Broken Mates
Chapter 40

Chris was on his way back to Dr Jones' house after seeing him off.

The man left to take care of some business and as a freeloader in the man's house, it was only fair he went to see him off. He was now on his way back, deep in thought. Mostly about Jake and Colten.

He missed his men. Maybe he should go see them and kneel and beg them for forgiveness for whatever wrong he has down. Truth be told, he didn't know what he did wrong. He has cack his mind, thinking about what he possibly did to offend Colten but he found nothing. In fact, nothing came to mind.

But with Jake, he could only guess it was because of his ugly side after messily murdering Four with no hesitation or second thought.

He sighed and looked up at Jones' house where he thought he would be staying for, how long? Weeks? Months? A year? Years?. Ah, what a mess he was in.

Suddenly, he stopped in his tracks, eyes widened. What was he seeing? Was this real? Or was he imagining? Colten and Jake stood outside the front door. They looked anxious, devastated and regretful. What was going on? What were they doing here? Right when he thought of taking a step, both Colten and Jake turned around and their eyes met. Colten and Jake's eyes widened in shock, looking at him.

But he didn't know what happened next. Before he knew, Colten and Jake were hugging him. And he, for the first time, scented both Colten and Jake's scent on each other. They claimed each other. When? Since when? And..... Why didn't he notice this before? He was saddened at the thought of his mates claiming each other without him. He wasn't just saddened, his heart was shattered.

*****

Chris looked angry. Why was he angry? Was he blaming them? Was he angry that they ignored and avoided him? Was he angry because they treated him like air? He wasn't happy to see them, but he still invited them in. Chris didn't only look angry. He was hurt. He felt betrayed. They could smell him, feel him. And he was hiding his pain with an angry expression. They had to fix this. They also needed to talk things out.

Lvan said it was all a big misunderstanding and that they needed to talk to Chris. He said Chris didn't reject Colten.

After hearing all that, he ran in search of Colten. Luckily, Colten was coming down himself. Jake told him Chris has left the house and that was all it took. Colten held his hand and dragged him out to replace Chris. He didn't even listen to all that Jake had to say. At that moment, it was like Colten has forgotten that Chris had rejected. Though from what he heard from Ivan that wasn't the truth.

At that moment, Colten looked like he was going to get his mate back. He looked like he would do everything to get Chris back.

Both Colten and Jake shared a worried look and watched Chris as he brought them orange juice and mango juice. The orange juice was for Jake while the mango juice was for Colten. Orange juice was Jake's favorite and mango juice was one of Colten's favorites. Chris knew his favorite. Jake was happy to see that.

And though Chris was angry, he still treated them with their favorites.

How kind of him.

Jake took a sip of his orange juice and smiled brightly. "What are you all doing here?"

"Don't you know is late?" Chris asked, glaring at them.

Oh, they both didn't like that look. Jake cleared his throat, trying to act calm and relaxed, but it wasn't working. He knew, "I...." Jake looked at Colten who was holding his glass of juice tightly, his hands were even shaking at this point, "We, wanted to speak with you" Jake said.

"Couldn't it wait for tomorrow?"

"No"

Chris sighed in defeat before asking, "What did you want to talk about?" Jake breathed in and out, gathering courage and strength.

At this moment, he has even forgotten about his fears for alphas, so did his wolf. His wolf was busy telling him to quit the chitchat and jump on Chris so he would claim him. But he pay no heed to him (His wolf) What a hypocrite (His wolf)

"Did you really reject Colten?" A deep frown appeared on Chris's face. Colten's eyes widened in shock at Jake's words. Why did he bring that up?

Chris didn't spare Colten a look, looking Jake straight in the eyes as he answered, "No. Why would I do that? He's my mate" Now, Colten's eyes widened even more. Chris knew he was his mate?

"Then why did you tell lvan you didn't love me that way?" This time, Colten asked. Studying Chris seriously in case he lied or something. Chris turned to look at him (Colten), "I never rejected you. Is true I never felt the connection when we lived together for centuries. But I started feeling. And then when Ivan asked me, I didn't tell him the truth because I wanted to tell you first that I love you before anyone else" Colten stared at Chris with in disbelieving shock while Jake was smiling at them, feeling all giddying inside. "But then, is true I wasn't sure if you are my mate but I knew one thing, that I love you. I love you a lot Colten" Tears streamed down Chris's eyes. Colten wanted to get up and hug him but he felt Chris wasn't done.

"I love you so much that it hurt. And it pain a lot when you started avoiding me, ignoring me. And it pain me a lot knowing that you and Jake, the most important men in my life now claimed each other without me"

Both Jake and Colten's eyes widened in shock and then they stare down in guilt. "Why? Why were you so angry with me? Do you know how hard it was for me? I thought you rejected me"

Colten finally got up, placed his glass of mango juice on the center table and then went and kneeled before Chris before pulling him into a hug. "I love you too Chris. I'm sorry I avoided you. I thought you didn't want me. You didn't want my care or my love" Chris hugged him back tight, sniffing, "How can I not want you Col. You're my mate and I loved you even before I realised" feeling left out, Jake also placed his glass of orange juice on the floor, got up and joined the hug.

Wrapping his hands around the back of both Chris and Colten as he whispered, "I'm also sorry for ignoring you, for avoiding you. And for the harsh words I said to you the last time we talked. I don't hate you Chris. In fact, I love you both. Despite you being an alpha" Chris pulled back so did Colten and Jake. Both Colten and Jake stared at each other. Colten looked shocked at Jake's words and before Jake could say anything else, Chris pulled him into a kiss.

Smashing his lips on Jake's and thrusting his tongue into his mouth. Jake moaned at the taste as greedily s**k on his mate's tongue, licking his lips and sucking on them. This was the first time he and Chris kissed and he loved it. Every second of it.

This kiss was a possession yet heartfilled kiss. They kissed, licked and greedily sucked on each other's lips, exploring each other's mouths for about 4minutes and finally parted why they needed air. They were both panting, staring at each other with smiles on their faces.

At that moment, Colten couldn't think about anything else as he watched his mates. Deities, they looked good together and he wasn't even the slightly jealous. No, he wasn't. In fact, he found them sexy. They were his mates, and watching them kiss like they were the only ones in the room didn't bother him, in fact, he had the opposite reaction. Watching them kiss like nothing else mattered except the two of them at that moment, aroused him. Damn! He was so damn hard!

"Let's go claim our mate, Col" Jake said, not taking his eyes off Chris as they both stared at each other, smiling.