Tasting All My Mates by Alexis Dee

"I don't know how that will save me." I wasn't very comfortable letting everyone bite me. He wanted it done by tonight, so I might wait a few days after I think through the idea. That was too soon. Not to mention, I was already looking for ways to reject Zander and not feel weak, and here was Thiago suggesting I should let them all mark me.

"It is the only way to protect you. If too many mates have marked you, you will be able to fight through the monster's compulsion. Think about it this way: he somehow marks you and tries to control you. You will still have a part of you that will listen to your mates." He sounded very serious about his plan.

"I can always break his compulsion. Jessica did and listened to you." I recalled how easy it was for Thiago to make her believe he was the monster. She even shut down the mind-link for him.

"Actually, that’s what she made us think." The revelation from Thiago left me gasping.

"What do you mean by that?" I inquired since now that the monster would be preparing to attack me, I needed to get as much information as I could.

"Enya! Just trust me, okay?" Thiago kept the truth to himself for now and asked me to follow his lead. "Would you let us mark you?" he asked.

I saw the look on his face. He wasn’t very happy about the whole marking thing; it seemed. He was just doing it to make sure I remained safe.

I answered, "I would," just because I wanted him to know I trusted him. And I will follow his lead without asking any more questions.

We will perform the marking. I will gather the others around and make sure things go smoothly," he promised before heading out

something going on in his head. Maynard was gone for hours and didn't even show

saying that we needed to go into the woods. I walked all the way to the road, and Thiago

having a ritual." I laughed nervously. I was pretending to be cool, but my heart was pounding hard thinking about getting marked

guys are not planning on sacrificing me, right?" I

you, so don't worry," he casually said, and that kept his posture straight. I got butterflies flying across my stomach until I saw

area were creating a scary ambiance. I saw

I awkwardly waved my hand at Lazio. There had been so much going on the past few days that I just wanted to take a rest from the arguments and not recall every

will be here in some time," Lazio announced while getting on his feet, "But I need to ask, didn't you hate Zander?" He then let out a scoff to

only thing that matters right now is Enya's safety," Thiago, without indulging in the

from Lazio made me roll my eyes at him. Lately, he had been acting so different from his usual self that I was beginning to realize how they

are you on about, son?" Thiago shrugged his shoulders casually, looking exhausted from having this conversation

you don't know. You think I was behind the idea of Enya accepting Zander? You blame me for ruining your relationship, so now you want to

am going to head back to the academy now," I muttered, and got their attention