181 We were born to love you

**Elizabeth's POV**

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Gosh, Elroy actually spilled the secret I was trying to hide.

All of us were shocked. Even the door to the room was pushed open, and the 5 men outside stared at me in shock.

So they had been eavesdropping on the conversation in the room...

Isidore's eyes widened, and he asked me, as if he suddenly realized the event, "Elizabeth, is he our son?"

In fact, I still can't confirm whether the baby is Brandon's or Isidore's because the baby was born prematurely.

Anyway, the baby's father was between the two of them.

My eyes accidentally made contact with Brandon, who suddenly opened wide and looked at the baby in the crib.

"Elizabeth! This is our baby, isn't it?" Brandon asked loudly, and everyone looked at him, then turned to me.

Damn, the scene got even more chaotic.

"I..." I stumbled over my words, "I don't know..."

But instead of disappointing Isidore, my ambiguous answer brought a hopeful sparkle to his eyes.

"Look how much he looks like me."

Isidore seems to have identified him as the baby's father. He gazed at the baby with a loving look in his eyes.

"Oh my gosh, we have a baby...this is our baby..." Isidore stroked the crib, his fingers trembling.

"You're right, Elroy. We are all Elizabeth's mates, and we all have the right to pursue her." Isidore no longer restrained his desire for me. He looked at me with a possessive look in his eyes.

"I can no longer pretend that I don't want to possess you, Elizabeth. I'm not satisfied with just being friends with you. I want to be your lover. I missed you so much during the time you were missing. I missed you so much it was driving me crazy."

I was stunned. I really didn't know how to handle all of this.

I had an unforgettable and extraordinary experience with all nine of them. And, since my wolf awakened, I had a unique feeling for each of them.

The mate bond makes it impossible for me to ignore any of them.

But nine mates...can a single she-wolf really have nine mates? That's crazy! I can't be that greedy.

"I'm sorry, I don't know why the moon goddess arranged it this way...but I can't accept all of you..."

"You can!" Elroy suddenly stood up and said loudly.

"I once saw an ancient book in the top floor of the Royal Library. The book recorded something about you. You are the same as the female Lycan who died 10,000 years ago, you are a selected tester appointed by the moon goddess."

"You were born to feel the love and hate that this world gives you. Your feelings will help the moon goddess decide whether to destroy all the werewolves in this world."

"And we were born to love you, Elizabeth. You can't abandon us. You know what? The Moon Goddess has made us your mates. That is our fate. We were born to make you feel loved. That's what our nine were created for! We will never fall in love with anyone else! I can't accept that I have to suffer losing you and missing you for the rest of my life. You can't be so cruel."

Elroy's words left us all in shock and silence.

I could clearly see the change in everyone's eyes. They were no longer satisfied with just being friends or acquaintances with me, they no longer hid it. They left all decency behind and wanted to be close to me and possess me.

Francis was so excited that flames sprang up on his skin again.

If what Elroy said is true, then...

I am the selected tester.

I was born to experience the goodness and cruelty of this world, as a way to let the moon goddess decide whether to destroy it...

Elroy's words suddenly solved the puzzle that had been bothering me. No wonder Isabella would say those words. So she experienced something similar to me 10,000 years ago.

I was fated to be the selected tester, and they, fated to love me.

Rejecting them is the equivalent of denying the meaning of their existence. It was indeed too cruel to them.

But it was hard for me to accept so many men without hesitation.

I didn't dare to look directly into their longing eyes.

"Can you please give me some more time to think about it? I need to think it over before I make a decision."

I sighed and said, "Before I make a decision, can you all stop arguing and quarreling? I don't want to ruin the cooperation between you."

They all nodded urgently, as if they were afraid I would backtrack.

"We can accompany them to the bottom of the sea to retrieve the treasure," Austin and Brandon said.

"I can, too. I can swim." Francis said.

"I have a plane. I can get you there and take you to leave." Julian said.

Louis looked at everyone and then said, "Since all of you will go, I will go too."

"No way!" The other eight men, in a rare moment of unity, refused to let Louis join them, "We can't trust you."

Instead of arguing with them, Louis complained to me, "Elizabeth, look at them! They're so rude! They iced me out! It's not fair!"

" Well," I said awkwardly, "I can't trust you either. You're a collaborator with the Blood Moon Pack alpha."

Louis' face turned red with anger as he argued, "My collaboration with that bastard is over! It's over! Elizabeth, you can't follow them and have me sidelined. I'd be heartbroken."

"Aren't we no different than turkeys in your eyes? Would a vampire be heartbroken by being ostracized by turkeys?" I couldn't help but say. Even the mate bond couldn't dispel my stereotypical image of vampires.

