Free Virgil [Marius Brothers 8] (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour ManLove) by Joyee Flynn

everything wasn’t lost. It wasn’t the best plan but given I’d shown them signs that I was their mate but completely closed off to their advances and not even willing to talk to them, he was desperate. He glanced at Foma and I saw our mate through his eyes… All the pain Foma had felt at the centuries of not being able to find their other mate.
    Then it was like a montage of the memories after they’d been with someone, hoping the attraction they’d felt with that person would lead them to their mate. I saw all the tears they’d cried, all the hope smashed, and even the decision to leave their plane, saying good-bye to everything they’d known.
    “I’m scared, Mareo,” Foma admitted as he glanced at the portal. “What if we don’t like this world? Maybe our mate isn’t born yet and we leave?”
    “The Queen assured us that we can come back,” Mareo said gently. “We’ll visit every few decades and see if he’s been born. I just believe in my heart he’s not fae. Our mate will be worth searching for, yeah?”
    “Okay, we can do this,” Foma whispered. “You’re right. Finding our mate will be worth traveling and living in this new world, no matter how scared we might be. He could be searching for us, all alone and not able to find us if we don’t cross over.”
    “We’ll find him, my love. No matter how long it takes or what I have to do, I will find him for you. I swear it. I will find the other part of our soul and make us a family.”
    “You’re enough for me, Mareo. You know that,” Foma said quietly.
    “I know that. I love you so much,” Mareo replied. But I felt his need to find me, and his desire to give Foma the family he’d never really had. He wanted Foma to have everything and was determined nothing would stop him.
    Next it was when they realized I might be their mate and when I had denied them, telling them to leave me alone. I felt their despair and grief that they’d searched hundreds of years for me and I rejected them. Even more than that, they were worried for me. They saw something was going on with me and wanted to help. They thought if I realized I wasn’t alone, that they were there for me, it would comfort me.
    “I forgive you,” I whispered as we came back to the present. “You didn’t understand what the blood would really do to me and didn’t mean to trick or trap me. You just wanted to help break down the walls I put up.”
    “Yes,” Mareo breathed. “We didn’t want to hurt you. We wanted to help, to show you we would do anything for you.”
    “I believe you.” I swallowed loudly and looked down at Ayden. “Thank you. You saved me all that pain and anguish of having to try and deal with what I saw as their betrayal and process this alone.”
    “You’ve got enough going on. You didn’t need a misunderstanding and good intentions to ruin something that could make you so happy if you let it,” he said with a smile. I leaned down and kissed his cheek. “Besides, we’re family. Family doesn’t ever keep their noses out of each other’s business.”
    “Amen to that,” I chuckled. “Can I see you again soon? I need to deal with some other things and what Riley said to me. I want to let go and move on even if it’s away from my family. I want to heal and be the man my mates deserve after having searched for me for so long.”
    “Of course but there’s one more thing I want to show just you. I think it will answer some of your questions,” he hedged. “We need your mother though too. I have a feeling you don’t know the full story but only a part. Elena isn’t mean.”
    “No, she’s not,” I agreed, not sure what he was talking about. I nodded and realized my mother was there in the kitchen. She came over hesitantly and took Ayden’s hand as I did the same. Seconds later we were in a memory from when I was a small boy.
    “Desmond, I want to talk to you about Virgil,” she said as they sat in Father’s study. I hadn’t been able to