Chapter 10
Lia
When I started to come too I realized there were multiple scents nearby but the scents were calming me down. The logical part of my brain was scared by this because these scents belonged to my brother’s four friends Colby, Rain, Matt, and Jesse. Usually, these scents made me tense up, wondering what torment they would inflict on me next.
But it was different now. It helped me feel at ease, making me get closer and closer to consciousness.
“Okay, I understand all of you are worried about your future mate but you need to give her some breathing room. Can you imagine how she is going to feel when she realizes there are five pairs of eyes on her?”
Five?
Slowly, I took in the scene before me. Standing near the door was my brother Michael who looked the most concerned I had ever seen him. Colby and Rain, the two jokesters, also looked concerned. They looked very serious, something I didn’t expect.
Then I shifted my gaze to the other two. Matt refused to meet my gaze, a scowl on his face. Finally, someone who was acting on the outside what I felt on the inside. Beside him was Jesse. I tried not to shiver as my eyes locked with Jesse.
He was looking at me the most intensely out of all four of them. The possessiveness was radiating off him in waves, something I didn’t know how to wrap my mind around.
“How do you feel?” the nurse said gently.
She was beside me, checking my vitals. I was looking everywhere but in the direction of my… mates.
God, they were my mates. All four of them were going to be my mates shortly. I would have to find a way to build a life with everyone.
“I feel like I want to throw up.”
Michael cleared his throat. “Guys I know you want to make sure she is okay, but I need all of you to give my sister and me some breathing room, okay?”
“Come with me and I’ll try to explain the situation to all of you as well as how you can support your new mate.”
Matt was the first to leave with Rain and Colby following. Jesse was the one who stood firm, refusing to leave.
“Jesse,” Michael hissed.
But Jesse ignored Michael, instead focusing on me.
“I want to talk to my brother. Alone.”
He nodded. “All right.”
The man turned around and left without a fuss. Michael rolled his eyes.
“He’s gonna be the most clingy of them all, Lia. Just watch.”
I shrugged, refusing to meet even my brother’s gaze. He sat beside me, playfully elbowing me in the side.
“Michael, try all you want but I am not going to find the silver lining in all of this.”
“I mean, I wasn’t going to suggest you find the silver lining in all of this. For you, I don’t think there is because you are very stressed given how things have been with my friends and you.”
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IV
This made me look up.
“And what is your point? I don’t need to hear the obvious, Michael.”
“I’m saying that it’s going to be an adjustment for everyone and so you know I’m on your side. Being an omega with four mates is not going to be easy. If any of them step over any of your boundaries let me know. I will teach them a lesson.”
I bit down on my bottom lip. “They will fight to protect their mate… meaning me.”
“Yes, but I don’t think you’ll let them get away with hurting me, and their number one concern is you so you’ll set them straight.”
“Michael, I don’t want to talk about this anymore. I just want to go home. Can you take me home?”
He nodded. “Of course.”
From the moment I stepped out of the nurse’s office with my brother, they were all walking towards me until I took a nervous step back.
“Are you okay?” Rain asked. “We heard you passed out.”
“Can you blame her?” Colby muttered.
Matt huffed. “I’m surprised you didn’t pass out Rain.”
“Hey just ask Colby! I accepted it right away, didn’t I?”
“He did, Matt.”
Jesse cleared his throat. “Unlike Matt who is still denying it. He won’t even look in Lia’s direction even after it’s obvious-”
“Jesse, shut up.”
-obvious that Lia is our fated mate.”
Matt stalked off. I felt slightly empty with him gone, a feeling I didn’t want to have. It was the bond talking, already growing despite my best efforts to pretend it didn’t exist.
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