Mate To Two: The Twin Brothers' Craving

NYLA’S POV

“No. No, this can’t happen. H—he was here just now.”

I woke up to see my son, my only possession, was no longer lying beside me on the floor. He’d be taken away from me overnight.

It was shocking because he was the last thing they could have dared to take away from me.

Was murdering my parents in cold blood not enough? What about our house they burnt down and then held me captive?

Like it wasn’t enough, I have also been imprisoned here for good eight months now. Why, you ask? It was because I fell in love.

I was just a normal nineteen year old omega without a wolf. It was tough and we could barely make ends meet but my parents still managed to send me to Bloodfang Academy, a place meant for the elite filthy rich borns and not an ordinary person like me. Their hope was if I trained well, sooner, I’d be able to gain my wolf.

Although I finally did, the night we all gathered for an end of the year celebration, I met my mate and it was our pack Alpha’s son, Xander.

Unlike most people would have been, I wasn’t ecstatic. I felt like the moon goddess was intentionally playing a trick on me.

As the Alpha’s heir, not only his parents looked up to him but the entire pack. The very second that he took his first breath, they had betrothed him to someone, a woman of the same caste as him.

It was only right that I, a daughter of a nobody, take a step back from him and reject our bond. However, the closer that Xander tried to get to me, the more I found it harder to continue keeping my distance from him. And soon, his charms began to get into my head.

Before I knew it, I had fallen head over heels for him and we became inseparable—the typical school’s power couple.

But, it was all fun while it lasted. When the news got to his parents, chaos erupted and I almost wished for death.

I knew how dangerous the ruling Alpha was, and I had no intention of playing with a raging fire. By all means, I meant to put everything back into place and avoid putting my parents in a tight spot. But my only option, leaving him, vanished into thin air as I realized I had gotten pregnant for him.

I was able to break the news to Xander. He assured me he was going to find a way for us, and that we were going to take care of the child together, but that was all it was. He vanished soon after and I never saw him again since then.

But relenting wasn’t an option for me. I visited the pack house countless times in search for him, and each time, I always ended up being chased away by the guards positioned at the gate.

I still remembered how I walked back home in the rain one day, regret coursing through my veins. It was the day that I decided to inform my parents about my pregnancy. I expected them to look at me with disappointment in their eyes, knowing I had failed them, but they only pulled me close.

“You tried your best, Nyla. Now leave it to us to take care of the rest. This pup won’t be without a father, it’s a promise.”

I had nodded, my face soaked in tears, but only if I had known that would be the last time I would ever see them.

They went to the pack house to plead acceptance for me, but never returned. I hadn’t even finished grieving the heart-shattering news when a convoy of men came, stripped the roof from over my head, and dragged me to the pack house.

After they took everything away from me and locked me up in this cage, as hopeless as I was, I didn’t let depression bring me down.

I ate the little they gave me, forced myself to stay happy, and even in this cramped space, I made sure to move my limbs. Anything to keep my baby in good condition.

However, when I gave birth and they didn’t try to take my child away from me like I feared was their reason for keeping me here all this while, my hope was renewed. But now, now… it has happened. He’s gone.

“A—anyone there? I can’t find my child,” My voice broke as I pounded my hands on the cell gate tirelessly. “Please, please bring him back to me.” I let out a gut-wrenching cry.

No one came.

I knew a few of the guards must have heard me, but they all pretended to be deaf to my pleas.

Soon, my legs began to wobble and before I knew it, I had collapsed on the dirty ground, my heart shattering into tiny bits.

I knew there was nothing I could do as long as I was trapped in this cell. But that night, something inside me broke.

I forgot how to be happy. And gradually, weeks went by and I began to lose hold of myself as a maddening rage consumed me whole. If the fact they haven’t returned him back to me meant anything, then it was that I was never seeing him again. I had lost my son forever.

I sat rigidly at one corner of the cell, my teeth knocking together as the cold sank into my skin. I haven’t slept for the longest time. But I could feel my eyes starting to close now.

Until the cell gate suddenly creaked open. All thought of sleep vanished as I jolted upright, my heart leaping into my throat.

The presence was lingering close.

I was too afraid, too scared to raise my head and see who it was. They only came here whenever it’s time to take from me, and now, I had nothing left but myself. I wouldn’t be so surprised if they’ve decided it was high time they get rid of me.

