Dinner (GxG)

|Dinner 4|

12:58 pm.

I pace through the foyer of our mansion, waiting for my brother and sister. I don't know what to do. Do I really not want her to be my mate? Can I live with the knowledge if I kill her now? Can I continue this denial? Clearly I'm not good at the denial part. What should I do?

"Do what you're heart is telling you to do," my brother says, scaring me slightly.

"That'd be impossible since I appear to have none. You sound like a human, you ass."

"I'll ignore it this time," my brother says, slightly irritated. "But really, even I can tell you're only making it hard for yourself."

"Just accept it," Juliet says. The usual feeling of anger stays away, which surprises me. It unsettles me and makes me even more confused.

"Don't fret it, just accept it," my sister joins.

"How can I?! Especially after what happened with mother?" How could they forget what happened to mother?!

"It's not about forgetting, but about forgiving."

"Why should I forgive?! They were in the wrong, not us."

"That's not entirely true. We ourselves may not have done them any direct harm, but our history says enough. I can understand their hatred, their frustration and their lust to kill us." My sister wraps her arms around me from behind, and I let her. Normally I would push her off, especially with Juliet around, but I really need this hug, so I let her. "It's not wrong to want to be with your mate. I've been longing for one myself quite a time and to see you deny your mate hurts me. It makes me jealous for you've found your mate, yet you deny her. It makes me angry that you deny her. You make me long for my mate more. So please, accept them as they come. You've only one chance. Don't fuck it up."

"Easier said than done, sister."

"No, it's really simple. You're body and soul already have accepted her, so why not your mind?"

"Because of the grudge I bear against mankind, against the humans," I murmur.

"But that's not necessary. They gave mother the most beautiful funeral I've ever seen. They apologized a billion times and even served us till their deaths. So why is it so hard to let go?"

"Because they took away the person I loved the most. You didn't have the bond I had with mother, but it was so intense, so strong and so special. It felt as like they ripped my heart out."

"I know sweetheart, I know," my sister says as she comforts me, and herself. I could smell her sad emotions in the air. I close my eyes. Another pair of arms joins us and I feel a soft body press against my front. With a sniff I smell it's Juliet. Wanting to push her off my sister quickly wraps her arms around mine and keeps me from moving them. A tongue against my neck forces my attention away from my arms.

A sudden sharpness at the base of my neck grazes over it before piercing through. I feel my blood being sucked out and I want to bite back. I open my eyes and from the corner of my eyes I see who it is. Juliet.

By biting me she  accepts me as her sister-in-law. If I bite back it means I accept her as well. We haven't bitten each other before, so this is all new. Not the bite itself, but the acceptance and tolerance that comes with it.

"Do it," my sister whispers in my ear. "You want to, don't stop that. For once let go of your hatred and feel how liberating it is."

My sister's a master in convincing and almost without care I sink my fangs into Juliet's neck. The blood flowing from her vein tickles my tongue. She tastes surprisingly good. She tastes a bit like my brother, which is only logical since he had turned her for she was his mate. But her human taste was still there, as if she hadn't turned completely.