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.

I kissed Scarlett, I couldn’t get that kiss out of my

so many that I lost count a long time ago, but none of those kisses compared to that one kiss with her. It was strange to me and

aren’t allowed to have mates, then what exactly was I

they would never think that I’ll fall for a girl. My brothers often said I would die alone, and I

girl to girl, and sometimes, it felt like I was doing it because

found their mates and knew what it was like to feel complete. We didn’t have that satisfaction. The most I could have was

convince myself that we had it easier. We didn’t have the

was fighting a battle that

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

I would like to believe that my parents would stay together no matter what life throws

like this; he got serious quickly whenever he sensed that any of his younger siblings were distressed. Of course, he fussed over Violet

you attended the game today, you would know what I was

there at every game; my entire family always came to support me. But today, they were all busy, and I loved reminding them that

stop being such a pussy.” Ares

the team later this year,” I say to him, and

happened at the game

eyes on me. I’d managed to spark each of their interest. Lucky

from that tradition where he has to kiss a girl at the end of the game.” Apollo points out. “Did one of those