Chapter 50 Victoria is a werewolf too
ANGELICA'S POV
“What are you thinking about?” Ericson held my hand to capture my attention and mesmerized by the beauty of the scene before me, I looked at him briefly.
We were standing on the cliff's edge, and I looked down at the vast forest, which looked like it was meeting the skies at some distance.
“It's so beautiful. I always felt connected with nature, and now I know why,” I said before turning to face Ericson.
I stood on my tip toes before placing my lips on his.
However, as soon as I did that, I felt a weird scorching heat in my body, making me stumble back at impact.
“Careful,” Ericson held my hand, concern laced on his face, and I looked down.
If he hadn't held my hand, I would've slipped and gone down the cliff.
“What happened?” Ericson asked me.
I looked down at my hand where I was feeling this heat.
“It's nothing. I just felt like something nipped me in the leg,” I lied straight through my teeth, furrowing my brows.
“Guys, the food is ready,” Dylan's voice gave me a perfect excuse to run from the situation because I didn't even know what I just felt.
“Let's go,” I smiled at Ericsson and walked to the cottage.
Yes. A cottage.
When they said we would be hiking on the hill, I thought we would be staying in tents. To my surprise, there was a beautiful, well-built cottage on the top of the mountain. The men told me they use it whenever they come here to relax or on special full moons.
I walked inside the cottage, still mesmerized by its beauty, and sat on the chair to the left.
Dylan paused to look at me before shaking his head.
Was something wrong with me sitting here? I wondered, but my question was soon answered when Ericson picked the chair and placed it on my left side, so I was sitting between the two guys, and a blush made its way on my cheeks.
“What? You are our mate. How can you sit beside him, but I sit beside him and not beside you?” Ericson said.
I wanted to say that it was just about eating, but I stayed silent, not knowing if it had a deeper meaning behind his words.
I took a bite of the food and closed my eyes to savor its taste.
“So there is only one bed. You won't mind sleeping in between us, right?” Dylan brought up, and I choked on my food, remembering what happened the last time we shared a bed.
“Mm,” I said, glancing at my plate.
“Are you still shy?” Ericson teased me, pinching my chin.
I said nothing and continued eating in silence until I was full.
“I will always be shy and —” I said, the phone ringing, making me stop my following words.
I picked up the phone when I noticed it was Victoria.
“For a hill, it's surprising that we can catch a signal here,” I commented before standing and walking for some distance.
“Hey,” I murmured.
How could I forget about her?
The girl was against Tyler when I started dating him. I don't even know how she would react when she finds out that I am dating not one but two men, and those men happened to be our bosses who –
“Girl, I am so happy that you finally know the truth,” Victoria's words surprised me.
What truth was she talking about?
“What do you mean?” I asked.
“About us being werewolves. You have no idea how hard it was for me to contain everything for so long,” Victoria said.
I wouldn't lie. Her words caught me off-guard.
I was only slightly surprised that there were so many wolves around us, and I never caught on to them because we never interacted that much, but for the girl I had been living with to be a werewolf too… It was a heavy blow to how conscious we are about our surroundings.
Things started to connect one by one. She would always take a leave for one day and disappear without a trace, no matter what, returning with a new glow on her face.
I caught her and became friends with her because I saved her from wolves when she was injured.
She was always a team Jacob when it came to Twilight and defending those wolves.
Wait. What if she was just a human and knew about them because Harry was her boyfriend?
“Are you–?” I couldn't say the word out loud.
“Yes, Angel. I am a werewolf too. I am sorry I had to hide the truth from you for so long. That was the reason why I always opposed you dating Tyler. He is also a werewolf. I don't know if Cindy is his true mate, but I knew he would leave you for his true mate. That's why…” Victoria continued speaking, but I felt numb for a second.
The phone was suddenly snatched from my hand.
“She will talk later,” Dylan's voice echoed around me.
“Hey… hey, mi Amore. Look at me,” Dylan forced me to look into his eyes, and I blinked.
“It's okay, honey,” Dylan hugged me, pressing my face into his chest.
I hardened my gaze.
Most of my college life was built on lies, which is why my relationship crashed like that.
“Thank you,” I said after some time.
“Hmm?” Ericson asked, placing his hand on my small back.
“Thank you for telling me the truth,” I turned to Ericson.
“Thank you for telling me despite risking whether I would stay with you. It means a lot that you guys gave me more importance in knowing about you,” I said, locking my hands around Ericson before hugging him softly.
“Well, sweetheart, it wasn't in our hands. We are the alphas, and you would've known about it sooner or later,” Ericson said.
I knew what they were saying was true, but still…
I winced internally as I felt the same excruciating pain in my hand.
We'll have to visit a doctor as soon as we return to the pack. This was troubling me now.
“Now that you have pressed yourself like this onto me, do you think you can run away from us?” Ericson said before he bent and picked me up.
My heart drummed against my chest at the possibility.
We didn't do anything.
Though they teased me here and there and were lying only in shorts beside me, allowing me to wear one of their shirts and panties only, nothing happened between us.
I was just cocooned between them, Dylan hugging me from behind and Ericson hugging me from the front while maintaining a breathable distance.
I have never felt so safe in my entire life as I feel with these guys.
It looks like this wasn't just a werewolf thing anymore. I was in love with them as much as they loved me. There was no room for any secrets.
I will talk to my mom tomorrow. I want her to know this happy news. It was worth being frowned upon, so I will reveal it to her when we meet. Who knows her reaction when she finds out her daughter is dating two guys?
As I closed my eyes, my mind wandered off to all the moments I spent with Tyler.
Was he helpless in this situation? Since I wasn't his mate, he couldn't tell me the truth and, thus, chose to leave me. Was that what he wanted to explain in that cafe where he saw me with Dylan?
No. What the hell was I thinking? Even if he couldn't tell me the truth, the least he could do was come clean with me. There was no need to be lenient and compassionate towards a basard like him.
I narrowed my brows, forcing myself to focus only on the men hugging me.