Chapter 123 - The Mate Bond

"Wait! Both of you?"

To say that Emily was shocked after hearing the big revelation would be an understatement.

She just stared at the three of them with a dumbfounded expression on her face.

"En!" 

Sam nodded his head in reply as he took one of Bianca's hands in his own before passing a calm smile towards the woman.

Silence took over as Sam, Jackson, and Bianca waited for the girl to react or say something more.

On the other hand, Emily stayed completely silent as her mind was busy making sense of what she just got to know.

When the silence stretched out for more than five uncomfortable and awkward minutes, Bianca finally dared to speak.

"Are you disgusted?" 

What surprised Emily was not the question. Rather, it was Bianca's voice that was filled with fear.

It was the fear of getting judged. The fear of not getting accepted. The fear of discrimination.

While the Supernatural community never questioned the fate that chose mates, the humans were not the same.

The mortals were known for judging everyone and everything that threatened their believes and challenged what they depicted as rights or wrongs.

A very small smile appeared on Emily's lips as she turned her attention towards the woman while she lightly shook her head before replying.

"Why would I be disgusted? I'm surprised indeed. Though sharing a husband is something that used to happen in the past, sharing a wife is such a very new concept. I was probably not expecting this."

She quietened down for a few seconds before she asked while looking at all three of them.

"Let me ask something. Are you guys happy in your relationship? Do you think it's fair for the three of you to be bound with such a fate?"

She really wanted to know their answers. Not only because the three of them were bound together with a special fate but also because she wanted to understand their view on the mate bonds that snatches away their right of choosing their life partners.

Sam smiled softly as he decided to answer her question, "I know what you are thinking, Emily. You believe that our mate bonds snatch away our chances for choosing our life partners according to our requirements. But it's not right. Though we don't get the chance for choosing our partner or partners, we always have the right to reject a bond, and that too with minimum consequences to both parties. The mate bond is not a punishment, rather, it's a gift. It's up to us we accept this gift or reject it."

"As for the three of us - we are happy. Jackson and I are childhood friends. Our bond was strong from the very beginning. When we first realized that Bee is our mate, both of us were shocked. We did not know what to do or how to handle everything. But as time went by and the three of us spent more time together, we realized that the three of us make the perfect family." 

There was silence for a few seconds as Sam stopped to adjust his thoughts. At the same time, Emily was busy reading their expressions.

"We always had the option of rejecting the bond. Either I or Sam could have backed off from the bond, but thankfully we realized that love has no boundaries. We never fought over our bond. Somehow, everything went just as smoothly. We accepted the bond because of our friendship and our love for Bee, and we are more than happy in our lives." 

Jackson's voice was soft but it held sincerity in it.

Bianca smiled at both of her mates before she too decided to add her point.

"They both are precious to me. I love both of them equally. Let's just say that I can't choose one of them. I'll never be able to choose. We are really sorry, Em. It never occurred to us that everything will end up creating such a big misunderstanding."

She was genuinely sorry and her eyes were filled with worry as she feared for losing the warmth that Emily had brought in their lives.

Being cold-blooded vampires, Emily was the warmest person they had encountered in their hundreds of years of lives.

She was filled with the rays of that warm light that promised to surround everyone and everything. She felt like the real home that took away all their discomforts.

Emily stood up from her seat as she walked towards the huge window that was left open.

The cool evening breeze that was flowing outside grazed her skin as she leaned against the window sill.

"Since the three of you are living a happy life, why do you care about what others think of your bond?"

She asked as she turned to face the Vampires sitting just a few feet away from her.

She was still amazed that it was completely impossible to differentiate them from a normal human being.

They did not have a pale skin color. So far, she still had to see their red glowing eyes. They did not go around showing their sharp fangs (she had not seen them either). 

She found Bianca smiling softly at her question while she answered, "We don't care about the opinions of others. But only those who are close to our hearts.....their opinion matters...."

Emily suddenly had a strong urge to move forward and threw her arms around the woman who was just like an elder sister to her.

Bianca was the only woman who had succeeded in making a place in Emily's heart after her mother.

However, she did not move at all. She just took a deep breath before she started speaking.

"Though I'm not the most kind-hearted and understanding person present in this house, I'm still not so narrow-minded. I'm still a little surprised about you guys sharing your bond. It's definitely something I never heard or thought about....."

There was pin-drop silence in the library as all the three vampires waited for the girl to complete her sentence.

".....but I'm not going to judge you guys. It's not my place to comment on your relationship. Since the three of you are happy and none of you are miserable in this bond, I'm happy for you guys too."

"I'm not saying that I'm totally open about this topic. I won't lie because it still makes me quite uncomfortable. After all, I'm unable to understand exactly how such a relationship works...but I'll support you."

A huge smile appeared on Emily's lips as she looked at the three of them with genuine warmth and acceptance in her eyes.

She was genuinely happy. She was happy because she was not going to lose such close friends because of her misunderstanding, and she was happy because she could see happiness in their eyes too.

Sam, Jackson, and Bianca looked just as happy as her. They were happy for each other and they were happy for not losing Emily.

It took barely two seconds before Emily found herself wrapped tightly in Bianca's embrace. The woman was almost on the verge of tears as she hugged the girl. 

Jackson and Sam too came to join the hug and soon Emily was trying to protest to get some oxygen inside her lungs.

By the time those three Vampires separated from her, Emily was gasping for air.

"You....you don't need t-to murder me....in order to show your happiness. Alright?"

Jackson and Sam chuckled softly while Bianca just pouted as she once again pulled Emily in a hug. However, this time she made sure not to crush the poor girl.

"Thank you, Em! Thank you so much." Bianca said as she took Emily's small hands in her own and gave them tight squeezes.

"You don't have to say thank you. I'm not doing something great. I like you guys not because of your personal relationships. I like the three of you because of the kindness, warmth, and love that you have shown me in the past months. I'm not going to lose you guys just because I can't accept something so beautiful as your bond." 

Sam could feel his heart filling with so much tenderness for the young girl, and he knew that Jackson and Bianca were experiencing those same emotions. 

She never seized to surprise them with her level of understanding and exactly how accepting she was towards everything and everyone.

She was the only one who dared to call cold-hearted vampires like them as warm-hearted.

She was the only one who dared to accept the goodness of the supernatural world even though she spent years struggling with the evil darkness that resided in that same world.

She was someone who was always ready to find positivity even though she was totally surrounded by negative energy.

They had never seen someone who was filled with such goodness even though she went through hell.

Sometimes, it became hard for them to believe that there was someone like her who existed in the evil world.

She was too pure and good to be a part of their world.

But they knew why she was filled with so much goodness and warmth. Her real identity made her like that.

Even though she had been through a lot of darkness and she was going to experience even more of that in the future, her real identity would never let the darkness ain't her light.