Chapter 14


    epting My Twin Mates Chapter 14


    Chapter 14 – Do My Eyes Deceive Me?


    Astennu


    Back in my room, Evie’s spiced vani scent seeped into my soul once again; she had been in here


    too. Her scent was like physical tendrils that reached out, wrapping around my body, pulling me in


    whatever direction they wished and I was powerless to stop it, not that I would ever want to.


    There was a basket ofundry dropped all over my floor. This must have been where she figured it out


    and then went running to my brother’s room for confirmation.


    I picked through the items, piling what belonged to Badru to the side out of what our mother had sent


    off to be freshened up in our absence. I always told her it wasn’t necessary, but she always insisted, no


    matter what. One item, in particr, caught all my attention, a white dress shirt of mine that had the


    faintest hint of Evie’s scent on it. I hung that one aside to be worn tonight. It wasn’t much of her scent


    and my own would soon cover it. But my wolf was doing circles to wear something that had her smell,


    to feel marked by her in some way, like we were imed… Aasim truly was clutching at straws.


    Goddess, I hoped I hadn’t messed this up for him.


    Before I showered, there was one ce I needed to go first, to see someone of great importance.


    Out in his field, I could tell when he spotted me. His ears and tail twitched and swished. Heru soon


    came galloping over in his winter jacket, whinnying in excitement.


    “Hey, boy,” I stroked up the side of his face and patted his neck, pressing my forehead against his.


    He became restless, nosing at my pocket insistently.


    “Can’t hide a thing from you, can I?” I handed over the apple from my pocket I grabbed from my


    family’s private kitchen.


    He was always so well looked after while I was away. I didn’t get down here like I used to before my


    duties as future Alpha started to pile up and I missed being able to look after him myself. Heru was


    ustomed to my wolf form too. He and Aasim would chase each other around the paddock and on


    the mountain trails.


    The sun was starting to dip beyond the trees, so I opened the paddock gate to let him trot off. Instead,


    he walked by my side to his stable. Once I had his nket off and fed him, I was about to leave, but I


    spotted a stable hand.


    “Wee back, Alpha,” the Omega bowed his head respectfully.


    It was rare that I ran into anyone here. I usually stopped by when no one was around, so I decided to


    ask who took care of Heru so well; it was impressive that my horse had taken to someone else.


    “Hey, who takes care of Heru when I’m away?”


    “Most of us pitch in as we all do with the other horses, Alpha. But, uh, he can be a little picky with


    people,” he eyed Heru warily.


    I shed a little grin at my horse. He could be temperamental when he wanted to be, but that was if you


    approached him incorrectly. He had toe to you and didn’t take kindly to being pushed into things.


    What he needed was patience.


    “…I think it’s that tall Omega she-wolf, Evie, that looks after him the most. She’s the only one he lets


    get close,” the Omega continued.


    I turned to look at the stable hand, stunned. “Really?”


    He hummed in confirmation and walked away to carry on with his duties. All this time, and I had no


    idea.


    Heru lifted his head from his food. If it were possible, I could swear that animal was smirking at me. It


    seemed my own horse had a better chance with my mate than I did.


    Back in my room, once I was showered, cleanly shaven and dressed in my deep blue suit, I strode


    across the hall to Badru’s room with hisundry. He had moved himself from his ‘pit of despair’ on the


    floor, to a ‘pit of despair’ on the bed, albeit a showered and dressed ‘pit of despair’.


    “Will you stop being a drama ma for once?” I dumped his clothing on his bed.


    He sat up ring at me for using his well-earned nickname.


    “I’m being serious, we need to go down. So quit sulking and put your jacket on,” I threw his ck suit


    jacket at his head.


    “You know you’re older by six minutes, not six years?” He raised his brow at me, sliding his jacket on


    and gathering his loose hair behind his head.


    “This ising from the grown man that facented the floor?”


