Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates novel Chapter 75

Rain

“You hear anything yet?” Jesse leaned against the doorframe, arms crossed, looking entirely too relaxed for someone who knew I was about to lose my mind.

“They said they’ll get back to me by the end of the week,” I muttered, my legs refusing to stay still. I paced back and forth across the room, every step making my nerves worse.

“So… no.”

I whipped around to glare at him. “Not no. Just… not yes.”

Jesse let out an exaggerated sigh. “Rain, that’s just a fancy way of saying no answer.”

“Yeah, thanks, genius. I figured that out on my own.”

He shrugged. “Just making sure.’

I dragged a hand through my hair. “I should’ve pushed harder. Asked more questions. What does ‘by the end of the week’ even mean? Thursday? Friday? Midnight on Saturday? If they already know whether they’re in or not, why not just say it?” “Because maybe they need time to finalize things?”

I scoffed. “Please. They’re vampires. They’ve had centuries to perfect the art of making decisions. They should’ve had a plan ready by now.”

Jesse raised an eyebrow. “Right, because organizing an attack against a dangerous clan is the same as picking out what blood type pairs best with dinner.”

I stopped pacing long enough to glare at him. “This isn’t funny.”

“It kind of is.”

“Jesse.”

“Rain.”

I let out a long, slow breath and collapsed onto the couch, throwing my head back. “They’re probably going to back out.” “They’re not going to back out.”

“You don’t know that.”

“And you do?”

I clenched my jaw. “I just… I hate waiting. It’s the worst part. My head starts spinning, and I think of every way this could go wrong, and suddenly it’s all just-“

“A giant waste of your energy,” Jesse cut in.

I turned my head to scowl at him. “You like finishing my sentences, huh?”

“Only when you’re being dramatic,” he shot back.

I let out a frustrated groan and rubbed my hands down my face. “I should be doing something. We should be planning, training, getting ready—”

“We are getting ready,” Jesse said. “But if you keep pacing like that, I’m tying you to this couch.”

I huffed. “Like you could tie me down.”

“Want to bet?”

I shot him a side-eye, but he only smirked.

“Look,” Jesse continued, “you know what’s going to happen? You’re going to stress yourself sick over this, they’re going to call you on Friday, and it’s all going to work out. Then you’re going to feel stupid for spiraling all week.”

I scoffed. “That’s a real confident take.”

“It’s called common sense. You should try it sometime.”

I glared at him. “I swear-“

“Yeah, yeah, you swear a lot. But none of it changes the fact that you can’t do anything about this right now. You need to chill.

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“Chill?” I sat up. “Jesse, in case you forgot, we are this close to going into an actual battle. Not a sparring match, not a

training session-an actual fight where people could die. And I’m supposed to chill?”

“Yes,” Jesse said simply. “Because if you don’t, you’re going to burn yourself out before we even get to the fight.”

I opened my mouth, then shut it. He had a point, and I hated that he had a point.

“Come on,” Jesse said, nudging my shoulder. “Let’s find something to do before you start climbing the walls. Play a game, go for a run, anything to keep you from spiraling.”

I sighed. “Fine. But if I don’t hear from them by Friday night, I’m breaking something.”

“Deal,” Jesse said. “Just not anything I own.”

Waiting to hear back from the vampire clan I had previously been inducted into was difficult. They said that they needed to think about how best to approach this so no one got hurt.

The fact that they were willing to risk everything and help me was something I still had trouble wrapping my head around. They barely knew me. As far as I was concerned, I was nothing more than a stranger to them.

Suddenly, I was floating in midair. I gaped, looking over my shoulder at Lia.

“Holy shit, Lia I’m floating!”

“No, I cast a levitation spell so you wouldn’t fall down the stairs and break your neck!” she shouted, carefully setting me down on my feet.

With my feet now safely on the ground, I got my nerves back. I rushed over to Lia, underestimating my muscles. They were wobbly, making me wonder if they were a side effect of the magic.

“Lia, does casting a spell on someone usually make them feel weak in the knees?”

Colby cleared his throat. “In any other context I would think you were talking about Lia but I can see that isn’t the case now.” “Rain came barreling out of his room for some reason and nearly sent himself flying head first down the stairs!” Lia shouted. “If I hadn’t come out here and used a levitation spell to catch him in midair he could’ve cracked his skull open.”

“Rain, seriously?” Colby aske, d shaking his head in disbelief.

I growled in frustration. “Guys, you are completely missing the point! I just spoke with the clan and they said they are finally ready to discuss the plan with us!”

Lia gasped softly. “They did?”

“Yes, I just got off the phone with them!” I exclaimed. “In my excitement, I almost fell down the stairs but it could happen to anyone.”

Okay, it probably couldn’t happen to anyone. I was the only one here who got super excited and was likely to tumble down the stairs in excitement.

It wasn’t the worst way to go but it certainly wasn’t the most glamorous. It was pretty embarrassing when you thought about

it.

“So what did they say?” Colby asked, clearing his throat.

I grinned. “They want to meet with us in three days.”

“Three days?” Lia asked softly. “That seems so long from now.”

“I know, but remember Lia they never had to agree to help us in the first place” I reminded her. “They could’ve just turned away our request but instead they are agreeing to go through with it. We need to remember that.”

She smiled faintly. “You’re right, Rain. Thank you for reminding me of that.”

I sighed softly to myself. Just three more days and we would be step closer to getting Gabi back with us, safe and sound, where she belonged.

It was something all of us, especially Michael, wanted more than anything.