Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates novel Chapter 103

Rain

A year playing rugby professionally and you would think I would be better at judging things on the field, but no.

Not this time at least.

I made a stupid mistake and sprained my ankle. When it first happened, I was wailing at the top of my lungs and crying that I had broken it. Jesse calmly walked over to me, giving it a poke.

“It’s not broken,” he said based on my reaction to the pain.

I scowled. “It hurt!

“Yes, but if it was broken it would hurt a lot more.”

Technically, Jesse wasn’t wrong. If it was broken it would hurt a lot more, but it didn’t make me feel any better because my leg hurt!

“Let’s stop staring at him and get him off the field,” Colby muttered as he came up beside me.

Together, Jesse and Colby helped lift me off the ground. I grunted, trying not to put any weight on my ankle.

A sprained ankle wasn’t going to hurt my career, but the fact that I made such a stupid mistake annoyed the hell out of me. I had tried so hard to improve a little bit every day. Rugby was one of the most important things to me! Besides Lia and the pack.

Then came Rugby. It used to be that Rugby was the number one thing in my life but then I learned Lia was my fated mate and joined the Moonveil pack. These things quickly became more important to me.

It was crazy to think how many things had changed in just a short amount of time!

They helped take me over to the bench. I was forced to ice my ankle, refusing to go to urgent care until practice was over. The nurse looked over my leg, treating me as if I was being a bit dramatic. I rolled my eyes until she jostled my ankle and caused me to cry out.

“It’s not that bad.”

I huffed. “Try telling that to my ankle.”

The woman gave me a look but didn’t say anything else. I swear she had something against me because she kept causing twinges of pain to run up my spine! But I dealt with it.

When I was finally able to go to urgent care, they echoed the same thing the nurse said. It wasn’t anything big but it was going to keep me off the field for a few days. Which meant I couldn’t play in a game anytime soon.

It pissed me off, but I had no one to blame but myself. I was the one who ended up making that stupid mistake in the first place.

Lia gave me a look when she saw my ankle.

“Rain, you have got to be more careful.”

“I am always careful,” I argued.

She blinked slowly. “Rain, are you trying to fuck with me right now? You are not careful at all. You are one of the least careful people I know.”

It hurt, but when Lia was right she was right!

I should be more careful. Not being careful was how I got into this position in the first place.

***

Lia

While I was making Rain something to eat, I felt my phone buzzing in my pocket. Sighing, I dug for it and looked at the screen with a confused expression on my face.

My phone buzzed with an unknown number. Probably a scam. Probably something stupid. Against my better judgment, I answered.

“Hello?”

“Lia Brown?” The voice was clipped, professional, and not a scammer.

“Who’s asking?”

“This is Elias from the Werewolf Association.”

I frowned. “Okay… and?”

“There’s been an incident. Something has awoken where the Rosewater Coven used to live.”

I sat up straighter. “What?”

“We received word from the Witches’ Council this morning. They’re reporting unusual activity in the area.”

I frowned. “Unusual how?”

“They said… something was seen leaving.”

That uneasy chill crawled up my spine. “Something?”

“They didn’t specify.”

I let out a sharp laugh. “Well, that’s helpful.”

“The witches who reported it weren’t able to get a good look. They only said the energy was-how did they put it?— unnatural.”

I rubbed my temple. “Okay, so again, why are you calling me?”

A brief pause.

“You drove the Rosewater Coven away.”

“Of course. The Witches’ Council has something… or someone, stirring up trouble at the old Rosewater territory.”

He rubbed his chin thoughtfully. “And they’re throwing it on your plate because… why?”

“Because apparently, me pushing them out is now a liability. The Werewolf Association is all over it.” I threw my hands up in frustration. “If something went wrong, I have to fix it.”

Rain let out a low whistle. “That’s some bullshit.”

“Tell me about it,” I muttered, sinking back into the couch.

“So, what’s the plan?” Rain asked, leaning against the wall.

“Go meet with the witches, and see what kind of mess they’ve gotten us into this time.” I paused. “And then? I don’t know, pray we don’t get burned alive by whatever the hell is waking up over there.”

Rain chuckled dryly. “Sounds about right.”

I shot him a glare. “I’m serious.”

“Yeah, I know,” he said, his smile fading. “And I know you’ll handle it.”

I groaned, rubbing my eyes. “I wish I could be more sure of that.”

It was so frustrating that I thought this was behind us when it wasn’t. I was so eager to move on to the next stage with my mates and pack. But now we were going backward, having to find this coven.

But what could they be referring to?

I was nervous trying to figure out what could have been seen escaping from the Rosewater Coven’s old home. It was something I wish I could ignore but I couldn’t.

“So uh… about that sandwich?”

My eyes drifted over to Rain, giving him a look. I was in the process of making him something to eat but the phone call had made me a little distracted. Now it was all I could think about right now, which was the last thing I wanted.

“I’ll get you the sandwich Rain, but the second your ankle heals you’re going to be making me a sandwich.”

He saluted at me, causing me to snort. “I’ll make you the best sandwich you’ve ever had. Making a sandwich is easy for me since it doesn’t involve cooking.”

“Rain, the last thing I want is for you to cook for me,” I said gently but firmly.

Everyone knew Rain was a bad cook. He had attempted to take lessons about six months ago but all it did was end up with im nearly setting the building on fire. I still don’t know how he managed to do that without hurting himself or others.

But in the back of my mind was the fact that I had to look into this Rosewater Coven issue. I was nervous, wondering if this was going to end up blowing up in my face.

My mates would be on my side so at least I could rest easy knowing I wouldn’t be alone.