ANGEL I remembered the day that I realized that I cared about the twins as more than just my best friends. It was the summer before my freshman year at the academy. Athena was new to me, so we went on a run in the woods. The exhilaration never got old no matter how many times she took her paws out for a spin. We had been so caught up in it that we ended up getting lost. Athena’s leg got hurt when it got stuck in a hole. Unfortunately, there was a snake in the hole who ended up biting her. The pain was excruciating and made it too hard for either of us to focus enough so that we could mindlink for help. Two white wolves with black markings found us not much later. They were mirrored images except for the fact that Ghost had a black crescent moon on his chest while Knight had a black full moon with white markings on the inside of it on his chest. The twin wolves went behind a couple of trees that had clothes in them and the twins came back out wearing shorts. Grant held a shirt for

ANGEL I no longer had to worry about what would happen when the twins turned eighteen. All of the tears and anxiety were washed away the moment that I had caught their scents on the wind. My heart felt like it was going to burst from my chest when they walked towards me in nothing more than shorts. It was torture to keep my eyes from feasting on the glorious bodies that they had. The necklace, the tattoos, the promises… They had gone above and beyond to show me that I was the one that they wanted, bond or not. It was me that they wanted to stand beside them and the one they wished to tie themselves to. I sent my thanks to the Goddess for granting me the wish and prayer that I had repeated many times. They were amazing kissers. They were my first kisses and were absolutely perfect. I would get to kiss them and hold onto them whenever I wanted to now. It felt like my entire life changed the moment that they stepped onto the roof. My mind had jumped off of a cliff and into the gutte

ANGEL I was incredibly nervous, but I knew what I wanted to do. I wanted – no, needed – to solidify our bond. There was an intense desire within me, encouraging me to follow through with what I had promised myself to do. It was not rushing it. I had spent years suffering in silence because I wanted them but never thought that I would be able to call them mine. Thankfully, that was not my reality any longer. The days of pining away were behind us. The three of us shared a bond that far surpassed a mate-bond. I could not fully explain it or even understand it myself. ‘Our bonds are indeed beyond the mate-bond. It’s a divinely blessed bond. The Goddess bestowed upon us a special blessing because she knew how strong our connections would be. She doesn’t do it often, but she did it for us,’ Athena said with a wistful smile in her voice. Oh, wow. That I did not know, but I was incredibly thankful for it. That would explain how deep our connection growing up was. That was something that I

GRANT I wanted nothing more than to solidify our bond, but I needed to make sure she was okay first. She did just lose her virginity after all to an Alpha. Our entire anatomy tended to be on the larger and broader side of things. I was not boasting but stating facts. It was not like I had any experience to go off of to guide me on what was normal for a first time. Although, I did love the fact that this was a first that we were all getting. I had nothing against people who chose to sleep around. It was all based on their preference. It was the same way that I would not have cared if Angel had done it before us. But to know that the two of us were the only ones who knew how fucking delicious she was…. Nothing compared to that. One thing I would say for her was that she was glorious in the throes of passion – the epitome of desire. Truly a beautiful goddess in her own right. I had always wondered if the transition from best friends to ‘more’ would be awkward. It was a new experience

GRANT “REMO,” I called out. He materialized almost immediately. “Find Angel,” I commanded. He let out a growl and shook his head, sharing with me that he could not find her either. My heart sank because he should have been able to find her even if we could not. His connection as her guardian was appointed by the Hades, the God of the Underworld. Hellhounds should always be able to find their charges. It was literally in their fucking DNA. My brother and I exchanged a look, and I knew we were thinking of the same thing. The warnings, the visions, all of it. We should not have let her out of our sight, but we did. Now, we had no idea where the fuck she was or who she was with. I did not even notice that my fist crashed through a mirror until Remo used his heat to break through the chaos in my head. “Thank you. I needed that,” I told him, scratching the spot that Angel always did when she wanted to thank him. I grabbed Gabriel’s shoulder and popped into the office, startling the se