The Challenge Two Alphas,One Girl

Chapter 61: Sisters before Misters

Theo’s POV

 Thaddeus, Friday and Maze were inseparable. I felt like my childhood best friend and alpha was keeping a secret from me. What was going on with those three? Were they getting along for Friday’s sake or did they actually enjoy each other’s company. Their sudden liking for each other seemed surprisingly genuine. I bounced baby Titus on my knee and sighed.

“Why so glum?” Asked my Ida.

 “I feel like there’s something Thaddeus is keeping from me?” I said honestly.

 “Like what?” She asked, cocking her head to one side.

 “Like the full truth about what is going on with him and Friday and …Maze,” I said, grumbling the last word.

 “But isn’t obvious?” Asked Ida.

 “What?!” I exclaimed.

 “Seems like they’re, you know, sharing her willingly,” mused Ida.

 I burst into laughter. “Oh, please, they’d rather eat glass than do that!”

 Ida shrugged.

 “Confront him, then,” she said.

 “What?! I asked.

 “You heard me! Just confront him! Ask him what’s going on! Thaddeus is usually pretty open and honest. He’s a straightforward alpha,” said Ida.

 I sighed. She was right. We’d been friends since we were pups. Later today, I was gonna ask Thaddeus what was up with him, Friday and Maze.



 Raelynn’s POV

 Friday and I essentially told my Ezra and her wolf-boys that we were besties now and we wanted to have a sleepover. They did not buy that one bit. We were permitted one more hour of girl time before Ezra had “pressing business to attend to requiring his predestined’s presence” and Maze had “urgent pack matters necessitating an early departure.” Thaddeus had thought a girly sleepover for me and Friday would have been “chill and cool” with him but it was not his day so “whatever Maze said.” Ugh. We should have scheduled this thing on Thaddeus’ day.

 I was so nervous pulling up to the pack house. Ezra had been there twice before to discuss peace and good tidings between vampire and werewolf kind with Thaddeus. They were both big egalitarians. Ezra wasn’t scared of an ambush or anything but I believed he was wary of running into Fang. I’d seen Fang once in the Van Der Windt Manor. Ezra had forbidden me from talking to him calling him a “fiend” but not saying why. I couldn’t believe it. I’d been so close to my brother. In the next room! And I didn’t even know. The resemblance between Fang and me was not as striking.

 I spotted Fang on the porch of the Berryndale Pack House. He’d never seen me before but I had caught a glimpse of him that day at the Manor before Ezra sent me back to my room. Ezra was bossy and extremely overprotective but he was my everything. I knew it was weird to have a vampire mate. I was not sure if I was the first. I had only been certain I was a she-wolf for about an hour now but I had always had a hunch and a voice in my head said Ezra was the one. She also said our “pup” would be special. I had asked Ezra to take me to a psychiatrist and he had obliged. The psychiatrist actually had not found anything wrong with me. Friday had explained to me in the restaurant that the voice was my wolf. Fang had told her our wolves can talk like separate entities if powerful enough whereas some are just an instinct, an inner knowing. 

I stared at Fang and he stared at me. I smiled. He frowned. I frowned. He scowled at me and I gave him the middle finger.

 “Raelynn!” Chastised Friday.

 “What? He’s being all rude,” I said.

 Thaddeus and Maze were roaring with laughter. Ezra smirked. They boys didn’t know that was my brother officially yet but it was clear they had guessed what was going on. They were waiting patiently for Friday and me to explicitly tell them and I appreciated that. Fang stormed over.

 “What is this?” Demanded Fang. He was trembling. He looked scared and was avoiding looking at Ezra. He was staring at me.

 “I’m Raelynn,” I said.

 “What is this vampire doing here?” Asked Fang.

 “Raelynn?” Asked Thaddeus.

 “No!” Fang said anxiously.

 Thaddeus chuckled. “Why are you so uptight, Bro? This is Lord Ezra, my future Aly if our fathers ever agree to it.”

 Ezra smiled at Fang. Fang recoiled. He went inside.

 “Wait! I’m sorry! I was just kidding!” I called after my big brother, feeling annoyed but a little sad. He was so sensitive!

 “Don’t worry about it, he takes time to warm up!” Friday reassured me.

 “Like maybe a few weeks,” I said, nodding.

 “Like twenty years,” Friday answered.

 Maze and Thaddeus chuckled. She was totally serious.

 “Maze, Thaddeus, we’re going to visit Farr, uh, my father,” Friday said.

 Maze looked guilty and Thaddeus nodded sadly. Ezra was impassive. Ezra kissed my forehead.

 “Forty-five minutes,” he breathed against me.

 “You said an hour?” I pouted.

 “Thirty minutes,” he said.

 “Ezra!” I whimpered.

 He laughed and kissed me. Then, he went somewhere with Thaddeus and Maze.

 I went down to the dungeons with Friday. It was cold with walls and floors made of stone and silver bars to keep werewolf prisoners in. I walked to the last cell. A man with olive skin and dark eyes and dark wavy matted hair was there, sleeping. He opened one eyes suddenly. I jumped. He looked at me like he had seen a ghost. He recoiled even further against the stone wall. His cot was empty, untouched. It seemed he preferred the cold stone. Maybe it was a werewolf thing.

 “Farris, this is Raelynn,” said Friday softly.

