Asher didn’t bother Anita as she walked past him as he was preoccupied with the scent he was perceiving. It was leading him towards the palace and so he followed, also wondering within himself where she could have hidden Naomi.
As he trailed the scent, he frowned, Naomi may not be a wolf or a vampire but he knows her scent. Her scent was like lavender and jasmine mixed together and if he should be perceiving her scent tonight, it should be the same scent with a dense concentration and tantalizing. Although the scent he perceives was tantalizing and he really wants to find the owner, there was nothing lavender or jasmine about it. Even though he was thinking this, he didn’t stop, however, he did when he saw the two women standing in front of him and he was shocked when he discovered the scent was coming from them. Turns out, he was not perceiving a scent, he was actually perceiving two scents mixed as one. He glanced at the women, he could already tell their identity, one was a wolf and the other a nightwalker.
“Mate,” the three of them said together and Asher was shocked. He may be blinded by the mating scents but he was sure as hell that none of these women was Naomi.
The two women suddenly hugged him and in as much as he was shocked at what could be happening, he couldn’t stop himself basking in their scents, his fangs elongated, itching to sink into their necks and claim them as his. He growled with the passion, Naomi far back in his mind as he was preoccupied in marking his mates. The Goddess has given him two mates, both from different clans but seemed to complement him as he shared their identities. He growled, his fangs pointed and sharp and just as he was about to bury them in the neck of the Nightwalker, he caught the scent. Although very faint but it was there, lavender and jasmine, and it clouded his mind for a second that he had to raise his head and there she was, with the hurt and pain as clear as day in her beautiful hazel eyes.
Her scent was captivating but it wasn’t enhanced like it should have under the blood moon, it was just the same amount like any other day he had seen her and that only means one thing, Naomi was not his fated but these two women with him. Then that means they were wrong?
The two women turned to look at Naomi as well. Not understanding why Asher would choose the women over her but also knowing that she shouldn’t be there, Naomi turned and ran away. Asher watched her leave, he knew he should go after her but for some reason, he was still rooted on his spot.
“Does my prince know the human?” the nightwalker lady asked.
“She was the one you were with at the Queen’s birthday, right?” The wolf asked, and when Asher said nothing, she turned to the nightwalker, “I think she is his human girlfriend.”
“Well, don’t she know what tonight is, and the fact that she is not supposed to be here?” the vampire asked.
“What are the chances that we are both mated to the prince?” The wolf asked.
“You are young, just got your wolf?” the vampire asked and the wolf nodded with a shy smile. “I have not been around during mating ceremonies in a long time but I have started suspecting the prince is my mate from the Queen’s birthday party, but I had to wait for the blood moon night to confirm. He is still young after all.”
The wolf nodded, “how old are you?”
“A hundred and fifty,” she smiled at the shocked look on the wolf’s face. “I’m Stella.”
“Maya.”
“Since we are both mated to the prince, I guess we have to get acquainted with each other now. Or does my prince want to reject one of us?” Stella glanced at Asher then.
Maya panicked at the word reject, she has been crushing on Asher for as long as she could remember and always praying that he doesn’t find his mate at every mating ceremony. When she found her wolf this year, she has been looking forward to this night, praying that she becomes his mate and now that her prayers had been answered, she was not willing to let go. She would rather share him with the vampire lady than not have him at all. And so, she clung onto Asher’s arm and shook her head vehemently, “why does he have to choose, he can have both of us. The Goddess made it so.”
“I’m quite…possessive,” Stella said, looking up at Asher, it was obvious from her words that she wants to keep him to herself even though she had said something about getting acquainted earlier. “You are still a child, I am more experienced, what do you think, my prince?”
“No, he is my mate too,” Maya said, already seeing the vampire’s intention. She glanced up at Asher with tears in her eyes, “I don’t mind sharing you with her, the goddess made us mates and I am not questioning her.”
Stella stared at her, her reluctance to share her mate obvious in her gray eyes but like the little wolf said, the goddess made them mates and if Asher doesn’t agree in rejecting any of them, she can only tolerate her for…eternity. She frowned at that but there was nothing she could do. The fact that she was just sixteen also pushed Stella into insisting that Asher rejects her but then, she can’t force him and now, she was somehow not looking forward to being the oldest one in the group.
Asher had not heard their banter or even their introduction, his mind had been preoccupied with the pain he saw in Naomi’s eyes. What just happened, how did it end up being like this? He was so sure she was his mate, or rather, he was made to believe that she was but now, she wasn’t just not his mate, he was mated to two women, two! What would he be doing with the both of them? And if Naomi is not his mate, how could he have marked her? He had bitten a lot of women in the moment of passion and none had turned into a mating mark, why did it happen with Naomi when in the end, she was not his mate?
“My prince, aren’t you going to acknowledge us?” Stella asked. The man has not even said a single word to them and she could also tell that he was lost in thought.
Her words woke Asher up and his gaze went to her, now with the blood moon clearing, he wasn’t being led by the mating bond alone and he was finally able to see the appearance of the woman in front of him. She had long black hair with beautiful gray eyes that almost made it look like she was blind. Before, her eyes were glowing red and so he didn’t notice her eye color and now he couldn’t help but be mesmerized by her beauty. She was so beautiful, definitely his kind of woman.
Afraid that Asher has been staring at Stella for so long and might actually reject her, Maya spoke up, “my prince,” she called, not knowing exactly what to say but desperately wanted him to notice her. And she got her wish, he looked at her.
Seeing her blonde hair and emerald green eyes, Asher was stunned, his second mate was beautiful too, they are both so worthy of him but even though he was thinking that, a certain not drop-dead gorgeous face but with the most beautiful hazel eyes he had ever seen kept flashing in his mind. Asher sighed, “go wait for me in the palace, I need to clear my head.”
“Of course my prince,” Stella said with a little bow.
“Call me Asher.” He said and she smiled.
“You will come meet us, right?” Maya asked.
“Don’t be clingy,” Stella warned.
“He is my mate, I’m supposed to be clingy,” she pouted and Stella could only roll her eyes and walk away. Seeing her leaving, Maya turned to Asher but he was already with his back to them and she couldn’t help but run after Stella.
Asher stood, thinking of the time he saw Naomi. Although her scent wasn’t as pronounced as Stella’s and Maya’s, he knew he wanted her, he had been drawn to her and now alone with the three women far from him, he finally figured it out. He didn’t want one of them, he wants the three of them.
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His Mate: Prince Asher
Vampiros"I know you are there," she said, her heart beating loud in her chest as her eyes searched frantically around. "I can...sense you." She added, hoping that might just scare whoever of whatever that was following her. She sighed, waiting for an answer...
