Skaydal - Twin's Witch

6

Callum

“She is quite feisty,” I couldn’t help but remark as Conrad and I watched Veronica. She was currently sitting between Sierna and her mother, Blaise, and the amount of laughter coming from her was heartwarming.

“She is, isn’t she?” Conrad was smitten, I could tell. As was I, which would only complicate matters as we moved forward. “What have you learned so far?” he then asked, and I sighed softly. The amount of information I had gathered thus far was quite a bit.

“Aside from the fact that she is feisty?”

“Yup,”

“Well, she is friendly, kind…considerate…caring,” I paused as I watched her for a bit. She was animatedly telling a story about when she had tried to sneak out one night. “Funny, adventurous,”

“Sexy as hell,” Conrad added, and I nodded.

“Yes, sexy as hell but very beautiful and extremely cute,” Conrad hummed in agreement just as Veronica leaned against her mother and let out a belly of a laugh. “Although, she doesn’t seem to have much of a filter,” I then remarked.

“Nah, but that just makes her straightforward and honest. I like that,” he said, and I flinched. My brother was clearly on his way to falling for her and who could blame him?

“I must say, I think she fits us both,” I muttered honestly. And that was the truth. While I could see her fitting in with my brother, I could also see her with myself. It was quite daunting. Sierna left the small group and, apparently, that was all Blaise needed as she zoomed in on her daughter.

“Now, tell me about those two boys,” she whispered. I wasn’t sure, but Blaise knew about wolves. Surely, she knew that anyone could overhear her. I did my best to look busy with my plate so that I wouldn’t be caught listening in. Conrad, on the other hand, didn’t bother to hide.

“What about them?” Veronica asked just as softly.

“You are their mate, Ronnie. How will that work?”

“I haven’t the foggiest idea, mother,”

“How will you choose?” her mother continued to question her, and I felt bad for Veronica. She didn’t have the answers yet, and neither did we, but I was curious about her response.

“Why must I choose? What if I don’t want to choose? What if I end up liking them both?” Veronica’s voice got louder and louder as she fired the questions at her mother. No one seemed to be paying them any attention, but this was Skaydal. Someone was listening.

“Ronnie,” Blaise exclaimed softly, but movement out of the corner of my eye had me looking over to see that Veronica had stood up.

“No, mother, don’t,” she said before she stormed off. While I was trying to figure out what to do, Conrad was already headed her way. I sighed in frustration. As much as I wanted to go after her, I didn’t want to overcrowd her. This was Conrad’s moment, apparently. That didn’t mean I couldn’t listen in as I inched toward the exit.

“Ronnie?” Conrad called out softly and I smiled. He was taking a cautious approach. Very good.

“Not now…um, Conrad,”

“Yes now, Ronnie,” he said firmly, and I shook my head. I guess he had just thrown caution to the wind. “Are you ok?”

“No, I’m not ok. How is any of this ok?”

“It isn’t ok, and that’s ok,” my brother said, and I rolled my eyes. He always did have a way with words. “Look, this doesn’t just affect you. This affects my brother and I. We’ve always shared things…always, but this…this is different. You are different,”

“Yeah?” Veronica’s voice had calmed considerably, and I had to hand it to my brother. He seemed to be dealing with the situation rather well. Not that I ever doubted him.

“Yeah, and this isn’t going to be easy for any of us. But this isn’t about anyone else, this is about you. About me. About Cal,”

“Right…but how are we going to…handle this?”

“We take one day at a time. One date at a time. We will get to know each other and then…I don’t know for sure, Ronnie. You may be able to choose between us or you may not…none of us know how this is going to end…but for right now…we should just be focusing on us. Getting to know each other, spending time together, and then…we’ll know, you know?” I nodded in agreement even though I wasn’t with them.

“Thank you, Conrad,” Veronica said softly, and then there was silence. I couldn’t hear anything and that was rather frustrating. I didn’t want to barge in on them, but I didn’t like the silence. What was happening? Did…did he kiss her? I couldn’t hear anything like that, so I waited. “You give the best hugs,” she suddenly whispered, and my brother chuckled.

“Good,” he said in response. Well, that at least confirmed that they hadn’t kissed, but they had embraced. I waited for the jealousy to hit me, but it didn’t come. All I wanted was to join them. I didn’t like being on the outside. “So, when would you like to go on that date?” Conrad then questioned and Veronica giggled. I wanted to be out there with them so badly, but this was my brother’s moment, and I wasn’t about to ruin it.

“How about tomorrow? You could come by the apartment? I can make you dinner,” her voice was soft with just a hint of seduction. I bit back a groan as I forced myself to remain calm.

“That sounds perfect,” Conrad replied, and I rolled my eyes. His voice was hoarse and deep, clearly, he was flirting with her. And why shouldn’t he? I turned away and headed back toward the table. I scanned the goodies that had been set out and refilled my plate. I wasn’t sure how I felt about the two of them being alone together in her apartment, but what could I do? Nothing. My turn would come.