Conflicted - Twist Of Fate

Mates.

"NO" Aiden's voice yells as I look into the most amazing eyes I have ever seen. Piercing bright blue, like icicles. Aurora screams 'MATE, GO TO MATE' but I freeze. I want to run into his arms, but I feel Aiden's tension. Something isn't right. Aiden would be happy for me, it is all he has ever wanted for me.

"Who are you?" I ask, as he walks close to me. Trying to touch me. I stand back as Aiden growls. I see the hurt fill his beautiful eyes at my retreat.

"I am Alpha Tristan of the Eclipse pack" he says softly, "What's your name?" NO!. No, no, no. My heart as well as Aurora's break in an instant. Our mate or mates are the Alpha twins of the Eclipse pack. Twins always have one mate. I can't. I won't be with the sons of the man who destroyed Aiden. I can't.

Aiden growls again which finally catches the eye of Tristan. His hand reaches for mine, which causes Tristan to growl too. "DON'T TOUCH HER," He growls. This snaps me out of my trance as I step protectively in front of Aiden.

"I am Armina Carter, daughter of Aiden Carter of the blood moon pack" I state. Watching as the recognition fills his eyes. "NO" he says, pain filling his expression as I pull Aiden's hand close to me and begin walking towards the entrance. "I will never be your mate" I state simply. Letting myself become numb and pretending not to feel my heart breaking as I walk towards the door.

Aiden follows, along with Ethan and Leo, as we collect our keys to our rooms in silence, all of us tense. "Are we going to pretend that didn't happen?" Leo asks, causing another growl from Aiden. I breathe. Aurora whimpers as we both know what has to happen. We need to reject our mates. I could never be with them.

"No" I answer. "But right now, I need time. I need to regain my strength before I do what needs to be done" this snaps Aiden out of his own mind. "Armina" he says, his expression more pained than I have ever seen. I touch his face, "The moon goddess didn't get this one right," I state simply. "I won't accept them," I reassure him.

I see the relief in his eyes. Followed by more pain. "Armina, don't make this choice because of me. I don't want you mateless like me. I can't lose your chance at a family because of me" his voice catching at the last statement. It is well known taking a chosen mate outside of your destined mate rarely resulted in being able to concieve. Not always, but it rarely happened.

"I have family Aiden, I have you" I reassure him. "Besides I can adopt" I smile, Aiden finally returning my smile at the adoption comment. 

We reach my room, and I head straight for the shower. Knowing I need to burn away the pain I feel. Every part of me wanted him. Wanted to touch him, feel him, accept him. I won't though, I can't. Every knows the Eclipse pack are ruthless. Even under the rule of their new alphas. They are evil, feared and dangerous.

When I reenter my room I hear a gentle knock. Wearing nothing but my dressing gown and underwear underneath I open the door to find Leo. "What do you need?" I ask, turning to continue towel drying my hair. "I wanted to check on you" he states, closing the door. I see his eyes wandering over my legs, my gown slightly open to show my cleavage. I'm very gifted in that area, which I normally hide under baggy hoodies. His eyes are full of lust as he tries to regain himself.

"I'll be okay, Leo," I state, surprised that I'm enjoying his wandering eyes. I feel my skin warm under his gaze. I bite my lip as I take in his handsome features. He really is 100% sex on legs. 'What is happening?' I demand of Aurora coming to my senses. 'I'm sorry I can't stop it' She replies. 'We're going into heat, we met our mate' no no no. We are meant to have weeks, we didn't even touch him. 'We are different Armina, our body is pushing us to mate' She says sadly. 'But Leo isn't our mate' I state confused, 'Yes but our body finds him attractive' she says. 'We aren't accepting our mates, so any attractive man..' 'WILL DO?!' I yell back. No.
'We reject our mates, find our answers and lock ourselves away' I state, Aurora agrees as I come back to my senses and see Leo patiently watching us, his eyes enjoying the view.

I work on hiding the scent my heat; hoping this works. "Leo I need you to leave" I state. Moving towards the cupboard to find my clothes. "You're going into heat" he states, coming closer. "Leo leave" I say bluntly, snapping him out of it. He nods. Accepting my request and leaving. Closing the door behind him.

We don't have much time. We can do this. I amp myself up. Dressed and ready to find answers. The royal family my target. They are my blood relatives. There are only a few left. Shouldn't be too hard to find out which one may know about a baby. Hoping it will be something I can throw my whole mind into, distracting myself from everything else.

Okay, let's go.

 I open my door. Only to find myself pushed back inside, the delectable smell of rain filling my senses.

"What are you doing here?" I demand, trying to control myself as Tristan's hands move up by body. "I'm here for you, took me ages to find you" he says, his nose moving to my marking spot. His teeth grazing as I moan loudly.

"I can't" I say breathlessly as Tristan's hand holds my cheek, his lips moving dangerously close to mine. "You're mine" he growls, his hands reaching around me crushing me against his body harder. I feel his manhood growing and pushing against me as I try to form coherent thoughts. The sparks light up my body as I feel my underwear soak. Every part of me wants him to take me, wants him to mate me.

"NO!" I yell. Letting my wolf Aurora give me strength. We both want him. We want our mate to do all sorts of naughty things to us.

"I will never be yours, I Armina Carter of the Blood Moon pack reje.." his hand covers my mouth. His eyes glowing orange as his wolf growls. "WE WILL NEVER ACCEPT YOUR REJECTION, YOU ARE OURS"