Chapter 12 - Lauren

That time with Carl was the best of my entire life. Though we could not act as mates would in front of others, we were friends. We joked. We laughed. We touched casually.

And at night, all three of us were together.

We never say it. We never tell each other that we love each other. But it is there. In every look. Every kiss. Every caress. But the act of saying the words…I think it would make it even harder for us to give each other up.

We tell Christine everything. How my males found out that they were mates. How Richard and I met. How Carl and I met. And how I have yet to reject him.

She pleads with me to reject him before they mate each other. Not because she thinks that he won’t follow through with the mating. He has given his word and Carl is nothing if not true to his oath.

No, my friend wishes to save me the pain. I appreciate it. Truly I do. But Carl and Richard are everything to me. They are the other parts of my soul. I will not reject him no mat