The Twin Alphas’ Fated Mate
Fate of the Forsaken Brother Chapter 27

~Maxton~

After Aubrey fell from the roof, Kaden took off with her and told me to take care of everything. He needs to take care of Aubrey. Devin and Kai go with him, trying to get as far away as possible from the fight. When Hudson sees we're here, he disappears and we hear yelling in the house. It's a pretty big house. There's got to be a lot of people staying here.

Suddenly, the front door opens and Ivan stands there with a shotgun. He almost fires it at us when Silas stops him, forcing the gun from his hands. My dads both go after Ivan at the same time. I look around and Ivan's men start to surround us. Silas takes care of them by knocking them all down and taking their weapons. I stay by my mother, ready to protect her if anyone comes at us.

One of Ivan's men gets up quickly and charges at me. I feel Rosco wanting to shift, but we're in public in an unfamiliar place and it's not safe to openly shift here. Who knows what could happen? I take a fighting stance and let the guy come to me.

He runs right at me, but the man is weak. Seems like they rely on their weapons a bit too much. The way he's hit me wouldn't even make an omega stumble. But me, an alpha? Please.

I grab him by his neck and throw him at the next two coming for me. I look over at my dad Elliot and see he has Ivan pinned down. My mom starts walking over and I follow her, staying behind her.

Ivan's men all stop to watch what happens. It seems they all want to know what's going to become of their boss. I see Silas standing off to the side. He stayed true to his word when he said he would protect us, but he wouldn't fight. He only disarmed Ivan's men and knocked them over. But it helped tremendously.

My mom stops in front of Ivan. He smiles up at her with a twisted grin.

"You've gotten old since I last saw you. What a shame. You were so pure and beautiful. And now you're ruined." Ivan says.

"You're wrong, Ivan. I've become more powerful than you could've ever imagined." My mom says. Just then, my dad, Arthur shows up next to Elliot with a trembling Hudson. Arthur makes him kneel beside Ivan. I scrunch up my face when the smell of urine hits my nose.

"Fucker pissed himself when I found him. Disgusting." Arthur grumbles. Elliot snickers and Arthur shoots him a glare. My mom clears her throat and my dads straighten at her authority over them. They apologize and look back to the situation.

"Twins? You ran away from me just to run into the arms of not one, but two men who are brothers? And you call me disgusting." Ivan scoffs. Both of my dads growl in defense of their

mate.

"It's fine. It doesn't bother me." My mom says, waving it off.

"Oh, it doesn't? You have two husbands that are brothers. And you have kids. Haven't you ever wondered which one of them actually fathered your kids? Have you ever stopped to think about if your kids are cousins or actually siblings? What about if one of your husbands is actually infertile and had no idea, so none of the kids are his?" Ivan says. I mean, I've never thought of it that way. Only one of them got my mom pregnant at a time. But my mom never questioned who. It didn't matter to us. I have two dads. They are both my dads. It pisses me off that Ivan would try to use that against my mom.

"They are both my children's fathers. All four kids. Even if one of them I didn't give birth to. We are a family and nothing you say can change that. We're happy. You, on the other hand, will not live to see another day." My mom says. Ivan's eyes go wide.

"Wait, what? What about calling the police?" Ivan says in a worried tone. My dads laugh.

"Oh, did you think we were going to have you arrested? No, no. You f****d with werewolves. We don't do police. You piss us off, you pay with your life." Elliot says.

"We aren't afraid of death. We kill those who go against us, who trespass on our lands, and who kidnap our family." Arthur growls.

"And you two did all three. We have no mercy for people like you." I say.

"We don't conform to human laws. And we don't plan to start now." Elliot says, grabbing the sides of Ivan's head. Arthur grabs Hudson as he starts to cry and plead.

"Fine. You want to play dirty. Go ahead. Kill me. But I'll make sure you suffer even more first." Ivan says before he yells, "FIRE!"

Everything feels like it goes in slow motion. I hear a shot ring out. It sounded like it came from above me. Before I could even look up, I feel something hit my head as pain radiates through me. I drop to the ground as the darkness engulfs me.

