Her Triplet Alphas – Chapter 61: Dear Chasity

Felix

After less than an hour sleep, we sped down to the location of the The Lucky Toad. We were willing to do anything to find Chasity.

Alex was beginning to believe that Chasity’s disappearance was linked to the disappearance of her parents nine years ago. The Lucky Toad Casino was where Chalice and Chase had supposedly racked up a huge debt before they fled town. It seemed like a good place to start sniffing out old enemies Chasity’s parents might have. Old enemies who might still have it in for them and their daughter.

ity or her parents going missing.

vestigation could be what put Chasity in danger, said Alex

alarmed.

d Calix aloud.

pool at always looked closed too.

in there, trust me!” l growled.

“Maybe, there’s

double doors and ripped the plank of wood of

ssing the wooden plank aside.

he dimly lit casino, all with tired eyes. They looked like they’d been up all night. None of them dared to look our way but I could feel the tension in the room. They were hyperaware of us.

-wolf who looked to be in her mid-forties meaning she was likely much older as werewolves aged so slowly.

an I get you fellas? she croaked.

t.I smirked. I was here to deal with the management not sample the menu.

moved to follow her but Alex put a hand on my shoulder.

d in my mind.

at us with his orb-like eyes while he wiped the same glass over and over with a dingy-looking dish towel.

ented Calix, smiling slightly.

to our surprise, he let the whole damn glass slip from his hands and shatter on the floor He jumped, startled, by his own mistake and then bent over to hastily pick up thie pieces, This place was a clown show.

Alex

I could not stand “men” who put their hands on women like that.

he boss will see

nodded and then headed

before? Asked Calix.

one manhandled her.

is as great of a guy

the very end. There was a gold plated plaque on the door that read:
Chance
We walked into a straight-up pigsty.

was all i could thin

my foot from the floor, realising the ground was sticky for some reason. Disgusting. I could hear the squeaking of mice somewhere among the mounds of stuff.

ad been the one to mistreat the waitress.

dulously.

a warm smile

id Chance brightly.

diately.

Sit!” Encouraged Chance.

quickly.

state of the chairs in front of his desk.

ss or the gold rings that drew my attention, it was the tattoo. A full moon with a snake curled around it.

noticing it too.

o mean?” I asked.

moon wanes and wanes Renewal.
Death and life. Life through death. You have to fall apart, die almost, to be renewed, reinvigorated, reborn, sa

hen, said Calix.

at was sheer brilliance o

xpecting a response like that, I muttered.

would not speak in ridd

here,”I said, getting to the point.

We had announced it and the story was playing nonstop on the pa

trouble and just tell me everything you know,” I said sternly.

emed cooperative enough.

ice witchcraft. The group is called the Furina Ornata after the moon snake. All members have the tattoo. There’s about two hundred members last time I checked. There could be a million reasons why someone would kidnap a Luna. The most farfetched being related to my tattoo. And most importantly, I would never harm Chasity” said Chance, seemingly in earnest.

s with a stern look, “I m her grandfather.”

Calix

e ,my elder brothers.

Felix privately.

nking it over. Somehow, my wolf and t just knew it

is eyes in suspicion.

this years Demanded Alex.

se was not a bacterial breeding ground like his office.

om. “Running the Lucky Toad Casino!” He said with another grand hand gesture.

n years. This place was uninhabitable.

Alex. That s why he didn’t come to look for Chasity even

nd I looked at Al

e, Alex, said chance slowly as though responding to our private

We recoiled a little, wondering if that

s.

h nodded marginally s

ing us quite bemused.

d?

s that pos

too?

.

llows each of its members to tap into.. special skills…my special skill is being able to listen to any mind-link within a certain radius.I can’t explicitly read minds but l can sense the truth and a lie with perfect accuracy and I can listen in on private mind links,” said Chance, smiling.

listen to private mind-links. That would be a useful ability for Alphas to have.

nded me of just how special and sweet chasity was regardless.

sn’t missing to get through the day or even just the hour for that matter.

her grandfather how? Who’s Dad are you? Her Mom’s or her Dad’s?

ces father. chalice was Chasity’s Mom explaine

here my Goddess Chasity was concerned.

parents are….no longer with us?”

d.

by the wayside. Her mate, chasity’s Dad had better luck detoxing with our order but Chalice’s relapses were his relapses since they usually did everything together Mates can be our saving grace or our Kryptonite, you know, “said Chance sadly.

uge of emotions. He had not really answered the question regarding Chalice and Chance being alive or dead but it felt a

ging him and giving him an indignant look.

let out a humour

assionate about my granddaughter! I’m glad,” said Chance.

re anxious.

asked incredulously.

ed.

I followed her, I was trying to track her down and

they ended up after they fled town.

