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.

will perform the marking. I will gather the others around and

going on in his head. Maynard was

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

were having a ritual." I laughed nervously. I was pretending to be cool, but my heart was pounding

right?" I continued to talk,

myself first before anybody thinks of sacrificing you, so don't worry," he casually said, and that kept his posture straight. I got butterflies flying across my stomach until I saw the open ground he had

above our heads, and the tall trees in the surrounding area were

to take a rest from the arguments and not recall every little thing. Our major focus needs to be on catching that monster

his feet, "But I need to ask, didn't you hate Zander?" He then let

that matters right now

that I was beginning to realize how they were not ready to share their mate. It was also sad because

Thiago shrugged his shoulders casually, looking

know. You think I was behind the idea of Enya accepting Zander? You blame me for ruining your relationship, so now you want to do the same." Lazio continued to make no sense. He was assuming everything without acknowledging that we had a monster running

back to the academy now," I muttered, and got their attention on