Page 28 of His Bonded Omega Mate
“He seems great. I’m happy for you, Hiroshi,” Asher said calmly.
“What about you and Tate? Do you think it’ll work?”
“I think you can make anything happen that you want to happen,” Asher said diplomatically.
“Do you want it, though?” Hiroshi frowned. “I want you to want to be in this with me.”
I saw Asher weighing his words. “I think Tate’s right, we need to form at least a friendship bond, so if this all falls to shit, we at least know you are in great hands.”
Hiroshi’s face crumpled, and I rushed to his side, folding him into my arms and kissing the top of his head. “He’s great, from what I’ve seen. I’m sure we’ll all get along and it’ll work out how it’s supposed to. All we can hope is that fate is on our side.”
Hiroshi pulled away after one last squeeze. “Thanks, Tate. You always make me feel better.”
“You’re welcome, Sunshine.”
The mansion loomed ahead of us, a sprawling building that seemed more intimidating than the last time we had visited as a trio. I was there daily, training, but had never seen it so busy with people.
The door was heavily guarded when we approached. More than the day before. “Hey, Tate!” Melody called. “Everything okay?” She surveyed my companions. Hiroshi cuddled up to my side, Asher on the other, an arm around my waist.
“Yeah, all good. We’re getting some stuff for Roan. He’s going to stay with us for a couple of days to finish recovering.”
“Cool, well, he rooms with Larken, so I’ll call him. He’ll have to drop the wards to let you into their room.”
“Okay, thanks.”
Melody made the call. Using the link was pointless because Larken could be out of range, and soon one of the enforcers I’d seen before was approaching. I hadn’t met the guy before and part of me was glad. He looked fierce.
“Hey, so you want into our room?” Larken looked us over.
“Hi, so I’m Hiroshi, and I’m Roan’s fated mate!” Hiroshi’s smile was blinding.
Larken faltered for a second, a complicated emotion flitting over his face. “That’s wonderful! Congratulations. I can’t wait to get to know you better, Hiroshi. Come on, let’s get some of his stuff. Is he okay?”
They chatted about Roan’s condition quietly as they climbed the stairs, me and Asher following behind him. I reached for the bond again, finding it still closed. It was getting worrying, not being able to sense him. I needed to get inside that brain.
“So he’s really okay?” Larken whispered, with genuine concern.
“Oh, absolutely. We just want to get to know him better before we try our bonding.”
I was glad we were safely inside the wards of the shared bedroom, the door firmly closed, as Hiroshi said the words. Larken stopped dead. “What? What’s wrong with your bond? Why wouldn’t it work?”
“Well, because we want all four of us to be bonded,” Hiroshi said simply.
Silence filled the room and I could see Hiroshi growing uncomfortable.
“And Roan is on board with this?” Larken finally asked.
“He said he’s willing to try, which is more than any of us expected,” I said plainly. The jury was still out on if all this would work. I had my reservations over the entire thing. I just knew that I couldn’t give Hiroshi up just yet. Whatever happened, I needed him in my life.
“Try.” A pause. “Being in a poly bond?” Larken asked haltingly.
“I know it’s unusual–” Hiroshi began.
“Unheard of, but you know what? It isn’t any of my business. If that’s what Roan wants, then that’s what he should do. You need to know something, though.”
There was an edge to his tone that had me on my guard.
“What?” Hiroshi was nervously biting his lip.
