Three Fated Hearts by LNC

Are we giving her a choice, L?

Nah, not at all. She will thank us later.”

I don’t respond and continue to pull Tia with me to the door. I pull her outside while

Landon pulls up the rear. Once we get outside, Tia stops fighting me. I’m sure she realizes

that she is simply wasting her time and energy. I open the passenger door and place Tia

inside. Landon gets in the driver’s seat, and I get in behind Landon.

“You know this is a human town. They won’t exactly take kindly to seeing us out like this.”

I chuckle.

“Don’t worry, beautiful,” Landon tells her. “I know exactly where we can go, and we won’t

have to worry about anyone looking at us funny.” Tia doesn’t respond, instead looking out

of the window. I think it will take some work to get through to Tia, but I’m ready to put that

work in.

We drive about 30 minutes before arriving at an out-of-the-way restaurant. It was

established by a werewolf family and set up away from humans so we could be free to be

ourselves. Landon and I had heard about this restaurant a while ago but never made the

time to check it out. I can’t wait to get to know our mate better.

~Landon~

We pull into the parking lot, and Lincoln helps Tia out of the car. She was pretty quiet on

the way here, making me wonder what she has been thinking about. I just hope that she

can give us a chance. I know things haven’t been the best for her over the years, but I

want to help make things better for her.

We are seated in the back, in a half-circle booth. Lincoln made sure to ask for as much

privacy as possible. He already ordered as well, making sure to pick many different dishes,

so we have a lot to sample from. He didn’t want us to have any interruptions. Tia sits

between the two of us, and the staff starts to set up the tables and plates that contain our

food.

“So Tia,” I start once all staff has left the area. “Tell us about yourself. I hate to admit that

we don’t know much about you. We weren’t exactly running in the same circles growing

up.” Tia looks between the both of us and shrugs her shoulders.

“There isn’t much to tell, honestly.”

“Don’t do that, love. What about your training?” Tia looks at Lincoln with a shocked

expression, much like my own. I thought I was the only one who knew about Tia’s training.

“Don’t look at me like that, L. I have seen Tia train many times. Actually, I…..I’ve always

had a bit of a crush on her.” Tia scoffs.

“There is no way you had a crush on me.”

“Are you sure about that?” I sit back and watch their interaction with amusement.

~Tia~

Lincoln……had a crush…..on me?! There is no way that can be real. Why would he have

ever looked at me twice, let alone actually liked me? It is mind-boggling, to say the least. I

also can’t believe that they both know about my training. I always trained in private with

Mark and Lynn. Dad said there was no reason for him to teach me anything because I

could never be good enough. I always wanted to be a strong warrior regardless of what

my dad thought, even though I knew that I wouldn’t be able to accomplish that while still

in this pack.

Landon is sitting back, watching Lincoln and me. I wonder if he knew about this supposed

crush Lincoln says he had on me. I wonder if he plans to tell me he has felt the same at

some point. HA! Unbelievable!

“Did you or did you not wear a silver, strapless, floor-length gown to your senior prom

along with a diamond and sapphire tiara?” Ok, so he saw me prom night. That is really no

big deal. I nod at Lincoln. “And isn’t it true that that said tiara randomly showed up at your

doorstep the morning of the prom?” Wait a minute. How the hell would he know that? I

didn’t know who had left that for me at the time. I figured it was a gift from my mom, but

when I thanked her for it, she had no idea what I was talking about. She said she wish she

had thought about it but wasn’t the one who left the gift.

I look at Landon, and he has an eyebrow raised, clearly not knowing about this

beforehand. I look at Lincoln, and he has a smirk on his face. “You didn’t…..you couldn’t

have……there is no way……”

“Oh I did. I thought it would look amazing with your dress so I bought it and left it on your

doorstep. Truth be told, I was too nervous to give it to you outright, but I had to make sure

you had it.” I could feel a few tears build up in my eyes. I don’t think anyone has ever

done anything that sweet for me in my entire life.

I close my eyes, willing the tears to go back where they came from. I feel sparks on my

hands, and I open my eyes to see Landon grabbing one hand and Lincoln having the other.

I give them a small smile and get one back from each of them. I clear my throat, feeling

awkward and remove my hands so I can try to eat. We fall into a comfortable silence, all of

us enjoying our food.

“How did you two know about my training?” The brothers look at each other and look back

at me.

“I didn’t know Linc knew about your training. I also didn’t know about the tiara or crush.”

Lincoln blushes a bit. “I stumbled across you training one day with Mark and I stopped to

watch. You were amazing.”

“I thought your dad had taught you all he knew, but when I asked Lynn, she told me that

he wouldn’t teach you anything.”

“No, he has never bothered with me. It was always about my sisters. He said I was a

mistake.” I hear simultaneous growls, and I look down at my plate. I figure they would

probably be mad at that, but I refuse to keep the truth in. “Actually, the entire pack dotes

on my sisters, so I wasn’t surprised to find out they would be named the Lunas. The pack

already loves them, and that’s important for that position.”

“STOP!” Landon’s eyes are black as night, and his voice shakes the table. I turn to Lincoln,

seeing he looks almost the same as his brother. I gulp but say nothing else. Lincoln speaks

first.

“We are very much aware of how the pack views the Colby daughters. I don’t know how it

came to be that way, but their opinions mean nothing to us. We want our fated mate and

if the pack has a problem with that, they can leave.”

“Leave?!” I scoff. “Yeah, like you will be okay with an empty packhouse, with a pack of 1 or

2.”

“Yes, we will be okay with that,” Landon grabs my hands. “Having the woman who was

made just for us is way more important than running a pack. We would gladly give it all up

if that means having a happy life with you.” I can feel Andricia twirling around in my head

at those words, and I truly want to believe them. It’s hard for me to fully give in because

no one has ever wanted me for anything before, yet now things are supposed to be

different. Now I’m supposedly wanted by these two men, these Alphas. It’s hard to wrap

my head around all of that.