Tasting All My Mates by Alexis Dee

164-You Left Me Shattered

“Why my baby?” I opened my eyes and saw a lady holding my hand and crying. I looked down and noticed the scars on my hands.

“Why would they do this? Why punish my innocent, Enya?”

It was then I realized that lady was none other than my mother. But how was that possible? My mother died a long time ago. Her voice was also echoing a lot. As I stared at my hand, I fathomed I was just a little kid.

“My innocent daughter!” she pulled me in a hug while crying hysterically. “How will she live a happy life when she is cursed to have broken mates? Why so many mates? Why did the ancestors punish my daughter?” she was crying and holding me tight against her chest.

“It will be all fine. We will make sure the mates behave well with her. She will date them and choose a better one,” the owner of the voice was my father. I turned my face while still squishing into my mother’s; chest and watched my father look so concerned for me.

“You don’t understand. Every time a mate will break her heart and reject her, a part of her will die.” As my mother explained why she was so concerned about me having so many mates, I understood what had frightened her.

“What?” my father looked shocked. “There has to be a way to protect my daughter.” he was now my mother in the eye with hope-filled eyes.

“There is none. She will have to find her true fated mate among them and for that, she will have to reject others, and then it will be the same thing.” My mother’s cries intensified as she explained there was no hope for me.

“Unless—- she then suddenly stopped crying and whispered, “he forgives her,” as she said that, my body felt goosebumps.

father’s voice sounded from

“Thiago!”

I heard a voice,

it was Thiago

and finding myself in the car with Thiago holding me close and Lazlo gently patting my cheek

commented. They were so concerned about me. I even felt Thiago’s heart beating like a drum in his

Lazlo straightened up when I raised my face from Thiago’s

me,” Thiago cupped my face, and I bet the shocked look was due to the fever I was

her to the hospital,” Thiago’s voice was filled

of the car to jump into the driver’s seat when I shook my head at the

up and resting it back on Thiago’s chest. It was just sad, because every time I opened my eyes, I remembered everything Maynard had done to me. The way he told them all my secrets

Thiago was softly brushing his fingers through my hair and calming me down. I didn’t argue back with them because I

closed my eyes and slept throughout the ride to the hospital. The doctor did

has met a rejection just a few hours ago?”

chest. “Usually, the rejection causes pain, but her body had turned extremely weak after the rejection.

jaw. From the looks of it,

doesn’t explain why her body is so fragile right now.” The doctor seemed confused. “You two are unaccepted mates?” she looked

have told her the truth in order to