Chapter 14: Their Cursed

Cullen

“My boys! Oh Goddess, Calder is this the girl?” my mother said. “Darling she is gorgeous. Look at her, I could die,” she exclaimed as she approached Calder and Remi. Of course, Calder told them. Now Jaime is going to find out as well.

“Mother, can you calm down just a tad?” Calder said nervously.

“But darling, why? You finally found her! Why wouldn’t I be excited? You now have your mate!” my mother almost shouted. Remi blushed and dropped her face to the ground. It was maddening how cute she was. Calder’s eyes went wide.

“What is going on here?” Jamie said.

I turned to her. “I think you should leave us to speak with the Alpha and Luna,” I said in a flat voice. “Alone.”

“Cullen, what does your mom mean by mate?” she said. I could tell she was irritated.

“We will discuss this later, Jaime,” I told her. I gave her a look that said she could not argue with me. If she was not going to listen, I would not hesitate to use my Alpha voice on her. It would not be the first time. She turned on her heel and stomped from the room. She was more irritating since I took Remi across the boundary.

“I am going to go as well,” Gentry said nervously before sliding out of the room.

“Sons, I think you need to explain what is going on here,” my father said.

“I was unaware of your visit here, today, father,” I said. I did not want to entertain these shenanigans while I was trying to figure out just where Remi came from.

“Cullen, cut the s**t. They are here because of Remi. Do you want to explain or should I?” Calder said. He was being defensive of our mate. What he did not know was how much of my self-control it was taking to stand across the room from her instead of comforting her right now.

I rolled my eyes at him.

“Cullen, what did you do exactly?”

“He took her across the boundary without knowing what she is,” Calder said.

“Why did you do that? How could you not know what she is?” my father asked.

“There is a lot more to this than simply stating that I took her across the boundary,” I said.

“You two need to explain all this,” my father said. I could tell he was now getting irritated with our squabbling. My mother just looked confused now. I sighed and looked at Calder.

“Fine. I will explain. We met Remi one day during lunch. She was our waitress. But we all noticed she smelled off. She did not smell human or anything. It was strange. My wolf wanted to be close to her but was not telling me she was our mate. Cullen ignored her existence until the other night. He convinced her to go with him and he drove her over the boundary thinking she was cloaked,” Calder said.

“Well, it worked then. I can clearly smell that she is a wolf,” my mother said.

“Yes, but that wasn’t all that happened. It hurt her. Right after I got there, she passed out. Gentry and I had to get her back over the boundary. She woke up vomiting as well,” he continued. Even though I already knew all this, it didn’t make an easier to hear that my mate was sick, and it was my fault.

“Cullen darling, why did you take this poor girl over the boundary like that? Why didn’t you ask her if you suspected she was your mate?” my mother said.

“It was the fastest way for me to remove any cloaking from her and know the truth,” I said.

“This is why you didn’t want to bring her to the pack. You didn’t want to risk taking her beyond the boundary and getting hurt again?” my father asked Calder. He nodded his head. “Is it also safe to assume that she was unaware of anything to do with the boundary and Supernatural Realm?”

“Yes, before then she didn’t know anything,” Calder said quietly.

“Oh, you poor dear,” my mother said looking at Remi. She was still staring at the ground.

“Is this girl the reason you called me about missing wolves from our pack, Cullen?” my father addressed me.

I nodded. “She doesn’t smell like a rogue so she must belong to our pack,” I told them. My father nodded.

Calder

Remi had been silent and still during all of this. I held her hand tightly, but she was almost shaking. I was afraid she was going to get too overwhelmed by all of this. This was not normal even for a human mate.

“You said her name is Remi?” my father asked. I nodded. She peaked up at us. “Remi, my name is Cassius, and I am Alpha of Blue Moon Pack. This is my mate and Luna, Nicole,” he said warmly to her. He stuck out his hand.

She reached forward and shook it. “Nice to meet you,” she said in the smallest voice.

“I hope your mates haven’t overwhelmed you too much,” he said to her. I blanched a little. She wasn’t even comfortable with being a werewolf and having one mate, so I had not told her that she was mated to two wolves.

I could feel her tense up. “Wh-what…” she whispered.

My father looked at me. “You did tell me that she is both of your mates, correct?” he linked me.

“I hadn’t gotten to that part yet…”

“What have you told the poor girl?”

“The basics… I mentioned I am her mate, but Cullen hasn’t even admitted it yet…”

“Oh dear, please don’t judge my boys over all of this. I promise, they are usually much smarter. They will make wonderful mates for you,” my mother told Remi. She was going to make this worse. Remi just nodded her head.

“Cullen, can we have a word with you, in private?” my father said. Cullen nodded and began to walk from the room. “Come Nicole, love. Let’s give Calder and Remi a moment,” he said. My mother gave him a loving look and followed him from the room. My mother was the most obedient mate, but my father never took advantage of her. They were perfect for each other.

When everyone was out of the room, I turned to Remi. She looked up at me. “I am sorry about all of this. Everything keeps getting thrown at you all at once… Are you okay?” I asked her.

She chewed on her lip slightly and the gesture went straight to my groin. She nodded her head a little. “Calder, what did you parents mean by mates?” she asked quietly.

I swallowed. “Let’s sit down,” I said. I pulled her down onto the couch next to me. “You know how I told you that you are my mate? Well Cullen and I are twins obviously. Twins are not very common in our species either. Identical twins come about when one embryo splits into two in utero. Essentially, one soul becomes two. So, the theory is that we share a soul and because of that, we share a mate. When Cullen took you past the boundary and we were able to identify you as a wolf, we were also able to tell you are our mate. Both of us. I don’t know why he won’t admit it, but you are his mate as well,” I explained.

