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44. Witches
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Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 45. Havenbrook
MattStrangely, Lia and Michael never knew they were witches. Hell, I don’t even know if their mother knew anything. I don’t know what the hell I would’ve done if I found out that I was suddenly I was a witch.I could see the toll it was taking on Lia. She was stressed, wondering what to do about this blood oath. The four of us wanted to help Lia, but I didn’t know what to do.We kept asking Lia if she needed anything—needed any help. One morning, Lia took me up on that offer. She looked resolute, determined to find out the information she needed.“Matt, are you up to driving me about an hour away to Havenbrook?”I blinked. “What do you want in the small town of Havenbrook?”It was a small town an hour from our city. I had no idea why she wanted to go there.“I need answers.”I sighed. “Yes, I get that you need answers Lia but what are you talking about? Just explain.”“Havenbrook has an extensive coven and witchcraft library that I want to get my hands on,” she explained. “I’ll be ab
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-01-11Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 46. Different species
LiaThe next morning I sat across from my brother. He had come over to visit and I explained everything to him, watching as his face shifted into anger.“Why didn’t you tell me sooner?”“I didn’t want to worry you,” I whispered. “Look she came here to talk with me so I wanted to try to handle it myself. It’s not like I didn’t tell the guys.”Michael scowled. “So you told everyone in the pack except me?”“I… didn’t mean to not tell you.”“For one, I’m your brother, Lia, and two… I’m a part of the Moonveil pack! Don’t you think I have a right to know if some crazy coven is after us?”Colby cleared his throat. “Michael, she was pretty shaken up by what happened but even after that she went to Havenbrook to get some answers. That was all her.”“Hey, I was there too!” Matt shouted.Rain nodded. “Yeah, Matt did the driving. Never ignore the one who does the driving. It’s a very important part of the journey.“Rain, shut up.”He whimpered and gave Matt a wounded look.“Hey, I’m just trying t
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-01-11Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 47. Blood oath
JesseI glanced over at Colby who was tenser than I had ever seen him. Rain and Matt couldn’t come, leaving me and Colby to join Lia and Michael.They agreed to meet this witch in a park about a thirty-minute drive from our house. I kept glancing at my phone, growling when I realized only a minute or so had passed since I last looked at it.“She’s late,” I announced, even if it were the most obvious thing in the world.Michael gave me a look. “Jesse, you sound like Rain; stating the obvious just for the sake of saying it. What’s gotten into you?”“She’s almost an hour late and I’m sick of standing here,” I ground out.Suddenly, in a puff of smoke, this woman who gave off a witchy aura appeared. She looked exactly like the woman Lia had described. I watched her carefully, not trusting her as far as I could trust her.This woman meant nothing good. They were here to collect on a blood oath, none of which was anyone’s fault. Certainly not Lia and Michael’s fault.“You must be the mates,”
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-01-11Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 48. The amulet
RainThe day started as normal. I mean, if you ignore the tense aura in the household. Everyone was on edge with the witches wanting to fulfill their blood oath and all. Honestly, I didn’t know what to make of it for the most part.These witches come out of nowhere, demanding payment for something that my future mate and my fellow pack member shouldn’t even have to deal with. It’s so stupid!Jesse would call me silly but I didn’t care. It was stupid, plain and simple. What other reaction could you have to it other than that?But there was nothing silly about their intention to hurt us. I remembered thinking about the curses or hexes they could cast. Would they be the ones who called for our death?Fuck I hoped not. I wasn’t ready to die.When I was reading about blood oaths, it became clear that they could also be fulfilled through death. It wasn’t the most ideal way to do so, but this was what could be done if the persons refused to cooperate.My stomach dropped at the thought of Lia
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-01-11Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 49. Curse
LiaNow that all that curse business was temporarily out of the way, I was ready to get back to my regular life. But, of course, it could never be that easy.My brother shot me a message over text that weekend, making me frown because of how strange he was being.Hey, I need to talk to you and the guys about something. It’s important. -MOkay… what’s it about? -LYou’ll find out when I tell you. Can we meet at your place later? -MCome on, just tell me now. -LNope. You’ll have to wait. -MIs this about the pack? Are we in trouble or something? -LNo, it’s nothing like that. -MThen what? Did you get a new job? Are you moving? -LYou’re not going to guess. Just let me tell you in person. -MIs Gabi okay? Are YOU okay? -LWe’re both fine, I promise. You don’t need to worry. It’s good news. -MGood news? Then why the suspense?! -LBecause I want to see your face when I tell you. -MUgh, you’re so dramatic. Just text it to me. -LNot happening. Be patient. -MFine, whatever. What time are
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-01-11Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 50. Half vampire
