Lahat ng Kabanata ng Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates: Kabanata 251 - Kabanata 260

ColbyLife was getting complicated not only for the twins but also for me.I had been doing my best to make sure that all the supernatural races, from vampire to witch to dragon and wolf, were able to work together. Having an overall council that oversaw everyone was the thing we needed to do because it’s the best way of keeping everyone safe.The crazy part? It was fucking working.I leaned against the balcony railing, watching the lights flicker across the council building below. “It’s working,” I said, almost to myself.Lia turned toward me, brows raised. “What is?”“The plan,” I said, a little smile tugging at the corner of my mouth. “Getting the packs and covens and the rogue circles to sit down—talk. Work together. We’re building something. A higher council. Real representation.”She blinked, and then her smile bloomed so wide it hit me right in the chest.“I knew you could do it.”I laughed softly. “You sound surer than I ever was.”Leave it to Lia to compliment me during this

LiaIt’s safe to say that I felt like a shitty mom. How the fuck had I forgotten to give my kids a third birthday party?To be fair, around the time of their birthday, we had found ourselves trapped in another world. Not exactly a minor scheduling conflict. We had spent what felt like weeks trying to claw our way back to our reality, even though barely a day passed here. Still, time had stretched, warped, and drained us—and when we finally got home, it was like we’d been spat out of a dream and slammed into chaos.Then, situation after situation kept piling up. The marks. Solen. The screaming. The glowing. Every damn moment added to the weight we were already carrying. Rain brought it up one afternoon, offhandedly mentioning the missing party while we were cleaning spell residue off the living room walls.I had gone pale. Like ghost-pale.He just stared at me. “You forgot, didn’t you?”“Shut up,” I whispered, already spiraling. “Oh my god. I forgot.”So that was it. That was the final

ColbyAfter those strange warnings, things got weirder. Gemma and Rowan came to us, saying they were being summoned to this Sunless Realm in their dreams. Not asked. Summoned. Like something was pulling them in, slowly and relentlessly. They said if they didn’t go, it would come to them. And if that happened, it could destroy the city.Then Lia had a vision.That sealed it.There was no debate after that, at least not in her mind. I could see it the second she came back from whatever nightmare she’d seen. Her eyes were distant, but not confused. Focused. Determined. That was somehow worse.I didn’t want to go to something called the Sunless Realm. The name alone made my stomach twist. We’d already been to one warped dimension before, when the twins had to unlock their full power. That place nearly broke us. The memories still clung to the edges of my sleep. And now it was starting all over again.I kept thinking the Spiritborn had to be guiding us toward this, preparing us in their cr

LiaIt was a lot of walking after we ran into that strange creature. More monsters showed up—shadowy, writhing things that didn’t move right—and the twins handled them like it was nothing. No hesitation. No fear. Just clean, easy power, like they’d been doing it their whole lives.Was this entire trip just one big training montage for them?I wasn’t sure. None of us were.Maybe we were here to prepare for Solen. Maybe this was just the final obstacle course before the real nightmare began. Either way, it felt like we were background characters in whatever mission the twins were on. Not leaders. Not even equals. Just extras trying not to get picked off before the final act.The worst part? We were stuck here.Stuck in the Sunless Realm. No doors. No way back. Just endless walking through fog and silence, waiting for something—anything—to tell us what the hell we were supposed to be doing besides “follow the toddlers.”Every so often, the air would shift. Thicken. A low hum would start

ColbyAfter the strange incidents with the twins, portals were opening all over the city, with strange creatures coming out. It was getting tense. People didn’t even want to leave their homes anymore.I kept wondering when Solen was finally going to make an appearance. He was biding his time, sending his underlings to make things chaotic for us. Was it a distraction? Some elaborate setup so that when he did strike, we’d be too worn down to fight back?The twins were being kept at home for good now. It was the safest place for them, or at least that’s what we told ourselves. People kept experiencing weird, dangerous episodes just from interacting with them. Twisted visions, memory gaps, and bursts of raw emotion that didn’t belong to them. It made for a strange and increasingly risky situation.Sometimes the twins would ask about it. Why was this happening? Why did people look at them like that? Why couldn’t they go outside anymore? We couldn’t give them answers, not real ones. All we