Tasting All My Mates by Alexis Dee novel Chapter 103

103-The Monster In The Mountains 

*Hey!” 

I was engrossed in my thoughts when Lazlo entered the room and greeted me, “Maynard left already?” he asked and I nodded gently 

“Have you heard from Thiago?” it was then I raised my face and watched him in bafflement, “Nobody has heard from him. He missed school today as well.” The worried look on Lazlo’s face increased my worries too. 

“What? he hadn’t returned after last night?” I asked in a whisper. My voice was still raspy from crying so much. 

“It appears so,” Lazlo put his stuff down and changed into a long overcoat instead of the jacket he was wearing. I was assuming he was getting ready to search for him. 

“What happened to you? Have you been crying because he left?” the look on his face was something I couldn’t read. Either he was too shocked I was crying because Maynard left or too impressed at my love for Maynard. 

“I was getting used to him. Now him being gone will be so difficult for me,” I whispered as I started tearing up again. How the hell am I going to demand him to reject her or not talk to her when I have been spending time with my mates? 

“Hey, you are not alone. I am here for you. I know I haven’t been a good mate but I can be a good friend,” he shrugged his shoulders with a cute smile on his lips. 

“Lazlo! that means a lot,” I passed him a comforting smile because a friend was what I needed at this moment. 

“I am worried for Thiago. He doesn’t have anyone who can look after him. Look how he had been missing for hours, but nobody is searching for him.” I uttered in guilt, I shouldn’t be betraying myself by worrying for him but what do I do when my heart can’t stop considering my mate’s worries as my own? 

“I going into the woods to search for him,” he told me as he showed me the little bag he was carrying with him with food and water bottles in it. 

“Do you think it will take you some time to find him?” I questioned and he nodded sadly. 

“Do you want to come?” he asked in hopes that I will join him. I bet he thought if he left me behind, I will keep worrying about everything. 

“I do,” I said as I took a decision for myself without thinking about anything else at that moment. 

We were walking out of the school when I got interrupted by someone I didn’t expect to see so soon. It was Willow. 

Maynard had already left by now so that meant she wanted to speak to me. 

“Give me a moment,” I excused Lazlo, who nodded and stepped aside. He was only occupied by the thought of finding Thiago at any cost. This is what I too wanted to focus on until Willow appeared. 

“I know what you want to talk to me about,” I started off before she could even talk to me. 

“So, he has made up his mind to reject me. Do you think it is fair with me?” she asked with her eyes filled with tears, “Just like you, I am also not very strong. I don’t even know if I will ever be granted another mate. I am not as lucky as you. You left the Alpha King and found another Alpha, I won’t get another mate for how long I have no idea,” I heard her utter with a lot of emotions. I didn’t get why she was telling me all this. 

Although I didn’t want him to accept her, it was his decision first. I was aware that I too have many mates but I wasn’t sexually active with anyone else except for Maynard. I wasn’t even romantically involved with them. 

“I hear you. But it is his decision only.” I uttered while not stealing eyes from her. I wasn’t lying and I was not going to persuade Maynard to accept her. I wasn’t comfortable with it so I won’t do it. 

“Listen, I have no bad blood with you but I got to go,” I said while watching Lazlo gesturing for me to hurry up. We didn’t want the night to come upon us. 

“But wait! Before I go, I want to tell you Maynard told me everything about the lunch you had with him,” i knew I was being sneaky but I had to do it for the sake of my mind’s peace. 

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103-The Monster In The Mountains 

“Yeah! He was smoking heavily after his parents called him so I suggested we should eat something for him to gain some energy. Little did I know that same lunch will turn into a conversation where he tells me he cannot be with me,” the look she gave me confused me. She looked angry and sad, was she angry at me or at Maynard? 

“Yeah! I know all about it. Anyway, got to go. Bye!” I didn’t want to hold up Lazlo. Thiago had been gone for the whole night and day, we needed to find him. 

I briskly approached Lazlo and without stopping, continued walking past him. 

“What was that all about?” he asked when matching pace with mine. 

“Nothing. Ignore it,” I replied, hitting the road with him, “So, the woods it is?” I questioned since I had no clue where to begin from. 

“Or maybe the mountains,” Lazlo sneakily whispered but was able to get my attention. I stopped suddenly and swirled over to watch him in the eye. 

“How are you bluntly pointing out the Mountains?” I placed my hands on my waist and raised a brow, waiting for him to answer me. There was something he hadn’t told me still, I guessed. 

“Because I am an Alpha of a pack and I have some responsibilities,” he almost came off as defensive, “I watch the news,” he added once again when his answer couldn’t satisfy me. 

“Lazlo! please be upfront,” I sighed when hearing him doing all sorts of mental gymnastics with me. 

“Enya! You might feel like I am exaggerating but—” he pulled his phone out and that’s when I knew shit was about to hit the fan. 

Whenever Lazlo pulls his phone out, he is coming with some receipts. 

“See this?” he turned the screen to me. 

“A vicious monster spotted in the mountains. Rogues and surroundings packs are terrified. Eyes on their alphas to slay the beast,” I read the heading and almost stayed silent for a moment before I gathered myself together, “Lazlo! what is this? This can’t be about Thiago. He is no monster; he is just – we saw his wolf. It was indeed a bit bigger one but — * I was struggling to fool myself when the timing was too coincidental. 

“That was just the beginning of his transition. We are headed to the mountains,” he once again said to make me hear him clearly. 

“What? don’t tell me the alpha wants to slay the beast?” it was then my mind picked up the unnoticed pieces from the headline. 

164-The Cursed One Among Us! 

“Lazlo! tell me that’s not what you are planning for. Because if that’s the case, I am not going with you. I will go alone and I make sure I save him from whatever you save planned for him,” I squared up pretty confidently. He first shoved his phone in his pocket and then scoffed at me. 

“Are you kidding me? Do you really think I will sacrifice a friend to come off as a hero? He already made me a hero twice, I don’t want to gain any more medals from his name,” he reminded me of the academy and the wood’s incident. Where basically everybody thought Maynard and Lazlo saved the day 

“He is not a monster,” I added once we calmed down a bit. 

“I know he is not. But we know him, others don’t.” Lazlo looked comfortable enough to have that conversation with me now 

“But why is his wolf being called a monster? Have you seen him in that form the others are talking about?” I wasn’t sure what others saw. But it couldn’t be a powerful wolf only. Or else they would have never made such a huge deal out of it. 

“I don’t know. I haven’t seen that form of his but I guess he had been worse from the last time. It is just that we all had been so occupied by the nonsense in our lives that we forgot about him,” I noticed Lazlo was the one too worried for Thiago. I remember when I told Maynard about Thiago last night, he almost didn’t even care. 

That change occurred after I accepted him. 

“Then we are going to save him?” | inquired and gestured for him to keep walking. 

“Yeah! If we can. I am not sure how long he plans to stay in his beastly self but if he hadn’t returned, it means-,” he didn’t finish talking because I did it for him.