“Oh my God, could you please cover up yourselves?”
“Shifting is not very clothes friendly...”grumbled Ciaran.“Now you can look.”They had towels around their waists, which was better than nothing.
Still red, Freya muttered, “You really need to have clothes everywhere...”
“We’re comfortable both ways.Nudity is natural to us.”
“Good for you.”
“Angel ...you’ve seen our wolves.Now we have no more secrets.Will you accept us?”pressed Ciaran.Freya bit her lip before looking them in the eyes.
“I’m still ...I’m still uncomfortable with lots of things.I need to ...I need to come to terms with a lot of things.”
“We can wait,” said Declan, speaking calmly.“Just don’t push us aside.”
“I won’t.But you need to know that I still ...have issues and ...you may never have kids with me.”
The way they looked at her was disconcerting.It seemed like they only blinked one eye at a time ...and in turn.
“Angel...”
“Let me speak, while I still have the courage.Lewis wanted to have...”Her face contorted as she recalled, and her voice came out in a whisper.“He called them pups.He wanted to breed me, said I needed to be useful for something.When I failed, he became furious and hurt me.I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to bear children.”
Her voice was lifeless, devoid of emotion.The twins did not hesitate.They knelt, one on each side of her, and spoke slowly, “That does not matter to us.”
“You’re more important to us than everything else.”
“We’d love to have pups...”
“But it’s okay if we don’t.”
“You want you, our mate, with us, safe and sound.”
“If it happens, it happens.”
“If it doesn’t, then it’s great all the same.”
“We just want you by our side.”
Finally, she gave in to tears.But for once, these weren’t tears of sadness or pain.An immense weight had been lifted from her shoulders, and knowing that there were no more secrets between them ...it was a great relief.
“Now ...bath time.Want me to scrub your back for you, baby?”
But at that moment, the twins flinched and Declan sighed.
“What is it?”
“Uncle Connor just mind-linked us.I think our staying here was discovered.”