RainI felt like I was sneaking around, but it wasn’t like I needed an excuse to visit my mother. She was my mother! No one needed an excuse to visit their mother.The two of us were sitting across from each other at a café across from where she lived. Dad couldn’t be with us so it was just the two of us. I squirmed in my seat, staring down at my coffee that was full of sugar. And when I say it was filled with a lot of sugar, I mean it was filled with a lot of sugar and cream.Most of my coffee was half cream and sugar with just a bit of coffee.“So, Mom, can you explain this whole vampire thing?”She smiled softly. “Well, it comes from your dad’s side. He is half vampire from his grandfather.”“A vampire and a werewolf had a baby?” I asked in disbelief. “It sounds like the beginning of a really bad joke.”“Well, it’s the truth,” Mom said, giving me a look. “Don’t make jokes at a time like this, Rain. This is a serious situation. You are a vampire.”I groaned. “What the hell does a va
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-01-11Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 51. The magic
LiaI needed someone to teach my magic, that much I was sure of. The Rosewater Coven was going to continue to be a thorn in our side so I wanted to protect myself.What better than to use the magic they were trying to use again us and turn it around on them?A few times this week I tried casting a spell, but nothing happened. It made me wonder if I truly had magic within me.Then Rain offered me words of wisdom put in the simplest way possible.“Maybe it’s within you but has to be awakened?” Rain suggested, shoving a huge bite of pancakes in his mouth. “I didn’t know I had vampire blood until I was cursed.”Colby wrinkled his nose in disgust.“He’s gross, but what he’s saying is right, Lia. Maybe it sleeps with in you.”“But if that’s the case how do I wake it up?” I asked desperately.Jesse blinked. “None of us are magic experts, Lia. You should speak with someone who knows magic—like that woman you spoke to the other day.”“Yeah, that’s a good idea, Lia,” Matt exclaimed. “That woman
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-01-18Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 52. Good night
RainAdjusting to being a vampire was easier than I thought it would be. Since I was half werewolf, I didn’t have to deal with all the trouble vampires experienced, but I still had bloodlust. Everyone had been asking me about it, wanting to know how I was fairing.Lia was no different. She sent me one of her usual texts, wanting to know how I was doing. It did make my heart flutter. The two of us had come so far since first finding out we were mates. I’d be forever grateful that we had managed to overcome the odds.Hey, how’s the whole bloodlust thing going? Are you holding up okay?– LEh, it’s manageable. Cravings are still a thing, though. Like right now, I could really use a snack.– ROh? What are you craving?– LBlood. What else would it be?– RWell, I mean… you can always bite me.– LHaha, funny. Good one, Lia.– RI’m not joking.– LWait, what? Are you serious?– RYeah. When we’re both home, you can drink some of my blood.– L… Is this a trap? This feels like a trap.– R
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Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 215. Four fathers
LiaBefore we got there, Matt shifted into a wolf.I stared at him.“Matt what the fuck.”Colby blinked. “Yeah seriously what the fuck.”“It’s a way to show that we mean business,” Matt said, snapping his teeth to make a point.I pinched the bridge of my nose.Matt was pretty intimidating in his wolf form, his black coat reflecting off the sunlight. His tail was lowered, ears flattened down onto his skull to show he meant business. Or he further meant business.I wanted to shame him, to tell him that we couldn’t do this. It was a bad idea to go in there guns blazing so to speak or for us to be shifted in our wolf forms. What it was going to do was make everyone look at us like we were going to lash out at them.“Matt, please shift back. As your omega and mother of your twins, I am asking you. Don’t you think you can do that for me?”Colby stifled a laugh. “Oh, that’s good. Use the fact that you are our omega. I think it would break even Jesse.”I looked at Jesse. He didn’t say anythin
Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 214. Ghosts
RainIt was safe to say shit was getting real.I hated saying that shit was going to get real but this was what was happening.How was I not screaming, running back and forth, ready to pull my hair out with frustration? I didn’t know what to do. But I had to stay calm, especially with me being home with the kids right now.I was staying back with the twins while Matt, Jesse, Colby, and Lia went to talk with the coven. It had been my decision to stay back with the twins because I loved being around them.But it was also more than that. I couldn’t imagine myself stepping away from them while all this shit was going on. What kind of father would I be?No, I didn’t want to say that. That made it sound like the rest of the pack were bad parents for going. And that wasn’t fair. They were doing what needed to be done for all of us. For the kids, too.Still, I couldn’t help but feel this heavy weight in my chest at the thought of leaving them, even for a few hours. Every time I looked at Rowa
Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 213. Evil
JesseWhen I got up that morning, something strange happened.I noticed Lia sitting there at the table with her scrying crystal and a map of the area spread out in front of her. Her fingers hovered over the glass like she’d been there for a while, focused, tense.“Lia, what are you doing?”“Nothing.”I sighed. “Are you seriously going to sit there and tell me that you are doing nothing when you are doing something?”Lia dropped the crystal so loudly that it clattered onto the table.“Fuck, Jesse. I’m trying to scry for the Rosewater Coven.”There was a name I hadn’t heard in a while. And one I wished had stayed buried.The mention of the Rosewater Coven was still a little raw for me. I kept thinking about what they had done and how they had nearly fucked over our pack. But everything was fine now.Mostly.It didn’t mean I could let go of this one specific grudge. Usually, I was able to. I could shrug things off, move forward. But not this time. Not with them.“Why the hell are you loo
Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 212. Kiss
