LW2: Twin Mates

Chapter Two - worried

CARTER RICHMAN

The scent of my twin came from the tree lines outside.

He hadn't shifted; he's still in his human form.

I spot Ethan pacing back and forth.

He stopped and punched a tree. Hard.

"Poor tree." I murmured.

He faced me quickly with a scowl. He was angry.

I glance around at our surroundings, suddenly slightly worried.

"Are you okay?" I ask Ethan.

He laughs but doesn't say anything.

He looks at me and realizes that I was serious.

"Of course I'm not fucking okay, Carter! We have the same mate, for goddess sake. Did you see how she fucking reacted?! She hardly acknowledged us!" he yells, slamming his fists into the tree over and over again.

I take a few steps closer to him but think better of standing close to him.

I don't understand why his emotions go this way, but I do know how to behave around them. Mostly.

"I really think everything's going to be okay." I tell him.

I try to make my tone sound so sure.

Ethan wasn't in there when Rudy looked at me the way she had.

The way she held my face and smiled.

I sigh then clear my throat.

"How can you say that? We have waited so long to find our mate. I'm not saying I'm shocked that we have the same one but... its Rudy Grace Silver, Carter." he says, running a already healing hand over his face.

He doesn't need to elaborate. I know what that means.

Rudy's the heir to the most powerful throne in our world.

And we are her mates.

I don't get the chance to say anything more before Ethan starts walking back toward the house.

I sigh and follow him back.

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The sound of my mate's laughter fills me ears, instantly making me smile.

I'm aware of the fact that she's seventeen and me and Ethan are nineteen.

Our Alpha is older than our Luna and when they were younger, a couple weeks before she turned eighteen, he was able to sense that she was his mate, but she wasn't able to sense him.

Which makes the fact that she could sense us odd. However, the fact that she has me and Ethan both as mates, is also very odd.

"Leave my friend alone." Lesli mind links me.

"What are you talking about?" I ask her.

"Are you stupid? Leave Rudy alone." she answers.

My wolf, Juno, growls at the thought of anyone trying to keep our mate away from us.

But Rudy's words came back to me.

She asked for time.

I will respect what she wants... if that will make her happy.

"I don't know what you mean but okay." I tell her simply.

"Yeah. Whatever. Okay." she says, and I can hear the annoyance in her tone.

I close the mind link with a deep breath.

This is going to be harder than I thought.

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