The couple finally stops kissing and they both hug me. The girl is crying and her face feels wet when she presses it against my neck, but I don’t mind. I’m very happy.I ask them where they’re from. The guy is from the Manelik pack and the girl is from the Kallistar pack. See? This beautiful union wouldn’t have happened if it weren’t for me! Now the council won’t have any choice but to accept this as something we do constantly. They have to.I chat with the lucky couple for a few more seconds, but then I return to my own table. And as I’m walking there, I look at every single man like a hawk, waiting for my own third mate, since the two I used to have are sons of bitches. Literally, in Asheron’s case.And speaking of him, I make eye contact with him by accident and the way my heart pounds almost makes me trip, but I manage to save myself and look forward again, as if I don’t care about his existence. But I totally notice that he’s sitting around two men, and honestly, I like that.{
I try my fucking hardest to engage in conversation with Justin’s friends, but my stupid brain is not wired correctly. I can’t put my attention to things I don’t care about, like their conversation about which girl around here they want to fuck the most. My treacherous eyes move back to Georgie just five minutes later… and I see she’s not here anymore. That sets off all my alarms and forces me to stop pretending I don’t care. My heart starts beating hard against my chest and my wolf perks up, feeling like something isn’t right. She could be in danger. “Cain, where the fuck are you going?” my brother asks, but I ignore him and I walk, pushing bodies out of my way while I search for Georgie near the last place I saw her, but she’s not here. I look around for a while, starting to lose my patience… and then I finally see her.Walking next to the guy with the happy hands, one of which is still placed in her lower back. Her bare lower back. They’re walking away from the party, towards
Good, that’s good. Asheron will stop whatever nonsense is going on.I take a deep breath trying to stop the jealousy that was eating me inside out, but even though I try to go back to the party and stay away from this situation that has nothing to do with me… I lose the battle two minutes later.I curse myself before jogging after Asheron. I just have to make sure Georgie is alright. Princess Georgette Colucci is the quintessential good girl, I know deep down she would never do something like leave a party she threw to go hook up with someone other than her mate. Her two mates. But I just want to make sure that guy is not forcing himself on her or something. Maybe I didn’t see her smiling… maybe she was crying.“Check the kitchen,” Asheron orders and we split, looking for them through the palace… the very empty palace. With every empty room we enter and check, my heart races faster and my wolf gets more than ready to come out and fuck shit up. The options of where they could be ar
That catches me so off guard, I stumble with my words a bit.“I di— I hav— How—“Georgie mimics me childishly and she looks so ridiculous doing it that it almost makes me laugh... except I can’t because I know I'm in trouble. Georgie knows exactly the kind of things I've done in Amsterdam. I've told her that I go there with sex as the main goal, usually. I’ve given her extreme details. This time it wasn't like that, obviously, but I don't think she'll believe me."How do you know I was there?" I ask, because I know Justin didn't tell her, but Justin and my parents are the only ones who know I went there. Georgie's cheeks turn red with embarrassment but she holds my gaze, "You checked my location, didn't you?""That doesn't matter," she spits out and shakes her head and points at me, "The point here is that YOU left me and ran off to fuck other people. And then YOU left me and ran off to kiss other girls. So both of you can FUCK OFF! And if I want to kiss another man, I can."“Oh, yea
“Okay,” Georgie whispers what feels like a million years later. I let out a relieved breath and my heart beats again… probably for the first time since I left her palace weeks ago. She looks at Cain, “Do you want to do it?”“Me?” He asks, suddenly nervous. Cain can’t keep his composure to save his fucking life, “Yes.”“Are you sure?”"I'm sure, Georgette, why wouldn't I be?" he asks, with a bite behind his words. I close my eyes and take a deep breath. These two are beyond help."I don't know, aren't we too boring for you? I mean, we're just two people, not twelve," Georgie lets out, and I can't help but stare at her in wonder. I had never really seen this side of her: immature, annoying, whiny... young. Georgie has always acted way beyond her years, until Cain came along and reverted her to a five-year-old girl. He's a four-year-old boy, by the way. And I'm seriously starting to get tired of their bickering because I’m most definitely an old soul. "Shut your mouth, Georgie," Cain
{Georgette}Luckily, they both stop the fight before it even begins and turn to look at me in silence, waiting for what I have to say. I clear my throat."We need to go back to the party. We've been away for way too long," I begin. Asheron eyes narrow and Cain frowns deeply."No, Georgie, you promised we..." "But what about the...""God, shut up and let me talk!" I interrupt them, making them fall silent again, "We can't do anything right now anyway. I don't have condoms and I'm not on birth control ever since my mate died… you know, before he came back to life as a cheater."Asheron clenches his jaw but keeps his mouth shut while thinking."We'll pull out," Cain says easily, earning equally sharp looks from both me and Asheron, "What? The pull out method has always worked for me."I glare at him, my hands clenching in anger just thinking about him with other girls, fucking them like that. "As far as you know. There could be a hundred half-werewolf half-human kids out there," Ashero
"My mother has been testing my patience more than ever. I needed my own space," Asheron replies, "I bought a house in my pack, of course. We can go there, but Cain, you'd have to drive yourself. There are too many eyes on us, we can’t all leave together."Cain nods."I'll drive myself too," I add, "I don't need people talking about how I left the party with Asheron. Or with Cain. I've already told everyone I'm single, so I can't be seen leaving with either of you.""Fine," Asheron rolls his eyes, trying not to show how much he dislikes hearing that. That I'm single, "In that case, I'll leave the party first and send the location to both of you. Georgie, are you sure you're going to drive? I’m not comfortable with that.”"I meant that Oliver is going to drive me," I correct, "You know he keeps my secrets."Asheron looks relieved at the fact that I won't try to drive myself. He still hasn't forgotten that time I crashed into a pole while he was teaching me to drive. It was a soft crash,
I return to the party after spending a few minutes composing myself in my room, but instead of continuing to hunt men like it’s a sport, I decide to walk to the council table.My father is standing on one side, drinking and laughing with King Kellan and Queen Alicia. Safe territory. I reach them and hug my dad. I think he didn't notice my forty-minute disappearance, which is good. I grab a flute of champagne and join in their conversation for a while, taking their praise about my Interpack Mating Ceremony like it’s food and I’m starving. My intentions were a little selfish at the beginning, but it’s going to help a lot of people. Once everyone else around the country hears about how successful this was, they’ll choose to take part in the next heat and then do it all over again next year. And before we know it, we will have tens or hundreds of new fated couples, a lot of new families and babies all around. So, yeah, it’s kind of a big deal. “So, have you found someone new?” My dad a