Three Fated Hearts by LNC novel Chapter 9

~Lincoln~

I step toward my mate, wanting to grab her and show her exactly how I feel about her. I want to prove to her what I can really do, what I can make happen.

How could she tell us apart?

I have no idea, L, but I guess that’s a good thing.

“How could you tell it was me and not Landon?” Tia seems surprised by my question. I know it doesn’t pertain to our discussion, but I’m curious.

“It’s simple, really. Your scents give you away.” Landon and I look at each other, confused. Tia chuckles. “Both of you have a strong peppermint scent. Lincoln, yours is mixed with grapefruit, while Landon’s is mixed with lemon.” Tia shrugs her shoulders as if the explanation is obvious, and maybe it is to her.

“That’s a weird combination, but it does’t matter. We are here to get to know you and we want you to get to know us. We have been waiting for you and we won’t let you go. Linc is right, anyone who doeesn’t approve can leave the pack.” Tia looks over to Landon and back at me. Her stomach grumbles loudly, causing my brother and me to laugh.

“Excuse me. I haven’t eaten all day.” I take Tia by the hand and start to head to the door.

“Let’s remedy that, shall we?” Tia tries to pull her hand from mine, and I grab on a bit tighter.

“You really don’t have to do that. I have food here I can eat.” I turn to look at her, noticing my brother right behind her.

Are we giving her a choice, L?

Nah, not at all. She will thank us later.”

I don’t respond and continue to pull Tia with me to the door. I pull her outside while Landon pulls up the rear. Once we get outside, Tia stops fighting me. I’m sure she realizes that she is simply wasting her time and energy. I open the passenger door and place Tia inside. Landon gets in the driver’s seat, and I get in behind Landon.

“You know this is a human town. They won’t exactly take kindly to seeing us out like this.” I chuckle.

“Don’t worry, beautiful,” Landon tells her. “I know exactly where we can go, and we won’t have to worry about anyone looking at us funny.” Tia doesn’t respond, instead looking out of the window. I think it will take some work to get through to Tia, but I’m ready to put that work in.

We drive about 30 minutes before arriving at an out-of-the-way restaurant. It was established by a werewolf family and set up away from humans so we could be free to be ourselves. Landon and I had heard about this restaurant a while ago but never made the time to check it out. I can’t wait to get to know our mate better.

~Landon~

We pull into the parking lot, and Lincoln helps Tia out of the car. She was pretty quiet on the way here, making me wonder what she has been thinking about. I just hope that she can give us a chance. I know things haven’t been the best for her over the years, but I want to help make things better for her.

We are seated in the back, in a half-circle booth. Lincoln made sure to ask for as much privacy as possible. He already ordered as well, making sure to pick many different dishes, so we have a lot to sample from. He didn’t want us to have any interruptions. Tia sits between the two of us, and the staff starts to set up the tables and plates that contain our food.

“So Tia,” I start once all staff has left the area. “Tell us about yourself. I hate to admit that we don’t know much about you. We weren’t exactly running in the same circles growing up.” Tia looks between the both of us and shrugs her shoulders.