Her Triplet Alphas – Chapter 66: Chasity’s Scent

Alex

We sped to the address the bartender had given Calix. I was still shocked at how close this mansion was to where Beta Keaton lived with his daughters, Moxie and Roxie. We parked down the street from the place. The grey brick mansion stood in sharp contrast with the bright white snow blanketing its roof and the lawn.

The house gave off the impression of being vacant. It was the lack the personal touches: no decor or furniture on the porch, no mail sticking out of the mailbox, no trash in the receptacle and no lights on inside, insinuating that no one was home, We weren’t about to ring the doorbell anyway so it didn’t matter if anyone was at home or not.

specting windows and doors, hoping one might be unlocked or easy to jostle open.

ix, I said, keeping my voice l

inched hoping there would not be a thud when his boots made contact with the floor inside the house. To my relief, there wasn’t. Calix poked his head through the window and gave us a thumbs-up.

l go through the window? Asked Felix I hushed

ack yard in silence and stood near the back door, waiting for Calix to let us in. A few minutes passed by in silence. I was beginning to get a bit tense. Th

Calix

ng exactly but this wasn’t it. The walls and floors were of grey stone on the inside too. No paint. No wall

that I would just stumble upon Chasity with duct tape on her mouth and bada bing bada boom she would be rescu

ned by ornaments, sculptures and paintings depicting the strangest combination of subject matters. It took me a little while to notice the ongoing theme but it struck me like a lightning bolt when I di

enough, many of thé foxes were hidden: their furry heads poking out from behind trees in oil paintings, their forms hidden in the clouds of watercolour paintings or their o

tared at a colossal painting of several beautiful women of varying shades, all of them lavishly dressed. They were holding hands, forming a circle, as though playing ring around the Rosie. I almost didn’t spot the fox. My eyes trailed over the huge work of art. It took up an entire wall of the house. There! The fox was coming up out of its den which was cast in shadow by a tall gnarled tree. In other painting the women were being admired by gentleman callers and suitors in parlours of noble homes while foxes peeked in through the

quoting Felix.

id that about his favourite artists and th

y mind, making me jump.

lised how on edge l was till then. The house did have an eerie feel to it. I focus

l’m coming, Okay,

topped dead in my tracks. That smell! The most beautiful smell in the world. I followed it, all thoughts of locating a

ce thundered in my head.

e back door. My brothers, Chance and Danny hurried inside.

.

Felix sniffed the a

Felix

a mere second before Baby Boy Calix mentioned it. Her heavenly aroma filled my lungs. I ran to it. I found it concentrated by a table in a strangely medieval-looking dining room. My Baby! That was her smell! would know it

omethi

it, l explained over mind-link.

heart was racing Why had he

rowing his eyes in anger.

e kidnappers hide too so you won’t smell her on them, explained the P.l.

came forwards instantly. We let

anted to crush the life out of whoever was concealing Chasity’s scent and keeping her captiv

t my hands on the people who took Ch

ore. Every time l thought I had been furious in the past

aid Calix.

o cares?I grumbled, feel

ail.

at Calix with concern.

foxes! Exclaimed Cali

I snapped, annoyed.

rtist and art fan here and even I didn’t care about the paintings right now so why should he?

Chasity is a beautilul girl! Said Calix pointedly.

ing a Luna? Did it have anything to do with her being our Luna?!

her scent somewhere other than the table.

s way! I said.

d in the distinct fragrance of her skin and hair: honey and roses… and something else. There was an added element I couldn t quite put my finger on.

he had laid down on the cot in Chasity’s tiny old room.

nd or on the yacht, enjoying one blissful day after the next? Maybe we should have just never gone to that stupid f**king party with those stupi

sistent. It seems like she was here but isn’t now, he added sadly.

ingered but she was gone from this place and we needed to find out where.

proposed Danny.

lse is different about Chasit

en me.

t? l asked

sudden.

g frantically.

tely, his tone anxious.

fully, he did.

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