Chapter 8

• She gasped and I flounced away. Isaiah and Elijah followed me.
• I went back to my room and packed quickly. I put the money and credit cards in my little crossbody bag. I showered extremely quickly and put on a sundress. I put on some mascara and I tried to fix my long loosely curled hair that I had neglected to detangle last night. I sighed and left the bathroom. I saw Elijah and Isaiah sitting on my bed which Lana had begrudgingly made. The guys looked so handsome in simple grey sweatpants and black T shirts. Their hair was still a little damp from their showers. I had the urge to finish drying it for them. The mate-bond was in effect so I would want to nurture and groom them and they would want to protect and put pups in me. The mate-bond was pretty sexist but we were part wolf so what did you expect?
• “I can’t believe our brothers would want you kicked out and on your birthday too!” Grumbled Elijah.
• “That’s ok, Elijah,” I said brightly wanting to at least be happy about the good side of this. I had two boyfriends now essentially after having zero of them for my whole life. My wolf was angry though. She insisted I go immediately to try to entice my other two mates and break their resolve. She needed all four quadruples to feel complete. I placated her by telling her I’d take them back easily if they came to us. She was confident they would and I was pretty sure they would not.
• “Call me Eli,” said Elijah. “Please don’t ever call me Alpha again! You scared the s**t out of me. I thought you were giving me your official rejection statement.”
• I smiled shyly and nodded. “Ok, Eli,” I said.
• Eli walked up to me. He towered over me. I could tell he wanted to kiss me but I wasn’t ready. I wrapped my arms around his waist and buried my face in his shirt. Tingles ran through me. He massaged my back and held me close.
• “You can call me Zaya instead of Isaiah,” said Isaiah. “Let’s get out of here. I don’t wanna be around those pricks right now,” Zaya said taking out his car keys.
• I followed Eli and Zaya down the stairs. I spotted Jillian and Chet at the breakfast table.
• “Jillian!” I screeched and launched myself at her.
• We hugged. Chet smiled. He came over and ruffled my hair and then pulled Jillian close to him.
• “Thanks for inviting me Jillian and for the birthday cake. It was delicious. Chet thanks so much for having me. Your vacation home is lovely! I’m sorry to leave early!” I said.
• “Leave early?” Chet repeated sounding confused.
• “But why?” Whined Jillian. “Are you ok? Aren’t you glad our mates are best friends?”
• Jonah was looking at me from the breakfast table. Angie was massaging his shoulders. I tried not to look. Noah was staring at me. I was tired of covering for people who didn’t give a s**t about me.
• “I would be but Jonah and Noah don’t want me as their mate,” I said blatantly.
• Chet immediately got angry. Jillian was furious.
• “So my best friend isn’t good enough for you guys?” She huffed folding her arms.
• Noah looked defiant. Jonah looked guilty.
• “Of course she’s not. She’s fat and poor,” said Angie snidely.
• That didn’t even hurt anymore. I was already numb from Jonah and Noah crushing me.
• “We never explicitly rejected you, Star!” Said Noah.
• “Please call me Hannah, Alpha Noah. Star is an informal nickname my friends call me,” I said with as much venom in my voice as I could muster.
• Noah looked furious.
• “That’s enough!” Roared Jonah. “You will have respect for all four of us as your alphas and mates!”
• “Jonah, what are you talking about? You don’t want her as your mate remember?” Piped up Angie.
• I wasn’t gonna stand there so a guy who had a girlfriend already could tell me how much he didn’t want me.
• “I do respect you Alpha Jonah. I’m leaving now,” I said in a gentler voice.
• I followed Eli and Zaya to the driveway. Zaya had a Lamborghini too but his was red not matte black like Noah’s.
• Jonah came running after me. Was there no end to this drama? Noah trudged along behind him.
• “Star!” Jonah said, out of breath. I rolled down the Lamborghini’s window.
• “I’m not…we’re not rejecting you. There’s…it’s complicated…” Jonah said.
• “Save it for Facebook profile, Jonah!” Yelled Zaya and he sped off before Jonah or Noah could say anything else. Eli roared with laughter. They were both up front. I smiled at them in the rearview mirror.
• “Hey pretty princess,” said Eli looking back at me in a way that made heat flood my lower torso.
• “I remember,” said Zaya loudly as if he were narrating a story, “a young girl, of but seventeen, one day shy of her eighteenth birthday.”
• Eli grinned.
• Zaya continued, “Who was saving herself for her mates down to her very first kiss.”
• I blushed deeply and avoided their gaze.
• Zaya drove really fast but both he and Eli seemed incredibly calm.
• “She can only have one first kiss, Bro,” said Eli.
• “Oh, you can have her first kiss, Bro!” Said Zaya. “That’s not the first I’m claiming. I’ll be her first alright.” Zaya winked at me in the rearview mirror switching from green to black eyes. They quickly turned green again. He had such good control of his wolf to do that at will.
• Eli laughed. “Stop, you’re scaring her,” he chuckled.
• “Don’t be ridiculous!” Said Zaya. “Our Luna is brave.” Zaya smirked and so did Eli.
• My face was hot. I tried to look nonchalant. The younger two Quads were a lot wilder than their elder brothers. They were not the stiff snobs I was expecting. They were cocky but in a sort of fun way.
• “Where to, princess?” Said Eli.
• “Any grocery store, please,” I said softly, still feeling a little out of sorts.
• “God, you’re so spoilt!” Snapped Eli suddenly.
• I jumped then realised he was grinning. Zaya was laughing.
• “When we said we’d take you shopping for your birthday, Baby, we meant like Dolce and Gabbana,” chuckled Zaya.
• “Yeah, not like butter and bread!” Exclaimed Eli.
• They laughed. I giggled a little.
• “Aww, so cute!” Said Eli doing the same thing Zaya had done where he flashed me his black eyes on purpose for a split second. I was so amazed by this. I had been told the Quads were really powerful werewolves. Supposedly they all had unique powers but that was part of the rumour mill. No one knew what powers they had for sure. There was also a rumour that the Quinn family was cursed. I could never get details on the curse. Maybe it was another stupid rumour or maybe I just wasn’t popular enough to be worth telling. I felt bold all of a sudden.
• “They say your family is cursed at school!” I said smiling at them slightly.
• “Yeah the Quad curse,” said Eli seriously. “Half of us were cursed to be assholes for all eternity.”
• Zaya burst into laughter.
• “Only a beautiful virgin can break the curse with her tender love,” Eli said.
• “So I should give your brothers a chance then?” I said grinning.
• “No you break the curse by sleeping with the cooler brothers first!” Insisted Eli. “Princess you need to pay attention when I’m telling you stories.”
• “You need to have respect for all of your mates and alphas, Star!” Roared Zaya, mocking Jonah’s words from earlier.
• Eli was beside himself with laughter and I actually laughed too. A lot. I felt so much better. I couldn’t believe how fun the younger two were. They were always huge groups of pretty girls laughing surrounding the younger two but I assumed that was because they were rich and handsome not that they were actually funny. I guess I thought billionaire heirs didn’t need humour, they had cash and credit. However, Zaya and Eli were the full package. They definitely offset my other two dreary mates nicely.