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“I’ve seen cases of multiple mates in Faerie, but usually only two or three. And never with other creatures. Fae usually stay with fae. But Raven is also a mage. I was surprised she’d formed a mating bond with a shifter and a demon,” she said.
“Well, she did,” I said, protectively.
She shrugged, then walked away.
I glared after her. In my few minutes with the professor, she had done nothing to endear herself to me.
“That’s enough,” Professor Flora called to Raven and the twins.
The twins let go of Raven’s hands and all three of them opened their eyes. They did look like a matched set. Three elite mages from good families with exceptionally strong magic. Out of the five of us, Luka and I were the outcasts.
I’d never felt like that before, but that was probably because the twins joined as Raven’s mates last. But now that they were here, would they take over? Would she rather spend more time with them because they could relate to her better?
Professor Flora set her hands on either side of Raven’s head. “You feel like you’re back at full strength. We can resume our independent study on Monday.” She lowered her hands then looked at the twins. “Well done, gentlemen.”
I frowned, back to feeling useless. Raven had been hurt and I never stopped to think about how to help her. I didn’t even notice that she was so low on magic. And if it happened again, I wasn’t going to be able to help her the same way the twins could. It was an uncomfortable sensation. I prided myself on being able to take care of my friends and family. And Raven was the most important person in my life.
“Good thing she’s got them,” Luka said. “Now we know how to help her if she goes down again.”
“Yeah.” I wished I could be like Luka sometimes. He was so laid back about all of this. “How do you do it?”
“Do what?” he asked.
“Go along with all of this,” I said.
He shrugged. “Raven’s happy, so I’m happy.”
I took a deep breath and held on to that thought. It went so far against how I’d been raised. Growing up, it was take what you can get and hold on to it. Don’t share. Don’t give any ground. Fight for your territory. This was different. And for the first time, I realized it wasn’t really a bad thing. It was a struggle to see how we could all fit together, but we really could.
Raven looked up at me and smiled. “Don’t worry about me so much, Ben. I’m okay.”
I shook my head. Here I was, worrying that she’d leave me behind and even while sitting between two other mates, she was picking up on how I was feeling.
“You’re right, Luka,” I said, slapping him on the back. “We keep Raven happy and we all win.”
