chapter 122 Twenty


    Evelyn’s POV


    My heart was pounding hard in my chest before I hear a loud growl making me jump. Then I hear a


    woman’s voice.


    “You want to exin why my son is currently destroying the city north of here, Rnd?” The


    woman sounds young but the authority behind her voice intimidated me. This woman wasn’t to be


    messed around with.


    “Evelyn, you maye down,” Rnd yells out to me. I hesitantly get up from my hiding spot. I


    heard another voice, another woman, her voice softer but easily heard.


    “Evelyn, who is Evelyn?” the person asks just as I get to the top step. I see two women standing at


    the bottom of the stairs. Both look to be in their mid-twenties and strikingly simr. Both had long


    blonde hair to their waist, the youngest looking one had hers tied in a braid and she had green eyes


    like Thaddeus. The older woman had blue eyes, and her hair was hanging loose down her back. I walk


    down the stairs watching them as they stare up at me shocked.


    “This is Evelyn, our mate,” Rnd says putting his hand out for me to grab. I grip it tightly, letting


    him pull me to him. The older woman who I would guess was around twenty-five steps forward, a


    shocked look on her face before she looks at Rnd, confused.


    “Evelyn, this Imogen, Thaddeus’s mother, and that one over there is Amara, Thaddeus’s sister”


    “Hi,” I tell them, giving them a brief wave. It shocked me that the woman standing in front of me


    was his mother. She looked younger than Thaddeus, and the girl who I reckon looked around my age


    just stared at me. Her green hypnotic eyes watching me.


    “She is human?” Amara whispers, not even hiding her shock.


    “I’m more shocked she is female,” Imogen says, looking me up and down. “Nice to meet you, Hun.


    I wish it was under better circumstances and that my son told me. Which, by the way, has been twelve


    years since Iid eyes on him, beside seeing him on a goddamn TV screen Rnd,“ she says, turning


    to re him. Rnd shrinks back under her gaze, and I chuckle softly. This woman was small, but man


    she was fierce.


    “Ring your brother, he answers your calls. Get him back here now,“ she says to her daughter.


    Amara pulls a phone from her pocket before dialling a number. She ces the phone to her ear, but no


    answer. Rnd pulls his phone from his pocket before handing it over to her.


    Thaddeus answers after a couple rings, but I can only hear one side of the conversation.


    “Hey brother bout time you answered.” She goes quiet for a few seconds before speaking again.


    “You have thirty minutes to get home, or I am taking your mate“ she says before hanging up on


    him. I step back away from her; Amara puts her hands up.


    Property belongs to N?vel(D)r/ama.Org.


    “I won’t, just said it to get him moving faster,e let’s make coffee,“ she says wandering off to


    the kitchen.


    Walking into the kitchen, Imogen and Amara sit down while Rnd makes coffee. I sit across from


    them not really knowing what to do or say.


    “Orion called a week ago, said you were all home. Thought I would stop in and see him. Try to talk


    some sense into him,” Imogen tells us. Rnd nods before handing her a coffee. Amara watches me,


    her head turning from side to side asionally like she was examining some sort of science


    experiment. Her green eyes pierce into mine as I stared back, a little uneasy. She then blinks, shaking


    her head before looking away.


    “She was trying to get a reading on you,” Imogen tells me. I nod, wondering if she saw anything.


    “So, I see two of them have marked you already, Orion hasn’t?” Imogen asks as she sniffs the air


    and I pull my hair over my shoulder, covering my mark.


    “Don’t worry, Hun, nothing to be worried about. I have two mates myself. Just wasn’t expecting you


    to be female, honestly. Been decades since these two dragged Orion into this mess. Didn’t think they


    would drag a human girl into it.”


    “She is fated mum, not like we had a choice,” Rnd says, shaking his head.


    “So, you gave her a choice? She came willingly?” Imogen asked, raising an eyebrow at him.


    Rnd looked away.


    “Like I thought,” she says, turning back to me.


