Filed To Story: Fated is Overrated Novel Free by Brenda Minnaard
Zeke replies “they are both doing well, mother asked us to give you her regards. And to tell you that she would love to see you again some time”. “Really?” she asks surprised. “Yes of course, why wouldn’t she? She was always drawn to you from the moment she met you. Hell, we got scolded for a lifetime by her, especially when she found out you are our mate and how we treated you”. Her eyes widen to the size of saucers and her mouth is slightly ajar. She probably didn’t expect mom to know about us being mates. “She knows I am your mate? Does she know I rejected you? And, well… I just figured that with the events of that last day, that she would be angry with me..” she says timidly. Zeke chuckles and scoffs “angry with you? I think you could kill us and get away with it. Angry with us, yes, very much so” and I can’t help but chuckle along, before adding “it’s like you are her daughter, instead of us being her sons”. She gives a small smile, seemingly not convinced by what we have said still. “Like we said, we got the scolding of a lifetime. I think she will only go back to normal with us if we can convince you to forgive us one day”.
I don’t mean to guilt trip her into forgiving us by using my mom, but if it helps our case even in the slightest, I will. It’s bad, I know. But I need her in my life. We need her back in our life. The past 2 years have been living hell for us, we have been unable to sleep, we could barely function. We sent numerous investigators to look for her and they combed through everything in her life, but to no avail for an excruciating amount of time. Until we finally got lucky, when she was spotted by one of our investigators. We felt so extremely relieved to have found her, despite knowing we had a very long way to go with her. At least she was safe and we knew where she was, so we could start working on winning her back. It helped for us that we could combine resources with Drake. Although, needless to say, he wasn’t happy with us. At all. If my father hadn’t been involved I am sure our alliance with the dragons would have been broken right then and there. I can understand his point of view though. He finally found his long-lost daughter, only for her to be chased off by us. But then again, he probably wouldn’t have ever found her if it hadn’t been for the altercation with us and her dragon coming out.
“I love your mom” she replies softly with a warm smile on her face. We continue making small talk for what seemed like a few minutes, but turned out to be a few hours. Time does fly when you are having fun. The sun is setting already. I am having the best time just being around our mate, regardless of what we are doing. It’s only now that I notice she isn’t just beautiful and strong, she is extremely smart as well. And not to mention funny as hell. And although our relationship is still in the early stages, I can tell she is very kind hearted. But, having learned about her life thus far, I can understand why it has hardened her and had her built a wall around her heart. Knowing her a little bit, it doesn’t seem like an easy task to win her trust. It makes me wonder what that mutt of a guy she is with has done to deserve that, in which ways he supposedly risked his life for her. “Alright let’s get out, we have dinner reservations in an hour” Zeke reminds us, and we climb out of the water. Zeke and I head out first, with Lola behind us. As we reach our towels I turn around to hand one to Lola, and to my absolute shock and surprise, she seems to be checking us out. She diverts her eyes as if they just got burned when she notices I saw, and her cheeks flush red in embarrassment. I decide not to tease our little mate with it, small steps go a long way. I just smile warmly at her and hand her the towel. She wraps it around her body instantly and I link Zeke ‘stay turned around. She was admiring the view secretly, but got embarrassed when I noticed. Let her look at what is hers’ Zeke smiles and nods to me in acknowledgment. I am deliberately taking my time drying off and showing as much muscles and skin as I can muster. Looking at Zeke, he is doing the exact same thing.
She clears her throat and says “I’ll head to the limo to change my clothes now”. “Of course” Zeke and I both reply in unison, while watching her walk off to the limo. I can’t help but sigh at the sight. “She is so perfect in every way man” Zeke says in a soft voice. He looks like a lovesick puppy watching her go, but I can’t help but agree and feel the same way. “Yes she is”. “We really have to amend this Zane. I want to burn the world down when I think about being away from her. I want to kill that mutt she has been with” he says through gritted teeth. “We will brother, we will. She will forget all about him”.
