every good memory we have of you is a lie. And now I see the truth. We weren’t your sons… we were just another asset, heirs to carry on your warped way of thinking and that’s it. What’s worse is,

about our grandpup before you