Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates novel Chapter 66

Lia

I’ve been working my butt off at school and magic lessons, barely having time to breathe. My usual time I wake up is now well before the crack of dawn. It’s strange getting out of bed before the sun has even risen in the sky.

The last time I got up this early… well, I don’t think I ever did! Even when I was in my last year of high school I stayed in until the sun started to rise. There was just something unnatural in being awake before the sun has risen.

But this time I don’t have this luxury.

All of us have been pushing ourselves. With Michael still recovering, it’s up to us to get Gabi back.

I thought Michael would heal faster, but the witches must’ve put something in the spell to specifically affect lycan blood. Sneaky coven, I thought.

My teacher said that a good witch considered everything when they were creating a spell. Nothing was off limits because if it was then they could risk dying. She was tough and didn’t fail to pull any punches if I screwed up, but I appreciated her candor. It was helping me learn magic at an ever faster right.

A yawn escaped me as I rolled out of bed, heading downstairs. I bumped into Rain who looked to resemble a zombie. “Rain… are you alive?”

He blinkerd slowly, heavy black circles under his eyes. “Huh?”

“I guess your not alive. Are you a zombie now?”

“Mmh.”

I stifled a giggle. “Let me go get some human brains for you. I hear they are all the rage for zombies.”

“Wait, what?” Rain cried, looking at me with a horrified expression. “I don’t want ot eat human brains, Lia! That seems a step to far!”

“Rain, I’m teasing. I was just trying to gauge how aware of everything you are right now.”

He groaned. “I hate getting up this early. “It should be evil to be awake this early-do you think I should just give up training this early?”

My eyebrows shot up. “Rain, wouldn’t that defeat the purpose of you joining the vampire clan?”

“Okay, that’s true,” he muttered. “How is your magic training going by the way?”

I sighed. “It’s going.”

The two of us eventually did go our separate ways. With all my mates being busy, Simone offered to drive me home and even stay around for awhile so the two of us could spend some quality time together.

“It’s bullshit!” I snapped, pacing the room so hard the floorboards creaked under my feet. “They’re just washing their hands of it because they can hide behind the legality of the blood oath. That’s all this is a convenient excuse to do nothing.”

Simone leaned back against the wall, arms crossed and her expression annoyingly calm. “Yeah. But honestly? Fine. Let them sit this one out. It just means we handle it ourselves.”

“It’s a mess,” she said to me. “A massive, terrifying, overwhelming mess. But it’s our mess, and that means it’s ours to clean up. And we will. Just like we always do.”

“You believe that?” I asked, my voice barely above a whisper.

“I do.” She smiled, soft but sure. “Because I know us. And when we decide to do something, there’s no stopping us. Not the werewolves, not the witches, not anyone. It’s just a matter of whether you’re ready to stop pacing and start acting.”

I stared at her. “You make it sound so simple.”

“It is simple,” she said, stepping closer. “Not easy. Never easy. But simple. It’s us. And we don’t stop until it’s done.” A shaky laugh escaped me as I rubbed my temples. “You’re ridiculous.”

“And you’re stubborn. It’s why we work so well together.”

I sighed, finally letting some of my anger seep out of me. “Fine. We’ll do it ourselves. But if this goes to hell, I’m blaming

you.”

“Deal,” she said, grinning as she turned toward the door. “Now let’s stop wasting time and get to work.”