Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates novel Chapter 121

Lia

After that startling revelation, I decided I needed to spend some quality time with my mates.

It was a lot to take in when you realize that your ancestors double-crossed a bunch of dragon shifters to save the world. Then you go ahead and screw it up. The you is me.

I was the one who messed it up but if they had just told me the truth then everything would’ve been fine. Maybe we could’ve come with some way to keep the dragons at bay.

Right now, I didn’t want to think about it. We were still at the hotel, trying to figure out what the hell we were doing. Simone was with me in her room with her mates out getting something to eat. It was giving us a chance to talk.

I flopped onto the hotel bed with a sigh, staring up at the ceiling. “I need to figure out how to spend some quality time with them.”

This was what I wanted to focus on right now. I spent some quality time with my mates and tried to distract myself from everything that was going on.

She glanced at me, smiling.

I stared back at her. “If you have something to say, just say it.”

It was likely that Simone as going to say something sarcastic as she always did but I was ready for that. This was just something you delt with when you were friends with Simone.

Simone, lying sideways across the other bed, smirked. “Oh? ‘Quality time,’ huh? Sounds like someone’s ready to take things to the next level.”

I groaned. “Not like that.”

She waggled her eyebrows. “Oh, but eventually like that?”

“Simone!” I grabbed a pillow and chucked it at her, but she just laughed, dodging it effortlessly.

“Hey, I’m just saying, four hot, protective mates in one hotel with you. That’s practically a romance novel setup. Are we sure this isn’t leading to some-“

“No!” I cut her off, sitting up. “I just want to plan something nice where we can spend time together without all the chaos. You know, get to know each other like normal people.”

Simone snorted. “Normal? Babe, you have four mates. Nothing about that is normal.”

I rubbed my temples. “I mean, something calm. Like… maybe we go out somewhere tomorrow, do something fun, something where we’re not constantly dealing with fights or magic or people trying to kill us.”

She hummed, tapping her chin. “So, you’re thinking, like… a peaceful walk on the beach? A trip to a cute cafe? Or maybe a’ coincidentally, there’s only one bed’ situation?”

I threw another pillow at her. “Simone, I swear-“

How did she always manage to crack these jokes constantly? It was enough to make me laugh hand blush. Honestly, I didn’t know how to react to her sometimes.

She cackled, rolling onto her stomach. “Okay, okay! No sex jokes. I love that you’re trying to bond with them. But let’s be real

-what are they gonna do? Take you on four separate dates?”

I hesitated. “…Maybe? I mean, I don’t want it to feel like some weird group thing all the time.”

Simone smirked. “Yeah, I get that. You wanna connect with them individually and together. A delicate balancing act of romantic chaos.”

I sighed. “Basically.”

She grinned. “Well, lucky for you, I’m an expert at making plans. What do they like?”

The five of us would figure out something to do together. I don’t care if we went for a walk or just snuggled outside under a blanket. All that mattered was that we spent time together.

I was struggling, questioning my place in everything. once, I was a werewolf, and that made sense. Then I figured out I could cast spells, which was a surprise in itself.

But I adjusted to casting spells. It had taken a while, but I realized I was very skilled with magic!

Now I was tied to dragons? It almost felt like I was part dragon in a way. Not exactly, but our blood was mixed and tied together.

None of it made sense to me.

We still had the elder in our grasp. We were refusing to let her go right now, wanting to see what we could do with holding her for ransom or something.

Then there was the dragon shifter. He was still around.

Anytime we were together, he made me feel uneasy. I still felt like I was tied to him, and I didn’t know what to think about it.

Neither of my mates liked the fact that the dragon shifter was sticking around. They were also uneasy, but he was helping us so there was nothing else we could do about it.

I was going to get answers. Right now I just wanted some time to spend with my mates. Was it a distraction? Yes, absolutely.

But I wasn’t ready to accept what was awaiting me in the future. Not yet at least.

Would I even manage to survive it in the long run?