The Sun God Diaries
Chapter Eight: Talking Things Out with the Eight Mates

Three days after that conversation, I have yet to contact any of those eight Alphas that are my mates.

And it’s not like I didn’t want to speak to them. I just...well, folks, it’s complicated.

Anyway, I just needed to wrap my head around the fact that I have eight mates that I already know alongside the five others that I don’t even know who they are until I shift into my Sun God Wolf. And speaking of which, being said Sun God Wolf sounds like a giant job to fulfill. It’s even more so since I’ll become like a demigod of sorts like Taylor and Terrell.

At the moment, I was in my bedroom currently reading the new English textbook that my tutor for the class left for me alongside doing some homework assignments from my other tutors and virtual classes while Sia blared in my headphones. I was so lost in the music that I didn’t notice someone had entered inside until I was spun around in my desk chair and I was face to face with Damien, Thomas, Isaiah, and Ian- none of them looking happy at all.

“How the hell did you guys get inside?” I exclaimed, whipping off my headphones. “I was studying for classes, you know that?”

“Well, we’re here to talk to you, and Mrs. Yanez let us in,” Damien replied curtly. “You’ve been ghosting us for the past couple of days, Malachi, and we think it’s because of you not accepting the fact that you’re mated to us.”

I gave the guys a dubious look. “Well, right now I don’t want to talk about it, so you may kindly show yourselves out if you’re not going to hang out with my brothers,” I retorted, reaching for my headphones before Isaiah kept them out of reach. “Give me back my music.”

“Not until after we talk,” Ian replied. “And before you go running to your family, they are all out. Your fathers are doing border patrols with Camden. Your dad’s at the Four Aces Pack to chat with Miles and Ciara. Your brothers are all out with their mates. And we told Pauly to have a day off so we can spend time with you.”

I scoffed. “Okay, then. I’ll leave.”

“Get out of that chair, and we’ll hog-tie you down and then spank that sexy ass of yours before we fuck you senseless,” snarled Thomas, his eyes turning to his dragon’s deep blue. He pulled out a roll of duck tape and some rope, showing me that he and the others were dead serious.

I knew when I was beaten. “Fine,” I mumbled, slumping back into my chair.

“That’s better,” Damien smirked. “Now, why are you ghosting us, our sexy mate?”

I sighed. “I’m not intending to, I just need to think about all of this, you know?” I replied. “I mean, you guys already had an inkling that I was destined to become your mates ever since we were in sixth grade. Me? I was trying to pass my classes, hang out with my friends, and even keep the other Alphas off my back. I wanted to lie low and stay candid. And now, I’m not only dealing with my future as the Sun God Wolf as well as my royal duties as the Moon Wolf Prince, but I’m also wondering how to approach thirteen Alphas, you guys included.”

“Your dad Gavin did tell us about what the Moon Goddess told you,” Thomas piped up. “And we can see that you’re still trying to figure this all out, but you can’t do it alone. Baby boy, you need the comfort and support that only your true mates can provide. We want to be there for you, but you got to make the move to let us in. Can’t you see that you being distant is hurting us?”

I looked up into the dragon-shifter’s eyes as well as those of the others, my halves saddened to see that the four Alphas haven’t even been taking care of themselves. All of them were sleep-deprived and they weren’t well dressed as before. It even looked like they were crying with their eyes red and puffy.

“Ah, fuck,” I muttered. “I’ve been acting like a fucking bitch lately.”

“Hey, hey,” Thomas admonished me. “Don’t talk down to yourself like that, babe. We know that you’ve been thinking way too much about things, but we all want you to know that you’re blessed to have us and our other five unknown mates. All that we ask of you is to accept the bonding and let us work with you so we can go from there.”

“You make it sound so easy.”

“It’s not, for many other species that have met their mates,” Damien reminded me. “Some idiots reject a good mating bond and others are doomed to spend time alone, hence the rising number of brokenhearted rogues or loners. But you’re lucky, Malachi. All you can do right now is say the magic words. Say that you are ours and we’ll give you the world.”

I closed my eyes, taking a deep breath to steady my racing heart. I knew that the last several days for us has not been an easy ride, but at least it was now time (or long overdue) to address the elephant in the room. And I knew what I had to do. Taking one final deep breath, I opened my eyes and dove right in. “I, Malachi DuBauer of the DuBauer Dynasty and the prince of the Werewolves, hereby accept the Magnificent Eight as my mates as well as those I don’t know just yet,” I replied.

The guys smiled brightly, their eyes glowing with power and our supernatural halves being content. “Thank you,” the boys breathed just as I saw Ivan, Nathaniel, Vincent, and Yavier come into the room with the same goofy smiles on their faces.

“You won’t regret this, Corazon,” Yavier purred seductively. “Is it okay that one of us kiss you right now?”

I nodded slowly. “But take it easy, okay? I’m not ready to have-”

“We know,” the hellhound replied seductively. “We’ll take our time until the mating heat begins and even then we’ll be gentle to a point.” And with that, his lips branded mine, all of my inhibitions slowly fading away as I let the Hispanic hellhound lead the kissing while our tongues danced and swirled around each other in a whirlwind of newly-remade passions. Too soon, we broke apart.

“That...that was a kiss,” I breathed as Yavier was grinning like he had won the lottery.

“Well, we all want a kiss as well,” Damien growled as he faced me.

And for thirty minutes, I endured endless kissing sessions with my eight Alphas as they gave me a taste of what I would expect from them as we were now renewing our mating bonds that grew stronger and stronger with each kiss. At one point, we even got a bit too steamy and almost undressed each other with bite marks everywhere. But like I said, we weren’t ready for the real deal just yet.

But you guys will know when it comes. Trust me.