Devon
Nate and I are hurrying back to the packhouse. We ran into town to grab some food for this meeting between dad, the fae king Marcel, the werecat king Samuel, Rich who is the grandson of Marcel, and Helm who is Samuels grandson. Helm is his nickname. His real name is long, and honestly, no one can pronounce it. Rich and Helm are picking up their cousin, who is the main topic of this meeting. The two of us have known Rich and Helm since we were 14. I have no idea who this cousin is or why he is so important.
“I caught that scent last night while I was out patrolling,” Nate says.
“Seriously, did you see her?” I ask.
“No, by the time I got to the place where the scent was the strongest she was gone.” He states.
I bump my head against the headrest of the seat. The two of us have been trying to find her for years now. We know she is out there somewhere cause we catch her scent often. I look at Nate, and I can see he is thinking the same thing we are. I remember the first time we saw her.
___FLASHBACK___
The two of us had just walked out of the backdoor of the packhouse. We had just come from Dad’s office, where he was meeting with Cyreena and Tyrone. They are long-time friends of dads. The last time they visited, we were 3 or 4, and they had a little girl with them.
“Do you smell that?” Nate asks.
“Yes, it smells like chocolate, coffee, and almonds,” I tell him.
Nate agrees with me. We follow the scent to where our sister and her friends are. There is another girl with them. Dad told us that Cyreena and Tyrone have a daughter. This must be her. As we get closer, she turns around. My heart stops, and my mind goes blank. I look at Nate and know he is feeling the same way. The girl standing there staring at us has to be half a foot shorter than our 6’ height. She has long hair the colour of silver and the most mesmerizing emerald green eyes.
“Here comes trouble.” I hear Lyra say with a snort.
The two of us ignore her and walk up to the girl. I smirk at the girl, and she quickly looks away. I can see her blushing, and it is too damn cute.
“Who is your friend sis?” Nate asks.
“This is Emerald. She is Cyreena and Tyrone,’s, daughter.” Leena tells us.
“Emerald these are my twin brothers Devon and Nate. They are the same age as you.” Leena adds.
“Nice to meet you,” She says to us.
We each take a hand, bring it to our mouths, and kiss it back. Two guys the same age as Leena walk over and start talking to us. We know them, and they go to our school. They start flirting with our Emerald. We walk up behind Emerald and look at the two guys. They say hi to us, but we just growl. We place our arms over her shoulders and growl mine. The guy’s eyes get huge, and they apologize and walk away.
__FLASHBACK END__
Neither of us could figure out why we acted that way that day. We did talk to mom about it a few days later, and she said she would talk to someone. We never heard anything after that. I park the car in the driveway, and the two of us get out. We gather all the food and start walking towards the house. I catch a whiff of that scent and look over at Nate. I can tell he smells it too. As we walk up the stairs to Dad’s office, the scent continues to get stronger. I can hear laughing, so I know the others are already there.
“Fuck it is so strong here. It smells like it is coming from Dad’s office.” I say
“How is this possible?” Nate asks.
“I have no idea,” I admit.
We opened the door, and that damn scent nearly knocked me on my ass. We set the food down and went to where Tyler was standing. I looked around the room and saw Marcel, Samuel, Rich, and Helm. I knew that scent was not coming from any of them. Nate came and stood by me. The two of us were trying to figure out where the scent was coming from when we heard it.
“Are we finally all here?” The voice asked.
“Yes,” Dad answered.
The four of them sat down, and there, in one of Dad’s Papasan chairs, was Emerald. She was sitting in a way that she had her back partially facing us. I knew it was her, though. Her hair was still long and that beautiful shade of silver, but she added thick streaks of blue and green. She was wearing a pair of cut-off jean shorts and an off-the-shoulder t-shirt. I could see a large flower tattoo on the top of her left foot that had vines running up the side of her left leg. I am sure it continued all the way up under her shorts. I could also see the top of what appeared to be a tattoo on her back and chest. She had also pierced her ears multiple times and now had a nose ring.
