They gulped, looking like deer caught in headlights. Their eyes darted from me to my back and I could tell they were bewildered.
“Baby girl,” Mitch started as he took steady steps towards me. “Why don't you go upstairs and get dressed? You might get a cold.”“Why?” I frowned, pouting like a kid. I knew what I was doing, but I pretended to be innocent, smiling at them as if I were unaware of my actions.“You will catch a cold if you continue sitting in your towel alone. Why don't we go upstairs so you can change? Mike is almost through with dinner. We will be down in time to eat,” he spoke to me like one who was talking to a child, gently as if he were walking on eggshells.Even the smile on his face was forced. I could tell they were uncomfortable because of how I was. Who knows what was going through their mind at the moment? Could they be thinking of how sexy I was, sitting on the stool?“No, I don't think it's necessary. You of all should know just how good my health is. Come on, just help me dry my hair and I will go up to change.” I smiled, still acting as innocent as I could while having a not-so-innocent mind.If only they knew what was going on in my mind, they would have sought the nearest asylum for me. They wouldn't be comfortable around me, should they get to know what goes in my thoughts every day. Especially when they are with me.Mike cleared his throat. The others turned to look at him, tacit understanding passed through their gazes. It was as if they were communicating with their minds. They frequently do that, so I had gotten used to it.Miles nodded before he turned to me. Just like Mitch, he kept his entire attention on the face. None of them tried to glance down, knowing what they would see should they do so.“Baby girl, why don't you do as Mitch asked? Do you want me to escort you up? We can get you into dry clothes and get your hair dry.” He swallowed as his eyes left my face. A glance at my upper body was all it took for him to flush a deep red.One would have thought they were innocent had I not known they were playboys. Though I never saw them getting intimate with their cheating mate, they slept with most of the girls in our high school.Everyone knew who they were. It wasn't a secret that they had even slept with almost all of the female teachers. However, there they were, blushing like virgins.“No, I want to stay here. If it suits you, you can go up and get my clothes for me. I dropped them on the bed,” I stated, folding my arms as I discreetly widened my legs. I made it seem like I was unconsciously doing it.Mitch sighed. He ran his hand through his hair, scratching a bit, before he turned to face me. “Why don't you go up there and change?”“I'm tired,” I deadpanned, yawning to further solidify my remarks. “Just get my clothes. It won't hurt anyone should I decide to change my attire here. After all, we are the only ones here,” I pointed out, challenging them to refute my words.One thing I learned about them was their inability to say no to me. They hardly ever reject my requests. They always do what I ask, doting on me like our father ingrained in them to do.He sighed once more before he turned and headed up the stairs, while the others stood frozen, looking behind me instead of at me. Their faces were red, and they kept on swallowing. Their Adam's apple sexily bobbed up and down, rhythmically.“What did you prepare?” I broke the silence by gesturing towards the pot on fire, while still acting like a baby.“Oh, your favourite. Lotus soup. Mitch begged me to make it for you, but I think he's the one who wants to eat it the most. We also have chicken soup,” he spoke fast and hurried like one rushing somewhere.Mike didn't say a word, just nodding and trying not to look at me.“That's good. Rice?”“Yep.”And once more, silence descended in our midst. My brothers didn't say a word, but their faces spoke volumes. It made teasing them much more interesting. They looked like they were about to combust.“Are these the clothes you brought out?” Mitch asked the moment he got downstairs. He presented the clothes to me from a distance as if I would bite him should he step closer.“Yep.” I took the shorts and tank top from him. “Thanks a bunch.” I smiled up at him, nibbling my lower lip.“My pleasure!” Blushing a deep scarlet, he went over to where his brothers were. “Get dressed. I will help you dry your hair after that. We can all have dinner when I'm through.”“Great!” I rose from the kitchen stool. Before any of them knew what was happening, I loosened the towel and dropped it, standing naked in front of them.“Fuck!” they growled at the same time, hastily turning their backs to me, but not before I saw the yellow in their eyes, evidence of what they were thinking.“Baby girl!” Mitch growled. “What the hell are you doing?!” His voice was hoarse. He sounded different.Shivers went down my spine at the feeling his voice evoked in me. One would have thought I would be scared, but that was exactly what I craved.“What's wrong? Didn't you ask me to get changed, so I don't catch a cold?” I pouted, sounding like a wronged kid, pretending like I didn't know what I was doing.“Just get dressed fast, okay?”“No prob!”I got dressed faster, knowing they wouldn't turn until I was dressed. Well, I have gotten the first part done, tomorrow, we continue.Wish me luck.“But before that, you guys need to wash up,” I said in my way stern voice. “What do you do after a full day of playing out?” “We wash up!” Blue replied while the girls groaned.“Good. It's time to do that, darlings.” The girls sighed at my words. With their shoulders drooped and matching frowns on their faces, they strode towards the stairs, with Blue skipping all the way.“How was work, darling?” Miles asked as he placed a kiss on my left cheek. “Good.” Smiling, I stepped into the kitchen to announce my return to my other mates before I went upstairs to help the kids with their bath. The girls asked to go first, so they could rush downstairs and eat the cookies their dad promised them before Blue could finish. And being the best mummy I could for my son, I bathed him first, while the girls groaned about how unreasonable this was. Really? They thought it was unfair because I didn't honour their wishes. I couldn't be blamed for that, though. Not when Blue was the only one who wo