Lola POV
So far the day has been a lot better than I would have expected. Although I always find it hard to impossible to forgive, their story about their sister was touching, and I can see where the hatred and suspicion towards rogues comes from. The swim was nice, we even had a few playful moments if you would believe. Never in my life did I think I would be able to see a playful and actually nice side of them, they seem to be the complete opposite of what they were 2 years ago. Although I like their new side, I can’t help but think that they are only being nice because I am their mate now, and it still stings a bit somewhere. That being said, the moon goddess sure made her time sculpting them, damn. Although I don’t intend to be their mate, I have to say I have never seen such flawless bodies. Their frames are huge to begin with, filled with muscles everywhere. Big arms, perfectly toned abs, strong thick legs, damn. Having seen a better side to their personalities now, I can definitely see why women would throw themselves at them, although the thought of it irks me. Stupid mate bond. Liberty growls lowly in my mind, thinking about women throwing themselves at her mates too. Although she was in on the rejection back then, she has also enjoyed the softer side to our mates today. ‘What can I say, they have grown on me. Their wolves Lex and Lance have also apologized profusely all day’ she beams. ‘I still don’t like them’ Justice grumbles. Justice isn’t technically their mate, so she doesn’t feel the mate bond. And she is very fond of Nick, as am I.
We stop outside a small diner, not a place where I would imagine the royal princes go to, but here we are. The place looks really cute with their red barstools and red booths, a real all American diner. When we enter, a red headed woman wearing the diner uniform comes to greet us. As she looks up and spots the twins, she gasps and immediately puts on her biggest, brightest smile. “Welcome… Princes. How may I be of service?” she beams. Her mouth is practically drooling, and I try hard to not roll my eyes. “Table for 3 in the back please” Zeke replies, and at the mention of 3 she glances over to me. Her facial expression morphs into one of pure disgust and I hear both my girls growling in my head at the disrespect. Zeke clears his throat and she plasters a smile back on and says “sure thing your highnesses! Follow me please”, and we follow after her towards a room in the back. “What can I get you to drink, your highnesses?”. Zeke motions to me with a smile and replies “ladies first”. I can see the annoyance on her face but I don’t give a f*ck. I am here out of obligation to get my books, I remind myself. “I’ll have a coke please” I reply to her sweetly. Kill them with kindness. And if that doesn’t work, poison works like a charm too (just kidding).
“Hmhm” she just replies, not even looking at me, before she addresses Zeke and Zane again. After they order their drinks she hands us all our menus. Well, mine she plumps on the table, and Zeke and Zane’s she hands over gracefully, of course. Resting both her hands on either of their shoulders, she says in a sickly sweet voice “if you need anything, anything at all…” she drawls out “let me know. I’m happy to be of service”. While neither are making an attempt to shrug off her hands I can’t stifle my laugh now, as I reply to her “I’m sure you do” with a fake smile on my face, and looking her dead in the eye. Her face scrunches up in disgust when glancing at me briefly, before putting up her nice girl act again for the twins. Zeke looks at me and scolds me “Lola, there’s no need to be rude”. Wow. Is he kidding me right now? They drove me off 2 years ago and now I am the one being rude for calling out a woman who is hitting on another woman’s mates – in front of her! Not that I care about who they f*ck with, I rejected them. I care about the blatant disrespect towards me. Both my girls are growling lowly in my head again, at both the girl as well as Zeke and Zane. “I disagree” is all I reply, before opening up my menu and tuning them all out. Only a few more hours and I am done with this. To think I was actually beginning to like them as people…
New Book: Returned To Make Them Pay
On her wedding anniversary, Alicia is drugged and stumbles into the wrong room—straight into the arms of the powerful Caden Ward, a man rumored never to touch women. Their night of passion shocks even him, especially when he discovers she’s still a virgin after two years of marriage to Joshua Yates.