MattIt was one of those days were we were out and trying to pretend everything was all right.This was easier said than done. Rain was currently becoming more of a vampire. We had his blood tested and it proved that this was true.No one knew why it was kicking in all of a sudden. This just seemed to be happening for some reason.The doctors couldn’t explain it, the elders, scientists, or anyone.My theory was that it was tied to the twins. Perhaps Rowan, being a vampire, had helped bring out more of Rain’s vampire senses because he wanted to protect him. But I hadn’t shared this theory with anyone, afraid that it might be wrong.Honestly no one fucking knew and all we had were theories.The best thing we could do was just deal with it.But right now, we were going ot be having a break.Simone had agreed to watch the twins, which made Lia nervous. When Simone first offered, I saw the look of panic flash across her face.“I don’t know,” Lia whispered. “I don’t want to leave the twins
Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 211. Gemma and Rowan
LiaRain seemed to be going through something.He wasn’t his usual cheery self, which made me realize it could be tied to all this craziness. Our twins were acting strange, dealing with this curse, and that strange vision I had. So far, nothing else had happened, but I was on edge. I was constantly on edge regarding this situation.But Rain? His behavior was making me feel even worse because I wasn’t sure how to handle it. There was already the blood issue. He was drinking more blood, much more than normal.I already confronted him about it, but he brushed it off as nothing.Or tried to anyway.He’d laughed it off, called it “a phase,” but I could see the tension in his jaw, the flicker of something unreadable in his eyes.After our conversation, I brought this up with the rest of the pack—or more specifically, my mates. They should know what was going on with Rain.“It’s like he is becoming more of a vampire than a wolf,” Matt said out loud during our conversation.Everyone, includin
Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 210. Prophecy
LiaIt was another prophecy. I knew it. How did I know it? Well, I just felt it in my bones.And then I had a dream. Well, not a dream, but it was a vision. I hadn’t gotten a vision in a long time. By this point in my life, I was thinking that I was incapable of having them.But that night, they came back full force.I’m walking through the house. I am cleaning and just taking care of things. The house is quiet, but it’s late, so this is normal.When I hear a noise from upstairs, I run upstairs, taking two at a time. The noise came from the direction of the twins’ room, so I wanted ot make sure I could get to them to see what was happening.I walk inside, the two still in their little beds, fast asleep. Their chests are rising and falling, eyes completely closed. The twins are fine, fast asleep, and sleeping the night away.But what had that noise been?Swallowing, I stood there for a while, but finally managed to talk myself into leaving. I turned around and left, only to stumble upo
Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 209. Ancient curses
RainIt was difficult to pretend nothing was wrong. I tried my best, especially when I was in the presence of the twins.They were pretty perceptive for almost three years old. In two days, they would be three years old, and I was trying to be happy over their upcoming birthday, but I couldn’t deny that something strange was going on.The twins had always acted strangely. They didn’t cry that much compared to other children I had been around. But I always chalked it up to them being intelligent and hyperperceptive compared to other children out there.Now I was wondering if there was more to it.I was bathing the twins right now, helping them wash up and get ready for tonight. The twins were playing in the water, splashing one another. Everything was normal until they looked at me.“Daddy Rain?” Rowan asked, tilting his head to the side.I grinned. It was always great when the kids called me daddy. They called all of us daddy, followed by our names. This was the best way for Gemma and
Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 208. Cursed children
JesseWhen Lia came to us the next night and said she caught the twins saying they were hearing strange whispers, I didn’t know what to think. She said that it either sounded like someone was saying the twins were cursed or someone was in the process of cursing them.This just begged the question—who the fuck was trying to curse our twins. It pissed me off to think that they would dare to do such a thing. Who would curse children? They weren’t even three years old. Yet. Soon they would be three years old, but it didn’t matter.Either way, no matter which way you sliced it, they were children. Children didn’t deserve this. Why would they curse children?It did fill me with anger, making me punch the wall. Lia happened to walk into the room, eyeing me.“Why did you punch the wall?I sighed. “Why do you think I punched the wall? Our twins are being targeted, but this begs the question: Why are they being targeted? It makes no fucking sense.”Lia sighed softly, taking a seat at the kitche
Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 207. Birthday
LiaThe next step was to get the kids tested. We always wanted to do it after the kids were born to figure out who the kids were biologically related to, but things always got pushed off.To be frank, Rowan and Gemma were being raised by all of us. It didn’t matter who their biological fathers were, but now it was important to find out.With a simple test, we found out that Rain was the father of Rain while Gemma was biologically Jesse’s. No one reacted because we were all raising the kids together, so it didn’t matter. Except, Rain being Rowan’s biological father made things complicated.“Oddly, he is showing more vampire traits than wolf,” I muttered one night while sitting around the living room with my mates. “Gemma has shifted into a wolf many times—including yesterday when she chased around a stray cat from inside the house.”Rain laughed. “Gottta love that kid.”“Rain,” Matt muttered, giving him a look. “Now is not the time.”I pinched the bridge of my nose, trying to calm myse
