Tasting All My Mates by Alexis Dee

423 Tricked By My Mate.
I hid the letter again, as I felt like he only wrote to give me hope. The numbers have dropped to 3, and he still hasn’t come. He
was no magician; I am pretty sure he wrote nothing after 3.
“Are they coming with us?” I asked Lazlo when I reached the parking lot. I watched Christina and Maynard walk out of the
mansion, hand in hand, and all set for dinner.
“They are not. They are headed for dinner. Maynard has to mend what you ruined for them,” Lazlo commented before rushing
into the car and leaving me outside to take the other car. I now knew why he asked me to sit in a separate car. He just didn’t
want me with him.
I wondered when he watched the video. Or who was the first one to bring up that video because, last time I checked, both
Christina and Lazlo were nicer to me? Well, that last time was two years ago.
I rolled into the car alone, and soon our journey began. I wasn’t comfortable heading back to Corbin’s pack. What if I bump into
him?
So many thoughts had been occupying my mind, and there seemed to be no end to my misery. I checked my account sneakily
when the guard wasn’t peering into my phone to see if I had enough money to live off of for a few months before I settled into the
life of a rogue.
Some thousand dollars!
Not bad. I don’t really remember how I saved this much because Lazlo never gave me any monthly allowance, and neither did I
ask for it. I would just save whatever I could get from the little online projects I would submit.
It wasn’t too much, but it was also not too little. However, living the life of a rogue requires much more than that.
“It will be fine. It is better than nothing,” I whispered to myself, hyping myself up for this significant change in my life. Now that
everybody has let me down, I don’t know how I can ever look them in the eye and call them my mates or friends.
From being desirable to being hated by everyone, I never thought my life would turn out this way. Lazlo got off the car and went
inside the house without even waiting for me. It was going to be awkward to walk into the house alone. They would know we
didn’t come together even if we left home together.

However, the awkwardness was only going to last for one more night, and then I would be away from all these judgy eyes.
Walking into the house and found everyone in the living room. Lazlo had already sat down with Ethen and Vinona while Elaine
was in the kitchen with her new mate. She finally found her mate, an ex-warrior of the Shadow Winder pack. It sucks to watch
him leave his pack and serve Corbin.
“I wanted you guys to meet Trever Floyd,” Vinona said excitedly when Elaine walked out of the kitchen with a dark- haired guy
behind her.
“Oh! Enya is finally here,” she said, then got distracted by me, but that didn’t stop her from rolling her eyes. As we all know, when
your own mate doesn’t respect you, nobody else does.
“Hi,” I awkwardly said, and I sat down on the helplessly placed sofa in the corner. The last time I came here, I was in full
swing. I’ve kind of lost my charm now.
“Guys! Meet Trev! He is an ex-g*mma warrior of the Shadow Winder Pack, but now he works closely with the alpha king,” Elaine
said in an excited tone, wrapping her arms around his arm and introducing him to everyone.
“How are you, buddy?” Lazlo asked, shaking hands with him. Trev’s hazel eyes traveled around and stopped right when they laid
upon me.
“Hi, Enya!” he said, taking a weird pause between the two simple words.
“Hi,” I returned the favor, but kept myself in the corner. As they too sat down, the door opened, and in came Christian and
Maynard.
I wasn’t expecting them. Why would they come here? My body shuddered at the worst they could be planning for me. My gaze
steered away to Lazlo, who was shaking his leg and probably watching me from the corner of his eyes. So he lied to me when I
asked him if they were joining us.
I just couldn’t understand what their purpose was in coming here.
“Oh! We have more guests?” Elaine frowned and stood up to greet Maynard and Christina. From the looks of her face, even she
didn’t know they were coming over. I sneakily got up from the sofa and sat on the couch with Lazlo to have a word with him. My
heart rate had become inconsistent after watching them join us.

“What are they doing here?” I muttered to Lazlo, getting tired of their shenanigans.
“Don’t be mannerless and whisper when there are so many people around us,” he retorted, nuzzling me away with the force of
his elbow. I watched Elaine stare at him doing so and then smile in satisfaction. It was no surprise that my mate didn’t treat me
well. I just didn’t want my enemies to know about it and celebrate it.
“Hey!” Christina spoke up while sitting awkwardly on a separate couch with Maynard. Maynard hadn’t lifted his face to look at me
after he tricked me into thinking he cared about me.
Now that they have settled down, the environment has turned very iffy. Nobody knew what to say or what to do until the bell rang
again.
“It must be him.” The smile on Vinona’s face didn’t give a hint that whoever was at the door was an uninvited guest.
She got out of her seat and rushed to answer the door. After a few seconds, she returned with him behind her. I gulped with
difficulty when watching Alpha King Corbin enter the living room with the biggest smirk drawn over his lips.
“What is going on, Lazlo?” I asked out of anxiety, and before I could even move off the couch, I felt Lazlo’s grip on my wrist. He
made sure I didn’t leave or disrespect Corbin by walking out on him.
“I am glad you are all here for the meeting,” Corbin said, making deep eye contact with me. It was enough for me to know this
dinner was no family dinner, but a meeting he called for.