Chapter 16
epting My Twin Mates Chapter 16
Chapter 16 – Is That A Sufficient Answer?
Evie
…I would have missed you.
I had desperately wanted to finish that sentence to Astennu and Badru. However, neither I nor Evva
wanted to give them false hope. It felt cruel to tell them I once considered someone else, but I had said
I wantedplete honesty between us all and I meant it. So I needed to be honest with them. They
needed to know that the mate bond was not going to fix this for them. They couldn’t simply rely on it
and the bond would wear me down.
All three of us needed to put effort into whatever this rtionship was, for it to work.
I shook my head free of thoughts about the twins, feeling my fingers slow down.
‘Why is Suzanna telling me the Alpha boys look about ready to cry?’ I heard Tamlyn’s voice fill my
mind. We had had a few training sessions since Evva had appeared and sheined the whole
time about how she was struggling to keep up with me.
Her cane tapped against my stool and she scooted me up with no shame so that she could sit next to
me. She was dressed in a stunning pale gold sequin asymmetric dress. Her mate, Suzanna, was
dressed to match in a silver version.
“Are you two seriously wearing matching dresses?” Iughed, looking between the two and seeing the
little smirk on her mate’s ruby red lips that stood out against her pale skin. Her jet ck hair hung in
retro waves andplimented her deep brown eyes.From N?velDrama.Org.
“It’s cute. ‘Hers and hers’ outfits,” Suzanna kissed her temple.
“Oh, you swore you didn’t!” Tamlyn punched her in the arm, knowing exactly where she was. “That’s
taking advantage of me and someone is getting a spankingter on.”
“Can you not do it here, please?” I elbowed Tamlyn. “Save it for home.”
‘You’re also changing the subject,’ she smirked. ‘Is someone officially in a threesome?’
‘So much for keeping this quiet,’ Evva huffed to herself.
‘Lucy and I had bets on whether it would be before or after the mate bond when you three got your
asses together,’ Tamlyn continued to look smug.
‘Tell me you gave them hell. Is that why they’re sulking and stewing while they’re talking to Alpha
Matías?’ Suzanna asked, looking over in their direction.
‘Yes. But I kinda told them about Adrian too… and almost choosing him as a mate,’ I winced, still
feeling that twist in my heart at how much that knowledge truly devastated the twins.
‘Oh snap! No wonder Astennu is trying to choke him mentally. I’m surprised Badru hasn’t sucker-
punched him yet,’ Suzanna chuckled at what she was seeing.
I looked up from the keys quickly, to see Adrian with his trademark wicked grin when he was
deliberately winding someone up. The twins did not seem best pleased. I hoped that i***t didn’t push it
too far with them.
‘Maybe we should go rescue the boys? Before they cause a stir,’ Suzanna stroked her mate’s shoulder.
‘After we’ve done a tour of the room,’ Tamlyn snickered. ‘I need to show off my bling first. I want to
make sure everyone appreciates the s**t out of it,’ she waved her cane. The grip was decorated with
bright gold glitter to match her outfit with gold diamantes too.
They headed off to do their rounds. As Gamma, she had a duty to wee friends and allies of the
pack also.
‘f**k, we’re gonna have to do that too if we ept wingus and dingus,’ Evva groaned. ‘We’ll have to be
polite and all that shit.’
‘I feel like that’s more of a you problem,’ I sniggered.
I continued to feel the twins’ eyes on me throughout the evening, only for brief seconds at a time, but
each time the sensation of a lingering warmth would tingle my skin. The banquet was served, buffet
style, so guests could eat as much as they wanted; a prerequisite for werewolves. I trained my
concentration to remain on my piano, keeping to a light breezy tune to fit the atmosphere. Even with all
my will, I couldn’t help but nce up on asion. Guests tried to introduce their daughters, nieces and
sisters, all in the hopes that one may be Astennu and Badru’s mate, unaware their attempts were futile.
On each introduction, the twins smiled politely, the expression never reaching their eyes, and their gaze
flickered to mine. A twinge in my chest ached, they looked so unhappy. This entire party was for them,
for a warm wee home after being gone for two months and for their 25th birthday, and neither
could enjoy a moment of it.
Again, the thoughts of whether I made a wise decision yed on my mind. I knew I didn’t want to reject
them, I just wanted answers. I could have still gotten them if I had epted them as my mates and
they could have had some semnce of enjoyment, instead of looking like they just wanted to go to
bed and block out the world.
‘Their enjoyment would havee at the expense of our choice,’ Evva uttered. ‘You said it yourself,
they’re used to getting what they want and I refuse, point nk, to be pressured into doing anything.
Do you really want to ept someone out of guilt?’
‘No. You’re right,’ I groaned.
‘Now if you can keep your eyes off our boys for two minutes. Keep a lookout for that asshole.’
I had been keeping a secret watch for Finley, making sure he didn’t approach the swing door that led
towards the kitchens. He hadn’t. I had noticed him looking around a few times, but, strangely, he hadn’t
made any moves on any woman either. And stranger still, I barely saw Astennu or Badru interact with
him, they seemed to actively ignore his presence. I thought they were best friends. Was that not the
case anymore? Maybe the twins did have a brain cell after all.
The band finally started up, which gave me some rest and a break where I could grab something to eat.
Walking over to the serving tables I earned a few stares and a few leers also. A broad-built blond-
haired guy, I vaguely recognised, gave my whole body a long conspicuous once over… I stayed away
from him.
I snatched up some of thest of the wafer-thin sliced beef, some tender stem broli and, because I
was aplete carb-hoe, some Mediterranean potato dauphinoise. It was far too cold to sit outside, so
I wandered out to the hallway, needing a moment alone without thebined exotic forest scents of
the twins wafting at me every five seconds. But just as I was heading out, with te in hand, I was
stopped.
Finley.
What the hell did he want? Aside from my foot up his ass.
“Damn, Evie. You in that dress,” he growled with a horrid smirk. “It’d look good on my floor too.”
I was about to vomit and almost physically gagged. “I would rather f**k a cactus. Now get the hell away
from me,” I snarled in a whisper so as to not draw attention.
“Come on. I thought you rogue girls were supposed to be all wild,” he grabbed my free wrist.
I turned and, without missing a beat, kneed him directly in the groin. He folded over holding in his grunt
of pain.
‘Is that a sufficient enough answer? Because I have a second knee,’ I mind-linked. Evva released a
menacing growl, earning a few looks from others that had their backs to us. ‘After what you’ve done, I
wouldn’t touch you if you were thest wolf on earth.’
How was someone like Finley Jacobs ever deemed worthy enough for a she-wolf like Lucy?