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48. The amulet
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Brother’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
Huling Na-update : 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
Huling Na-update : 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
Huling Na-update : 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
Huling Na-update : 2025-01-18Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 53. The Rosewater Coven
LiaThey say no news is good news, but I refuse to believe this is the case. No news is bad because it means the other side is planning something.Some may call me, Lia Brown, paranoid, but I had everyright ot be paranoid.The Rosewater Coven spend decades trying to track down my family so they could fulfill some stupid blood oath. It made no sense why they would go to those levels. What they should’ve done just left it alone and then we could all get on with our life.Yet, they wouldn’t.One of the few silver linings to this was that I was learning magic. While I was still waiting ot hear back from that woman, I was doing quite a bit of learning on my own. It seemed I was a fast learner because I had been able to cast a few spells up to this point.But regardless of how much magic I was learning, it still didn’t change the fact that I was a novice. I could only do so much.“We haven’t heard from the Rosewater Coven in weeks,” I said, breaking the tense silence in the room.“They’re r
Huling Na-update : 2025-01-18Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 54. Protection wrads
LiaThe silence from the Rosewater Clan is starting to get to me. I don’t know what the hell I am going to do about this. Because something is going on, even though the guys are trying to tell me it doesn’t mean anything.Gabi being pregnant gives them a huge opportunity. It enables them to possibly take her baby, finding a way to solve the blood oath. But I can’t imagine them taking my niece or nephew. Michael would fight tooth and nail, never allowing them to take his child.All of us would do the same.What if… they take Gabi? If they took Gabi then they could hold her hostage until she gives birth? I wouldn’t even be shocked if they didn’t kill her afterward because they wouldn’t have any need for her.Quickly I grab my phone, wanting to talk with Simone and see if she can offer me her perspective.I’ve been thinking… the Rosewater Coven hasn’t done anything to us in a while, but what if they’re just waiting for the right moment? What if they’re planning to take Gabi’s baby? I can
Huling Na-update : 2025-01-18Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 55. Magical community
LiaEven with the protection wards, I was desperate. There was only so much I could think to do and one option was reaching out to the magical community. I wrote up an email to every one of their associations I could think of, but all I heard were typical generic responses.It probably wasn’t even a person saying this but one of these automatic response that got sent out! I was angry, wishing they would help me with something. How could they not help a fellow species?The guys noticed one morning I was a little down. Rain nudged me and I smiled faintly at him.“You okay, Lia?”I shook my head. "I’ve been trying to get the magical community to help, but no one is responding. I sent messages to everyone I knew, and nothing. It’s like they’ve all turned their backs on us.""Have you tried reaching out to everyone you can think of? Maybe it's just a matter of timing or people being too busy.""No, I’ve done everything I can. No one’s even bothering to acknowledge me. It’s like I don’t exi
Huling Na-update : 2025-01-18Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates 56. My desire
LiaI always liked to check in with my brother and Zimone. They didn’t live at the house with us so it was the best way to communicate with them.With everything that was going on, I especially wanted to make sure everyone was safe and alive.Hey, Michael. Just checking in—I’ve been thinking about you and Gabi a lot lately. How are you both holding up? How’s she been feeling these days? I know things can get overwhelming, so I just wanted to see if there’s anything you need or if I can help in any way. -LHey, Lia. Thanks for reaching out and thinking of us—it means a lot. Honestly, we’re doing fine. Gabi’s been feeling a little more tired than usual, but the doctor reassured us everything is going just the way it should. You don’t have to worry so much, I promise. We’ve got it under control over here. -MOf course, I worry! That’s what sisters do, right? Especially with such an exciting, life-changing event like this. I just want to make sure you’re both okay. I know you’re handling t
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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