She played with her hands in her lap. “What are you thinking, baby?” I said.

She sighed. “I guess I don’t understand this mate thing…” she said quietly. “If mates should just love each other unconditionally, why does Cullen hate me?”

I paled. Was Cullen’s attitude towards Remi making this harder for her? We had no idea what was going on with her and whatever cloaking she had. She knew nothing about us which only compounds the problem. Mates not accepting each other under normal circumstances can affect a wolf; I cannot imagine what it can do to Remi. “It is not your fault. Cullen is just having a hard time with all of this. There are other things that happened before we met you that make finding you a bit complicated,” I tried to explain. I was not sure if I should tell her about Jaime and everything else yet.

She dropped her face into her hands. I put my hand on her back. “This is all so confusing,” she whispered.

“I know. I am so sorry. This isn’t how things are normally done…” I told her. She was quiet for a minute. “Why don’t we go upstairs and lay down. You look tired,” I tried.

“Sure,” she said. Her face came up and she looked at me with her large blue eyes. They were duller than before. I stood up and she stood with me. I led the way upstairs.

Cullen

My father, mother, and I went to the small study we had in the apartment. I usually work from my bedroom when I am here so there was not much actually in the study. We all sat down around the desk.

“Cullen why haven’t you told the girl she is your mate as well? Why are you being so cold to her?” my father asked. He usually got straight to the point with me.

“I haven’t accepted her as my mate,” I told him.

“Is this because of Jaime?” my mother asked.

I rolled my eyes. “Jaime was chosen by the Elders as a suitable candidate for Luna. I have a responsibility as the future Alpha to provide the pack with a suitable Luna. This girl does not even know what she is. We know nothing about her,” I told them.

“She is your mate, darling. How could you ignore her?” my mother said.

“Have you spoken to Calder about this? Have you spoken to Remi since you took her across the boundary?” my father asked. This was beginning to feel like an interrogation.

“I advised Calder to accept Jaime and move on, but he fails to see reason. I still intend to find out why a member of my pack has been beyond the boundary for so long and we were unaware of this,” I told them.

My father shook his head. “Son, you need to tell Jaime you found your mate and then accept Remi before it's too late. You know just as well as we that your situation is not common with your brother and you sharing a mate. Now it is only compounded by whatever is going on with her. You could be hurting the girl and we do not even know! We don’t know how only one of you accepting her will affect her.”

“Darling, Jaime deserves to find her mate as well. You all can be happy. And Remi seems like such a sweet girl. I can already tell how perfect she will be for you,” my mother said.

“Jaime already accepted the Elders’ request and understands that if she becomes Luna, she will have to reject her mate if found,” I said.

“But she is not Luna yet. I was willing to go with the Elders’ plan in order to hand over the pack to you and your brother. I thought Jaime would be a fit candidate to help run the pack. But she is not your mate. The Moon Goddess chose Remi for you. I will help you uncover her past, but I will also be telling the Elders that your mate has been found. I suggest you tell Jaime yourself soon. The Elders will not be so kind, and I am sure she already has suspicions from the earlier conversation in the living room,” my father said. I gave my father a hard look. My father stood and my mother followed suit. They began to exit the room. My mother stopped and turned to me.

“Darling, give her a chance. Listen to your wolf. I just want my boys to be happy. It would be nice to see you smile again. It’s been so long,” she said softly. She turned and followed my father from the room. I sighed. My mother could be so simple minded sometimes, but I loved her, nonetheless.

I left the study to go up to my room. I heard Calder, Gentry, and my parents down in the living room. I sighed as I walked down the hallway. The door to Calder’s room was cracked and I could smell her delicious scent from inside. I stopped outside the door. Maximus was pushing to take over and go to her. I gently pushed the door open. There was a small body curled up on the bed.

I walked inside and stood next to the bed. She was curled up in a ball sleeping. Her scent was strong, and it was making me want to touch her. She was fidgeting in her sleep a lot. Her face was slightly scrunched up.

“Hold her,” Maximus whined.

I reached forward and placed my hand on her shoulder. She immediately calmed down. Her breathing evened out and she stopped moving around. Her face relaxed as well. I ran my finger along her soft pale cheeks. Her freckles spatter her cheeks all the way to her button nose. I felt sparks in my fingertips everywhere our skin made contact.

“What are you doing?” Jaime’s voice floated into my head. I sighed.

I turned around to see her standing in the doorway. “It’s none of your business,” I linked back.

“Don’t pull that s**t with me, Cullen. You embarrassed me in front of your parents today. You need to explain why your mother called this girl your mate and why she is here.” She was angry. She crossed her arms as she looked at me.

“I will tell you when you need to know,” I linked. I walked past her out of the room.

“We should go back and stay with our mate. We need to accept her!” Maximus complained.

“You know we can’t do that. If Calder is smart, then he won’t either. He will leave her here in the Ordinary Realm and accept Jaime like the Elders want. Then we can be Alphas,” I told him.

“You will never want Jaime. You want Remi eve if you will not admit it!”

“It isn’t always about what I want. Everyone is naive to think that you get what you want all the time.”

“The Moon Goddess made her for us. She is perfect for us and Calder and Magnus. She is a very special wolf to be perfect for two mates. She will be an exceptional Luna.”

“The Elders will never accept her even if I can figure out her past,” I said.

“Your disappointment tells me that you do want her,” Maximus said before retreating.

I entered my bedroom and shut the door. I needed to figure out where Remi came from and why she was cloaked so thoroughly in the Ordinary Realm.