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front of her, large hands soothing their way up and down her thighs as he stared at her. “And with everything you have faced lately, we should have handled this better. Forgive us?”
    Tessa fought not to laugh. “If you had asked me a few days ago, what my greatest issue was, it wouldn’t have been dealing with a tiger and lion who wanted to claim me as theirs.”
    “Is that how you see this...us? As an issue?” Doubt clouded Leontis’s golden eyes.
    Reaching up, she cupped the side of his face. “No. That was a poor choice of words. I’m sorry.”
    “You and your word choice,” Sage grumbled, nipping at her ear. “We’re gonna have to work on that.”
    A knock had them pulling a part, startling Tessa.
    “Dammit,” Sage growled, getting up and stomping over, pulling the door open. “What?”
    Chase barely blinked at his brother’s gruffness. “Ummm…we have a little problem.”
    That snapped the Alpha out of his mood, Tessa could see his entire body tensing. “What happened? Is it Aidan?”
    “I actually wish it was,” Chase grimaced, rubbing the back of his neck. “It’s, ah...Dominic.”
    Sage frowned. “Dominic?”
    “Yeah, and...ah...,” Chase’s eyes darted to her, and it was Tessa’s turn to tense. “And Oliver.”
    Panic swelled in her. “Is Oliver, okay? What happened?” she said, rushing forward.
    Chase avoided her gaze. “Um, more or less. We’re just, kind of, keeping the two apart.”
    “What? Why would you do that?” Sage asked.
    “Oh, God,” Leontis snickered. “Oh, this is priceless.”
    Tessa’s head swung from Sage, to Leontis, and then back to Chase. If someone didn’t tell her what was going on soon, and why it involved her brother, she was going to blow.
    “Oh shit,” Sage murmured, understanding dawned on his features. “They aren’t?”
    Chase shrugged. “They are.”
    “Are what?”
    Sage turned to her warily, which did nothing to calm her. “Oliver is Dominic’s mate, sweetheart.”
     

Chapter Six
     
    “Oh hell no,” Tessa shouted.
    Leontis winced at the frantic tone in his mate’s voice. Dammit, they had just calmed her down. “Tessa. I thi—”
    “No.” She whirled on him. “Don’t tell me to calm down. Oliver is too damn young. I’m not letting Dominic claim him.”
    Leontis gathered her in his arms, thankful when Sage moved to cover her from behind. Tessa’s body melted into them, and he tried to hide his grin. At least they knew how to sooth her.
    “Sweetheart. Dominic won’t touch Oliver like that. We have rules. It is forbidden for one of us to claim someone under the age of consent. It’s okay,” Sage crooned.
    From the doorway, Chase cleared his throat. “Oh, I wouldn’t be worried about Dom, so much as Oliver. Damn kid has been giving off a serious scent of lust since we introduced ourselves. Moment Dom let slip the mate word, Oliver’s eyes lit up and he practically tried to jump Dom right there.”
    “What?” Tessa gaped. “Oliver? Are you sure?”
    “Oh yeah,” Chase chuckled. “It was pretty damn hard to miss. Poor Dom has been hiding, he has been locked up in your garage for the past fifteen minutes.”
    “Why the hell did you wait so long to come and get us?” Sage grumbled before holding up his hand. “Let me guess, you were finding it far too amusing.”
    “Something like that.” Chase’s grin said it was exactly like that, leaving Leontis wondering what kind of families he was mating into here.
    “I have to speak to him,” Tessa announced, slipping past him and heading for the door.
    Leontis shared a look with Sage. Oh, this could not end well. No young man wanted to have the talk in general, let alone with his big sister.
    “Um, maybe we could talk to him,” he offered as they all trailed behind her.
    She threw a look over her shoulder. “He hasn’t even met you yet, not really. And Sage he has only met once. I think I can handle this.”
    Not giving them a chance to respond, Tessa entered the