Patience

"Mine."

My head whipped towards the voice as shock settled in. Christian's eyes were black as he looked at the blonde woman who just stepped out of the vehicle. Christian's body moved with ease but with determination as he made his way over to the blonde woman who was smirking as she watched Christian walk over to her side.

His hand moved to the back of her head and he placed his forehead on hers as he whispered again, "Mine."

"Yours." She whispered back. Gone the smirk and in its place was a dazed look as she look at Christian.

"Hold on." The male who was still holding to a struggling Kailyn, frowned as he looked at what just happened. "No, not my beta."

Christian released a growl and his eyes darted to the male, observing if he was challenging him for his mate.

"She's my Beta. If I lose her, I would have to find a replacement."

"You make it seem like it is the hardest thing ever." Titus's voice was a lot closer now to me. I felt his heat radiating through my back.

The male turned towards Titus as he grounded out. "Of course it is hard to find a replacement. The one you chose for you is the best. I did the same."

"She's mine!" Christian roared.

"Let me go!" Kailyn's hand came up to grab at his hand that was wrapped around her wrist as she tried to pry his fingers away.

My attention again diverted, I moved to my sister but Titus's hand came out to place on my shoulder, pulling me flush against his chest as he wrapped an arm around my front to keep me from moving further. I turned to him.

"He has my sister."

"He is Alpha Micah, your sister's mate. He will not harm her." Titus said lowly and I turned back to Kailyn who was looking at me pleadingly. This was a mess.

"Alpha Micah, if you would so kindly release my sister, I can assure you she will not run." I tried to reason with him. He narrowed his eyes on me to see if he can get some kind of read out of me. When he saw I was being honest, he nodded and released my sister, who came flying to my side.

"He's crazy!" Kailyn snapped angrily as she wrapped her hand around her wrist to ease the pain of his grip.

"Just don't run, mate." He chided as he walked over to us with the tall lanky man standing next to him. He turned to Titus. "Is there anywhere where we can talk?"

Titus nodded before he left he glanced down at me briefly before squeezing my body with his arm and then releasing me. After they left, Christian and his mate walked up to us. He was grinning.

"Patience, this is Beta Emily." He introduced and I gave her a smile.

She looked at me curiously before smiling and moving into hug me. I did not expect that. She looked bubbly and carefree, the total opposite of Christian. I wonder how he will handle his mate. I was almost confident that he would have his hands full with her.

"It is so nice to meet you. Everyone around here has heard about your arrival. Alpha Titus is pretty famous with the females around here, being mateless and all. No females have ever gotten his attention until you." She said. "I can see why he picked you. You are absolutely stunning just like your sister."

I laughed softly, "Thank you."

After some talk, Christian and Emily left to go spend time together. Kailyn turned towards me and hugged me tightly. After our hug I pulled her back and led her back upstairs to my room. I didn't know where else to take her. If I even try I think her and I will end up in a supply closet.

"What happened?" I asked immediately.

"I know about it, Patience. I know Kyle was your mate." I felt like my world came crushing down and I moved to my sister as I pulled her into my arms again.

"I am so sorry, Kailyn. I wanted to tell you so bad. You and I never keep secrets but you have to understand why I did it. You love him, Kailyn. I love you enough to want you happy." I said as a tear slipped from my cheek.

"I can see why you did it but why would you think I would want this? You are my sister! How do you think it made me feel to find out that I took my own sister's destined mate?" Kailyn reasoned as she pulled back and smoothed my hair behind my ear. "It destroyed me to realize that Kyle was yours. All those years, you were hurting. I didn't even stop to think that maybe he was yours. I am so stupid."

I shook my head, "Don't, Kailyn. We all had a choice and we all made it. Moon Goddess is either having a fun time playing with our destined mates or she had made a mistake because you have always loved Kyle. You should've been his destined mate, not me. Yes, I felt pain but Kailyn, I am okay now. Don't feel guilty. You have the right to choose."

She shook her head and tears began streaming down her face. "I can't. I feel torn. My heart feels like it is being ripped apart."

"You love Kyle still." I said quietly as I watched her pained face.

"I love him but I am feeling things with Micah that I have never felt with Kyle. It is like a spell that I can't resist. My soul is calling out to him." She admitted as she wiped her rosy cheeks from the tears that wouldn't stop spilling.

I don't know how she felt. She and I might be in a puddle of mess but I never loved Kyle. I moved to grab her hands in mine.

"Listen Kailyn, what do you think is the right thing to do?" I asked.

She sniffled and looked at me her eyes brimmed with tears. "I don't know."

"Get rid of all the guilt you have. Listen to your heart. What do you want? Do you want Kyle or do you want Micah?" I asked.

"Kyle doesn't want me, Patience." She said quietly, her voice broken. "The reason why I left was because he told me he doesn't love me anymore. He has fallen in love with you. Even if I wanted him, he is no longer mine or the Kyle that I knew."

This was giving me migraines. I felt the vein on my temple pulsing and I rubbed my temple to rid of it. Kyle was being indecisive. One minute he says he doesn't love me, he loves my sister and the next he tells my sister he was in love with me.

"Then what are you going to do?" I asked. She looked at me again as fresh tears brimmed her eyes.

"I can't go with Micah. You need to hide me. You need to find a way for me to run away. I am not a good mate, Patience. I didn't wait for him. I picked a chosen which was my sister's destined mate-"She began but I interrupted her.

