The Alpha Twins of Red Moon

Seven.

Ally Pov.

It took me a while to get my teeth back to their usual pristine white. I was still mortified that the twins had seen me like that. I hope they don’t think I have a monobrow for real or worse, they think I don’t know how to dress and take care of myself.

I could feel my father’s emotions, as I’m sure the rest of the pack could rise and dip every few moments. What on earth was happening in that meeting? Is that where Adam had gone? I could only assume. Was I still to be mated to him? Surely not, the twins were my Mates, and as the current Alphas of Red Moon, they had the power to change the agreement. Had they told my dad that yet? I wish I was in there, where I belonged. This was my future they were discussing. After all, surely I should be given some say in it.

Did Adam tell them what I said? I sure hope not. I don’t like my dad very much right now, but I didn’t want him to be torn to shreds. I hadn’t meant to confess everything to Adam like that. It all kind of slipped out. What my dad had done was illegal in our world and punishable by death.

My thoughts were interrupted by a soft knock at my door. I could tell by his scent who was on the other side. Should I open it? Would my mates understand if I had another man in my room? Probably not, but I owed him my honesty. After all, he was the only one who was on my side after my father demanded I mate with a stranger yesterday, and he was still my friend.

“Hey,” I swung the door open and let Mitchell in. Relief washed over him as he strolled into my room, he was about to close the door, but I was worried that would send the wrong impression to my mates if they came looking for me.

“Leave the door open.” I say to quickly. his face screws up in disappointment a little, and it makes me feel guilty.

“Are we alright?” Mitchell asked with concern. It makes my heart ache a little to look into his crestfallen face.

“Of course, why?” When he left this morning, everything was perfect. Why would he assume we wouldn't be?

“Do you not want to be alone with me or something. You have never asked me to leave the door open before.” That was because we were usually making out in his room, and I wanted the privacy.

“We’re fine, I can explain.” He still looked a little doubtful. I hated that I caused him to doubt me, he was the best person I knew, and I loved having him around.

“You don't regret what happened last night, do you?” I could see the fear in his eyes as he asked me. My heart clenched.

Oh, he was worried that I regretted last night.

Did I regret what happened last night? I was in two minds, yes, because if I had waited just one more day, one measly day, I could have given my virginity to my mates like I always wanted to. On the other hand, I didn't because I had believed at the time that I was going to spend the rest of my life mated to a man I did not choose. My virginity was special to me, and I wanted to choose who I gave it to. I made a decision based on the information I had at the time, and Mitchell has always been very special to me. So no, I don't regret it. But how much of that could I tell him without absolutely crushing him?

“No, Mitchell, I don't. It was perfect, you were perfect.” I smile. And he was, he was gentle and yet dominant, and it was truly amazing.

“I just thought you might have been upset with me. I mean, we had s*x last night and then again this morning, and then I just left. I didn't want to, I didn't want you to feel used or anything like that, but then your dad made the announcement about Red Moon and I was called to the borders to meet them, and so I had to go. I'm sorry for how that must have made you feel.”

He reached for me, but I didn’t offer him my hands like I usually would. He was so considerate. I, however, understood, and I didn't blame him in the slightest, he had duties to fulfil, and as an Alpha’s daughter, I got that better than anyone.

“Mitchell, I promise you, I'm not upset with you.” I wanted to take his hand to reassure him, like he tried to do for me a moment ago, but I didn't want to risk getting his scent on me, there was too much of him in my room already, and I didn't have time to take another shower.

“Then can I close the door, please? I'm not going to do anything you don't want me to, but I would like a little privacy to say goodbye. You are leaving today, right?” He asked.

Actually, I didn't know what would happen now. Would we leave today? How far away was Red Moon anyway? I should have paid more attention to where precisely other packs lived and not just those who bordered my own.

“My mates might come looking for me soon, and I don't want to give them the wrong idea.” I might as well tell him, he would know soon enough, and it was best that it came from me, plus I had no reason to hide. We both knew this would come one day.

I could feel Kali, she was anxious about having Mitchell close to us now, but she had nothing to worry about; I wasn't going to do anything.

“What? What are you talking about, mates?” His brows furrowed. He was so cute.