    “So, you’re Thaddeus’s mother?”


    “Yes, I know must be a bit of a shock considering technically in human years I am younger than


    him.”


    I nod. “So why are you shocked I am their mate?” I ask curiously.


    “Because I thought he was gay. He never shows much interest in woman beside killing them.”


    “You know how mate bonds work, mum,” Amara says, and Imogen shrugs.


    “Still bit of a shock.” She goes to say something else when the front door bursts open and


    Thaddeus runs in, grabbing me and pulling me from the chair I was sitting on.


    “Don’t fucking threaten to take my mate again, Amara. Sister or not, I will kick your bloody ass,” he


    says, ring at her.


    “Is that anyway to greet your mother?” Imogen growls at him, and he suddenly realises she is


    there.


    “Mum?” he says, stepping back.


    “Don’t you dare run boy; you aren’t too old for me to smack,“ she says rising from her chair. His


    shoulders slump before he walks over, letting me go and hugs her.


    Orion leaning on the doorframe, watching a grin on his face. Rnd shoots him a look and Orion


    shrugs before walking over to me and wrapping his arms around my waist. Imogen sits back down,


    letting her son go.


    “Mum” Orion nods to her. Poor woman was the universal mother, apparently. It surprised me she


    wasn’t grey having to put up with their antics.


    Thaddeus walks over, pulling me from Orion before sitting and cing me on hisp. Orion frowns


    but walks over to the kettle.


    “Don’t think I don’t know it was you who rang them, Orion,” Thaddeus says.


    Orion says nothing, and it made me wonder why Thaddeus hasn’t spoken or seen his mother in


    years. She seemed nice. Amara was watching me again, and Thaddeus.


    “So, is there a reason you destroyed that city?” Imogen asks, but before he could answer Amara


    did.


    “Because he stole the darkness from his mate,“ she says, watching me again. She didn’t seem


    mad, but the feelinging from the bond I could tell Thaddeus was. Looking up at him he kisses the


    side of my face.


    “That’s enough, Amara, stop snooping. Okay, well it was great seeing you now time to leave,”


    Thaddeus announces and his mum res at him.


    “You’re going to kick me out?” she asks. I can see the hurt behind her eyes. Amara stands up


    abruptly. Her eyes go to me before she res at Thaddeus. “You know your mark isn’tpleted until


    Orion marks you, did you know?”


    Thaddeus jumps to his feet before grabbing her. Imogen screams as Amara is ripped over the


    table towards him. Rnd rips me out of the way. Thaddeus growls low at her.


    “Don’t fucking tempt me, Amara,” he says, his voice deadly calm as the lights started flickering.


    Amara smiles at him before her eyes glow brighter, and suddenly the lights were burning so bright, I


    had to squint to stop the light from hurting my eyes.


    “Oh, for god’s sake you two stop fighting,” Imogen calls out as they re at each. The power is


    flickering on and off and my heart was racing in my chest before suddenly the lights burst, the house


    going dark, before I hear things being mmed around.


    “That’s it,” Imogen yells and ps her hands. The bang so loud my ears ring, and I feel a force that


    makes me stumble back into Rnd. The only lighting from the firece in the lounge room, just


    enough to see but not clearly. I find both Amara and Thaddeus frozen in ce. Thaddeus growls loudly


    before breaking whatever spell she put on him and shoves his sister away. Thaddeus rips me toward


    him and away from Rnd.


    “Leave now,” Thaddeus bellows. I feel goosebumps rise on my skin. Imogen throws up her hands


    before walking over to me. Amara smiles deviously.


    “Fine, we will leave, but I will be back, Thaddeus. Don’t try to run. Now that I know what she looks


    like and have met her, I will always be able to find her,” Amara says before looking at her mother.


    Imogen sighs epting that they were being made to leave. I just didn’t understand why. Imogen gets


    up before walking over and hugging me.


