LIAM
"Where did he come from? Do you know him? And how is it even possible that he's our mate?"
"He's not. Wake him up or I will kill him myself."
"Chill Jayden. You can't hurt him, at least not yet until we figure something out. We don't even know who he is or where he came from."
I overheard their persistent voices as it slowly started to become clearer. I felt my nose twitch at an unfamiliar yet intoxicating scent. It felt strange but yet it felt so good too. Though my eyes were shut, my whole body not in motion, i felt myself moving.
With furrowed eyebrows, i shut my eyes even tighter in a failed attempt to understand what was going on. It felt like i was still moving, drifting me to the last bit of my memory before i lost consciousness.
I was standing on a bridge, i slipped and fell into the river. I opened my eyes to see three men staring at me. Holy shit! One threatened me and even went as far as changing into a big white scary wolf.
Immediately, i eyes tore open to realize that my whole body was pressed against a man's bare chest, his protruding muscles bulging. I suddenly felt terrified and tried to get myself down only for him to tighten his grip around my body firmly.
I hit him on his chest continuously. "W-Who are you people? Let me go. Put me down right now!" I struggled but he wouldn't budge. How is he so strong and able to hold me firmly despite all my efforts to get away from him.
I felt myself stop moving as he paused in his tracks. With an irritated sigh, He tilted his head to the side to look at my face and I was met with the most beautiful pair of blue eyes that I have ever seen in my entire life.
As though they compelled me, I swallowed, unable to stop myself from shamelessly staring at him. He was attractive. Very attractive and i couldn't deny that. He was the type of guy that made you question your sexuality and if you were even worth existing as a man at all. And here I was, thinking that I've seen a lot of handsome men. This just proves that I haven't lived long enough.
His curly auburn hair fell down to his face while the rest were tied up in a manly bun. His chiseled jawline was defined like those ones I used to see men request for at the hospital when they came in for plastic surgery. Is this even real? He stared at me with cold eyes that lacked emotion yet looked stunning at the same time. How does a man look both handsome, lethal and beautiful at the same time? I felt robbed as a man.
Pulling me closer to him, he flexed off his well built arm and manly features, then growled at me in a condescending tone that almost increased my heart rate to a maximum.
"You're my mate."
"What?" I blurted out, obviously confused by that statement. "I'm sorry but what does that even mean? Y-Your mate?"
He looked at me as if I've grown a second pair of head. How does he expect me to understand when he's speaking in a complete different language that i don't understand?
"And what about the rest of us?" I heard the deep voice of another man from behind us and that's when i realized that we had company. "He's not just your mate Hayden. He's our mate. Ours." He drew in emphasis.
A light chuckle escaped my lips. I must be crazy. I'm going mad and utterly insane. Maybe this is the afterlife. I might've died and was brought down here to paradise. Since i wasn't given a good chance at love when i was alive, maybe this was my compensation. How else can you explain me draped in the arms of three hot men who are basically claiming me to be theirs for the taking?
Maybe this could be a dream. I might've been dreaming after all. Maybe Jason didn't cheat on me. Maybe i was dreaming that he did and now, it's time wake up because everything makes absolutely no sense. They were making no sense. It's just a dream. Another utterly ridiculous and stupid dream. Or could this be my fantasy coming to life? What is happening to me?
"Put me down right this instant!" I ordered but it felt like my words were basically falling on deaf ears. "Let me go!"
"He's so loud!" One of them grumbled. "I feel like shoving him to a tree branch and watching him bleed to death." He added with an irritated scoff. I instantly shut my mouth. I don't know why but something deep inside me told me that he could actually do what he had just said.
Without uttering a single word, i quietly watched them as they carried me deeper into the woods. My heart was thumping loudly inside my chest because i couldn't tell what they were planning to do to me by bringing me here. I know that i had actually planned my death but i don't want to die by their hands. We arrived at a cabin and they tied me up so that i couldn't escape even if i wanted to.
"What do we do with him?" The one who had carried me asked the other two who looked somewhat uninterested.
"I say we kill him and dump his body somewhere no one would find it." One of them suggested. "He committed treason. He walked into our bathing house uninvited and hid to watch us shower so his actions are punishable by death." He deadpanned.
"But he's also our mate and this is the first time in twenty five years that something like this is happening to us so how can you suggest that we just kill him Jayden." They attacked him but he only rolled his eyes at them in disdain.
"He disgusts me!" He spat angrily. I have come to know that the one who loathes me for some reason was named Jayden while the other one who carried me here was Hayden. I was yet to figure out the name of the last one. That is if i would be alive long enough to do so.
"That's not enough reason to kill him." They bantered on. "The prophecy declared that we would encounter our mate and until we figure out why we share the mating pull with him, no one should attempt to kill him."
"You're not the boss of me." Jayden countered. "Last time i checked, we are of the same age so you have no right to tell me what to do Hayden. I'll kill him right here and now if I want to and no one would stop me."
"Our father and mothers would not be thrilled to hear about this recent development." The nameless one said. Wait, they're brothers? Oh Lord just take me now. I've lived and seen quite enough. I will never attempt to commit suicide ever again in my life no matter what.
"Please let me go." I begged, tears falling from my eyes and trailing down my cheeks like twin rivers. "I have no idea where i am and i need to go back home to my parents."
"I promise that I won't cause any trouble, I just want to go back home—"
"Will you shut up already!" The same guy who had threatened to kill me shouted at me and i clamped my mouth shut. "Gosh! I'm sick and tired of his endless tantrums."
"Stop it Jayden, you're scaring him." The first one shunned him by coming to my rescue and he looked away angrily. Taking slow and steady steps towards me, he approached me and crouched down next to me.
"Hello, I'm Hayden. What is your name?" He inquired softly with a soothing voice that made me forget that I was currently tied up with nowhere to escape to.
"William." I whispered and he reached out to touch my face. I flinched and he stopped halfway, retracting his hands back in the process.
"I won't hurt you William, I promise." He went on. "I just want to help you." He said and I sniveled, bringing my face to look at them. "You see that one over there? The one standing by the door, that's Caden. I'm guessing you already know the other one." He introduced them to me. "They are my brothers and you my dear are our mate. You belong to us. You are our man to claim as ours."