-Mercury-

"Fine. You want to play dirty. Go ahead. Kill me. But I'll make sure you suffer even more first." Ivan says before he yells, "FIRE!"

A shot rings out and suddenly, Max is on the ground. I turn to look at him. Blood starts pouring from the side of his head where the shot hit him.

"MAX!" I scream as I drop to my knees. I hold Max's head, trying to put pressure on the wound. No, no, no! My baby! Please don't do this to me! I already thought one of them was dead. I can't actually watch one of them die!

I turn to look at my mates, frozen in shock.

"Elliot, Arthur! f*g kill them and find the bastard who shot my son!" I scream at them. They seem to snap out of it. Arthur snacks Hudsons neck with ease and drops him to the ground. He takes off running to find the shooter. Elliot grabs Ivan by the throat.

"Death is too easy for you. You have seriously pissed me off, and if my son wasn't bleeding out right now, I'd drag you back to my pack to let you have the long, torturous death you deserve." Elliot slams him against the wall. Ivan smirks at him, but Elliot growls and rips his throat out, letting the body slide to the floor.

I look around to find Silas. I don't see him. I don't see anyone. All of Ivan's men have scattered. f**k, of all the times for Silas to disappear, right now is not ideal.

I use my magic to flow into Max. Don't die on me. You can't do this. You have a mate waiting for you back home. You have a pack to run. You have brothers who can't live without you.

The pain I feel wracking my body as I feel my connection with Max slipping, it's unbearable. This is too much. I cannot lose my child like this!

The blood just keeps coming. I sob as I try to stop it. But I don't think I can. The bullet went right into his head. It didn't graze him, it was a direct hit.

Elliot kneels next to me.

"fk, fk! Max, no! This can't be happening! Where the hell is Silas?!" Elliot rushes out.

"I don't know! He disappeared!" I say.

I try to check Max's eyes, but they look hollow, like there's no life. If the bullet killed him instantly, I can't help him. I can't bring people back from the dead. I look up at Elliot through

tears in my eyes.

Just then, I hear someone running towards us. I look up and see Kaden. Oh, no. He can't see this. I try to tell him to stop, but he already sees Max. His eyes go wide as he stops in his tracks. He looks around at all the blood from Max's head, Max's limp body lying in my arms. Kaden walks over and kneels next to me. He takes Kaden from me, looking down at his face. Tears well up in Kaden's eyes as he begins to sob. He puts his head on Max's chest and lets out a

loud, heartbreaking cry.

-Maxton-

It's so dark. So quiet. I feel at peace for the first time in a long time. I can't remember what happened, but I know there was pain. In my head, I think. I try to lift my arm, but I can't feel anything. I feel like everything is numb. I can't reach out. I feel like I'm slipping away into nothing. Am I dying? Is this what dying feels like?

I'm not supposed to die. I have to take over as alpha for my pack. I need to see my brothers again, Rhett, Blake and Kaden. I need to see my mate again. Ava. Her beautiful face pops up in front of me. So close, but I still can't move. I can't reach out to her to touch her. The image slips away and I'm alone in the darkness again.

I try to look around. There's nothing here. I can't even feel my wolf. If I'm in my head, I should be able to feel Rosco. But nothing. I must be dying. I can't even hear anything. I don't even

know if I'm alone.

Was I shot? I think I remember hearing a gunshot before the pain and the darkness. Who shot me? And why? What were we doing? I think hard to try to remember.

We were in Italy. We were saving Aubrey and finally taking care of Ivan and Hudson. My dads were about to kill them when a gunshot rang out. And everything went black. Those bastards shot me! In the head! How am I going to survive this? I don't know if I can. I feel so tired. I just want to let go. I want to sleep. Should I just sleep?

I give up. This all feels like too much. If I'm going to die, I hope everyone knows how much I love them. Kaden will be a good alpha. Elliot and Arthur will teach him and he will be great. I don't need to worry. Everything will be fine. Now, it's time for me to sleep.