Pairing: Embry/Bella/Seth
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The two wolves decided they were going to try again. Each wanted Bella to be his mate, but they had set up the plan together. They were going to make her theirs.
They were torn whether to get her drunk again or just ease her into the decision. It was life changing for sure, but it felt right to them both, and they could only hope she would see it their way.
The calls had been made, and they had managed to convince her to come to the reservation. Seth was jittery as they waited on First Beach. Embry wasn't faring much better; his stomach was tied in knots. She had always been the girl both of them wanted since pre-phase days.
All too soon they heard the roar of her truck, and both of them rushed toward the parking lot to meet her. Her eyes were wide when she saw them; fear tainted her soothing vanilla scent.
The scent they had both come to cherish.
They calmed instantly when they saw her. Not wishing to scare her anymore than they already had.
Embry spoke quickly, in an attempt to sooth her fear.
"It's okay, Bells...we just want to talk to you..."
Seth released a lupine whimper, unable to stop himself before he nuzzled her from behind. His youthful voice had deepened considerably since his phase, and it was sensual silk to Bella's ears.
"I'm sorry, Bella...I...shit. We're excited to see you."
Embry spoke up after glancing around, not wanting any interruptions this time—not from Quil or anyone else.
"Maybe we should go back to your place, Bells...or my apartment?"
Her lungs drew in a harsh breath of air before she offered an acquiescent nod.
"You drive, Embry...I don't know where you live."
She slid into the cabin, taking the middle seat, snug between them both. Embry quickly maneuvered the beast that was her truck out of the parking lot.
The tension was thick as he drove the short distance from the beach to his one bedroom apartment.
It only took a couple of minutes before they had made the short drive to Embry's apartment and had slid out of the truck.
He took her hand and murmured teasingly to her in a low rasp that sent a brief burst of arousal through every cell in her body.
"It's going to be okay, Bells..I'll be by your side..holding your hand the whole time. You might even like it a little."
He capstoned the phrase with a wink, and they turned to walk side by side toward the building.
Bella was apprehensive but, truth be told, ever since that drunken night on the beach...she could think of nothing but the two wolves and how much she really wanted them.
Entering Embry's place, she whispered.
"I never knew you moved out of your mom's house."
Embry let out a nervous chuckle and rubbed the back of his neck.
"Yeah, I...uh...it was for the best."
Seth went straight for the fridge and grabbed a beer.
"You two want anything to drink?"
Every instinct was telling him to ease the thick tension. He wanted this just as bad as packmate did, and he would do everything in his power to make it happen.
He brought Embry a beer and Bella a soda and took a seat on the other side of his girl, placing her between them both.
The silence was deafening.
In an attempt to calm the thick emotions in the room, Bella spoke.
"What is this?"
Her bashful demeanor reddened her cheeks.
"I haven't been able to think of anything else but you two since the bonfire the other night."
Seth blushed a little, and Embry reached up to brush a lock of hair behind her ear.
"Sweetheart, that is what we wanted to talk to you about.."
He glanced at Seth before continuing.
"Seth and I can't forget it either.."
He stopped speaking for a moment to gather his thoughts.
"We...not just the men we are...our wolves, too...we all want you as our mate."
Holding his breath, both he and Seth grasped her hands while they waited for her reaction…
The gauntlet was thrown.
Their hearts lay on the line.