    ‘Maybe cut him a little ck. He’s facing a genuine crisis. His anxiety is making me feel ill,’ Aasim shed


    a brief moment of sympathy for our brother.


    Walking down to therge events hall that sat behind the pack house, I could sense our parents were


    already inside. We each took a deep breath, preparing ourselves to face a huge crowdter in the


    evening, with a whole host of unmated she-wolves that our mother had most likely arranged in hopes of


    us finding our mate. Unbeknownst to her, we had our mate and on Evie’s demand, we couldn’t rx


    and cut loose with her. We would have to spend the whole evening simply looking at her from afar, no


    different from before, but now we knew she was ours. Andbined with her strong pheromones, it


    was torture to be around her and not reach out.


    As we were psyching ourselves up, Badru began tugging on my arm furiously and I followed his line of


    sight, noticing his eyes were pure ck and his breathing ragged. My eyesnded on his fixation, now


    sensing her bond yanking at me… Evie.


    … Dear goddess above, she was a vision… and we were in deep trouble.


    Evie


    Oh… this dress was gorgeous!


    This was a uniform?


    It was a stunning and chic little ck dress, with an exaggerated sweetheart neckline and cap sleeves.


    And a pair of ck suede pumps too? Great, I didn’t get enough stares already. They were only two


    inches, but still enough to make me self-conscious.


    Lucy left me to get ready, but not before she loaned me a little make-up; I wasn’t one for wearing much,


    so my selection was limited. I showered away the twins’bined scent from my skin, secretly hating


    that I couldn’t keep it. Their parents would identify it before they even saw me and I was not about to


    come out as their mate yet. My makeup was light, just some of my own BB cream and powder, some


    mascara, blush and a red lip stain. And my hair I braided in a dutch braid, starting at one side that


    came around to my shoulder, draping down my chest. I wiggled into the dress, which was on the


    smaller size, but the stretch of the fabric helped though it did feel shorter than it should be. I quickly


    looked over my appearance in the mirror and my eyes widened.


    ‘You scrub up pretty well. We could almost pass for ady,’ I wasn’t sure whether Evva was throwing


    me some snide shade or whether she was actually impressed.


    The dress fit my every curve like a glove and it ended mid-thigh. Where I’m sure it would look elegant


    and sophisticated on others, on me it felt far too sexy and sultry. These were not traits I was used to. I


    was a sarcastic bigmouth with zero ss and little etiquette. Thank goddess, I would be sat ying


    piano for most of the evening and drawing little attention to myself, or so I was praying.


    I stared at the heels, grabbing them and slid on my pair of ck, and slightly beat up, ballet ts,


    hoping that I could get away with them for tonight.


    ‘You ready?’ I mind-linked Lucy, closing my door behind me.


    “Yep,” she burst out of her door, stopping dead in her tracks. “Oh piss off!”


    She looked me over head to toe, ‘those Alpha twins are going to be holding onto their jaws all night.’


    ‘Very funny,’ I wrapped my arms around myself, suddenly feeling too little covered.


    ‘Ok, don’t do that because your t**s already look fit for popping out. But seriously, you look stunning.


    They won’t be able to take their eyes off you. Good luck keeping your throuple-thing secret,’ she mind-


    linked, and slid her arm through mine.


    Compared to Lucy next to me, I felt woefully inadequate. Her dress ended just below her knee and fit


    her perfectly, with her red hair pulled into a high sleek ponytail; she looked the epitome of what a Luna


    should be like. The future Beta truly was an i***t for passing up on a she-wolf like Lucy. He would regret


    it in the end. I just knew it.


    As we arrived at the prep kitchen of the events hall, Luna Qamar was just leaving with Alpha Isaac.


    ‘You head in, Luce. I want to see if I can get out of wearing these,’ I indicated the heels in my hand.


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    “Luna Qamar! Luna!” I called out after her.


    She signalled for the Alpha to continue on without her and turned with grace and poise, but with an


    edge of irritation. “Yes?”


    “Uh, the heels? Can I skip these and just wear my ts?”


