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Chapter 28: Close Call
Dinnertime was awkward. The Luna did not miss the fact that all three of her darling sons were sporting
my mark but she did seem to miss the fact that I was sporting a huge bruise. She had
not said anything when I had marked Alex. She had just gazed at the silvery permanent mark on his ne
ck distastefully. Today I had marked
Calix in the morning time and Felix in the afternoon so she came home to find all three spoken for
including her favourite, the youngest, Calix. He usually made animated conversation with
her at every dinnertime but it was slightly stunted tonight.
Calix was retelling the dramatic tale of picking me up at school and “handling” my bully. Alex seemed to
agree with not killing Parker.
“We don‘t want to seem too blood thirsty!” Said Alex. “You sent a clear message and you gave him a
chance.”
“What chance?” I said. The guy probably had half a dozen broken bones.
“He‘s alive. A life is a chance. A chance to be better. To try again,” said
Alex in a somewhat inspirationally tone.
“You‘re bot nuts. We need to be firm. If someone can get away with stepping to our Luna, then they‘ll th
ink they can get away with anything. Who knows what he‘ll do next?” Muttered Felix.
“He won‘t be doing anything for a while,” said Calix matter–of–
factly. He had been given another three months or so at home, healing injuries not caused by football
this time.
“I‘m glad he‘s alive. Thank you. All of you,” I said humbly.
The Luna glared daggers at me. The former Alpha was difficult to
read. He seemed distant but not angry about the triplets being marked and engaged to me.
“So Chasity, then you‘ve decided that you‘re staying and you wanna be with my boys? You‘ve accepted
the ring. You‘ve marked them. Only a crazy person would do all that and then still run off,” she said sni
dely.
I ignored her vitriol. “I‘m so happy to finally
make the guys feel as secure as they‘ve helped me feel,” | said sweetly.
The triplets grinned at me. Luna
Ronnie was not amused. The rest of the meal passed by in awkward silence
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtwhere everyone could hear the scabbing of forks agains plates.
The Luna began snatching up everyone‘s plates early before they were totally finished and giving the pl
ates to the staff to wash. The triplets were livid. The former alpha looked tired.
Go upstairs to my room and wait for me, please, Baby, said Felix over mind–link.
I listened to him, figuring I had done my
own thing enough times. I could hear yelling downstairs and I strained my ears to pick it up properly. Ev
entually the curiosity became too much and I went creeping
down the stairs to try to eavesdrop. I could hear the triplets and their parents arguing. They were still in
the dining room.
“So basically you‘re never gonna give her a chance, Mom?” Asked Felix. “She lives in this house, does
n‘t she?” Said Luna Ronnie. “But she has always lived in this house,” retorted Felix.
“All I am saying is I can‘t believe you would
all mindlessly let her mark you. Think not the pain you’ll be in when she leaves the minute high school i
s over. It was bad enough
you marked her. Oh and proposed! I was under the impression that ring was for the future…”
The former alpha interrupted his luna.
“Calm down, Ronnie, come on,” he cooed. I could tell he was probably hugging her. I dared not peak by
the archway
“Mom, mom,“cooed Calix. “It‘s ok. You have to believe just a little bit when we say that Chasity won‘t
leave us. She loves us.”
I wondered if I would hear better from my room, my new room. I crept towards the hallway and tiptoed t
o my new master bedroom. I was moving so surreptitiously that
I actually peaked into my own room before I set foot in it. My blood ran cold.
Someone was prying open my window silently. He was climbing in to try to get to me. He had a rag. I s
melled chloroform. I gasped and the person spotted me in the archway. It was kind of an instinct at this
point though I loved all my boys dearly.
“FELIX!” I screamed. The middle–
child Alpha was in front of me before I could scream anything else. I breathed a sigh of
relief.
“A kidnapper,” I cried pitifully as Alex scooped me up.
