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Chapter 246
~Ash’s POV~
Valerie stood by the chalkboard, fully dressed, hand on her hip, one brow raised in that familiar expression of tired amusent.
"I’ve been standing here for fifteen minutes watching you two zone out like idiots," she said dryly. "What kind of spell are you under?"
I blinked hard as the heat of the fantasy crumbled around like ash. Ace was beside , equally dumbfounded, one hand still on his belt.
Shit.
I coughed, trying to ground myself back in reality. "Uh... right. Sorry. You said sothing about... heatstroke?"
Valerie groaned and pinched the bridge of her nose. "Gods, you two are hopeless."
I offered a sheepish grin and a shrug. "Bla your beauty. It inspires... dangerously vivid imaginations."
She narrowed her eyes slightly at . The twitch of a smile threatened her lips, but there was sothing else in her expression—sothing unsure like suspicion.
Unease.
Her gaze flicked between and Ace as if she could still feel the echo of whatever scene we had just envisioned.
Had she felt sothing through the bond?
"Just finish helping organise these papers," she muttered, but her tone lacked bite. "I don’t care if you’re both cursed with insatiable lust. We’re still technically in a classroom."
"Yes, ma’am," I said automatically, glancing at Ace.
But even as she turned around, there was a hitch in her step. Her fingers hesitated over a stack of folders that had scattered sohow on the ground like her thoughts weren’t as composed as she wanted us to believe.
Ace and I watched her quietly, trying not to look guilty.
I was just about to reach for my bag when Ace suddenly blurted, "Valerie... kiss ."
She froze. Slowly, she turned back to look at him, eyes wide, lips slightly parted in shock.
I didn’t even try to hide the ntal groan.
"Are you insane?" I asked him through the mind link. "That was a fantasy, Ace. There’s a difference between that and reality."
"Yeah?" he shot back. "But how would we know if it could be reality... unless we try?"
I rolled my eyes. Internally.
Valerie opened her mouth, clearly about to say no. But then her eyes landed on both of us again—Ace with his open sincerity, and with... well, whatever the hell I was doing, trying not to look desperate.
She exhaled softly. Her posture eased, shoulders falling from their stiff height as sothing shifted in her expression.
It wasn’t an agreent that I was aware of, but it was not a rejection either.
I could sense how hopeful Ace was through our connection, and deep down, I wished she wouldn’t reject him or his idea, because he was the most fragile of our duo.
But sothing curious.
Valerie did not say anything for a long mont, as though she was contemplating sothing.
And deep down it hurt; my wolf was clawing in pain inside at the fact that our mate had to consider kissing us.
But before I could utter a word to her, Ace beat to it.
"If you are worried about kissing two guys at the sa ti, you know we do not view you in a different light, right?"
Valerie parted her lips to speak, but then she kicked against it and nodded. "I..."
"You are our mate, Valerie. You were given to all six of us for a reason. There’s no morality judging here."
"I know," Valerie sighed. "It’s fine. I shouldn’t even be... sigh. Okay."
Valerie nodded, and I knew what that ant, but it was the way Ace knew exactly her thoughts, her worries, and how he eased her into it that made smile.
"We love you," Ace confessed out of the blue.
"Y-you do?" Valerie asked, completely taken aback.
She wasn’t expecting it, and neither was I.
"Yes, I do, very much. I love you too much, it’s been hard hiding it while I watch the others pine for you and take what’s also mine. You are mine too, and I tried to be patient about it, but... Patience be damned, Valerie. I love you. I fucking love you, and I want to spend the rest of my life doing exactly that."
Tears spilled from Valerie’s eyes. I bet she was not expecting such a raw confession from Ace, nor was I. He was my twin, but even at tis, he was full of surprises.
I looked at Ace, and he had that knowing smile on his face when he glanced in my direction. The kind that said, you might kill later, bro, but I’m doing it anyway.
By the ti I realised what he was gonna do or say... it was already too late.
"And so does Ash," Ace confessed again. "He loves you, Valerie. And I bet all of your mates do."
"I..." I shook my head, smiling, then I stood up and walked over to where Valerie stood.
She lifted her head a little to look at . I maintained my smile and composure even though I felt like collapsing for the first ti when a girl was involved.
Ace and I had been with one girl before, but this ti, it was different.
This ti, I loved her, and she was my mate.
I reached up, caressing her cheeks softly in my hand, while my eyes stared into her perfectly blue eyes.
"Yes, Valerie Nightshade. I, Ash Kaid, love you."
I heard the sound of the chair scraping as Ace stood up to join us.
And just like it had happened in our wet dream, he stood behind Valerie, sandwiching her between us as his fingers trailed up the side of her arm to her neck, and pushed her hair back a little to expose her neck.
"And I..."
"Shh..." I gently hushed her. "You do not have to say it until you are sure, Valerie. Because I think Ace and I would thrill for that day, and when we finally hear it, how you feel, then it would be worth it when we make you ours, body and soul."
Ace pecked her neck softly, reminding Valerie silently that he was still there.
She turned to face him, arms wrapping gently around his neck, and then looked back at . "I hope you don’t mind?"
"No, you guys go first. It’ll be beautiful to watch."
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