Wrong Turn, Right Path

Chapter 16 Nate's POV

"Why does it feel like I am grabbing a low voltage wire whenever I hold either of your hands?" she asked while looking at our joined hands. I couldn't resist running my thumb across her silky knuckles. Her skin is so soft and smooth.

I link Nick We need to tell her.

What if it freaks her out? What if she doesn't want both of us?

What if she does want us?

What if I messed up too much and she wants you but not me? I don't know if I could sit back and watch you with her and not be a part of it.

She feels the tingles, that means she feels the bond at least the beginnings of it.

That's when I feel her start to pull her hand away. I look up and see so much uncertainty on her face.

We should tell her together that way she knows it's both of us not one or the other. I tell Nick and he dips his head in acknowledgment.

"Because you're our mate." we say in unison. We wait for her to say something, anything.

"You mean to both of you or just one of you?" She asks, I can't tell what she is hoping the answer will be. At least she's stopped trying to pull her hands away and is in fact holding on tighter.

"You're our fated mate and we're your's, both of us." Nick says with such conviction it comes across as almost arrogant.

"How would that even work? I'm a human how could I possibly be fated to not one but two werewolves and not just any wolves but Alphas no less." she's starting to panic, I can hear her heart racing.

I shift from the chair to the edge of the bed, I just need to be closer to her. I tuck a stray hair behind her ear and cup her cheek in my hand, "Sweetheart, think of it this way. You'll have two of the strongest men and two of the strongest wolves that want nothing more than to love you, protect you, and provide for you for as long as you allow them to."

"What if you aren't happy with me? What if your pack doesn't want a human with their Alphas?" tears are starting to pool in her eyes. I can tell there's more here than just us being her mates.

"Jemma, Why would you think we wouldn't be happy with you?" Nick asks as he too moved to the edge of the bed and cupped her other cheek so we both were holding her hands and face.

She looked him dead in the eyes and said "You haven't been happy with me from the moment you laid eyes on me. I saw the look of absolute disgust on your face when you saw me. What has changed in the last few days? Why would you go from despising the very sight of me to now talking about a possible future?"

He hung his head and linked me I told you I fucked up. Now I may have ruined everything.

Tell her how you feel, tell her why you reacted that way. Just be honest with her. I plead with him. He needs to fix this.