“Nyla, right? It’s me, Kade.” The voice came. It was quiet, soothing, and unlike the spiteful ones I was used to here.

I gulped down the bile in my throat, anxiety crawling up my chest. I might not have recognized his voice, but that name rang a bell. Kade. Wasn’t that Xander’s twin brother?

My eyes snapped up at once. “W…what are you doing here?” I stuttered, shifting backward until my back hit the wall.

I could have gasped, but I was already used to pain. What I wasn’t used to, however, was the tiny fear that sprouted at the back of my mind as his pale blue eyes seeped into mine.

“I heard you were here. Then, I thought, why not visit an old friend?”

He stood tall in his white shirt, sleeves rolled to his elbows, veins straining against his arms and those eyes—burning holes through my head—empty of any warmth and unreadable.

Although they’re twins, practically carbon copies of each other, Kade has always looked rugged, hotter and attractive, in his black ink snaking all the way to his neck. Also the most dangerous one of the two, the she-wolves line up daily for a chance to crawl into his bed. But never me.

He might be a beautiful beast but that’s more reason why I’ll always choose his brother over him, again and again.

“We were never friends,” I reminded him in case he forgot, my fists clenched by my drenched dress. “Why exactly are you here?”

Kade has always hated me. Back at Bloodfang Academy, wherever I went with Xander, he was always there, smirking hatefully at me like he knew something I didn’t. But I never questioned him about it.

Or maybe I didn’t get to. He suddenly stopped coming. Word has it he got into trouble and was banished from the pack for the time being. But I took those as what they were—mere rumors. They could never be trusted. After all, he was the Alpha’s son. No matter what crime was committed, they could always cover it up.

Yet, I wouldn’t lie, his expulsion excited me. It was as though being freed from shackles.

But now, it seemed my freedom had now come to an end. My past nightmare, with his signature smirk that I thought I had escaped from, was here. Once again.

He pushed back from the wall he was leaning against and began to move closer, his black boot resounding noisily in the air.

My teeth sank into my bottom lip, drawing blood. No, don’t tell me he was closing the distance between us.

My instinct screamed at me to rise up, just anything to dodge him but he’d already reached me.

“Nyla,” He whispered my name as he crouched before me, eyes scanning mine and my breath hitched. “How about I help you out?” He raised a brow, his voice dropping lower.

Momentarily stunned, I searched his face, staring longer than I should have.

Then…

“Why would you?” I asked, suspicion roaming my eyes.

This wasn’t the Kade I knew. Even Xander, my mate, couldn’t help me. Fuck, he never even visited me since I was here. But someone who has a history of being my biggest hater, wanted to lend a helping hand?

Something I couldn’t quite decipher flickered in his gaze. “Because we are—” He started, but I knew fully well where he was heading.

“Old friends?” I interrupted, a scoff bursting out of my mouth before I could stop it. “No. Actually, I don’t need your favor.” I said and looked away from him, but I couldn’t help the way my heart was thumping with expectation.

Like I wanted this.

Whereas I should be worried. Who knows? Kade could be one of their aid, taking me to be slaughtered.

He needed more to convince me but why was a part of me willing to jump on this offer nevertheless?

Perhaps because I knew I might never get a chance like this again. After many nights of crying up to her, the moon goddess had suddenly remembered me and sent in help. Refusing this could mean spending the rest of my miserable life in this hellhole.

The silence dragged on between us, thick enough to choke on. Right, there’s no harm giving him the benefit of doubt. If he failed me, I shall willingly take my death sentence. At least, it’s better than living with regret of not trying at all, for the rest of my life.

I opened my mouth to speak, but hesitated. As it dawned on me I almost forgot my pup.

I might not know about his welfare and he’s probably already dead, but no matter how desperate and hopeless I was, a mother doesn’t survive without her child.

I sucked in a shaky breath, like it hurt just to force the words out. “I’m not leaving here without my baby.” I firmly told him, standing up suddenly to walk away from him.

But he blocked my path.

“What if I say I’m getting him for you, too? Will you follow me then?” His voice was deep and direct, gaining my attention.

I looked into his eyes, surprise evident on my face.

Strangely, his expression carried concern, and it shook me off balance. Could I really trust him?