The Alpha Triplets And The Rogue – Chapter 243
Raven’s POV
As I walk out of the trees toward the pack house, I realize how horrible I must look. I ruined my shoes and dress when I shifted into my wolf at the oracle’s cabin. I am wearing nothing more than Leo’s black t-shirt. My hair and skin are caked with blood and mud. I try not to look down at my hands and the dirt that is caked underneath my fingernails. Between the blood, dirt, and wound on my face, I look like I have been in war.
Nervously, I tuck a strand of hair behind my ears as we approach the front door. I raise my hand to knock on the front door, but it opens before I have a chance to. Alpha Blaire is standing on the other side of the door with tears streaming down her face. She has a can of gasoline and a box of matches in her hands.
ask her curiously.
g to burn the oracle’s cabin to the ground,” she says curtly as she steps around me.
r way. I want to mention that even though the women in that cabin are trait
haven’t seen him in months, and according to the visions I have seen, he is a part of the recusants trying to take my throne. But try as I might, I am unable to hate my brother.
he dark, of when I broke a vase while running through the house and he took the blame so I wouldn’t get in trouble, and of when he would come home in the middle of the night as a teenager and tell me about all of the pa
r. They all happened, and I hold all of them near and dear to my heart.
living area of the pack house and see my brother standing with my father by his side. Father has his claws out, digging them into Kieran’s shoulder. He is trying to hol
it hasn’t been cut or even brushed since the last time I saw him. I look into his blue eyes and expect to see hatred, but I don’t. I see pain and suffering, and my heart breaks for my brother.
e an eternity. Finally, Kieran clears his throat. “Hello, Raven,” he says a little too formally.
s. I pry my hands away from my mates and try to run to Kieran, but my father steps in the way.
Father says
ort. “Kieran would never
do his bidding.”
ger flashes in Kieran’s as he glances from me to Leo. “How
I gasp out in shock, and Leo takes the opportunity to slip his tongue into my mouth.
the house. “How dare you treat my sister so disrespectfully?”
nues to smile like an a*****e in my brother’s direction. “I think you and I have different definitions of disrespect?”
to my side as well, wrapping his arm around my wai
azily at my mates affection before he turns his attention back to me. “I assume that is my mate’s blood all over you?” He asks in a clipped tone.
e. Elise was Kieran’s mate. “She tried to attack me,” I say sadly. “I am sorry.”
nothing to be sorry for,” my father chimes in. “She did not deserve to live.
a werewolf can go through. But Kieran does not seem to be mourning her too severely.
Ignoring my father, I keep my eyes on Kier
in my direction. Both Leo and Oliver are on the defense immediately. They s
golden,” he says.
tell him from behind my mat
ere,” Kieran says as if he is bored.
oulder.
ody and call Rose forward. The shift happens in a blink of an eye. One moment, I am crouching on the ground. The next, I am seeing the world from Rose’s point of view.
ut my father refuses to let him go.
n Kieran’s direction.
hear everyone take a sharp breath as he reaches up to run his fingers through my golden fur. Rose leans into his touch, and he scratches her gently behind the ear. The s
him in the face with her tail playfully as she takes her side beside our mates. She gives me back control, and Leo quickly slips his shirt over my head. I walk back over to Kieran, who is still staring at the ground. I tilt his head up so he is looking me
t?” I ask him.
ith wide eyes and nods. “How did you know?”
years now,” I finally admit out loud.