Chapter 9
Jesse
The phone calls and text messages started after I smelled the sweet scent of an omega. It hit me right away what was going on. Lia was my mate. Denying it was going to help no one, including myself.
Sighing, I looked at my phone and saw that it was from Colby.
We need to talk. It’s about Lia. – C
What about her? – 1
She’s my fated mate. And Rain’s too. – C
…Are you serious right now? – 1
Dead serious. – C
Well, this is gonna get interesting, real fast. – J
What’s that supposed to mean? – C
I smell an omega too. Strongly. – J
What?! – C
Yeah. Lia’s probably my mate too. – I
Are you for real right now? – C
I never joke about this kind of thing. – J
…You’re kidding me. – C
Not even a little. – J
This is insane. – C
Welcome to the chaos. – J
So she had three mates. That was very rare. One mate was the most common followed by two. Three wasn’t unheard of but it was very rare.
Shrugging, I threw on my jacket and put on my shoes before heading out the door. I needed to get to the school right away so I could see Lia. She was going to be pissed off and upset, but it wasn’t like I wanted this. It was simply fate.
One could deny fate all they wanted. Doing this was foolish.
When I saw Matt I realized he was in the same situation as me. He looked terrible, probably because he was trying to deny the fact that Lia was his mate.
This meant that all four of us were her mates.
Huh, that was unheard of. I couldn’t remember one case where I had heard someone was blessed with four mates. It would’ve been difficult to share my omega with three other alphas. This possessiveness overcame me, a primal urge to claim Lia as my own becoming the only thing floating through my mind.
But I took a breath.
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No, these were my best friends. I could still claim her and retain our friendship. We were already in our pack in a way along with Michael. This would be just a different kind of pack, one I had never expected but one I would deal with.
Matt was not willing to deal with it from the look on his face. I called out to him, urging him to get in the car. He looked reluctantly but then climbed into the passenger seat.
For most of the ride, Matt was quiet, glaring out the passenger window. I sighed.
“Matt?”
“What Jesse?”
“It’s silly of you to keep denying the truth.”
“I’m not denying anything.”
“Really? Then admit it out loud.”
He opened his mouth but nothing came out. When he tried again, the same thing happened causing me to roll my eyes.
“Fine, Matt go ahead and sulk. You’re only going to hurt yourself in the process.”
“But this is Lia, Jesse and not to mention all four of us are the ones who are going to be mated to her shortly. How can you be so calm about this?”
I shrugged. “Nothing I can do will change it and fighting against my nature is going to make me look like you right now, which is not something I want. You look like shit.”
“Thanks, Jesse. You always say the sweetest things to me. I appreciate it so much.”
A small smirk made its way onto my lips.
“You know I tell it like it is so I don’t know why you’re acting so surprised right now.”
“How is Michael going to react?”
“Why does it matter?” I asked, tilting my head to the side.
“Jesse, seriously?”
I sighed again. “He is her brother and we are her mates.”
“Stop saying that.”
The aggression was rising in Matt. I didn’t even have to look over to see the look on his face. It was clear in his breathing and the way his scent changed.
“We’re almost there,” I told Matt.
“Yeah, I can see that.”
He sounded more bitter than before. I wonder how he was going to react when we got into the actual school and spoke with Lia. She was going to be in a state of shock but it didn’t matter. This is now all our reality. The sooner she accepts it the easier it will be for all of us.
