Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates novel Chapter 149

Matt

“Have I mentioned how fucking sick I am of being underground?” I asked, huffing when everyone nodded.

Sighing, I narrowly avoided tripping over a rock, causing Rain to laugh. It was my tum to laugh when he tripped over a rock and landed face-first on the ground.

“Those that laugh, trip over rocks,” I teased, reaching down to lift him to his feet. “You okay?”

He sniffed. “I guess I’m okay, but I am in a lot of pain. I mean, I did fall face first onto the fucking ground. Also, what he fuck was with that saying?”

“I think it’s a play on those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones,” Colby said, causing him to huff. “And that hurt, by the way.”

I snorted. “Yes, I’m sure it did, but you’re a powerful werewolf, and we are about to go face an elder dragon. Don’t you think you should suck it up right now?”

Rain paled. “Why do you have to keep bringing up the dragon? I won’t be able to forget because I can feel the fucking tremors every five minutes.”

Shrugging, I went back to walking. I didn’t like walking underground. It was hard to say what we were going to face and if we would ever survive this.

We had all said our goodbyes before heading down here. I know Lia called Simone and Michael. They had wanted to come with us, but we couldn’t let them. This was Lia’s destiny, and as her mates, we were going to be there with her.

I was trying to be as strong as I could, but I was terrified that something could happen to us. You know, mostly us are not surviving this dangerous fight.

The further we got underground, the worse it got. A few times, the rumors ended up knocking us off our feet. We had to either grab each other or hang onto the wall to stop ourselves from falling to the hard ground.

Rain was the one who ended up falling onto his face again, causing all of us to sigh.

Colby reached down and hauled Rain to his feet for the second time, shaking his head. “You know, at this point, I think the ground just has it out for you.”

Rain groaned, rubbing his face. “I swear if I break my nose down here, I’m gonna lose my mind. That’s the money-maker, you know?”

Xaveria rolled her eyes. “Your ego is the real problem, not your nose.”

Lia, who had been quiet up until now, suddenly stopped walking. Her posture went rigid, and I knew that look-she was having another vision.

We all froze, waiting. Her breathing grew shallow, her fingers twitching at her sides. After a moment, she inhaled sharply and blinked rapidly as if snapping out of a trance.

“What did you see?” I asked cautiously.

Lia swallowed hard. “The entrance is closed. But… something is waiting for us. Something big.” Colby tightened his grip on the hilt of his sword. “Bigger than an elder dragon?”

Lia shook her head. “Not bigger. Just… dangerous.”

She sighed. “They got cocky with their power, and people rebelled. I think that’s why destiny intervened and created the prophecy.”

I shivered. The thought that fate or destiny itself had decided to plan and place this burden on my shoulders was almost too much to bear. Or maybe… it was all a fluke.

The path ahead grew even darker, the air thick with magic and something else-something ancient. A deep rumble vibrated through the ground beneath my feet.

“Xaveria,” I whispered, gripping the dragonstone tighter, “I think it knows we’re here.” She stiffened beside me. “Then we don’t have much time.”

But nothing happened.

I sighed, deciding that we had to keep walking because what else could we do?

“Why would they want to do the same thing if it nearly destroyed them in the first place?” Rain asked.

He was asking a very good question because I did wonder the same thing. Why were they willing to repeat their actions when it could lead to their death?