Three Fated Hearts by LNC novel Chapter 74

~Tia~

I ate dinner alone and was waiting for the twins in the room. They have had their blocks up, and I’m starting to get worried. I have been trying to figure out what set them off. Clearly, Adela was influencing Neal, but I don’t understand why the twins got so unsettled.

I toss my book on the nightstand and get off the bed. I guess I should check on my mom. That will distract me. I head down to the guestroom where she’s staying and softly knock on the door. I hear rustling on the other side before the click of the door opening.

Mom doesn’t say a word, she opens her arms, and I step into them. I have rarely been able to have moments like this with my mom, and I plan to soak up every second of it. We hug this way for a while before she lets me go. Mom steps aside and allows me to walk into the room. We sit on the couch, and I tell her everything that has happened since the dress shop.

Mom gets up and paces the room, looking worried. “If your sister had marked Landon….” She takes a deep breath and shakes her head. I sit back on the couch and stare off into space. I don’t know what to say to any of this, and I don’t know what’s going on with my mates. Mom stops moving and sits next to me on the couch. She grabs my hand and holds it close. We sit on the couch together in quiet contemplation.

A loud knock on the door makes me jump. Mom and I look at each other before she’s up and opens the door. Landon and Lincoln walk into the room. They wear sweatpants and tank tops, water falling down their chests and arms. I can feel the heat start to pool between my legs. I clench them tight, hoping the smell of my arousal doesn’t spread through the room. The look on their faces sober me up quickly. They look angry and concerned, and I have no idea why.

Landon runs a hand down his face, and Lincoln reaches for me. I step into his arms, allowing him to squeeze me. The hug is tight, but I won’t dare complain out loud. When Lincoln lets me go, Landon grabs me in the same bone-crushing manner. Lincoln steps into the room more and looks between my mom and me. “We need to talk.”

Landon sighs, kisses the top of my head, and then lets me go. “It has to do with what Neal said.” I take a seat next to my mom and look at the twins. Landon seems lost, so Lincoln begins.

“Neal, well, he mentioned the phone call to get us to come back here. The phone call that made us leave you…..”

“Right before you were beat up…..” I looked between Landon and Lincoln. Mom grabs my hand and squeezes it. Neal said that Adela had him make the call to get the twins back to the territory. I was lured into the woods and beaten almost to death. That has to be a coincidence, right? My sisters couldn’t have orchestrated that, right? I can feel my heartbeat pick up, and my mouth goes dry.

Landon kneels in front of me and takes my free hand into his. “We….we think that your sisters planned your incident. They may have even been the ones to carry it out.”

“No,” my mom gasps and squeezes my hand. Lincoln walks over and sits next to me on the couch.

“We have warriors looking for the twins so they can bring them to the cells. We will question them and see what really happened. We’re sorry, Doc.” I can hear my mom weeping, but I can’t look at her. I can’t wrap my head around what my mates are saying. I know my sisters and I never really got along. They lived life like I didn’t exist growing up, following after my dad. We never really got into many arguments because they didn’t talk to me. I never, in my wildest dreams, would have thought they would harm me or wish me harm.