Four Years Later“Mum!” I turned at the call, smiling as Hazel ran towards me. “See mummy, I drew a cat!” she yelled out. “Oh, darling.” I got down on one knee so I could hug her. “Let's see.” I took the drawing book from her and made a surprised expression at the cat she drew. “It's wonderful!” I leaned down and placed a kiss on her forehead. “Soon, you will be so good at this, you will beat the best artists in the entire world.” “Even the humans?” She looked up, her eyes sparkling.“Yeah, those.” I patted her red hair, which was so much like my father's. Well, our babies all had red hair and blue eyes. I assumed they would have the same hair as their fathers, but they took after their grandfather. “Mum!” Scarlet and Blue ran towards me, yelling as they tried to outrun each other.Seeing how delighted they were at my return, you would think I left them for a trip, not knowing I just returned from work. Ever since the pack opened the veil to welcome the human city, the human
When I assumed things couldn't get any better, my mates proved me wrong. I didn't know they were still thinking of the mating ceremony. I had long given up on that. Despite the change of treatments from the pack; I assumed they wouldn't fully accept me. Who would have thought my mates would get them to accept me?They didn't tell me about that because the elders were still waiting for an auspicious day. As my due date got nearer, they became apprehensive. However, they didn't tell me the reason until the elders provided a date, two days before the date the doctor gave me. They were so thrilled, they almost hugged the living hell out of me. It felt like they were going to press our babies out from how happy they were as they expressed their happiness. I might not be a werewolf, but I understood how important it was for them to bond with me before the babies arrived. Father was, after all, the one who made the rules. Funny enough, I had forgotten about that until Mitch mentioned it.
SUMMERIt appeared Helen was the one who followed me. While the others burned in the house, she escaped so she would get rid of me, as revenge. It turned out her lover died in the fire with the rest.We fought with each other, and she would have hit the stone on my head, but she slipped. When I saw her on the floor, I couldn't tell what got over me as I climbed on her and used the rock she intended to kill me with on her. It wasn't until she was dead that I realized what I had just done. My hands shook as I watched her, tears streaming down my eyes at the sight of the lifeless woman I had just killed. I didn't know what to do, and could only sit there bawling out my eyes as I tried to tell the world I didn't harm her intentionally. Had she not sought to kill me, I doubt I would have harmed her. It took a lot from my mates to console me until I stopped shivering. Though I kept on muttering that I didn't mean to murder her, I wasn't as scared as I was when I hit her head with the sto
“I support that,” I added when I noticed my brothers were looking at me, waiting for my confirmation. “It's settled then. No matter how many fake tracks we will get, we have all decided to scale through them, right?” John lifted an eyebrow, waiting for our reply. “That's right.” We nodded. If he was pissed we spoke at the same time, he didn't let it show. Instead, he grinned as he turned, and soon took off. We followed him, my brothers having changed into their human form after our first fight. They realized it was easier to fight the bloodsuckers in our human forms since our wolves were vulnerable to their claws.And like that, we ended up going to ten bases. It wasn't until the last one that we got on the right track. We learned it from a vampire who recognized John. It turned out John was with the vampire prince, who ran away from home when he was eighteen and refused to return.The night we beat him up was his first day away from home. Hearing about that made us guilty. Though
MITCHIt turned out we were right by enlisting John's help. I doubt we would have discovered a trail had he not been with us. Though it was painful to say these words, I would do that. His nose was more sensitive and sharp than ours was. While we couldn't pick up a scent from the different ones in the air, he could do that. He didn't even have to continue sniffing as he went like we would have done.Not only did he discover Summer's scent among the millions in the air, but he also found out that whoever took her was working with vampires. I would have teased him about not knowing the things his pack members were involved with but thought better about it. We had far more pressing matters to do, and teasing wasn't part of it. John didn't immediately set out when he got the scent he was looking for. He kept on sniffing to make sure his nose wasn't picking up the wrong ones before he took off. My brothers changed into their wolf forms and ran after him, while I called Jeremy for reinfor