The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn

Chapter 285

~CARTER~

“Can I ask you something?” I ask Alaric as I pass the ball to him.

He quirks a brow, “since when do you ask questions during a game?”

My jaw clenches, “I’ve just had something on my mind.”

I’ve had f*****g plenty on my mind, but I wasn’t about to tell him that. My brothers enjoyed teasing me over the most minor things.

“Shoot.” He tells me.

“You know that lucky for us; we aren’t blessed with mates like other wolves. But what does it mean when you kiss someone and feel an instant connection? And all you can think about is kissing her again.”

Apollo spits the water he’d just been drinking out of his mouth after hearing my question. I knew to them this was just a huge joke. They wouldn’t take me seriously.

I should have just kept my original plan to shut my mouth completely.

kiss out of my head. It’s the first time that something like that happened to

none of those kisses compared to that one kiss with her. It was strange to me and a

to have mates, then what exactly was I

girl,” Apollo chuckles. Of course, they would never think that I’ll fall

it felt like I was doing

surrounded by werewolves who found their mates and knew what it was like to feel complete. We didn’t have

easier. We didn’t have the greatest weakness known to a werewolf. Other times, like today,

was fighting a battle that

in love with each other. And still, their connection wasn’t that of mates. The truth remained that my mother’s mate was still out somewhere, and if he came into her life now, we have no idea what would happen next. We know that the mate bond is hard to ignore. And even though she’s in love with our father and the family they created together, I’m not sure

believe that my parents would stay together no matter what

he got serious quickly whenever he sensed that any of his younger siblings were distressed.

you attended the game today, you would know what

But today, they were all busy, and I loved reminding them that they didn’t

being such a

later this year,” I say to him, and

tells me. “What happened at the game that’s making you ask such a

me. I’d managed to spark each of their

a girl at the end of the game.” Apollo points out. “Did one