"Oh, Elizabeth, don't say that. It hurts my feelings too much. I don't think of you as turkeys. You're a fragrant, delicious cupcake in my eyes, and they are, well, all shit in my eyes."

All eight other men glared at him and clenched their fists.

Sensing hostility and danger, Louis rushed off, leaving one last sentence.

"If you don't take me with you, you'll lose a powerful and agile helper. You will surely regret it!"

"Don't run! I'm going to beat the shit out of you!"

The day we left for the sea, we took Louis with us anyway.

He is indeed a good helper and, if we leave him alone, we do worry that he will sneakily unite with the Blood Moon pack's alpha while we are away.

We don't have complete trust in him yet, and he must be under our watch.

Of course, I don't think it's our responsibility.

Even if Louis is my mate, he is a ruler full of ambition. I believe he will not lose his mind entirely for love, he will only do what is best for him.

When the blood moon pack was powerful, he chose to work with the blood moon pack. When all the werewolves formed an alliance to fight the Blood Moon Pack together, he chosed the more numerous werewolf alliance again.

It will take time for him to gain our trust to be tested.

Just when we were about to reach the beach, Julian suddenly said seriously, "Attention! I detect someone ahead!"

"What?"

"There are a lot of people on the beach, and it looks like a team. I suggest we land right here and don't let them spot the plane."

Isidore said at once, "I agree. I can fly over to the front and check out the situation."

I stood up quickly and said, "I'll go with you."

It was awkward to stay inside the plane. Everyone was quietly peeking at me. I felt very uncomfortable. Besides, I did want to offer them some help.

Louis also stood up, "I'm coming with you." He patted the cloak behind him and said braggadocious, "I can fly too."

The three of us opened the door of the plane and leaped down.

We didn't fly very high, but looked for trees or rocks for cover as we did so.

"Oh, I smell nasty werewolves." Louis suddenly wrinkled his nose and said.

Isidore and I glared at him at the same time.

Louis shrugged, "I'm not talking about you guys. I said I smelled a big pack of stinky werewolves. They're right up ahead."

Soon Louis' words were verified, and we saw the Blood Moon pack's alpha on the beach.

He was leading a group of warriors and was throwing something toward the sea.

Once again, Isidore and I glared at Louis simultaneously, "Did you tell the Blood Moon Pack's alpha our secret?"

Louis stared wide-eyed and shook his head, "No. I didn't. I don't know why those stupid werewolves would come here."

Quickly he added, "And when I say stupid werewolves, I don't include you guys."

Isidore pulled me behind him and hissed, "If you lie and betray us, you will die."

Louis held up his hands, "Calm down, man. We had better keep our voices down and find a place to hide so they don't find us. Let's see what they're up to."

We hid behind a reef and heard the alpha of the Blood Moon pack order, "Throw the net down! Don't forget the bait! We must catch the mermaids!"

"It's best to catch mermaid pups so we can attract the parents of the mermaids. We need their scales to make armor for the warriors!"

I immediately grabbed Louis' collar, "How dare you deny that you didn't leak the secret? I only told you about the mermaid scales to make clothes!"

Louis put up three fingers, "I swear, I swear to your moon goddess, I did not leak the secret..."

At this point, we heard the alpha of the Blood Moon pack talking to a man, "Are you sure it was mermaid scales they talked about?"

The one standing next to him replied, "Yes. I eavesdropped very clearly. They didn't know I was there. The woman didn't have to lie to the vampire king."

"But why hasn't a mermaid been captured until now? Are there really mermaids in this sea?"

"The woman said that a mermaid saved her after she drowned by accident. Then the mermaid gave her a set of clothes made of scales."

" I see..." the alpha of the Blood Moon pack nodded, and suddenly, he grabbed the man next to him and threw him into the sea.

"Save me! Save me! I can't swim! Alpha, save me!"

The alpha of the blood moon pack said, " Just wait for the mermaid to save you. Let me verify that what you said is right. If you dare to lie to me, you can go to hell."

Louis suddenly grabbed my hand and gently stroked it, "Look, I didn't give away the secret. They have overheard messages."

I instantly pulled my hand out and then gave him a light punch, "Be serious. This is still your fault. Your vampire territory is too loosely guarded. You actually let a werewolf eavesdrop on a secret and didn't know about it."

" Okay. My bad."

After a while, the werewolf who was thrown into the sea no longer struggled. He sank slowly.

The Blood Moon pack's alpha cursed, "Why haven't the damn mermaids shown up yet?"

"On my command, throw in the explosives we prepared! We must force the mermaids to show themselves today! Those vampires who have broken their word have joined forces with my enemies. We must get the armor made of mermaid scales for us to win the war!"