Emmet:
"You also have more mates?" I asked my brothers, and they stopped focusing on my mother just to give me a head nod.
"And itโs fucked up because we donโt want many," Kaye snapped, clutching his fists.
"Arenโt you engaged to Kesha?" I asked, cracking my knuckles as I tried hard to act like I was thinking too hard to remember such a crucial detail.
"Yeah, I donโt want to stay engaged to her anymore," Kaye said, making me pout and nod my head.
"Wait, what are you saying? It is not a joke. You all seem to think everyone else is at your service, that you can use and discard anytime you want. You all got engaged to Charlotte, Jessica, and Kesha, and now you want to leave her? After you felt the mate bond with them?" My mother started panicking, and honestly speaking, I would be too if I were in her shoes. What my brothers were saying was pretty messed up.
I watched Helanie come out of the mansion looking so defeated. Her beautiful face looked so saddened that it broke my heart for her. But sadly, this is the world we live in. There are rivals, and Helanie has to understand that some good news comes with bad consequences. And this was one of them.
Once I felt the mate bond with Azura, I had a feeling my brothers would too. And it had become reality.
"Well, then instead of keep repeating our mistakes, we want to finish it. I will reject Jessica tonight," Norman said, looking deeper into my motherโs eyes.
"Well, the full moon is over. Itโs just the dinner that is left. Are you confusing the dinner with the full moon?" my mother asked very dramatically, pointing at the sky.
"Well, then I will reject her next full moon," Norman argued.
"Why?" However, my subtle disagreement caught their attention. "Doesnโt Helanie have four mates? So what if you have two as well? Donโt get me wrong, but I think it is even better this way."
I watched my brothers glare at me, as if wondering what I was on about.
"Think about it this way, you cannot just share her with everyone staying in the same room as her. You will have to plan days. And while she is with one of you, the others will suffer. So if you have your other mates with you at that time, I mean, the time will pass pretty quickly."
My suggestion definitely angered them because they did not seem to agree with me.
"Emmet, we would like you to not intervene. You made up your mind. You chose your fated mate. As for us, we will make our own decisions," Maximus hissed at me, looking upset that I even suggested they accept their other fated mates.
"Sure," I shrugged to Maximus.
"I will never let you speak to your brother like that. Heโs older than you. Donโt forget," Mother snapped at him, probably because she liked my idea more.
And honestly speaking, even when it was going to hurt Helanie, I was going to do my best to make sure my brothers accept and mark their other mates.
That was when Norman stepped to the side, and we watched Helanie approach us.
"I hope you all had a great night. Did you all eat well?" she asked, her eyes blankly staring at me and Azura before looking back at our mother.
"Oh yeah, we didnโt eat yet," my mother said.
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