Felix had the guy by the throat. I was not sure what happened exactly but I could hear the noises. Calix
zoomed passed us and was in the room also. Alex held me
and covered my ears but I still heard it. It was a sickening loud crack like someone‘s neck had been sn
apped. I heard a thud as the man‘s body probably fell to the floor. I heard
a sound as though the pried open window had been shut. Calix exited the room to the hallway where Al
ex was holding a shaken me to his side.
“Who is it?” Alex said. “I have no idea. Don‘t recognise
him. Did you?” Calix said, looking at me, his eyes wide. I shook my head furiously.
Calix and Alex switched places. Calix held
me and rubbed my back soothingly. Alex was assisting Felix with whatever. They had killed
him I believed. Shouldn‘t they
have gotten information from him first? The Luna and the former Alpha came into the hallway and the
Luna refused to make eye contact with me.
“You all right, Chasity?” Asked the former alpha. I nodded, not trusting my voice.
In a few minutes, the pack house was flooded with activity. A huge man bounded in the house. He had
dark olive skin and dark eyes with a strong jaw. He was tall and broad–
shouldered and looked to be about
in his late thirties. I realised he was Beta Keaton. A few prominent pack warriors came and were station
ed about the pack house as guards. We were a relatively peaceful pack in a region where attack was di
fficult because of
the extreme cold but triplet‘s had taken this threat very seriously and wanted the pack house on lockdo
wn. One of them constantly kept me close to his side though they switched every once in a while. I was
little out of it. Some pack warriors asked me questions. There was a police force in our pack
and on our lands
with special warriors and investigators. They interviewed me. There was an ambulance
and a doctor looked at me which was overkill. He literally had not touched me was what I kept trying to
explain to everyone. I thanked the doctor though. She was nice and was more concerned about the aft
ermath in terms of it being a traumatic experience. That made me remember my promise to Alex to go t
o therapy. I asked the doctor if she knew of therapists in our pack and she gave me a few options.
A whirlwind and a blur later I was actually back in Felix‘s room and the three alphas were talking while I
stared at them. I felt close to tears and I motioned for them to all come towards me. They did so eagerl
y. I was in the middle of their triple bear hug, enveloped in their warmth. It soothed me a little.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“Don‘t worry, Baby, we‘ll get to the
bottom of this and figure out who sent the kidnapper. There‘s already suspects…”
It seemed that Felix had snapped the kidnappers neck just a few moments after I had screamed his
name.
“Luna Ronnie,” I said blankly.
“Huh,” said Calix.
“Luna,” said Alex disapprovingly. By Luna, he meant me. “Baby, no, no,” grumbled Felix, draping me ove
“She would never
endanger you. She knows that would destroy us,” Felix mumbled into my hair, inhaling my scent deeply
“She wanted it to seem like I ran off like she always says I would,” I said.
“No, Princess,“cooed Alex, kissing my cheek.
“She‘s just protective of us. She‘d never do that!” Calix said kissing my forehead.
“She‘s traumatised. She‘s shaken up. That‘s why she thinks that. It happened just as she probably
overheard the kinda things our Mom was saying!” Felix said, defending me. I tightened my hold on him.
had woken up entangled in the evening. I shivered remembering each of the markings. I
really, really loved them and I needed them to believe me. The Luna was trying to make me
out to be a runaway even if she had to pay someone to drag me away because I had gotten too attache
no plans of leaving now. The triplets were trying to help me with my situation with my parents ardi was s
“Please, if you ever look for me and I‘m gone, I didn‘t leave you, someone took me ok. That‘s all want yo
Calix.
“That‘s all
I‘ll ever believe heaven forbid that happens,” said Felix, his voice husky and surprisingly emotional like h
going to cry.
Calix nodded and nuzzled me. Alex sighed. “You‘re not going anywhere. Even if I have to handcuffus all
I smiled and kissed him.
“Kinky,” commented Felix and we all laughed.
“I‘m not going anywhere by choice,” I reminded them
as they turned out the light and tried to calm me down. Three bodies pressed against me as my heart be
I‘m not going anywhere by choice, I kept whispering to them over mind–link as they surrounded me,
six hands, three mouths, my whole body covered in goosebumps. My wolf and I both needed them to
know.
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