Rejected By My Mate; Claimed By Lycan Quadruplets Chapter 184

Lisa's POV

I woke the next morning with my mind running in circles. Sleep had been light, broken by thoughts I couldn’t shake off. The night before had been overwhelming, and though part of me wanted to shove everything away and pretend none of it existed, another part knew I couldn’t keep avoiding the truth. If I was going to move forward with them—if I was even going to try—I needed answers. Not half-truths. Not evasions. I needed them to tell me why.

By the time I walked down to the dining room, the smell of food drifted through the air, but I barely noticed. The table was laid neatly, sunlight spilling across polished wood, but my chest was heavy. They were all already there, waiting for me.

Enzo’s eyes caught mine first—steady, unreadable. Atlas leaned back in his chair, arms crossed as if bracing for whatever storm I was about to bring. Ash’s head tilted slightly, the smallest crease between his brows, and Kael, restless as ever, tapped his fingers against the table until Enzo shot him a look that made him stop.

I sat down slowly, the silence wrapping around us. I didn’t even lift the cutlery. My hands pressed together in my lap, heart hammering.

“Eat something,” Ash said gently, his voice carrying a softness that almost made me falter. Almost.

I shook my head. “Not now. There’s something I need first.”

The way they all shifted told me they already knew. Maybe they’d been expecting this moment, waiting for it. My throat was dry as I forced the words out.

“I want the four of you to meet me in Enzo’s study. Now.”

Their eyes flicked between one another, a silent exchange passing through them. Enzo stood first, the scrape of his chair echoing in the quiet room. “Fine. Let’s go.”

I rose and followed, my pulse in my ears. The hallways felt longer than usual as we walked, my feet heavy with each step. Enzo pushed open the doors to his study, and I stepped inside, the air thick with the weight of what I was about to demand.

The door shut behind us with a muted thud. I stood there, looking at all four of them, my chest rising and falling unevenly.

“I need to say this before I lose my nerve,” I began, my voice trembling despite how hard I tried to keep it steady. “I haven’t fully forgiven you. Don’t think for one second that what you did didn’t hurt me, because it did. You lied. You all lied to me, and it cut deeper than you realize. But—” I swallowed, my throat burning. “I need to understand. I need to hear why. Because I can’t keep carrying around questions. Not anymore.”

The silence stretched for a moment, none of them moving. Then Enzo stepped forward.

His eyes locked onto mine, unflinching. “Lisa… it wasn’t because we wanted to hurt you. It wasn’t because we didn’t trust you. It was because we had no choice.”

I blinked at him, confusion and anger mixing. “No choice? You had every choice, Enzo. You could have trusted me with the truth from the beginning. Why didn’t you?”

His jaw tightened. He took another step closer. “Because we had to keep who we are a secret. Not just from you— from everyone. The four of us aren’t just brothers, Lisa. We’re… more. We’re quadraduolets.”

The word was strange on my tongue when I whispered it back. “Quadraduolets…”

“Yes.” Enzo’s voice was steady now, each word deliberate. “We share more than blood. We share a bond that’s rare. Dangerous, even. And we’re Lycans. That’s why Ash, Atlas, and Kael never showed you their real faces. Only I did. It wasn’t because they didn’t want to. It was because they couldn’t. We couldn’t risk it.”

I turned to look at the other three, searching their faces, needing to see something—anything—that would make this make sense. Atlas dropped his arms, stepping forward.

“It wasn’t easy hiding from you,” he admitted, his voice low. “Do you know how many times I wanted to just show you, to just… stop pretending? But we didn’t know if you were ready. We didn’t know if you could handle the truth.”

Kael’s lips pressed together, his usual playful tone gone. “It killed me, Lisa. Every damn time I had to hold back, every time I had to act like I was someone else. But if anyone found out what we are—what you are to us—it would’ve painted a target on your back. We couldn’t let that happen.”

Ash stepped closer too, his eyes softer than the rest. “We didn’t lie because we didn’t care. We lied because we cared too much. Because if anyone knew, they wouldn’t just come for us—they’d come for you. And we weren’t ready to take that risk.”

Their words sank into me like stones dropped into deep water, rippling through everything I thought I knew. My chest ached, torn between the hurt of their deception and the raw sincerity in their voices now.

I let out a shaky breath. “So all this time… it wasn’t about me not being enough? It wasn’t because you doubted me?”

Enzo’s eyes softened, just slightly. He stepped so close that I could feel his presence wrapping around me, grounding me. “Never. You’ve always been enough, Lisa. More than enough. We just… we had to protect you. Even if it meant you’d hate us for it.”

My eyes burned with tears I hadn’t realized I was holding back. I stared at them—at these four men who had upended everything I thought I knew, who had hurt me but also loved me in a way I was only just beginning to understand.

Slowly, I lifted my hands. My voice trembled as I whispered, “Come here. All of you.”

They didn’t hesitate. Enzo reached me first, his arms pulling me into his chest with a fierceness that stole my breath. Then Atlas, Kael, and Ash closed in around us, the four of them encircling me, holding me as though I was something precious, something irreplaceable.

My tears finally fell, my face pressed against Enzo’s chest as the others wrapped around me. Their warmth, their strength, their bond—it poured into me, filling the cracks their lies had left behind.

And then I felt it.

A heat, a pulse, spreading from where their skin brushed mine. My breath caught as I realized what was happening.

Enzo’s lips brushed my ear, his voice low, reverent. “Let us mark you, Lisa. Let us make you ours, completely.”

My heart raced, but I didn’t pull away. I tilted my head back, meeting his eyes, then Atlas’s, Kael’s, Ash’s. They all looked at me with the same intensity, the same devotion.

“I’m yours,” I whispered, the words breaking free from somewhere deep inside me. “All of you.”

The moment stretched, charged, until Enzo lowered his head, his lips brushing against the sensitive skin of my neck. His fangs grazed me lightly, a shiver running down my spine. Then—heat. Pressure. A sweet, burning connection that made me gasp.

Atlas’s hand found mine, his lips brushing my shoulder as he marked me next, the same fire coursing through me, binding me to him. Kael followed, his touch lingering, almost worshipful as he pressed into me, claiming his place. Ash was last, his mark gentle yet searing, a promise etched into my very soul.

By the time it was done, I was trembling, tears and laughter mingling as I clung to them. I felt… whole. Complete in a way I couldn’t explain, as though the missing pieces of myself had finally locked into place.

They held me tighter, surrounding me with warmth, with love, with something eternal.

I wasn’t just theirs. They were mine. All of them.