The Comments Told Me The Twin Brothers Shared Sensation novel – Chapter 1 During the zombie apocalypse, I used my healing power to latch onto a pair of twins with top-tier powers. They were identical and equally handsome, but their temperaments could not have been more different. Adrian Hale, the older twin, was every bit as cold and unapproachable as the ice he commanded, while Mason Hale was much more easygoing and endearing. I was touch-starved. Since Adrian was too aloof and intimidating to approach, I lied to Mason and told him he would heal faster if I fell asleep with my hand on his abs. He was not convinced, but he still went along with it and held me in his arms every night for more than two weeks. Then Mason rescued another healer, and she exposed my lie.
While he was giving me the silent treatment, floating reader comments suddenly appeared before my eyes. [The male and female leads finally met! If the female lead had shown up a few days later, the female supporting character would’ve wrapped the male lead around her finger.] [The female supporting character thinks her canon love interest, Adrian Hale, is too aloof, so she clings to the male lead, Mason Hale, every day.] [Has she seriously not realized the brothers have a shared-sensation link? Every night she keeps finding excuses to stay close to Mason, Adrian feels every touch too.] I respected canon, so I immediately started clinging to my own canon love interest, Adrian. Just as I was using the same old trick to coax him into lifting his shirt so I could stay close to him, my hand had barely landed on his skin when someone kicked the door open. *** By the time I saw the comments, Mason had been giving me the silent treatment for two days.
He sat with his back to me beside a campfire, his expression colder than I had ever seen it. Mason was rarely this distant. Ever since we had met, he had always been warm and cheerful. Sitting there looking so pissed off, he could have passed for his brother. [Why are the male and female leads sitting so far apart?] Taking their cue, I looked over at Chloe Bennett, who had joined our group two days earlier. She was another healer, just like me, and the one who had exposed my lie, yet she sat beside the fire contentedly munching on a protein bar, apparently oblivious to the strange tension hanging over the entire base. I stared at the can of peaches in my hands and reread the comments twice. After making up my mind, I stood and headed toward the three of them. All three looked up at me. Mason turned away first. He was still angry and clearly did not want to look at me any longer than necessary. Chloe, meanwhile, stared at the can in my hand and licked her lips. “Bribing me won’t work, you liar.
I’m not forgiving you that easily…” Mason’s words died in his throat when I quietly walked right past him. He looked stunned, as if it had never occurred to him that I would ignore him and head straight for his brother. “Adrian, want some peaches?” I smiled and held the can out to him. Since he was my canon love interest, even the most emotionally frozen man had to thaw eventually. The twins had the exact same face anyway. I was equally happy with either one. I respected the original story. There was no way I was going to steal the male lead from the female lead. Silence fell. Adrian’s gaze moved slowly from my face to the can in my hand. “No.” Supplies were hard to come by in the zombie apocalypse. As a healer with no offensive power, I was lucky to have run into the Hale twins, two survivors with top-tier powers. They were strong, gorgeous, capable of protecting me, and unfailingly considerate. Whenever they found something decent on a daytime supply run, they usually set it aside for me first. That was how I ended up with this can of peaches. “Could you open it for me, then?” Compared with Mason, Adrian was so aloof that even standing beside him made me tense. Still, he was my canon love interest, so I pressed on.
After two seconds of silence, his long-fingered hand took the can from me. He hooked a finger beneath the tab and peeled the lid halfway back with one easy pull. Determined to win him over, I gave the performance of my life. “Wow, you’re amazing!” [The female supporting character is painfully fake. Anyone can open a can. Did she strike out with the younger brother and decide to go after the older one instead?] [Look at the male lead. He looks sick to his stomach.] [At least she’s finally going after her canon love interest, but her acting is so bad she startled Adrian. He even cut his hand on the can.] My sudden shout really did make Adrian flinch. His hand jerked once, and the sharp edge of the lid nicked his thumb. “Are you okay?” This time, my concern was genuine.
He pressed his lips together and held out the can. “I’m fine.” I ignored the can and reached for the hand he had tried to hide. “It’s bleeding. Let me heal it.” I cradled his palm in mine. His fingers went rigid, and the hand I held felt as stiff as a piece of wood. The instant our skin touched, a rush of pleasure swept through me, and I could not stop a satisfied smile from curving my lips. I had a mild case of touch starvation. Ever since Mason started giving me the silent treatment, I had not touched him in two days.