-I wonder if she has other tattoos and piercings?- Nate said through our mink link.
-I don’t know, but I sure a fuck want to find out.-I tell him.
We both smirk at that thought. That’s when it hits me and everything, since we were 13 now, makes sense.
-She is our mate-I tell him.
-Yeah, I just realized that to-Nate replies.
She hasn’t even turned to look at us. She is focusing on what her dad and her grandfather are saying. I see Rich say something to her, and she violently shakes her head. Does she not feel the mate bond? I don’t understand.
“Are you two ok?” Dad asks.
“Yeah, we just realized something. Maybe we can talk about it after the meeting. Can you four hang around after your input will help?” I ask.
“Of course,” Marcel says.
I see Emeral stiffen in her seat and watch as she tries not to move. Nothing about this makes any sense to me. I look at Draven’s dad, and he is watching Emerald closely. Not like he is interested in her, but he has a look of concern on his face. My breath catches in my throat when she finally looks over at us. God, she is so fucking beautiful with those gorgeous green eyes of hers. I give her one of my sexy smiles. I see a hint of a smile on her face before she turns away. That was not a happy smile. It was a small smile filled with sadness and regret. I look at Nate, and he is as confused as I am. Hopefully, the others can shed some light on what the hell is going on.
Samuel I had a feeling this was going to happen. I remember Tyrone telling me that a few weeks after they had visited Jason last time, Luna Renee told him that her boys had told her that Emerald smelled of chocolate, coffee, and almonds. The two of us thought that was strange since Emerald had no scent. Neither of us paid much attention to it until she turned 14, and so far, she had not found her mate. She did tell me when she was 16 that, for some reason, she felt drawn to this town, but she couldn’t explain why. I have a feeling that it was because of the twins. “Ok boys, what is going on?” Jason asks. “We found our mate,” Nate says. “Our mate?” Renee asks. “Yes, our mate. We are twins and we have shared everything. We also share a mate.” Devon explains. This is not unheard of in shifter communities. I know several sets of twins that share a mate. Identical twins are one that is split into two, so it makes sense. “Wait it’s Emerald isn’t it?” Renee asks. “Yes
Nate It’s been three days since everyone showed up to discuss everything. Since then, Devon and I have hardly seen Emerald. I couldn’t believe how beautiful she had become. She was already so pretty back then, but now she is absolutely stunning. I have cough glimpses of her, but she has been avoiding the two of us like the plague. I thought I would lose it when Samuel and the others explained what happened to Emerald as she grew up. How dare those bastards to tell her shit like that. I could see her fighting with herself during the meeting. I would see her start moving like she wanted to come over, but she would force it down and stay in that damn chair. We were all sitting down to eat breakfast when Emerald walked into the room. The only chair left was between Devon and me. I smiled internally because I didn’t want to frighten her. I could see the internal struggle on her face. Emerald huffed out a sigh and sat in the chair between the two of us. “Can you please pass the
Emerald I successfully avoided the twins for two days after the meeting. I knew as soon as they walked in that they were my mates. I immediately started to freak out internally. I saw grandpa Sam look at me, but I ignored him. Rich said something, but I violently shook my head to stop him from finishing his sentence. This could not be happening. I could feel them staring at me once everyone else sat down. I was able to keep myself from looking at them for most of the meeting. When I finally did, my heart stopped. I thought they were cute when I was 13, but now they looked like reincarnated Greek gods. Nate stood up, and shit, he had to be at least a foot and a half taller than me now. They both still had their wavy sun-kissed blonde hair and bright pale sapphire blue eyes. Devon smiled at me, and I gave him a soft smile, but it dropped as I turned back to face Alpha Jason, who was talking. “Emerald are you in there?” Grandpa Sam asks. The knocking at my door brought me
