Clementine:
It was so weird that none of us could even catch up. We just sat silently in our beds while they went one by one to the restroom. Once all of them were back, their hair wet, Haiden spoke first.
"We shouldn’t feel this way. I mean, it’s pretty normal. Men have had too many mates over the years. So why are you upset?"
He didn’t say it directly, but he was trying to ease my mind about getting intimate with all of them in the North.
"Haiden is right, it wasn’t a bad thing. Just because the ringleaders labeled it didn’t make it wrong." Troy tried to comfort me too, making me feel at ease.
"But why the heck was Ian involved?" Suddenly, Yorick shifted the attention to Ian, and I shot my head up.
Ian, who usually looked confident, suddenly looked away. His hands clenched the edge of the bed, a visible frown on his forehead.
"Yeah, the lust works when there’s already some spark. So how did he end up getting involved?" Troy reminded us of the gnomes’ rules.
"If that’s the case, then why were you involved?" Haiden asked, pointing at Troy, who squirmed in his seat.
"Well, you already know," Troy said, taking a deep breath. "I used to have a crush on Clementine. I mean, I still do."
He said it outright, and everyone grunted. Ian didn’t move at all.
"Wait, wait, wait. Why are you asking me this?" I hissed. "Does that mean she had urges for me?" Troy brought it up, and all eyes landed on me again. I sighed and shrugged.
"No, I don’t have feelings for any of you," I said, knowing what was coming next. When I turned to Ian, his face was turned to the side, but he was side-eyeing me. Why had I let him touch me? I didn’t even know I had such weird desires.
Silence struck for a moment.
"It’s getting too weird. Instead of looking for answers, how about we agree never to speak of it again?" Thankfully, Troy noticed I would’ve died if they kept questioning me.
"Of course you’d wonder. You’re just happy you got to be intimate with her, even when you and Ian have no right to. She’s not your mate, she’s our mate," Yorick said, causing me to cover my face with my hands.
"Look at what you’re doing. Is this what a mate does?" Troy added, using it against them.


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