Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates novel Chapter 166

Matt

Things were finally starting to settle down. It was crazy to say that, but I loved that things were finally quieting in our lives. After so much craziness, all I wanted was quiet. Hard to believe I was saying this right now.

The dragon shifters were adjusting to living here in our city. I never thought they would adjust to living here, but they were. Other supernatural creatures had done their best in protesting their arrival and settling in. However, they had finally given up.

They realized that they had no choice but to accept it. If they didn’t get with the program, then there were going to be consequences. The entire Moonveil ended up becoming spokespeople for the movement, something I never expected.

Fighting for someone else and trying to take a stand wasn’t for me. I still preferred to be coaching, but when I had time, I would join Lia, Colby, and Jesse in public events. So would Rain.

When a dragon shifter wanted to join the rugby team, I was the one who pushed for him to be accepted. People wanted to stop him from joining, but I refused to let anyone discriminate against him simply because he was a dragon shifter.

He was such a good rugby player, too. I never thought I’d see such a great player, but he made me proud.

Right now, I am outside, enjoying my time outside. It had been a normal day at home, making me realize I liked the quiet days. We had been on the move for so long that it was nice to sit.

But then I tensed. It felt like someone was watching me. Or maybe someone’s.

My eyes scanned the yard, trying to figure out if there was someone nearby or someone in the dark watching. I couldn’t see anyone, but it didn’t stop me from feeling strange.

I leaned against the back porch railing, eyes scanning the edge of the yard where the trees started. It was quiet. Too quiet. And I’d felt it again last night-that weird, crawling sensation like someone was watching us.

“You ever get that feeling,” I said, not looking back, “like someone’s out there? Just… watching?” Rain didn’t even glance up from his phone. “Yeah. It’s called living in a neighborhood.”

I turned around. “I’m serious, dude.”

“So am I,” he said, thumbs still flying. “People have eyes. Sometimes they use them.”

“Ha. No, I mean like… late at night. When it’s pitch blackout. You’re walking through the yard, and it’s like-you know, someone’s looking at you. But there’s no one there.”

Rain finally looked up. “You okay, man? Because that sounds like a you problem.”

“Thanks for the support.” I shoved my hands in my hoodie pocket and looked back toward the trees. “It happened again last night. I took the trash out, and I swear someone was standing just past the fence.”

“And did you go check?” “No. I’m not an idiot.”

Rain shrugged. “Could’ve been a raccoon. Or a neighbor taking a weirdly long smoke break” “Unless our neighbor grew eight feet and forgot how to blink, it wasn’t them.”

He laughed. “You’re being dramatic.” “I will smack you in the head.”

“That’s fair,” he said, grinning. “But also-come on. What do you want me to say? ‘Yes, Matt, clearly there is a shadowy figure stalking us from the bushes and we are doomed’?”

“I want you to stop acting like I’m making it up!”

“I’m not saying you’re making it up. I’m saying it’s probably your brain messing with you. We’ve been up late all week, you’ve had like four hours of sleep total, and your snack choices are… questionable.”

“I’m not hallucinating because of Hot Cheetos, Rain.” “Debatable.”

I glared at him. “You suck”

“Only sometimes.” He put the phone down and joined me at the railing, his face turning serious. “Look, if it’s freaking you out, I’ll stay up tonight. We’ll sit out here and watch together.”

“You’re not going to mock me the whole time?” “No promises.”

Trolled my eyes. “You know what? Twill smack you in the head.”

Rain held up his hands. “Fine, fine. I’ll behave. Mostly. Maybe we’ll catch your mystery creeper on camera.” “I don’t want to catch them, I want them to leave me the hell alone.”

Rain stood beside me again that night, looking concerned. “Matt, are you losing it? I feel like you’re losing it, and I don’t want you to lose it. You’re one of my best friends.”

“Hey, you have three other best friends, so you’ll be fine.” He paled. “Oh my god. Should I get Lia and warn her?” “Warn her about what, Rain?”

I was trying to keep the annoyance out of my tone, but Rain was so easy to ease. He got worked up so easily, and it always made me want to laugh.

“That you’re going mad!”

Then I heard the sound of rustling in the distance. Rain stiffened, looking at me with wide eyes. “Dude, I heard it too.”

This was it.

I knew someone was out there watching!

Jumping over the porch rail, I ran towards the noise. Someone ran off in the distance, but I smelled a wolf.

A wolf had been out here watching us, and the strange part was that they smelled so familiar. “They smell like you,” Rain whispered, nudging me gently.

I huffed. “Yeah, you’re right. They must be from my old pack”

“Why would your old pack be hanging around out here?” Rain asked, tilting his head to the side. He looked confused, and I was just as confused.

When I left my pack, they had threatened me for daring to leave. They wanted all of us to join that pack, but then I decided to form a pack with my friends and my mate. I knew they had never gotten over it.

The question was, why were they making themselves known now? I didn’t understand why, so it was frustrating.

But one thing was for sure. I was never going to backdown or let them try to hurt me. They wouldn’t hurt Lia or any of my other pack members.