Tasting All My Mates by Alexis Dee

425-F*ck You All.

“Lazlo!” I groaned, staring at him and not understanding why he wasn’t responding to me.

“Would you at least say something?” I demanded to know, but he turned his face to the other side. At this point, I

pretty much knew my fate.

I leaned back with my eyes, searching for answers from someone who wasn’t even communicating with me. The

slow and painful fear of getting into trouble was much worse now that I was merely a human.

“Guys! What is going on?” Maynard rushed downstairs with Christina, leaving others upstairs to ask us. The silence

gave him an answer. I realized I cannot trust anyone, but at least I need to give it a try. They have played me; why

can’t I ask them to help me out of this mess?

“Would you accept me?” I asked, not raising my face but hearing a gasp from Christina.

“How dare you?” Christina grunted, not accepting the fact that I asked Maynard that question.

“You have always wanted a second chance from me. You told me you were sorry for your mistakes in the past. So

tell me, would you accept me?” I asked him again, looking directly into his eyes this time. He looked baffled and

lost. Lazlo got up from beside me and started chuckling sarcastically.

“Amazing!” he clicked his tongue. I didn’t have time to react to his misery. He cannot leave me in trouble and

expects me not to look for help elsewhere.

“Tell me, Maynard!” I demanded again, watching Christina

hold his hand tightly and pull him back a little.

“You said you wanted to be with me. What if I tell you if you say yes tonight, I am all yours?” I hated the fact that I

was so miserable that offering my love to him was the only option left. And I wasn’t going to back down from my

side of the deal, even if I felt angry and betrayed by him for the rest of my life for what he did a day ago.

“Maynard! Tell me,” I requested, getting on my feet and watching him lower his face and then c*ck his head toward

Christina. So he pretty much gave me his answer.

I was chasing after a lost cause. None of these people were going to help me out of this mess. I stepped back from

them and watched them one by one, staring back at me-some in anger and some in guilt.

“Did you expect us to stand beside you after what you did to us?” Christina scoffed, making no sense at the

moment.

“So! Has the decision been made already?” Corbin walked downstairs, rubbing his palms excitedly.

“Yes!” I declared. “I would like to object to this bullsh*t. I would go to the trial, if necessary, to rest my case.” I

stated as loudly as I could. My so-called parents came downstairs to join us, watching me breathe heavily and

holding back tears as I made big claims.

“And why would you do that?” Corbin approached me, standing in my face and staring at me without breaking eye

contact. He was challenging me, but I was not going to back down. I would not go anywhere with him.

“Because I refuse to go with you,” I said, not backing down even when he had reached me in the face.

“I would love to see you try. However, the council has already signed the papers, so you will be wasting not only

your time but theirs too.” Corbin had a smirk on his face when explaining to me how he had cornered me into

submission.

“Well, it is not like we have anything better to do with our time,” I murmured, holding in the tears and trying to look

confident.

“Anyway, your mate already gave you up.” Corbin checked something on his phone and stated this very proudly. My

eyes traveled to Lazlo, who finally showed some form of life by moving a muscle.

“You were given time to object, Lazlo. Your silence helped the council understand you are not objecting.” As Corbin

explained, Lazlo looked around in shock. I loved how suddenly he was pretending to be fooled.

“But I didn’t know I had a deadline,” Lazlo argued, taking steps ahead to reach Corbin, whose eyes were still fixated

on my face.

“Ah! You should have said something then,” Corbin said, and my mind froze. So I am done here?

“But— But I needed some time to think,” Lazlo argued, and this time he even stuttered. I didn’t want to act

innocent anymore. He made his decision and helped me understand that there was nothing left between us.

“Time to reevaluate your Luna’s worth? Did you need hours to

decide if you want your beautiful Luna to be sent over to my mansion to sleep with me? Lazlo! if you need a second

to think, trust me, she worth nothing to you,” Corbin said what I was thinking. A frown crept over Lazlo’s forehead

when he heard about my value in his life from someone else’s mouth.

I couldn’t say I was surprised anymore. I tried my best to engage with him after our marriage, but I always felt

something was missing. He tried bending me and making me turn into someone that I was not.

“I will talk to the council. They cannot accept this rule,” Maynard argued this time, but the grip around his hand

from Christina made him silent once again.

“You guys can try.” Corbin shrugged. “Now! For tonight—-,” Corbin stated, clearing his throat and hiding the huge

smile behind a fake serious face.

“I am not going anywhere with you,” I repeated myself. “I don’ t care if anybody stood up for me or not. With or

without my powers, I can stand on my feet and defend myself. I don’t want to go anywhere with you, and I will see

how anyone can force me into doing so.” I clenched my fists and muttered. Tears were begging to leave my eyes,

but I refused to cry. At least not here when Elaine was watching us with a literal bowl of popcorn in her hands.

“Ah! In that case—,” Corbin stepped back and snapped his fingers. Just a snap and his guards barged in to take

matters into their own hands.