"Felix, can you get this man some clothes?" Jackson tried his best to keep his voice steady and polite; being careful so that his tone did not leak any feelings of enmity. He was careful around his tone because he didn't want to give the impression that he was treating someone who was clearly important to his mate rudely in fear that she would start hating him.
Jackson wouldn't usually dislike someone off the bat. He is often a very friendly person who treats everybody he meets courteously; it made it difficult for people to not like him so when confronted with people he finds distasteful, rather than acting spiteful, his smile turns brighter and his actions become overwhelmingly kind while he plots his schemes behind their back.
The people who know this side of him often feel uneasy when this happens because Jackson's schemes always had them finding the other person in a not great state. Thankfully the people he schemes against are very few. On the battlefield, however, his entire personality changes. The people that have fought with him said that he resembled the God of Death as he showed no mercy to his enemies - cutting them down left and right with no hesitation at all. His bright temperament was nowhere to be seen, it was like seeing two different people.
Felix sighed knowing immediately that Jackson did not like the man very much and yet still tried to act amicably. In his eyes he was acting somewhat childishly but seeing how he looked at the woman beside him, he fairly had an idea as to why he was acting that way. His eyes moved between Lairith and Thelopi taking note at how familiar the two were acting towards each. He only hopes that nothing was going on between them otherwise even he didn't know if he could stop Jackson from scheming against him.
"I'm not your servant," Felix replied in an indifferent manner and yet despite sounding disinclined to follow his orders, he still walked up to the man with a blanket in hand. The reason why he handed them a blanket and not clothes were that if his guess was correct and that the two figures were like Amara - not human - then they probably wouldn't know what clothes were or how to put them on. Covering him with a blanket would be much faster than having to teach him how to wear pants. They would teach them more about how humans lived in a much more appropriate setting.
When Thelopi saw a strange man coming closer towards them, his body tensed and he raised his guard as if he was preparing for an attack. His eyes were sharp observing his opponent. His body began to change as his teeth sharpened into fangs, and his hands turned into claws.
"Brother..." Amara gently took a hold of his arm, stopping his claws from being unleashed. She had been trying her best for a while to convince them that the people with her were not dangerous, but a siren's nature was naturally cautious so it was hard for them to believe her. But luckily she had a little more influence on them considering they were family.
Normally, they would have already killed anything they saw as remotely dangerous. Seeing as they haven't attacked Austin and the others, she guessed that they were trying their best to listen to her.
Thelopi looked at Amara's urging eyes and reluctantly retracted his fangs. Felix who noticed his transformation was slightly surprised and stopped a couple of metres away from him. It was only after he saw that he retracted his fangs that he continued walking towards him while remaining wary. Although stiff, Thelopi remained still as Felix wrapped his tall and taut body up with a blanket; finally covering all of his intimate areas.
As they stood face to face, it could be seen that their heights weren't too different with Felix only being a couple of inches taller than him. Thelopi observes Felix's body whose skin was a beautiful golden brown colour. He had an angular face with a straight nose and thin lips, his figure was muscular and defined which was a contrast to his taut and pale body.
Felix could feel an intense pair of eyes closely observing him but continued pretending as if he hadn't noticed. Though he acted as if the intense pair of eyes didn't bother him, he felt a little disturbed and wondered why was he staring at him so much? After he finished covering his nude body, he silently walked back to Jessie's side without a single word.
"Do you know these people Amara?" Jessie's clear and bright voice cut through the underlying tension. After getting over her initial shock, she wondered who these people were. Based on how Amara interacted with them, it appears that she was somewhat familiar with the people that appeared
Amara looked at Thelopi and Lairith and finally began to introduce them, "This is my brother and sister," her words were like a bomb that was dropped from the sky, surprising not only Jessie but Jackson as well. If they were siblings then....
It was then that it finally hit him, so the man beside him was his future brother in law...His mouth hung open as he stared at Thelopi without blinking. He had to admit that the man was unbelievably beautiful - hell all three of them were out-of-this-world beautiful. Beauty was something that ran in the family. Was it a siren thing? He wondered.
His brother in law was easily one of the most beautiful people he's seen in his life easily beating a lot of models whether it be male or female. But of course, in his heart, his mate was the most beautiful. After finally realising that the man was not a threat, his attitude towards him did a complete turn, and now he genuinely smiled at him.
"It's very nice to meet you!" He excitedly greeted Thelopi, just as he was about to hug him, his brother in law's cold glare was explicitly telling him 'touch me and I'll rip both of your hands off'.
He stiffly brought his outstretched arms back in and scratched his head, awkwardly laughing while doing so. It wasn't long until his eyes moved to the person behind him considerably softening as he took in her features. The moment her silver eyes clashed with his, he felt like his soul had been captured. Lairith noticed his eyes on her and stared back. Her face didn't flush at his handsome appearance just like the many women before her, instead, it remained cold but beneath it, a trace of curiosity flashed through her gaze.
Amara silently watched the strange interaction happening between the two of them. Lairith was her sister so she knew her best. She could easily tell that although she looked at Jackson coldly, the usual trace of disgust was not present in her eyes. This was an anomaly in itself as Lairith held strong feelings of hate towards men. A firm arm wrapped around her waist pulling her from her thoughts. She turned around only to find Austin's face merely inches away from hers.
"What are you thinking about so deeply," he softly asked.
Amara moved her eyes back to Jackson and her sister. Austin followed her gaze. It was obvious how star struck Jackson was since he didn't even sense the two pairs of eyes on him. They could see that in Jackson's eyes, there was nothing else but the owner of those silver eyes. He recalled the world he mumbled out earlier.
Amara's sister and Jackson were mates.
He couldn't help but feel surprised at this realisation. Never in his life did he expect that they would become mates with sisters and inadvertently become related. He was in shock for a little while.
"Jackson," he called out. His words fell deaf to Jackson's ears as his eyes did not even move an inch away from his mate.
"Jackson!" He called out once more. This time it looked like he was able to hear him. Jackson reluctantly turned to face him. Austin couldn't help but sigh. Knowing that Jackson didn't want to move away from his mate, he kissed Amara on the side of her head before walking towards his direction.
Unlike Jackson, Lairith was still aware of her surrounding and noticed Austin move towards them. Lairith and Thelopi furrowed their eyes eyebrows. From the beginning, that man did not speak a word to them and only silently stood on the side or beside Amara. Remembering their interaction, they wondered if he was their sister's prey.
Even after teaching Jackson's side, he saw that wasn't paying him any attention at all. His eyes were still firmly glued to Lairith's figure as if he couldn't get enough of her presence.
Austin narrowed his eyes and a heavy pressure ensued from him. Jackson immediately snapped out of his trance and finally turned to look at him. Seeing his alpha's cold eyes, Jackson awkwardly laughed while looking at him apologetically.
"Ahaha... who would've thought that we would be mated to sisters, weird huh?"
"...So it's true, you guys are really..." mates.
Jackson gave him a small smile and nodded.
A/N
Hey guys! It's been a while since I've uploaded and I'm super sorry for the long wait!
As I've said before, I wanted to finish writing chapter 46 and 47 before uploading so that I have a stockpile of chapters. I've been pretty lazy lately so I've been writing them pretty slowly lol.
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