Alia sat on the bed of the separate room she was given and looked at the clock on the wall with an expectant gaze.
According to what she knew, she would turn eighteen right after 5:35 pm.
It was already 5:30 pm.
Her nerves were all over the place as she rembered her father’s words about how she might find her wolf on her birthday.
Ti passed. The clock ticked at 5:35 and then 6:35. Alia kept waiting, eagerly looking at her mark, hoping for a signal or so kind of weird feeling in her mind or chest.
However, nothing changed.
Disappointnt flashed on her face, and she kicked the carpet in frustration. Why did she even expect that she would get her wolf imdiately, like those lucky girls? It was beyond her.
She shook her head and was about to switch off the lights to go to sleep, not in the mood to interact with anyone and risk worsening her mood, when she rembered sothing—Grayson’s demise on her birthday.
She gulped, unsure.
Should she go and check up on him?
She might be a candidate, but that didn’t an she wasn’t allowed to et the family.
With this thought, Alia stepped out of the room, her eyes locking with one of the Lunas who was here to compete. Her eyes were green, full of fierceness that would make anyone cower away from her in fear.
However, Alia wasn’t like that, not anymore when she was constantly reminded by the mages to not bow to anyone or her powers would run wild.
She gave a curt nod to Luna, who reciprocated with a nod herself.
"Luna Crimson." She extended her hand.
Alia walked ahead and shook her head firmly.
"Alia Everleigh," she said.
Luna Crimson raised her brows, not expecting that.
"No rank?" She asked curiously.
Alia didn’t feel ashad of the question for the first ti. If it had been her previous life, she would’ve looked away or at her feet in sha, but in this life, after finding her true identity, she took even more pride in being a prodigy healer.
And why not? She was a mage’s daughter, with rare golden blood flowing in her veins.
"Healer," Alia said.
The surprise was evident in Luna Crimson’s eyes, but it wasn’t because she thought Alia was of lower rank, but because she always thought the king hated healers with a passion. How could they allow the healers to participate? They were bound to lose at that pace.
"All the best," Luna Crimson said and turned to leave in the opposite direction.
Alia didn’t wait in the corridor and walked towards the exit.
"Where are you going, candidate Alia? The participants are not allowed to leave the premises or et anyone," the guard at the base said, and Alia raised her brows.
"I am well aware of that. But there are no rules that say a person can’t take a walk in the garden, are there?" Alia asked.
The guards looked at each other before nodding and making way for her.
She walked to the garden, then looked at the large fences that prevented anyone from going outside or coming in.
It’s going to be tough for real. Alia thought before sighing.
There has to be so way. She looked around, walking near the wall to find just any loophole or a way to climb the wall from so hidden spot without getting noticed.
A smile appeared on her lips when she noticed a chopped brick in the wall that would act as a perfect place to put her foot and jump on the other side if she acted carefully.
Alia looked around before taking a deep breath.
However, as soon as she neared the wall and lifted her foot, soone placed their hand on her shoulders, and she nearly had a heart attack.
"Didn’t know you would want to sneak out to look for so soon." The familiar voice made her pupils dilate, and she turned around in disbelief.
What the fuck? That was the first thing that ca to her mind before she held the man’s hand and pulled him into the secluded corner behind a pillar.
"What are you doing here? Don’t you know this is a prohibited area? Only girls are allowed here. What if soone sees you?" Alia nearly scread, barely controlling her frustration at him.
Kyle looked at her for a few seconds before a smirk appeared on his face.
"It’s your birthday, baby. How could I miss it?" He asked. Without a warning, he leaned forward and placed his lips on hers before she could protest.
If it had been another ti, Alia would’ve pushed the man away for invading her privacy like this, but... how could she do it when every cell in her body was telling her that this was right, that she was in the arms of the right person?
Our mate. A voice in her head said, and Alia jerked in her place, her heart skipping a beat.
She stepped back from Kyle in disbelief.
"Mate," she said.
Kyle raised his brows.
"You felt it too?" He asked, holding her shoulders in hope.
Alia was about to answer his question when they were brutally interrupted by another presence.
"What do we have here?" The familiar voice asked, and Alia closed her eyes.
Kyle held Alia’s hand and pushed her behind him to protect her from the man’s wrath.
"She is not at fault here. I wanted to co and et her on her birthday since she is my mate," Kyle announced daringly.
He didn’t care that their little relationship would be ruined after this. Since Alia felt the bond too, he no longer needed to hide it from the world.
Cyrus tilted his head a little, his eyes turning amber as he looked at the girl hiding behind Kyle with a smirk.
"She is your mate?" He asked with a mocking smirk.
With large, dominant steps, he reached where the duo was standing and held Alia’s hand, yanking her forward in a way that her chest collided with him while he looked down at her with cold, unyielding eyes.
"I don’t give two fucks whose mate she is. All I know is that she is mine," Cyrus said before he leaned forward and kissed Alia’s lips before Kyle to prove his point.
Alia, still reeling from the shock, felt her heart thump for the second ti in the evening, for the sa reason.
Our mate. The sa voice spoke again, and Alia closed her eyes in frustration.
"And you know why that is? Because she is my mate. When my wolf showed up and looked at Alia, the first thing he said to was that we were looking at our mate. How dare you claim her?" Cyrus pulled back from Alia’s lips and glared at Kyle.
If Cyrus thought Kyle would back off just because he said those words, he was in for a bigger surprise, as Kyle didn’t even flinch at his glare.
Instead, he t his icy glare with a fierce one of his own.
"Well, bad news for you, she just acknowledged as her mate," Kyle said.
"Doesn’t matter. She is mine. I know it; my wolf knows it. Does your wolf know it?" Cyrus challenged.
Kyle froze in his place at that blatant insult.
He probably already knew that Kyle never changed into his wolf because he didn’t have one. And strangely, even when he was born a werewolf, he was always attracted to blood, sothing that greatly confused him.
But that didn’t prove a point. He didn’t need a wolf to tell him Alia was ant for him. His instinct was more than enough.
"How dare you!" Kyle snarled at Cyrus before jumping on him, grabbing his collar.
Alia looked at the two guys who were ready to rip each other’s throats and couldn’t help but sigh.
So what Grayson said was indeed true.
"You don’t need to be scared of him, Alia. I’ll handle him."
"I don’t care if he is your husband or the King. Let deal with him."
"Stop it, guys. You both are my mates," Alia said.
"Don’t be scared of—"
"It’s okay, sweetheart, I got you—"
Both n stopped talking simultaneously before looking at Alia with wide eyes.
What did she say?
Alia, who was looking at her feet in sha, looked up at the two n with a sigh.
"Rember, your grandfather went to et a gypsy right after seeing your mark? The reason behind it was the sa. Your mark says two wolves and fangs. You have one wolf. I will find mine soon, and the fangs..." Alia didn’t need to elaborate on the rest.
"So what you are trying to say is that I have to share you with this man?" Cyrus looked at Alia as if she spat venom, and Kyle scoffed.
"I was always supposed to have two husbands. That’s sothing your grandfather already knows. And if you both are my mates, it ans..." Alia didn’t dare to complete that sentence.
Cyrus held Alia’s shoulders, his eyes dark and demanding.
"What does it an?" Cyrus asked.
Alia licked her bottom lip.
"That you two are brothers, the twins that your mother had. Kyle is the sa twin brother that everyone thought drowned in that river that ti," Alia said.
Cyrus looked at Kyle in disbelief, unsure how to react.
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