The Alpha Triplets And The Rogue – Chapter 44

Erica’s POV

I walk into the dining room with Ace on one side and Bryce on the other. My heart thuds heavily in my chest as I lay eyes on Luna Alice and Chris. He is sitting beside his mother holding her hand gently. When I walk into the dining room he doesn’t even turn his eyes to greet me.

Bryce nudges me gently with his elbow trying to get me to smile. But without Chris with us I don’t feel like smiling. I know that Luna Alice is his mother but this feels like a betrayal.

front of me.

r dinner,” Alpha Devin says with a smile on his face. “I haven’t had a chance to congratulate the four of you on finding y

ice scoffs blatantly a

ction even though I am sitting directly across from him.

d, is staring daggers in my direction with a sneer on her lips. A

old my head high.

ouldn’t you.”

u mean.”

oves your current rank, does it not?” Luna Alice has a scowl on her face.

ter what rank they held,” I say confidently.

the shoulder. “And the rank you hold is… well… nothing.”

am nothing?

n.

snorts.

d gives his mate a warning look.

seem you think that I had something to do with the unfortunate situation your parents have found themselves in.” Luna Ali

feel betrayed. He had no right to speak with his mother about a personal conversation that we had. That should have stayed betw

ice is looking at me like she has just won a fight. “By the look on your face you didn’t think th

If you will excuse me,” I say to Ace and Bryce. “I am no longer feeling well.”

eyes and his face is turning red, in anger.

e triplets follow me out of the dining room and that feels like another betrayal. I expected at least Ace and Bryce to storm out with me but they didn’t. Maybe none of my mates believe that their mother was part of my parents’ situation. But I refuse to stop searching until I reach the truth. If there is so much a

nger. Not knowing what to do I head down to the end of the hall and knock on Ashley’s door. She wasn’t at dinner.

onse. Of course she is out when I need her the most.

welcome in the space. Leaning up against the hall on the opposite side of the door, I slide down the wall and pull my knees to my chest. I feel nothing but sadness at this moment. Resting my head on my knees, I let the tears fall from my

to Chris as he approaches me.

ietly.

away, Chris sits down on the floor beside me. “How did you know it was me?” He a

exactly,” I sniff. “You all smell like hot chocolate but you each have different undertones.”

ou and my mother,” he says quietly. “That’s not fair.”

ose between us,” I hiss at him.

ther,” he sounds exasperated. “That is not something you can

with it,” I pout.

en her favorite.”

le Fox,” Chris s

storm into Chris’s bedroom. “Don’t follow me,” I scream as I slam the door in his face.