Filed to story: Triplet Alphas’ Secret Love
“It’s five o’ clock somewhere,” said Sachin, pouring the drink, while Felix grinned.
Calix wanted me to come swimming with him in the indoor pool. He scarfed down the basket of truffle fries, took a swig of his cappuccino and hopped off the high stool pulling me with him.
Alex and Felix chuckled. I noticed Alex had some alcohol now too despite his earlier disapproval.
The indoor pool was huge and there was a sun roof at one end so there was a sunlit end and a shady end. The sunlit end was warm and shallow and the shady end was cool and a bit deeper. I could not swim so Calix made me practice my breathing and blowing bubbles under the water. Then he showed me how to doggie-paddle but he put floatation wings on me because he was worried. I took them off and wrapped my arms and legs around his bare muscled torso. He grinned and rocked me against him.
“Chasity, I’m sorry,” he said suddenly.
“For what?” I asked, leaning against his wet chest.
“For not standing up to my brothers when they went overboard with you when I was younger,” he mumbled.
I smiled. I kissed him.
“I would never let them have their way now! Ever! But it doesn’t matter now because they’re different. Everything is different,” he whispered, his forehead against mine as he walked carrying me across the pool, the water lapping at us.
“I forgive you, Calix, you especially,” I said softly, feeling a little embarrassed recalling when I tried to separate him from the others.
“Thank you, Chasity,” murmured Calix against my lips. He kissed me with so much emotion I became a little teary-eyed.
I broke apart from him.
“Calix,” I breathed.
“Yeah,” he said quietly.
“You’re your mom’s favourite right?” I asked.
It was commonly believed in the pack that Calix was the Luna’s favourite, her little angel, her youngest. The former alpha favoured his elder tougher boys.
Calix smirked. “Yeah, but both our parents love all of us.”
I knew that for sure. The parents adored the triplets and were so proud to have produced three alphas in one go. Our pack was famous because of the identical triplet alphas. They had actually been interviewed on werewolf late night talk shows before because everyone in werewolf country was fascinated by them.
“So, you know her really well? Like you guys talk?” I asked hesitantly.
“Yeah, she tells me more than the others. She even comes to me sometimes to talk when her and Dad fight but they hardly fight so that’s only every couple of months,” Calix admitted.
Bingo. He should know what I wanted to find out then.
“Tell me honestly, why does the Luna dislike me so much?” I asked.
Calix was hesitant. He thought about it for a few moments seemingly picking out the right words to convey what he wanted to say to me. He was always the most careful with my feelings and the most gentle physically.
“She had a problem with your Mom,” Calix admitted.
An old feud, perhaps.
“Yeah?” I prompted him.
“Maybe, I should have told you this sooner, don’t be mad, ok?” Calix said giving me his famous puppy-dog eyes.
Calix had a huge fan club of girls in the pack because of these puppy dog eyes. He was widely considered a sweetheart. Alex was a classic heartthrob and Felix was a bad boy.
My pulse quickened. I could tell Calix was listening to my heartbeat as he quickly tried to placate me by telling me the supposed secret.
“The reason why my parents took you in…was not just to repay the debts…that was a cover…Felix doesn’t know this, by the way. Alex knows as the eldest, father handed over a lot of alpha responsibilities to him,” said Calix.
Poor Felix was in the dark just like me. A cover? Calix began his tale.
“My mother always hated her step-brother’s mate. She felt the girl was a bad influence and she thought his mate was the one who introduced him to drugs. You see, my mother’s father married twice so my mother gained a little brother she wasn’t biologically related to but loved all the same. He grew up and married this girl my mother hated. My mother and her step-brother became estranged so she never knew what was going on with him. He had a daughter with the girl Mom hated and when she was a child, the couple got into some trouble with some dangerous people. Mom begged Dad to pay off their debts because she loved her little step-brother so much even though they’d been estranged since his marriage. My parents paid off the debts but the couple still skipped town because they had made some enemies. They thought a life on the road wasn’t good for their little daughter so they dropped her off at the pack house without so much as a phone call or note. They just left the little girl. My mom thought the little girl looked just like her mother and behaved just as wilful. She was not a fan from the get go. Chasity, that little girl was…is…you! My mom and your dad were estranged step-siblings.”
Calix gazed at me, his eyes filled with worry. He was scared of my reaction. I was trembling a little. We were in the cool deep part of the pool. Calix attributed my trembling to the temperature and held me close to his warm torso. He moved across with me to the warmer shallow sunlit section. He kissed me trying to warm me up. I kissed him back instinctively.
I broke away from him quicker than he would have liked. He frowned.
“Alex knows about this too?” I asked.
“Yeah,” mumbled Calix. “He and I were wondering when we should tell you. We’ve only known since shortly after becoming alphas after our birthday. We didn’t grow up knowing this. We couldn’t tell Felix as Alex knew he would blab or blurt it out to you whenever there was a heated moment and we wanted to develop a good relationship with you first and start making you happy. It’s been torture keeping this from our brother and you. We’re triplets! And you’re our mate! The bonds are so intense, but we were waiting for the right time. We didn’t want to hurt you anymore and you were already so overwhelmed by us. I’m sorry, Chasity, for not telling you right away but I thought it was best and so did Alex.”
Calix was pleading with me with his eyes. I was not angry with him just stunned. So there was a real reason for the Luna’s hatred of me! She had hated my mother before me. She thought my mother had ruined my father, her little step-brother. I remembered the day my parents dropped me off so vividly. I had tried to block it out but I couldn’t. It remained a clear as day memory, visiting me in the form of a nightmare from time to time. Like a red stain on white fabric, it ruined me.
Flashback (Warning: Adult themes – Substance Abuse)
My Mommy and Daddy were arguing. Was it my fault? I clutched my teddy bear to me tightly. I told him it would be fine, don’t worry about anything.
“Chalice, we have to go!” Instead Daddy, tossing clothes in a suitcase.
“And we can take Chasity with us, Chase!” Said Mommy.
“No! If those men find us, they won’t show any mercy! Not even to a little girl! The last person that double-crossed them ended up getting their whole family done in!” Yelled Daddy.
My Mommy sighed.
“Can’t we wait a bit and talk about this?” She pleaded.
“No! There’s no time!” He said.
“But Ronnie paid them off!” She replied.
He laughed sadly. “But we saw something I shouldn’t have.”
“We were half gone when we saw it. We were baked,” she said, lighting a piece of paper she had rolled up
He snatched the piece of rolled up paper and threw it away.
“Not now! For God’s sake, Chalice,” he yelled.
“You’re stressing me out, ok! Sorry! I won’t!” She promised.
She started helping him pack.
“How do we know they won’t come for Chasity even at the pack house?” She asked. She looked worried.
“They’d never! They’re tough but they’re not stupid. They fear the Alpha just like every other werewolf. If they broke into his house to get at her, they’d be declaring war on the whole pack and Alpha would have them killed,” he explained.
“Why can’t he have them killed now?” She asked.
“I was shocked he even let Ronnie pay my debts. He’s not gonna kill for me too unless his family is threatened or insulted,” he said.
“What if they hand Chasity over to them?” She said, her eyes filling with tears.
He hugged her. “They’d never do that. Ronnie’s not a monster.”
“She hates me though! She’ll probably hate our little girl,” she said.
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