Fated To The Lycan Brothers
Chapter 97

Suri

Nightingale

It's Saturday morning and it's gloomy from the continuous rain. My room is filled with the scent of wet stone, mushy soil; the air around me is moist and earthy. I take a deep breath and soak it all in.

When I was younger, I hated the rain. I hated it because it meant I would be stuck inside with whoever it was my mom was dating at that time. Small towns close bars early in the night when the rain gets too hard, so all those drunkards come home and take their alcohol breaths and sit on the couch, laugh at something not particularly funny on television, and order around the women in their lives who can't do anything but follow.

I never understood why my mom always dated the worst kind of guys. They always smelled of alcohol and drugs, or of something else strong, like gasoline, or junk. They never treated her any good and I always wondered if she thought that was the only love she deserved after being left by my 'father'.

Thinking about him makes me feel all sorts of things that I could never exactly pinpoint.

I don't like him because he left my mom and broke her heart. He left her, left me. Abandoned us completely.

I don't particularly hate him, either. I can't, because if not for him, then I wouldn't be where I am today. I wouldn't be who I am today.

Could I really blame him for leaving my mom? Could I blame him for not choosing to be with someone that wasn't his 'mate'? If I met somebody else before the brothers, would I have left him too because he wasn't my mate?

Too many questions, not really close to any answers.

I wish I could meet him. I wish I could just talk to him even for a few minutes to ask him why he had spent that time with my mom only to break her heart, to break her.

But I don't think that's ever going to happen because chances are, whoever my father really is, he doesn't even know I exist, and he likely never will.

There's a knock on my door and I am up in a millisecond. I know who it is, or rather, who they are, before I can even open it.

It's training time.

I used to hate the rain, but now I love it.

I love it because for the past three days, we've used it to our advantage. The growls, the howls, we let it all out when a loud thunder erupts. Nobody hears us. We're in our own world, and we're free.

I open the door to all three of my handsome boys. They're drop dead gorgeous in their own ways.

Atlas is in his usual all black get up, his hair a little longer than the first time I met him as a loose strand hangs atop his dark brows.

Wes is all smiles and charms, and of course, already topless. Out of all three of them, he either owns the least shirts or he just likes to walk around half n a k e d. I don't mind at all.

Dev is always a sight for sore eyes. His charismatic aura makes him look like he is always glowing and I always love the way his green eyes twinkle when he sees me.

"Ready for another round?" Atlas asked.

"Are we talking in bed or outside?" Wes adds with a wink and I already feel my face heat up.

"Why not both?" Dev interjects and that was enough to have me blushing like a red tomato not even five minutes in with them.

But they always do this to me. They have a way of making me melt into a puddle by how romantic and caring they were, but at the same time they can turn me into a shaking and babbling mess in seconds with just one look in their l**t-filled eyes.

I would never have known that I would be the type to enjoy indulging in physical activities with three guys on a regular basis, but I definitely do not regret a thing because, hoo boy, when we fucked, we fucked hard.

But it wasn't all just about the s e x. It was more, so much more. They had quickly become the center of my universe just as I had become theirs.

Our wolves together were even more than I would have expected. The feeling was nothing like I have ever experienced in my life, like I had been transported into a world of fantasy and three wolves guarded and guided me with their lives. I loved it.

As we exited from the backyard and started walking towards the open space, I could feel Aurora's excitement building up.

"Today is the day," she tells me and I know instantly what she means. We were going to hunt.

Over the past few days, I've mostly been taught the basics and getting myself familiarized with what it was like to move around as a wolf.

It started off pretty painful at first, shifting and whatnot, but eventually, after the tenth time, I was able to get used to my bones and limbs and everything rearranging, and I could almost do it without even having to think hard enough.

Dev said I should never let it take control of me. I saw it in his eyes, the fear and worry in them when he told me, and I realized instantly why. He's experienced it. They all have, but Dev's incident was related to the one that had been eating him up with guilt for a long, long time.

He wasn't driving when that accident with Destiny's brother happened. He was in wolf form and he had crashed onto the car directly.

"Take it easy and go slowly, baby. Don't strain yourself trying to think about it. Let it come to you." Atlas says with a soft tone and a reassuring smile.

He's always so gentle with me, and sometimes I still can't believe it's the same guy that used to treat me as 'dead meat.

"Just how we taught you, angel." Wes reassures me, too, stroking my shoulder with gentle motions.

Thorne Academy's playboy, everyone. Definitely a far cry from it now, and even Polly, Elle, and Ariana have noticed it, too. Every time a girl approaches him, he brushes them off like lint on his shirt.

"We'll be here, sunshine. Always." Dev kisses the top of my head sending tingles down my spine instantly and gives me that smile I've always adored.

I give them a nod before taking a step back, closing my eyes, and exactly how I remember them teaching me, I feel myself start to connect with my inner wolf.

A few seconds later, I barely even noticed my body rearranging and when I opened my eyes, I was now looking through Aurora's eyes.

Razor sharp and crystal clear as well as the feeling of extra strength moving through my veins.

I felt powerful.

The brothers shifted right after and I could meet their wolves a hundred times, but each time I would still be in awe.

They were relatively bigger than me, but not by much, which they weren't sure was the case for other female Lycans since they hadn't met one, but they were still surprised nonetheless.

I followed them as we walked further into the woods, our feet digging into the wet soil that was quickly turning into mud. Around us, puddles began to form into muddy water.

I wasn't sure where we were going, but I didn't really mind nor care. Running with them was enough to release the adrenaline rush and it doesn't take me long to overtake Wes, or in this case Jackal. Wesley Wolfe

Suri's wolf was breathtaking. I fall in love with her more and more each time I see her shift, but still, I can't help but feel competitive every time she manages to outrun me.