 Farris cackled. “My, my, how you’ve grown!” Said my father, Farris.

 “Just like your mother,” he said, gazing at me.

 I smiled slightly.

 “A whore,” he said.

 The smiled slipped off my face. I knew he would be a nasty piece of work from what Friday had said.

 “What is worse living behind bars forever or dying young?” I asked him.

 “Having two whores for daughters and a third one for a wife,” he spat.

 I chuckled.

 “Have you no remorse at all? Are you not the Beta here?” I asked

 “The former Beta,” he said.

 “And you betrayed your kind for some rum money,” I said.

 “You’re the one sleeping with a vampire,” he said.

 “The son of the vampire you sold me too!” I snapped.

 “I didn’t even know if you were mine,” said Farris dismissively.

 “You could’ve asked for a paternity test and a divorce not sold your daughters as test subjects to rival vampires,” I said plainly.

 I sighed. He was not worth arguing with. There was no fatherly love in him and I wasn’t sure why but it wasn’t my job to make someone love me. Love can only be given freely. There is no other kind. Love under duress is not even love. Love is sacred in that way.

 “Take some of his hair and take some of Malachi’s and bring the samples to me. I will ask the technicians in the lab at the Manor,” I said softly to Friday.

 She seemed startled at how soon I wanted this arranged.

 “Ok, I’ll organise that. How will I get it to you?” She asked.

 “Thaddeus can get it to Ezra,” I said.

 “We’ll have to tell them,” Friday said.

 “We have to, anyway,” I replied.

 Friday sighed. We walked up the stairs.

 “Hey!” I said. She jumped.

 “No moping around!” I scolded her. She grinned and so did I.

 We found the guys on the porch with two pairs of twins. I looked at the golden skinned, dark haired ones. These must be my other brothers. Fallon and Fargo. The paler, blonde ones were eyeing me. One of them winked. And these must be Thaddeus’ brothers, Timothy and Titus.

 “This is Raelynn,” said Friday, introducing me to the twins, both pairs of them.

 Fallon and Fargo stared at me, mouths agape, looking confused.

 “I didn’t know you had a sister, Friday,” said who I heard her say was Timothy.

 There was an awkward silence.

 “We’re best friends,” I said. “For now.” The DNA results were pending. Well, they were not even in the lab yet.

 “She’s hot,” said Titus brazenly.

 Ezra growled.

 “I’m right here,” I said, blushing a little. The blonde twins were so bold.

 “You’re hot,” said Titus frankly. “Easy, Ezra! She’s all yours. I’m just an admirer of hotness.”

 “Ok, bye guys,” said Friday to all four twins, leading me away from them.

 When will we tell the guys like explicitly tell them?

 Friday’s voice was in my head! I stared at her. She smiled encouragingly. I thought very hard.

 Let’s tell them separately. All three of them together will lead to more questioning and we’re not ready to tell them about Farris’ treachery yet, I said. I couldn’t believe I was doing this. I was mind-linking! Also, Ezra doesn’t know Victor experimented on him and me yet! I need to break that to him gently. The sister thing he already suspected.

 Friday nodded. We hugged goodbye really tightly, not wanting to let go. The guys smiled knowingly at us. I pulled away and wiped a stray tear from my cheek. I would be back! And soon!



 Thaddeus’ POV

 My delectable little Friday was being cagey. I knew she had reason to believe that she was related to Raelynn. Sisters perhaps. However, my little Friday didn’t seem to want to discuss it. Maze and I kept trying to broach the topic the minute Ezra and Raelynn left. We also wanted to talk about Friday’s father’s punishment and about officially sharing Friday. Friday kept trying to avoid meaningful conversation. She seemed scatter-brained and frazzled and sleep-deprived. She was very very good at distracting me and Maze though. Soon enough, we ended up in my bathtub together. Friday was sitting on Maze’s lap facing me. She was blowing on the mound of bubbles she had cupped in her palms. She had another mound on top of her head. I kept wiping her forehead to make sure soapy bubbles didn’t slip into her eyes. She giggled. There was a knock at the door.

 “Thaddeus!” Theo! Shit!

 “Uh, coming in a few minutes, Bro! I’ll come to your room just now,” I called.

 “That’s ok, Bro, I’ll wait,” said Theo. Shit! Shit!

 “Honestly, Bro, I wanted to talk to you. About this whole Friday thing with Maze,” said Theo.

 Friday’s doe eyes widened. Maze stiffened.

 “You guys, you and Maze seem so cool with each other all of a sudden. Like what’s that about? If I didn’t know any better, I’d say you were sharing Friday or some crazy shit like that. I know, I know! Don’t get upset!” Theo said.

 The atmosphere in the bubble bath was tense. That was a sentence I never expected to say in my life.

 Theo sighed. “Thaddeus, Bro, I’m just kidding. Don’t be like that,” said Theo, interpreting my silence as my being pissed.

 “Bro, I’m cool, you’re my best bro!” I called. He was my best bro, but I didn’t know how or what to tell him. The situation was something that still surprised even me.

 Friday crawled into my lap. I kissed her forehead. Maze leant against his side of the tub. He seemed a little tense but a lot less worried than me.

 “Oh and uh, Maze’s grandparents arrived early! Your Mom said to tell you to tell Maze!” Theo added.

 Maze looked mortified. Chapter 63: Honest Hombres

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