Fated is overrated

Zane POV

I have to force myself to stop gawking at her from time to time, as I don't want to make her uncomfortable. But her in that bathing suit... it's just... wow. Not to mention she now has a genuine smile on her face, and her wet hair is giving her some extra s*x appeal. I

would love to have her legs wrapped around my waist right now, damn.

The bathing suit is now wet and clinging to her body, showing her hardened nipples and it takes all the restraint I have to not do anything stupid. She is only just starting to open up a little to us, I can't ruin our chances by pushing her. 'Damn it dude, you should not have picked that bathing suit' I link Zeke.

'I can barely hold it together when she looks like this'. 'Yeah, I really didn't think that one through. I honestly didn't think she would pick this one though.... Oh, but she did. And she is looking mighty fine in it.

"So, why did you want to go here, honestly?" she asks, while still looking at the scenery. I'm not sure if she is looking at it because she loves it that much, or if she is trying to avoid our piercing eyes.

As I am known to be the cheeky one of the 2 of us, I reply grinning "to see you in a bathing suit of course".

When she looks towards me, I give her a wink. Despite the blush creeping up on her face, she laughs. "I bet it was. I guess you normally don't have to work that hard to get a glimpse of a girl's body, rather than you are getting their bodies basically thrown at you" she says with an eye roll.

For a minute there it seemed like there was a glint of jealousy in her yes, but it was gone as swiftly as it came. I can't help but chuckle at the sight, which causes her to raise an eyebrow.

"I can't deny that girls drop at our feet, no. But we don't care, we only have eyes for 1" I reply honestly, and with a serious expression. She averts her gaze and quickly changes the topic. "So, I have been dying to ask, how is your mother doing? And your father?" she seems a bit nervous asking that, perhaps because of the way things went down 2 years ago.

Zeke replies "they are both doing well, mother asked us to give you her regards. And to tell you that she would love to see you again some time". "Really?" she asks surprised. "Yes of course, why wouldn't she? She was always drawn to you from the moment she met you

. Hell, we got scolded for a lifetime by her, especially when she found out you are our mate and how we treated you". Her eyes widen to the size of saucers and her mouth is slightly ajar.

She probably didn't expect mom to know about us being mates."

She knows I am your mate? Does she know I rejected you? And, well... I just figured that with the events of that last day, that she would be angry with me.." she says timidly.

Zeke chuckles and scoffs "angry with you? I think you could kill us and get away with it. Angry with us, yes, very much so" and I can't help but chuckle along, before adding "it's like you are her daughter, instead of us being her sons". She gives a small smile, seemingly not convinced by what we have said still.

"Like we said, we got the scolding of a lifetime. I think she will only go back to normal with us if we can convince you to forgive us one day".

I don't mean to guilt trip her into forgiving us by using my mom, but if it helps our case even in the slightest, I will. It's bad, I know.

But I need her in my life. We need her back in our life. The past 2 years have been living hell for us, we have been unable to sleep, we could barely function.

We sent numerous investigators to look for her and they combed through everything in her life, but to no avail for an excruciating amount of time.

Until we finally got lucky, when she was spotted by one of our investigators. We felt so extremely relieved to have found her, despite knowing we had a very long way to go with her. At least she was safe and we knew where she was, so we could start working on winning her back.

It helped for us that we could combine resources with Drake. Although, needless to say, he wasn't happy with us. At all. If my father hadn't been involved I am sure our alliance with the dragons would have been broken right then and there. I can understand his point of view though.

He finally found his long-lost daughter, only for her to be chased off by us. But then again, he probably wouldn't have ever found her if it hadn't been for the altercation with us and her dragon coming out.

"I love your mom" she replies softly with a warm smile on her face. We continue making small talk for what seemed like a few minutes, but turned out to be a few hours.

Time does fly when you are having fun. The sun is setting already. I am having the best time just being around our mate, regardless of what we are doing. It's only now that I notice she isn't just beautiful and strong, she is extremely smart as well. And not to mention funny as hell.

And although our relationship is still in the early stages, I can tell she is very kind hearted. But, having learned about her life thus far, I can understand why it has hardened her and had her built a wall around her heart. Knowing her a little bit, it doesn't seem like an easy task to win her trust.

It makes me wonder what that mutt of a guy she is with has done to deserve that, in which ways he supposedly risked his life for her. " Alright let's get out, we have dinner reservations in an hour"

Zeke reminds us, and we climb out of the water. Zeke and I head out first, with Lola behind us.

As we reach our towels I turn around to hand one to Lola, and to my absolute shock and surprise, she seems to be checking us out. She diverts her eyes as if they just got burned when she notices I saw, and her cheeks flush red in embarrassment.

I decide not to tease our little mate with it, small steps go a long way. I just smile warmly at her and hand her the towel. She wraps it around her body instantly and I link Zeke 'stay turned around. She was admiring the view secretly, but got embarrassed when I noticed.

Let her look at what is hers' Zeke smiles and nods to me in acknowledgment. I am deliberately taking my time drying off and showing as much muscles and skin as I can muster. Looking at Zeke, he is doing the exact same thing.

She clears her throat and says "I'll head to the limo to change my clothes now". "Of course" Zeke and I both reply in unison, while watching her walk off to the limo.

I can't help but sigh at the sight. "She is so perfect in every way man" Zeke says in a soft voice. He looks like a lovesick puppy watching her go, but I can't help but agree and feel the same way."

Yes she is". "We really have to amend this Zane. I want to burn the world down when I think about being away from her. I want to kill that mutt she has been with" he says through gritted teeth. "We will brother, we will. She will forget all about him".