Chapter Four: Fixing her shattered trust

The first thing I noticed when I woke up was pain. I groaned and tried to roll over but there were two bodies beside me, caging me in. I growled in annoyance and felt both sides of my anatomy responding to their heat and the feel of their hard bodies against me. I would have rejected them last night, but my wolf and I couldn’t. It was like our body was on fire. I could feel myself stiffening and making itself known.

I tried to jump out of bed, but their arms tightened around me and the sparks that I had always wanted made me moan out and my cock harden like a rock. Both of my mates woke up and looked straight at me with their beautiful eyes.

“Stay? Please?” Pyrite asked as his hand rubbed my upper stomach.

“We know that what we did was wrong, and if we could go back to yesterday and undo what we did, we would. We know that earning your trust and forgiveness will be a long journey, but we hope that one day you can find a way to forgive us for our stupidness.” Onyx said as he sat up and looked straight into my eyes.

“Maybe one day, but that day is not today,” I said as I got up out of their bed, still in my clothes from yesterday, and walked out.

I could hear them getting out of bed to follow me down the stairs as I searched for my group. Their scent was fading fast and I started to get annoyed. Where were they?

“Your group left yesterday afternoon and said that when we have gotten to know each other some more then we will be welcomed to visit,” Pyrite said as he came up on my left.

“What? H-how long was I out?” I asked. I was not happy! I wanted to leave! I don’t want to be around my mates who made me feel unwanted.

“It is now noon. So about twenty-four hours,” Onyx said from behind me.

A whole day? I missed out on a whole day? What the hell am I supposed to do now? Growling softly, I walked away from them and started to search for the kitchen. It didn’t take me long and when I got there I saw a few females and even some males.

“Your Majesties!” They all smiled at us and bowed in respect. I metally rolled my eyes and turned towards a small male eyeing my mates with a hungry gaze. I growled. My wolf hated the way the male was eyeing her mates and wanted to rip his eyes out. The male lowered his gaze quickly after that.

“Our mate is hungry, Head Cook Lerica. Would you fix us all a plate and bring them to the balcony?” Onyx asked her. I looked at him and smiled. I liked that they were nice to their staff. Then my smile quickly became a frown. They weren’t nice when they met me. They had rejected me and then accepted me the next day. Looking back up, I see the guilt in their eyes.

“Sapphire, if you would follow us we can direct you to the balcony,” Pyrite said with a small smile that didn’t reach his beautiful gold eyes.

“As you wish, Your Majesty,” I said as I nod my head and motion for them to lead the way. I noticed the way they both looked hurt at my words. I was never given permission to call them by their given names so I won’t. I may be their unwanted mate but I would never disrespect them in their own Kingdom.

Onyx led us through the kitchens, yes they had two connected kitchens, and then we walked through a formal dining room, into the hallway, up a set of stairs, and stopped at a balcony. Onyx opened the doors for us and motioned me to walk through first. As I walked out I gasped. They were surrounded by mountains on either side of the balcony with a set of stairs on each side like a grand staircase. At the end was a walkway to a small grassy area with a natural cul-de-sac like pond that was connected to a river and a cast iron fence that made sure nothing could get in or out of the natural pool.

“It’s so beautiful out here,” I said in awe of the beauty they held in their backyard.

“Our grandfather, Dante, made it for our grandmother, Celene, when they found out that they were mates. He tried to make a garden but my grandmother told him to stop spoiling her,” Pyrite said as he held the center chair out for me to sit. I sat down and winced, wishing that the stone chairs had padding on them.

“Are you alright?” Onyx asked as he claimed his own seat to my left and Pyrite sat to my right.

“The stone chairs are a little hard, but I’ll -,” I started to say but Onyx was up and back in a few seconds with two pillows in his hands. I stood up and he placed one pillow on the seat and one on the back. I blushed and sat down, his hand took a bit of my hair into his hand and smiled.

“If you need or want something, please just say so. We know what we did was wrong but we just thought what we did was right, but as soon as you left we knew that what we had done was wrong on so many levels and we will prove that to you, soon I hope.” Onyx said as he and Pyrite both kneeled next to my chair, grabbed a hand each and kissed my hands, shocks and tingles quickly came to life where their mouths still stayed.

“We will spend the rest of our lives making it up to you,” Pyrite said as he stood up.

We sat in silence and waited for our food. When the food came we all dug in. I finished first and sat back, watching my mates eat. Not going to lie, they were both gorgeous and sexy as fuck, but they hurt me. I got up and returned my plate to the cart the maid used to deliver our food and then walked down the stairs, ignoring my mates, and walked towards the water.

Sighing, I looked down at my reflection in the water. My mates liked men. I was only half. If I was being honest, they didn’t know. I look female. I act female. I even talk like a female. How were they to know that I was both? I thought of my wolf and tried to get her to talk to me but she was in the back of my mind, ignoring me. They hurt her badly. She wanted nothing to do with them at the moment.

“Sapphire?”

I looked behind me and saw my mates coming towards me.

“Yes?” I asked as I turned fully towards them.

“Would you like to spend the day with us?” Pyrite asked.

“Um-”

“You don’t have to if you really don’t want to, but we would like to get to know the real you. We messed up and we understand that, but please spend some time with us?” Onyx pleaded with me before I could speak.

“Sure, but I need a shower and to change first,” I said in a rush.

“Sounds great!” Pyrite said looking really happy.

We headed back to the room and they showed me where they put my stuff. I got my clothes and headed towards the bathroom in the next room despite Pyrite’s and Onyx’s disapproval. Turning on the water to warm the shower up, I quickly stripped and got in. I heard a knock on the door and opened the curtain.

“Yes?” I yelled.

“Sapphire? You forgot your bathroom stuff on the bed.” I hear Pyrite say through the door. I look in the shower and groan. Stepping out of the warm water, I wrap a towel around me and crack the door open and Pyrite holds my bathroom bag up.

“Thank you, Pyrite.” I say as I reach for my bag.

I try to take my bag when I hear a groan from him. Looking up I noticed that his eyes are turning gold and he’s clenching his jaw. I look down and see nothing except the top of my chest is exposed. As I looked back up at him I noticed that he took a half a step closer to me and raised his hand to my cheek.

I shudder as I feel the mate bond full force. I don’t know who moved first, but soon our mouths were connected in a hungry kiss. He dropped my bathroom bag onto the floor and shoved both hands into my hair. I moaned against his mouth and he deepened the kiss. Our tongues fight each other and then slowly slide against the others. We pulled apart and he slid one hand to my waist and used the one still in my hair to pull my head back. He then kissed his way down to my neck, sucking, licking, and kissing everywhere he touched.

“Sapphire,” Pyrite groaned out.

I gasped, pulling away from him, and looked into his hungry gold eyes. I quickly looked down and saw my excitement on full display and rushed to turn around, giving Pyrite my back. Pyrite’s growl shocked me and I whipped my head back in his direction to see him coming closer to me, then stopped and walked away without a glance back in my direction.

Tears started to fall down my face and I could feel my wolf whimpering in my head as we both felt the sting of being rejected, again. The Void process only worked if we were rejected verbally. I sighed and quickly grabbed the bag that Pyrite dropped and finished my shower.