    “It’s just for one evening and you’ll barely be in them while you’re ying,” she said in a weary tone,


    casting a disapproving nce at my current shoes.


    “Yeah, but…” I tried to argue.


    “No buts. I’m sure you’ll carry out your duties without hindrance in them.”


    That was easy for her to say. She wasn’t the one that had to deal with everyone doing a double take.


    And not because they thought I was some rare beauty, but because I was an abnormal giant, a


    spectacle to gawp at.


    “Evie,” the Luna sighed, growing frustrated. “There are she-wolves that would kill for your height.


    Maybe show a little more confidence in your carriage instead ofining and fighting your


    attributes?”


    I couldn’t tell if that was apliment, encouragement or whether she wanted to shut me up. Either


    way, she walked away before I could argue anymore.


    ‘My personal opinion and, I can’t believe I’m saying this, is I agree with the Luna,’ Evva interjected.


    ‘Just strut. Plus, heels would make our ass look phenomenal, which will drive our mates a little crazy


    and I am all for that.’


    ‘I thought you said you weren’t about to roll over and ept them?’


    ‘I’m not, this is us using our pure s*x appeal to have them on their knees, begging.’ I could almost see


    her mental smirk, her wolf image almost starting to form a dark golden mass in my mind.


    ‘Fine, you won me over.’


    Inside the kitchen, a mix of Omegas and some young warriors and trackers, earning a little extra cash


    for the evening, were busy flitting about putting the finishing touches on the items that had been sent


    over from the main kitchens. The other she-wolf servers were wearing the same attire as myself and


    Lucy. The wolf males were wearing immactely fitting ck shirts that held a shimmer in their threads


    and form-fitting ck cks. They looked sophisticated and professional, and I still felt as though I


    looked like I was hitting up a bar.


    I helped Lucy and another wolf male server te up and arrange the hors d’oeuvres, noticing J,


    the head housekeeper, busy bossing and bustling others around. I suddenly heard her after a few


    minutes, grilling an Omega at one of the hobs for leaving the saucepan and almost burning its


    contents.


    Oh hell no! Not when she was the one who sent the poor girl off to do something else in the first ce.


    I marched over, not about to stand by and watch J bully another yet again. “You sent her on your


    errand and didn’t cover her station. That’s on you.”


    “Then she should have said,” J red up at me. “How would the Luna take to you undermining


    authority again?”


    I leant in and down, having enough of her s**t. “Go ahead,” I challenged, Evva growling lowly with my


    words.


    J’s eyes widened and she backed up on instinct, backing off to busy herself anywhere I wasn’t.


    ‘Total Luna move,’ Lucy grinned my way like a mad woman.


    ‘See?’ My wolf added. ‘Just. Strut.’


    “Thanks,” the Omega girl mumbled and I gave her a slightly awkward smile, unsure how to be


    comforting or pleasant.


    I looked around at hearing the kitchen fall intoplete silence, the entire staff looking at me in a way I


    couldn’t decipher.


    “What? Get back to it! We got wolves to feed and s**t,” I pped my hands to emphasise my point,


    sending the kitchen back into action again.


    ‘Less Luna-like,’ Lucy chuckled.


    I narrowed my eyes at her. ‘If the moon goddess didn’t want a crass asshole running this show, she


    would have fated me to some other poor wolf male.’


    After receiving a mind-link from Luna Qamar toe through and take my ce, I slipped my ts off


    that I had been keepingfortable in and slid on the surprisingly cushy pumps. I asked Lucy to hang


    onto my ballet ts, in case I needed some relief forter.


    I went through the side door that led towards the main entrance, wanting to see if Astennu and Badru


    were waiting outside or if they were in the hall. I knew they were close, I could feel the bond’s


    excitement with their near proximity. I spotted them just away from one of therge double doors and


    approached, entranced by how devastatingly handsome they looked in their suits.


    Was it really necessary for them to look this fine?