My Secret, My Bully, My Mates by Miss L

“Got it.” We say in unison.

“You can both go, it’s been a long day. Be ready for a call at any time.”

“Yes, Sir.” We both answer again and then turn to head out of the room and up stairs.

“I just want a shower and to stretch, my legs are sore. We need to run harder more often.” Mina half laughs and half whines at me as we both feel the tightness in our legs just from walking up the stairs. Mina goes to grab her towel and head for the shower. I head for my desk and see my phone light up with a notification.

“Oh sh*t! I totally forgot. It’s Sierra’s birthday! We have to call her when it’s not the middle of the night.”

“Is she 17 or 18?” Mina asks.

“17 one more year before we find out if Sam is her mate.” I giggle. “I swear their connection is so strong I could feel it click into place when they met. He turned to complete jello, it was really cute.” “Aren’t all your friends having birthdays soon too?”

“Yeah, all the guys are just a few weeks apart. March is basically a party month for all of them.”

laughs and then stops, lost in thought.

“End of April.”

in the summer and has kids

like that, but I guess.” I laugh at her grimacing a bit.

the night off. I She’s out quickly and I do the same. Once I am clean and in comfy clothes the long day kind of hits me and I look at the

as mother nature calls and decides I don’t get to sleep more. When I get done

even though I’ve only gotten about three hours. This is my normal internal clock and it is immovable at the

up and we can call Sierra before we get started with our day. Neither of us bother to get cleaned up before we video call her. She’ll appreciate the thought that

it should and I’m afraid we might be waking her up or she doesn’t

she finally answers, it’s extremely close to her face, but she looks genuinely excited to see

my Goddess! How

Birthday!” I

No offense, but you two look rough, what

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