    ‘Please make him visit, he may listen to you,” she tells me. I look up at Thaddeus. He was looking


    away, not meeting her gaze. Imogen touches his cheek gently before he turns away from her. She had


    tears brimming in her eyes and I felt terrible for her.


    “You need toe back to us, son,“ she says softly.


    “Your son died a long time ago, mother. Now leave, I won’t have you putting nonsense in my


    mate’s head.”


    Amara shakes her head at him. Imogen rushes out the door, but Amara lingers for a few more


    moments.


    “Mum has only ever wanted what was best for you. We all want you toe home. Dad has


    forgiven you; we all have, but you keep pushing us away. Soon it will be toote, and you will destroy


    the only chance at happiness,“ she says, her eyes darting towards me. She then goes to leave when


    Thaddeus grabs her arm tugging her back.


    “What did you see?”


    “Come home and I will tell you,” she taunts before shaking his arm off and following after her


    mother. Oriones back into the kitchen with another lightbulb before removing the old one and


    recing it.


    “You can never sit civil and just chat, Thaddeus. Always take things to far,” he says before the


    kitchen light suddenly flicks on.


    “You shouldn’t have interfered, Orion, so keep quiet.” Orion sighs loudly.


    “What did your sister mean about my mark?” I ask.


    “It was nothing. It won’t matter anyway once Orion marks you,” Thaddeus says.


    “But I want to know.”


    “And I will tell you once Orion marks you,” Thaddeus growls angrily. I cross my arms over my


    chest, annoyed before storming off into the lounge room. Thaddeus fast on my heels.


    “Just leave me Thaddeus, I am angry enough with you right now,” I tell him, but I can feel his rage


    building at me walking away from him. Rnd suddenly appears at the bottom of the steps before


    slumping on the couch. I go and sit on hisp, wrapping his arms around me. Thaddeus stops in front


    of me, looking down, and I shrink back against Rnd.


    “You think he will save you from me, little one?” he asks, raising an eyebrow. I don’t answer,


    knowing no one can save me from him.


    Thaddeus sits next to us, running his fingers through his hair.


    “How many?” I ask, ring at him. Thaddeus sits back, putting his head on the back of the couch.


    “None, Evelyn. I didn’t kill anybody, okay?” He sighs, but I don’t believe him. “Don’t believe me, I


    don’t care,” he says replying to my thoughts. Thaddeus turns slightly. “You can be mad at me but


    pleasee here,” he says tapping his chest. Rnd nudges me.


    “You won’t be able to stay mad at him long. Believe me, we have tried. The mate pull won’t allow


    it,” Rnd tells me. I turn my face away from them, ignoring them when Rnd grips my hips dumping


    me on Thaddeusp. Thaddeus chuckles before wrapping his arms around me, his face going to the


    crook of my neck, inhaling my scent. I melt against him, loving the feel of his warmth. Thaddeus grips


    my chin, turning my face to him before kissing me. His tongue brushes my bottom lip, wanting me to


    kiss him back, and I cave.


    My lips part and he plunges his tongue into my mouth, making me moan. I hear Rndugh


    beside me before turning on Thaddeus’sp, so my legs straddle him. Thaddeus hands go to my ass


    and he squeezes, his lips going to my neck as he nips at my skin before sucking on my mark, making


    me moan. My moans are swallowed when Rnd grips my face before kissing me. His tongue ys


    with mine before I feel cold hands on my sides, making me pull away as a shiver runs up my spine. I


    look over my shoulder and see Orion. He grips my shirt tugging it off over my head, and Thaddeus


    attacks my chest, his lips biting my breast. I whimper slightly before he runs his tongue over it. He


    growls softly before pulling back.


    “Sorry,“ he whispers, kissing my chin.


    “Just not so hard it hurts. Your teeth are sharp,” I tell him, and he chuckles, nipping the skin of my


    neck. Orion moves behind me stepping closer making me look up at him. He bends down kissing me,


    Thaddeus attacking my breasts again. I feel Rnd squeezing my other breast that Thaddeus isn’t


    attacking with his teeth.