Page 62 of Seeded By Two

And that was where Beth’s little Twin Joisa secret had just been exposed to us.

Now, the Prince had as much right to Beth as I did.

I might hate it and wish it wasn’t true, but we were now, more than ever, brothers.

I should have killed him when I had the chance!

Beth was still dumbfounded by the expressions in our eyes. “So what’s so special about a Twin Joisa? Isn’t it the same as having just one?”

I shook my head. “It means we are both your fated mate. It means we are now all bound together, all three of us. And will be for all time.”

Beth’s expression turned ashen, the blood rushing from her face to her toes. “For… all time?”

Aslas nodded and it was his turn to take a step forward. “For many years, it was believed to just be a myth, a legend passed down from one generation to another. But now that we can see it’s real, that you are the Twin Joisa female. It changes everything.”

Yes, I thought. And I wished it didn’t.

I wanted her for myself, for my own, not to have to share her.

I had served the Royal Family and risked my life to protect Aslas countless times.

Now, the one time when I thought I had something that belonged to me — and only me — something that he could not take from me, this happened.

Suddenly, I was bound to him once more, and all thoughts of freedom and getting to live my life however I wished were suddenly gone without a trace.

“And if the Twin Joisa is true,” Aslas said, “then maybe some of the other prophecies are true too…”

My ears perked up.

It was a line of reasoning I had not considered before.

“Prophecies?” Beth said in a small, weak voice. “What prophecies?”

“It is said that after the Twin Joisa appears, the female and her males must mate… as soon as possible.”

Beth just peered between us, looking for any sign this was a joke. “Two of you?”

I picked up where Aslas had left off. “Yes. Both of us. At the same time. It’s the only way to protect the bond between us and lock it in, or else, if too much time passes, we all stand to lose the bond that unites us.”

We didn’t know if it was true or not but it was what the myth foretold.

The idea of losing her, of losing the bond we had between us…

It was simply too painful to imagine.

“How… How long?” she managed.

“One kop’zat,” Aslas said. “That translates into about fifteen of your Earth hours. The countdown begins from the moment the Twin Joisa appeared. As we don’t know exactly when that was, we can only assume it happened sometime after we made love and this moment right now.”

My stomach churned at the term “made love” but it was something I would now have to get used to.

Beth being intimate with someone else.

“Fifteen hours?” Beth gasped.

“More like fourteen now,” Aslas added unhelpfully.

He reached for her arm and gently wrapped his fingers around it. “Come. The sooner we complete the prophecy, the better.”

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