I know I had been saying mates. Kali had confirmed that I was mated to both twins, and yet when someone else said it, it blew my mind all over again. I can't believe I have two mates. How was it all going to work?

“Okay, sit down, and I will fill you in.” I instructed.

He chose to lean against the door frame instead. Smart, it was probably wise of him to keep his distance.

“Okay, so after you left this morning, I decided to launch a mission to save myself.” I giggled. I couldn't help it. I was so silly.

“What did you do?” he raised his eyebrows. He knew me. He knew he was in for a good laugh, at my expense, again.

“Okay, so I got this stupidly naive idea in my head. I thought, hey, if this Adam shows up here and I'm super ugly and dressed like a disaster, you know the polar opposite essentially of what a Beta female should be that he'd negate the agreement and just leave. I went full Ugly Betty. I wore my worst clothes, and I made myself so pale that I looked like I had died weeks ago. I stained my teeth, so they looked rotten, and then there was the monobrow. You should have seen it, Mitchell. I'm telling you, I gave myself the biggest bushiest mono brow the world has ever seen. I even considered giving myself some bangs.” I giggled. Mitchell was full on laughing at me, and I couldn't blame him.

“I would have loved to have seen that.” He practically whined he was laughing so hard.

“In fact, I’m a little disappointed you weren’t dressed like that last night.” He teased.

I'm glad he didn't see me like that. He would not have hesitated to take a picture and then spread said picture through the entire pack. I would have never recovered from the mortification.

“That's not even the worst part.” I complain, but secretly I love retelling this story. I love making people laugh, even if it is at my expense.

“Go on then.” He looked all serious for a moment, but I could still see the smile behind his eyes as he waited for me to finish my little story.

“So my dad calls me to his office, and I'm over here like, this is fantastic. I have never looked uglier. I can not wait to see how everyone will react. If only I knew. I got to my dad's office, and he was pissed because it's important for him to look good in front of Red Moon. He's about to kick me out of his office so that I can clean up before they see me. But it was too little too late already. They were at the door, and Jared just let them right on in. To my absolute horror, in walk these three enormous wolves, they are all dressed nice, hair styled, ready to meet me, and of course they are fine as hell. And here I am in the corner of the room looking something shocking, but that was okay because that was my plan, but then Kali starts howling mate. The alpha twins are my mates, both of them, and I made my first impression with eyeliner on my teeth, terrible clothes, messy hair and A DAMN MONOBROW. Ok, and oh my big nerdy glasses, did I mention them? Luckily I was asked to leave the room almost immediately. I didn’t get a chance to speak to them so hopefully they didn’t see the teeth at least. I'm trying to spruce up a bit before they see me again. You know, damage control and all that. If I look good enough, maybe they'll forget this morning.”

“Fat chance.” he is laughing so hard at me now. I pick up my hairbrush and throw it at him. He catches it quickly and throws it right back at me. I dodge it, and it hits my mirror. He is so lucky he didn't crack it.

“I hope when I meet my mate, she's as silly as this.” Mitchell smiles back at me. aww, that's kind of cute. I hope he finds her soon. And not just because I wanted to see him squared away, but because he deserved it.

Just then, I caught the smell of peanut butter and chocolate drifting down the hall, and I knew instinctively that my mates were coming. I'm so glad that I told Mitchell to leave the door open.

“I think my mates are coming. I can smell them.” I told him quickly, I was mostly ready, I had been slowly doing the finishing touches on my makeup, just some light foundation, that actually matched my warm skin. Some eyeliner and mascara, I had lovely round brown eyes that stood out, and were easily the feature I got the most compliments for. I got some excellent advice once, surprisingly from a male friend to use a softer colour than black around the eyes and he had been right, the chocolate brown eyeliner was perfect, and it matched my eyes, it was still dark but a tad more subtle and it didn't make my large eyes look as fierce as the black did.

I had a smidge of light pink almost peachy blush to add some colour to my cheeks and then I was done.

“I should get out of here before I step on some toes. Congratulations on finding your mates, Ally.” the moment Mitchell goes to pull me into a quick goodbye hug, there's a chorus of loud and possessive growling from the doorway. My mates did not look too pleased with me.