Three Fated Hearts by LNC

She isn’t responding, but she isn’t relenting either. I try to focus on the Alpha’s words in

the hope of distracting myself from my wolf’s behavior. Alpha Paul Attwater. I have always

liked him. He is a fair and kind man. He never made me feel unwanted or invisible. He has

actually called me a few times to check on me since I’ve been away. I’m sure it is only

because he is my Alpha, but it’s nice, just the same. Luna Kimberly is another story. She

seems to hate me and has made it no secret. I always try to avoid her if possible. She

doesn’t abuse me or anything, but she isn’t Luna-like when it comes to me. I guess my

dad has a hand in that. He and the Luna grew up together and were friends. They still

have a fairly close relationship. I’m sure he has said things about me to her.

I hear the Alpha introduce his sons, so I use this opportunity to grab a seat. I decide to

stay at the back to minimize disruptions. I start to walk through the back row, noticing a

vacant seat, and Andricia is losing her s**t. I swear we won’t be here that long, so there is

no need for the panic. I’m walking past people’s legs and getting looks while doing so

when I stop in my tracks. A scent like no other practically smacked me upside my head. I

start to sniff the air. I can smell peppermint, but there are two other scents with it. It’s like

a strong peppermint with grapefruit and lemon. Such a weird combination, but I have to

say that it’s doing things for me.

I let my nose guide me, and I look around, but nothing is grabbing my attention. I could

feel eyes on me, and I follow the tug. My eyes cast over the spectators and land on the

stage. My eyes meet the most chocolatey brown eyes I have ever seen. They are staring

back at me, and I hear that fateful word:

MATES!

Holy s**t! Mates……as in mates? Two mates instead of one? I focus on the stage, and it

hits me. My mates are the Alpha twins?! There is no f**king way this is real right now! I did

the only thing I could think of doing. I run through the rest of the row, bumping people in

the legs as I go. I turn and run back toward the side of the house and back toward my car.

I run through the grass as fast as I can. I have to get out of here. I don’t know where I’m

going to go, I just know that I have to go. I’m sure one or both of the twins are running

after me, but I can’t stop. This is a s**t situation that I’m not prepared for.

I can see my car in the distance and try to increase my speed. Andricia is pleading with

me to stop. She wants her mates, but I just can’t face this all right now. She wants to take

over, but I know that if I let her, she will run right back to where I’m trying to avoid. I push

forward, running with all I have, then I fall flat on my face. I pop my head up a bit and look

back, noticing my heel stuck in the ground and my ankle throbbing. Damn!

~Third Person~

Everything happened so fast. One minute, the twins are on stage, ready to accept their

role as Alphas of the Emerald Lake Pack and introduce their Lunas and the next minute,

Landon is running one way with Lincoln running the other. Landon and Lincoln, both,

recognized their mate in the audience, but only Landon was ready to accept his fate. It

isn’t that Lincoln was against the idea of fated mates, he just wasn’t ready for it. He has

always been iffy about having to share a mate with his brother. He understood the fact

that identical twins shared a mate because they were halves of the same egg, but he

never really felt okay with him. He had always been afraid that he would become insanely

jealous any time his mate and his brother spent their private time together. He didn’t want

to be that way and have it come between them.

When he and his brother started to date the Colby twins, he was okay with that. His wolf

wasn’t necessarily interested, but he pushed on. He dreaded trying to find his mate, but

Landon convinced him that it was the best thing to do. While his wolf was disappointed

when they kept coming up empty, Lincoln was actually okay with the outcome. He felt

confident that he could create a life with Aida. He could grow to love her………like truly

love her, and marking her would intensify those feelings. He knew that Landon always

pined for their mate, but he convinced him that they needed to take a chosen mate to

take over the pack.

The scent of lilacs and sandalwood hit Lincoln like a ton of bricks, and deep down, he knew

that it was the scent of his mate. When she and Landon caught eyes, and she took off,

Landon took off after her. The twins were calling out to him, not understanding what was

happening. Aida was clawing at Lincoln, asking for an explanation, but he couldn’t handle

it. He took off in the opposite direction, determined to gain some clarity while Brutus was

begging him to go back and go after their mate.

Landon jumped off the stage without hesitation, hearing the girls call after him. He didn’t

care; he didn’t even stop to turn around. He had to get to her as soon as he could. He had

been waiting and praying for this day to come. It is crazy that it came during his Alpha

ceremony, but to him, that was just proof that naming the twins Luna would have been a

mistake.

He noticed exactly who the she-wolf was when their eyes met, and he was astonished.

Their mate is none other than Portia Colby, and he couldn’t be happier. Landon has always

noticed Portia while growing up, even though she is four years younger than him. He

watched her grow from an awkward kid to a beautiful woman. Well, actually, the last time

he saw her, she was a teenager, but she was still gorgeous. He never really spoke to her,

but then many didn’t. For some reason, the pack greatly ignored her, except for the Beta’s

kids.

Lynn and Mark were always with Portia, and he would notice that. He didn’t really grow up

with them, minus the occasional gathering with their parents. Mark is meant to be the

next Beta, taking over for his father. He has trained hard for the position and is the best

for it. They aren’t as close to Mark as they would like, but they figured that they had time

to get there.

Portia is running pretty fast, but he isn’t surprised. She has always been strong and fast,

even though not many know that. He used to quietly watch her train, and she was

extremely good. She never got to show anyone because all of the focus had always been

on her sisters. Her father didn’t even help her train, but his second-in-command did. She

would even have sessions with Lynn and Mark, and it was always done in secret. She may

be fast, but he was gaining on her.

Landon thought that maybe shifting into Goliath would be better, and he could get to her

quickly. Just when he was about to shift, Portia fell face down. He noticed her shoe was

stuck in the ground, and her foot had come out. She looks back to the shoe and grimaces

as she moves her leg. She must be hurt, and that worries him. He slows down, seeing how

she can’t move right now and walks up to her. Landon towers over her, and she slowly

looks up into his eyes.