Mated to the princes

Talking to mom

-Rachel-

I walk to the closet and take my mirror out of my bag and place the mirror on the closet opposite the bed and sit on the edge of the bed and close my eyes when I think of my mom. I need to talk to her. Juliana and Amber don't understand me. Eric is not the person to discuss this with, he has kept me away from the single men with every pack, always sitting next to him or between the twins. I hope she feels me, Mom, I need you. When I open my eyes, I see her in the mirror.

"Mom"

"Hello sweetheart, how's it there?"

"Good."

"You look good, the temperature does you good," she says.

"It's lovely here. Much less cold than with us." I say.

"What's wrong sweetheart?" She looks worried and I bite my lip.

"Don't bite your lip sweetheart, tell me, what's up?"

"You can't tell Dad." I say and look at her and now it's her turn to bite her lip. In the end, I have to tell dad myself, as always. She just keeps things to herself for a while, never long.

"You know I'll never last long to withhold things from your father." She says and I nod.

"The Alpha's here.." I begin "I don't understand." And my mother's worried gaze grows. And she sighs.

"Tell me sweetheart, this will stay between us until you're ready to share it with your father. Does Eric know this?" I shake my head.

"I do think Eric has a suspicion," I say.

I tell her about the four Alphas and what's happening in my body that I don't understand. That I am so attracted to them, without the tingling, without the fireworks, but the warmth and the butterflies in my stomach. The peace they bring me and the feeling that I always want to be with one of them and when they are all near me, my wolf becomes hysterical and euphoric.

"Oh sweetheart." I see a tear in my mother's eyes. "I knew this day would come, I had only hoped that I could tell you first before you would feel this." She says and I look at her questioningly.

"When you turned almost eighteen, your father and I argued. He didn't want you outside anymore, he didn't want to know anything about the idea of a mate for you. You're his little girl. He left that night angry, because I wanted to celebrate your eighteenth birthday in a big way in the hope that you would find your mate." She lowers her eyes. I knew my father would feel that way, he always made comments about this. "We did it for Eric, but he never found them."

"I was so sad and Selena felt that, she visited me that night and I asked her, well, begging, if you could find your mate later. Selena had the twinkles in her eyes and said that, that also suited her plan better. Then we joined forces together and she told me that you wouldn't be able to find your mate until you're 21, and every other Royal that is born after you, all over the world. Only then do you feel the fireworks, the tingling and everything else." I put my hand in front of my mouth and feel the tears pricking behind my eyes. I have been searching all over the packs for my mate since I was eighteen, hoping to find him, broaden my world, and now my mother tells me that I have to wait another seven days for that! "What?" is the only thing I can bring out to her.

"Sorry sweetheart. Your father doesn't know this either. I assured him that Selena would watch over you, so that he shouldn't keep you at home too much. I had promised it to Selena not to say it."

"But those feelings I have now?" I ask her.

"Selena told me that between 18 and 21 you will feel the attraction, your mate does too. The warmth, the butterflies, the wanting to be together. So you know where to look when you're 21." For the first time since she started explaining, she looks at me again. We sit in silence for a while. " So it's a quadruple?" she asks and I nod.

She laughs "Four mates.. Your father will have a heart attack." And I laugh and nod.

"What now?" I ask.

"I think it's time for you to tell the truth to your Mates." She says

"I'll discuss it with Eric." I say

"Oh sweetheart, I'd love to hold you so much now. I can't wait to meet your mates."

"Thanks Mom, you help me when it's time.." I ask her.

"Always sweetheart, I'll try to calm your father down when it's time."

Knock knock

I look at the door. "It's us" I hear Juliana and Amber.

"I have to go Mom, thanks."

"Bye sweetheart and good luck."

"Come on in," I say, and the door opens. I look in the mirror and see my mother fade through the wrinkles in the glass until I see myself in the mirror again.

"Was that your mother?" asks Jules and I nod. "I finally know what's going on."

"Eric, do you want to cancel the appointments for today and tomorrow, which I have." I link my brother.

"Yes, of course, but why?"

"Not now." I answer and close my mind-link. No one in my head, only me and my wolf.

I don't say anything else and go into the bathroom to put on my pajamas and back in the room, I crawl into bed. Jules and Amber crawl next to me.

"Do you want to talk about it?" asks Amber. "you don’t have to, just if you want to."

"I think the Alphas are my Mates." I say and see the grin on both faces.

"What?" I ask

"We thought so." Jules says and they tell me how they have experienced the past few days, what they have seen, how the Alphas look at me, how they are always there.

"Have you got your mind link off again?" asks Amber, and I nod

"Your brother wants to talk to you." I shake my head.

Amber and Juliana get out of bed. "No," I say and both shake their heads. "Sorry, he said 'I'll ask once, else I'll give an order' so we don't really have a choice." She says and both leave the bedroom. Not much later, my brother comes in and he sighs as he sits down next to me on the blankets.

"Rach" he starts and I shake my head.

"I don't feel well, I think it's because of the weather and the travel." I lie and Eric laughs.

"You know I know when you're lying, huh? What's really going on?"

I don't say anything and crawl up to him as he puts his arm around my shoulder.

"I just don't understand" he begins, "How is this possible, there are no fireworks, there are no sparks, not as I have seen it with others. Do you feel those things?"

I shake my head. "I have to think about it, Eric."

"Maybe you should call Mom?"

"Not now, maybe tonight," I say. I'm not ready to share all this with him yet. I want to think about this myself first. I have so many questions that I have to answer myself first.

"I will cancel everything and make sure that everything you need is brought up." He lets go of me and leaves me alone with all my questions and thoughts.

Do I want to stay here? My mates are Alpha's, they can't go with me. Do I want to live here? Can I be Luna? Do I want to be Luna? Four Mates? How am I ever supposed to do that? How am I going to keep them apart? Their smell is slightly different. Max is the only one who stands out in his build with his muscles. The other three bodies are almost equal. When do I tell the truth that I am a princess? Do they feel what I feel? How do they see me? Damn it Selena!!!!