Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates novel Chapter 54

Lia

The silence from the Rosewater Clan is starting to get to me. I don’t know what the hell I am going to do about this. Because something is going on, even though the guys are trying to tell me it doesn’t mean anything.

Gabi being pregnant gives them a huge opportunity. It enables them to possibly take her baby, finding a way to solve the blood oath. But I can’t imagine them taking my niece or nephew. Michael would fight tooth and nail, never allowing them to take his child.

All of us would do the same.

What if… they take Gabi? If they took Gabi then they could hold her hostage until she gives birth? I wouldn’t even be shocked if they didn’t kill her afterward because they wouldn’t have any need for her.

Quickly I grab my phone, wanting to talk with Simone and see if she can offer me her perspective.

I’ve been thinking… the Rosewater Coven hasn’t done anything to us in a while, but what if they’re just waiting for the right moment? What if they’re planning to take Gabi’s baby? I can’t shake this feeling that something’s coming. -L

Hey, I know you’re worried, but you can’t let your mind run wild like that. They haven’t made any moves, and if they wanted to do something like that, they would’ve already tried, right? Maybe they’ve just backed off for now. -S

I don’t know, Simone. It just feels like they’re being too quiet-like they’re biding their time or waiting for something. And I don’t trust them to stay quiet for long. Gabi’s baby is too important, and I just… I can’t help but feel like they’ll try something

soon. -L

I get it, Lia. You’re scared because you care, but sometimes silence is just silence. It doesn’t always mean they’re planning something big. Look, I don’t think they’d risk going after the baby unless they had a really good reason. And even then, they’d know it’s dangerous for them. They’ve got to realize we’d fight back with everything we’ve got. -S

I wish I could believe that. But every time they’ve gone quiet before, it’s been followed by something worse. Remember the fire at the sanctuary? Or what they tried to pull at the Solstice Gathering? What if this time is different? What if they’re planning something that we can’t see coming? -L

You’re right; they’ve done some terrible things before. I won’t deny that. But jumping to conclusions without any real signs won’t help us, either. I’ve been keeping an eye out, too, and I swear, if they were planning something, we’d catch on. We’ve always been one step ahead of them when it matters most. Don’t let fear cloud your thinking, Lia. We’ve got this. -S

I hope you’re right… I really do. I just can’t shake this feeling that something bad is coming. It’s like a storm brewing on the horizon, and no one else can see it. What if they’re already closer than we think? What if we’re too late by the time we notice? –

L

You’re not alone in this, Lia. I promise you, we’ll stay alert. I’ll double-check the wards myself tonight, just in case. But you’ve got to trust me when I say this: stressing over what might happen will only drain you. When they make their move-if they make their move-we’ll be ready. We always are. You don’t have to carry this fear alone. We’ll handle whatever comes, together. -S

I thought about talking about it with Michael, but I didn’t want to worry him. He’s been under enough stress with the pregnancy and wanting to make sure everything goes okay.

The guys know and now Simone does so all I can do is keep practicing magic, hoping that someone will reach out to me at some point. But we all keep an eye out after that witched showed up.

We let her go and she took off, giving us what I could only describe as the evil eye. I wondered what the reason for her visit was. Did she want to hurt one of us or was it to spy on us?

If Matt hadn’t heard her she might have remained hidden, watching us for god knows how long.

I needed to take steps to protect the household. This started with protection wards, essentially giving us a buffer zone from anyone who might try to hurt us again.

The first attempt to create a protection ward went badly. I nearly blew myself up. During the second attempt, the ward was thrown forward, seconds from hitting Colby in the head.

“Lia, what the hell?!”

I jumped to my feet, trying to retrieve the ward. “I am so sorry, Colby. I’m trying to create some protection wrads to put around the house. You know, in case someone tries to hurt us again.”

It would be a good idea to give some protection wards to Simone and Michael as well, but this was assuming I could even create one!

“Well, maybe you should warn us next time so we can avoid the living room,” he suggested, giving me a logical suggestion I should’ve thought of on my own.

“Yes, I’ll warn you guys next time.”

He grinned, kissing the top of my head.

“I’ll let you get right back to it. Good luck!”

I needed luck. For a moment I thought of creating a luck charm to see if it would give me a bit of a boost. But it didn’t do anything.

Magic was something you had to work at. I had learned a lot in a short amount of time, but I needed to keep reminding myself I was a novice and this wasn’t going to change.

But after a week of trying, I realized that I had finally created a successful protection ward.

The rest of the day it seemed like everyone felt more relaxed and comfortable… to an extent. I know all of us had a lot on our minds. How could we not?

“We should travel in groups of two,” Colby announced out of the blue as we were digging into our dinner.

I blinked. “I don’t know if that’s completely possible, Colby. How are we supposed to do that when sometimes we have no choice but to go places alone?”

“I’m just trying to come up with suggestions here. If you have an idea then please go ahead and tell me your suggestions. I’m willing to listen.”

Lia coughed. “Guys, don’t fight. It’s important that all of stay united on this, okay?”

“She has a point,” Rain pointed out with a mouth full of food.

“Rain,” Matt growled, giving him a look. “Can’t you swallow before talking?”

“That’s what she said,” Rain added, bursting out laughing at his childish and pop culture-esque joke.

I did let out a chuckle though. As silly as it was, it did do enough to make me laugh. I was about to take a bite of my food when I realized that everyone was staring at me.

“What?”

“You just laughed at my dumb joke,” Rain whispered, tears of happiness coming to his eyes. “I never thought I would see the day you laugh at one of my jokes but here we are.”

I shrugged. “It was bound to happen sooner or later. If you guys want sit and stare at me then fine, but I’d rather focus on eating this delicious food that we cooked.”

Eventually, their gaze did turn back onto foods, as did their attention.

Good. I was getting sick of them staring and was willing to smile if it meant stopping them in their tracks.