.

ding his eyes.

tely when I finally caught up to them..they were… chance trai

h a deep shaky breath.

o late for Chasity even if it was too late for her mother” sald Alex, gently, his eyes pleading with Chance.

in his desire to help Chasity. His eyes were still brimming with tears and his breathing was shaky. I patted him on the shoulder.

fronm here. I remember it so vividly because it was Christmas morning, “ confessed chance.

visioning the scene all those years ago.

it’s an old Christmas song he continued.

song, I loved that song.

g.

derland…as I switched off the car and took the key out of the ignition but the song never stopped!” Revealed Chance.

, bemused. Chance let out a nervous little laugh.

n the same radio station but somewhere upstairs in the motel” Explained Chance. “Chalice!

d Chance excitedly as tears streamed down his cheeks.

rtwarming coincidence.

prompted.

ldly impressed.

the Christmas Carol to the radio. I turned it off. I shouldn’t have turned it off: The music has been off ever since when I turned a corner, Chalice and her mate were sitting, staring at the table in the kitchenette. Eyes wide. Just staring, There were fang marks on their necks,” Chance said, lost in a trance and trembling slightly.

yes.

a thousand times more venomous than usual, revealed Chance.

nsisted Alex.

e cold case?

ce.

get stronger. To fight whoever was chasing them!” Explained Chance.

for the conclusion of the strange tale.

He took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his brow.

er who had cone to administer the snake venom was dead on the ground too with a bite bark on the neck confessed chance.

ld in a gasp.

te missing. Someone took the antidote and ran of. We usually bring many vials of antidote. The person took all, about half a dozen and left. or people. The administrator of the venom, our member, she was dead on the ground near the empty briefcase with the snake still crawiing about”, explained chance very softly as though we might be overheard.

had just confirmed the deaths of her parents and she wasn’t even here to process it for herself. Her parents had been doing whatever the

what did you do after that, Chance?”I asked gentl

He had lost his daughter No wonder his office wan such a mess. He was probably depressed.

funeral, It was a quiet little funeral in Marigold, said Chance in hushed tones.

Alex

lling.

apped Felix, his blue eyes turning

ll this time.

ffronted at Felix’s tone.

ellow order member who used the venom treatments for her skin and whatnot like a beauty regime. She wanted to be a model,” said Chance flippantly.

a chill creep through me, My brothers were incomfortable too. Deidre Binx wasn’t dead so how could she be buried? Was this man a pathological liar? or

er?

l, was.
She’s a retired supermodel. she’s in LA, still schmoozing and again why didn’t you tell anyone? Chasity? Our parents? You left her in the dark,” complained Felix, his voice cracking sli

ut I knew Felix was taking this the hard

ownstairs bathroom. Chance looked flabbergasted. He truly hadn’t known that Deidre Binx had been walking runways for the past nine years. I looked around the room. Chance was probably a recluse.

Ronnie.”

ity’s parents were dead.

used to show up at the pack house after I got back from Marigold.
They got a restraining order against me. Look it’s there shouted Chance pointing to the wall.

s and I looked up. if

ur a*sho*e parents, he said with a shr

corner of my eye. I was too in shock to be offended.

oys and letters and things. Tried to

una blamed me and my daughter for her step-brother’s death, revealed Chance.

th and blamed it on Chance.

ty turned eighteen she’d do her own digging and come back

oneliness was a silent killer as far as I was concerned.

Chance, tears threatening to spill over from his eyes.

suit a Little girl: frilly dresses and filly socks, hair bows, jewellery, and even small pairs of pastel–coloured shoes. I spotted a few bottles of perfume and antiques like a rocking horse and a little carousal–shaped music box. I realized what I had mistaken for old stacks of paperwork were letters and cards. I deciphered a few of chance’s scribbles: Grandpa misses you, I love you, Dear Chasity, To my one and only grand-baby, I m sorry, Hope to see you soon, I wish I could see you grow up, We’ll be together one day I promise, Merry Christmas, Happy birthday, Grandp

ng silently down his cheeks.

dawn in one of the sticky chairs in front of Chance’s desk. I could see him doing his breathing exercises. He was angry. Furious.I was too. I had to confront Mom and Dad about this. If they had really done this, if they ha

ad no idea,” I said honestly.

ed Chasity, then we had a lot in common, Chance just nodded in respo

ious than that, more sinister, and their motives, more mysterious. Chasity’s grandpa could not just wallow in this room. He needed to be instrumental in helping us find Chasity. I was almost completely convinced that the people who ruined the venom ritual nine years ago had something to do with Chasity’s disappearance.

Chasity needs you !” l said.

ened himself in his chair. He adjusted his blazer. This was a broken but talented werewolf. A gifted werewolf.
“Your ability to tell when people are lying! Your mind-linking reading! Those are amazing!” I sai

asity! I propositioned.

s and the sorrow emanating from Calix, I could also feel that they agreed with me. They wanted Chance on our side. Chance’s silence was making us all a bit anxious. He looked as though he hadn’t left this room except maybe to buy the gifts that clutt