"You need to stop carrying around this guilt. This right here is not your fault. Our choices brought us here. If anything we are all at fault in some shape or form because of our choices." I said.

"I know that but I can't stop feeling this way. He is beautiful, Patience. I have never seen anyone as perfect as him but he and I are completely different. I got marked by Kyle, Patience. I didn't even wait. I didn't even wait to think that maybe my destined will show up any moment in my life. I gave up on my destined mate and went with my heart." She said dejectedly.

"Honestly, Kailyn, people make mistakes all the time. Nobody is perfect. I am not. Kyle isn't. We all made mistakes. You just need to forgive yourself and decide what it is that you want." I continued but I knew the reason why she was hesitating. Her human part was still in love with Kyle but her wolf yearns for her mate.

She stood up and began pacing. "It's not that easy. I am so torn inside. When I see Micah, all I want to do is jump his bones but when I think about that, I think about Kyle."

"Does Kyle want you?" I asked.

"No." She replied.

"Does he love you?" I continued.

"No." She replied after a moment. "But a part of me still loves him."

"Of course you still do. He was someone important in your life. He played a part of your life for many years, Kailyn. If you didn't feel anything at all, I would say you have no compassion. He was your chosen. You have every right to feel this way but if Kyle doesn't want you, why go back to someone you said that told you he doesn't love you?" I reasoned.

"I don't know! I just need time. I need space. I need to get away." She whipped towards me. Her eyes were slightly wild as she spoke. "Please, give me a few moments alone to just think."

I sighed and nodded. Her face relaxed slightly. "C-can you take me away from him? I can still feel him close by and it drives me mad."

"Ok." I took her hand and led her the way that I went this morning. Down the back door into the clear opening. Noor glanced up and saw us as he was still training. His eyes narrowed on Kailyn surprisingly. I waved at him before dragging my sister away from his view and down another hill and into the woods where we sat on a log.

We stared ahead of us at the nature in front of us, content in just watching what was going on around us. After a moment, Kailyn spoke up.

"How did we get here?" She asked melancholy clear in her voice. I knew what she meant. We were always so close. Never in our minds, did we think we will be in this kind of situation but yet here we were. Fate was kind of cruel...well...I shouldn't blame fate when it was our choices that got us here but who was to say that fate didn't play any part in this? I am talking in circles.

"I don't know but you and I can figure out together. I am sorry, Kailyn."

"I am sorry too, Patience." She whispered.

We went silent for a while again before she spoke up again. "Let's forget things."

She stood up and began stripping. A grin came on my face as I knew what she was doing. I began stripping off my shirt and pants. When I was down to my bra and panty like Kailyn, we both started running and giggle as we went deeper into the woods and shifted into our wolves. Together we ran for a few miles and allowed our wolves to play back and forth as siblings.

It has been a long time since we have done this together and to have our wolves to get in touch again as siblings it was thrilling. We were so consumed in playing with our wolves we didn't realize how late it was until we heard paws hitting the ground and branches snapping. I stopped mid-jump to look around. Kailyn noticed my distraction and stopped as well.

When two large wolves came into view-one I found was Titus and the other I assume was Micah they looked furious with us. Kailyn looked at me as I looked at her. A slow wolf grin came on her face and she burst into a run away from me. I knew what she wanted to do. Her mischievous wolf wanted to play further. I ran the other way. I heard Titus's wolf chuckle in the back as he followed after me. How quickly he became thrilled with the chase after looking at us furious. Out of the corner of my eyes, I heard and saw Micah growl angrily and ran after Kailyn.

I ran for a few miles able to dodge Titus's attempt in nailing me down until it went deathly quiet. I slowed down my pace to see if I can hear him as my ears perked up. I walked a few more steps before I was pushed to the ground. A whine escaped my lips as Titus sat on top of me. I tried pushing him off but he seemed content in just sitting on top of me as he nipped at my ear.

Damn him. He caught me.

Kailyn

I burst into a run, not wanting to go back to the mess I am to face yet. I could hear Titus's wolf chuckle and Micah's warning growl for me to not run. It sent a shiver through my body and it only stirred my excitement more.

In my pack, as I was training I was one of the fastest wolf out there. I was also good at tracking. I wanted to see how bad this Alpha was and just how much he would go. I don't know if this was a good thing because it could lead to something bad but I always like a good challenge.

I heard him quickly catching up. He was faster than I thought. His wolf was bigger than mine so I could see why it didn't take much for him to catch me.

When he did he pounced on top of me, a growl escaping his lips. I snapped my jaw at his neck to get him off me but he only pinned me down harder.

We rolled around in the dirt trying to fight for dominance as he wanted me to submit to him but I refused to do so which led me to my wolf angrily snapping at his neck to get him to lay off from me. The minute my canines sunk into his skin I knew what I did. Panic set in and I released his neck as I scrambled up onto my paws and stared at him in horror. We have started the mating process.

He shifted in front of me and clutched at his bloody neck, completely naked. His russet colored eyes staring at me in shock.

No.

No!

I spun on my paws and ran away from him. I heard him call out my name but I couldn't face what I just did. I was reckless and a mess. I can't believe I allowed my wolf animalistic nature take temporary control over my body that I totally forgot where I was, who I was, what was happening. I was having too much fun playing around.

Already inside of me I could feel it was too late. I could feel the strengthening of our bond. It was like a light that glowed brighter. It was like a rope that grew in size. I felt like I was grasping for Kyle's bond at the same time as I saw it disappearing slowly. The light was dimming slowly.

What have I done?