Neither Atlas nor Devon had been able to outrun me before so this was huge.

It just meant she really is more special than any of us. That thought was both exhilarating and terrifying at the same time.

Aurora stops abruptly as she lifts her head up to the sky and she starts sniffing everywhere. During the rain, our heightened senses are a little bit more compromised than usual due to the different factors around us.

Our sense of smell gets disrupted by the smell of rain and other wet things around us.

Sense of hearing is compromised by the droplets of rain coming down on earth and the thunder here and there.

Sense of sight is less precise with the darkness and fog that surrounds us.

Nonetheless, this doesn't seem to happen with Aurora. On the contrary, it's as if she thrives even more during it. I've never seen anything like it.

She turns to us before lifting her head up again to howl. We all howl back, communicating via the vibrations of the sound.

She knows we're nearing animals. She knows she's about to hunt, and that's exactly what we're here for.

My brothers and I figured it was time for her to know what hunting really is, and what better way than to bring her to the spot where wild animals often passed by nearing the edge of our land. We were lucky to replace this spot years ago, and when we need to hunt in a rush, it's where we go.

Suri Nightingale

It's near. I don't know how I'm able to tell so easily, but it's there. The smell and the sounds of their feet stomping on the wet soil.

I'm scared, I admit, but not scared enough to back out because I can feel it flowing through my veins, in my blood, and everything. The want. The need to feed.

Aurora and I are molding into one.

I saw Atlas lunge in great speed towards an unsuspecting rabbit, and though I was impressed, it wasn't what I was aiming for.

My eyes scanned the area left, right, left, right, lef- There!

I started running to it, completely leaving the brothers behind as I focused on my prey. A minute later, my hand came up and I captured it, pinning it down to the ground, lifeless in seconds.

Good. They don't have to suffer.

Atlas Wolfe

Suri was unstoppable.

While I only caught a rabbit, she managed to spot a deer that was quite some distance from us. I didn't even see it coming, and I had the best eyes.

Did that mean Suri had better vision than me now?

We ran up to her and was amazed by how she managed to capture the animal with only one hand pinning it to the ground.

She looks uncertain for a split second, turning to us as if waiting for confirmation. We give her a nod, and this is all the assurance she needs to before she starts to dig in, her wolf devouring its prey effortlessly. The boys and I watch her with proud amusement.

Her first kill.

Suri Nightingale

Holy shit. I did it. I really did it.

And... it wasn't even as bad as I thought it would be.

In fact, it all just came naturally to me and before I knew it, I was already on my second, third, and fourth.

The brothers had stopped by their third, and they opted to just watch me at the sides as I continued. I didn't know what they were thinking, but the way they looked at me fueled me. It was as if they were watching me with pride. I reveled in it.

Devon Wolfe

It's not everyday we see someone better at what we thought we were the best at, but here was Suri and her wolf, single handedly showing us that they definitely were.

She ran faster than Wes. Her vision reached further than Atlas. Now her hearing was also so clear she could hear a branch crack from a mile away even with the loud sound of the rain falling from the sky.

Aurora was exceptional at all aspects.

And damn was I completely turned on by that.

I'm pretty sure Atlas and Wes were, too.

Suri Nightingale

Shifting back to human form was something I felt uncomfortable doing for the sole reason that I am butt naked in front of the brothers, and yes, yes, I've done it many times, but stripping for s e x was different compared to normal circumstances. "Fucking beautiful," I sensed Atlas whispered raspily behind me, his topless body pressed against my n a ked one.

He tilts my neck to the side and I felt a shudder travel all throughout from my neck to my toes.

"You're making it so hard for me not to mark you right here and right now, baby..." Atlas says before he licks my neck and holy fuck, with the adrenaline still lingering from earlier and the heat of his body, I could totally do another round with him. "You're not the only one, Atlie." Wes appears in front of me, a mischievous grin plastered on his face.

Well, I guess a round with all of them.

But when their words finally registered in my head, I realized one thing - what the hell was marking me?

"It's when you bite someone's neck with your fangs, completely marking them as yours." Dev appeared to my side and explained.

Wait, did I say that out loud?

"Bite? Like... a vampire?" Twilight really has ruined my knowledge of this world.

The brothers noticed this, too, and they laughed at my sad comparison.

"We don't suck your blood, angel." Wes answers before he takes a step forward and trails his fingers down my neck.

"We merely dig our fangs into your neck, leaving that special mark and connecting us forever."

"It lets others know that you are not to be touched by anyone but us," Atlas adds as he grinds his hardness behind me and sweet baby Jesus, it is very hard.

They are explicitly turned on by this, and so am I.

"It sounds... kind of painful." I confessed to them.

"There will be a small pain, but afterwards, you will feel a different type of sensation too. It's just like when I was first inside you. The pain will subside and will eventually be replaced with pure bliss, then after we will all share a metaphysical connection that bonds us together. No matter where either of us go, you will feel us and we will feel you." Dev tells me as he caresses my face gently.

If he puts it that way... then what the heck are we waiting for?

"I- I would lov-"

"Boys?"

Oh my god. Is that-

"I was wondering when you four were going to tell me," Keith said with an amused tone and the three of them glanced at each other with guilty expressions.

He knew this whole time?!

"It seems you four have some explaining to do. I'll be in my office. Come back inside and we can talk more about it." Keith exclaimed, and I thanked the gods he turned around right after that.

How did neither of us hear him coming?! Oh, right, we were all distracted by the marking thing. Damn these wolf hormones.

"Oh, and I have a timely gift/surprise waiting at home, so don't be too long. See you inside... with clothes on, please."

Yup, it's official. I can never show my face to Keith ever again