Scott I knew that if anyone found out that I had told Emerald what I told her, I would be thrown into the dungeon. I really don’t care. This had been our plan all along once we realized who she was. I had been talking with my cousin Ryder, and he told me about the girl his father had been looking for for years. Ryder had become his pack's alpha after his father died when he was 17. He is now 24. I was there when my Uncle Connor died. He had been searching for this girl since she was born. I knew Emerald was different and special when I first saw her. I knew immediately that she was the twin’s mate. They acted way too protective over her for her not to mean something to them. “Well did you show her the video and tell her what you know?” Ryder asked. “Yes, I told her that they are my friends and then showed her the video. She held it together well, but you could tell that it broke her.” I tell him. I actually felt bad doing this, and so did Ryder. We needed her off t
Helm Emerald was not present at breakfast this morning. I instantly got a back feeling in my gut. I could tell she was upset last night at dinner. She sat between the twins but kept her distance and wouldn’t touch them. I know that Rich went to her room and tried to talk to her. I also know that he didn’t get anywhere with that conversation. It was now almost noon, and I still had not seen Emerald. The twins and their father were not present at breakfast. They were in a meeting because some of the patrols also found rogue prints and picked up their scent. “Have you seen Emerald?” Lyra asks. “No, have you?” I ask. “No, and she was not in her room when I went to check on her.” Lyra states. “Her bag wasn’t there either,” Leena adds. I look over at Rich and see a concerned look on his face. Her bag is gone, which means she has left. I hear footsteps coming down the stairs, which means the meeting is over. The next part of this conversation is not going to go well.
Devon I have never been this scared in my life. All I want is to find Scott and kill him for telling Emerald all that shit and showing her that video. It has been six hours since I got here, and she is still sleeping. The doctor was in here checking on her about half an hour ago, and it appears that she is starting to heal. I am not sure what made her stop fighting herself long enough to let herself heal. She is not healing as fast as I or any other wolf would, but she is healing faster than a human. I think the fact that there is nothing I can do is what pisses me off even more. “I want her to wake up,” Nate says. “I do too, brother,” I reply. The two of us had not left her side since we got here. We have been sitting here on each side of her the whole time. I stand up because my back is starting to hurt from leaning against the top of the bed. I am also starving. I can hear Nate's stomach let out a very loud growl. We decide to go get something to eat. We walk out i
Emerald I remember Scott telling me what the twins had said and what they were going to do. I also remember the video. I left the next morning before breakfast. I headed to the waterfall and to my cave. I sat there for a few hours, just crying and trying to figure out why my life was so damn shitty. I couldn’t understand what I had done to deserve everything that had happened to me. I must have done something to make everyone not want or love me. I knew both my grandfathers loved me, and Rich and Helm also loved me. Both the fae and werecat kingdoms accepted me, but the rest of my family and my mates didn’t want me. I started walking towards town. “Well, what do we have here?” A man's voice asked. I looked up, and there stood three rogues. Two were already in wolf form, and one was in his human form. I watched as the one shifted, and I thought about fighting, but then I just closed my eyes and stood there. I knew they would attack me, and I figured this was my chance to
Alpha Jason When Emerald first arrived, I was shocked to see how much she had changed since the last time I saw her. Gone was the little girl and now, standing in front of me, was a beautiful woman. As soon as my sons walked in, I could tell they knew she was there. I knew they had caught her scent. Renee and I had both had a sneaking suspicion that the three of them were mates even back when they were 13. I was not expecting her to fight the bond as she did. I knew she had been treated terribly by that side of her family. I never realized how much damage they had done by telling her all those lies. “I am glad she is starting to trust the boys,” I told Renee. “I think they will be fine.” She says. I thought everything was going well until Tyler’s dad, my beta, sent me a mind link to rush over to the pack hospital. Renee and I hurried over there. I was horrified when I saw Emerald lying in that bed. When he told me what had happened, I was pissed and confused. I know