The Alpha Triplets And The Rogue
Chapter 15

Ace’s POV

We all look down at Erica with a shocked look on our face. The dress that she had on is ripped to pieces and is tied here and there in an effort to cover her body. I look down at her beautiful body and feel incredibly guilty for making fun of her weight the other day.

“Erica is my mate,” Chris says quietly.

“She is mine too,” Bryce chimes in.

“Mine as well,” I add in.

We always knew that there was a chance that we would share a mate but I don’t think any of us expected it to happen.

“What do we do with her?” Bryce chews on his bottom l*p as he gazes down on our mate.

Chris punches Bryce in the shoulder flinging him backwards into the wall. “What do you mean what do we her?”

“We can’t leave her on the f*****g floor,” Bryce snaps back at Chris and shoves him hard.

“Would you two stop fighting,” I hiss at them both. “We will pick her up and move her into my room.”

“Why your room?” Chris shoots me a dirty look.

“Because it is right here,” I gesture to my room. Bryce and Chris just glare at me in frustration.

“I think we should take her back to her room,” Chris says shortly. “I don’t think that she will appreciate waking up in a strange room.”

“She has been cleaning my room for a few days now. It isn’t a strange place,” Bryce wiggles his eyebrows at me.

“We are taking her into MY room,” I reiterate.

Bryce opens his mouth to protest but he doesn’t have that chance because the door slams downstairs, interrupting our argument.

The sound of my mother’s voice begins to travel through the house and I know that we have got to move Erica somewhere my mother won’t see her. I look at my brothers before I scoop Erica into my arms and gently carry her into my bedroom. Looking down at her tattered dress and the cuts on her body, I cannot help but wonder what happened to her tonight. She looks like she has been through a fight.

Bryce pulls back the covers on my bed and I lay Erica down before tucking the covers around her.

“How can we all have the same mate,” Chris asks as he sits on the edge of my bed and brushes Erica’s hair out of her face. She mumbles something in her sleep before leaning into Chris’s hand.

“We knew that it would be a possibility,” I remind my brothers. “We are identical after all.”

Bryce is pacing the floor of my bedroom as he mumbles to himself over and over again.

“What is your problem?” Chris snaps quietly at Bryce.

“You guys don’t see the problem?” Bryce whispers harshly at us and we both stare at him in confusion. “We have been torturing Erica for basically the past eighteen years. There is no way she is going to accept the mate bond with any of us.”

“I don’t know about you two, but I always picked on her because I liked her,” I say and suddenly I realize how stupid that sounds.

“She has always been the one constant in our lives besides our parents,” Chris mumbles, refusing to take his eyes off of Erica. “What if she doesn’t accept us?”

“We will have to make it up to her,” I say quietly. “We will have to prove to her that we are worthy.”

“There is no way that mother will be okay with this,” Chris reminds us. “She is an outcast. A rogue.”

“Who is mother to question who the Moon Goddess paired us with,” Bryce snaps at Chris. “Plus she is of Beta b***d.”

Sitting down on the other side of the bed I look at the angel that is laying before me. What I said was true. I had always picked on Erica because I thought she was the most beautiful creature that the Moon Goddess placed on this earth. When I was younger I didn’t know how to express those feelings so I picked on her. Now, the thought of losing her because of how we acted is a stabbing pain in my chest. She would have to accept the bond. It would kill me if she denies us.

Chris gets up from the bed and runs his fingers through his hair. “Are you all prepared to share a mate?”

I look at Bryce and he just shrugs his shoulders like it is no big deal and I agree. “We have always shared everything,” I remind Chris. “Why should our mate be any different?”

“You are prepared to know that your mate is sleeping with one of us when she is not with you?” Chris hisses back at me.

I nod my head curtly. “She belongs to all of us.” I remind Chris.

“What if she doesn’t want all of us?” Chris’s voice is panicked. “What if she only chooses to be with one of us?”

“She won’t do that,” Bryce says confidently.

“We won’t know until she wakes up,” I shrug my shoulders. Slipping out of my suit pants I climb into bed beside her and she nuzzles into my chest.

“Oh we are definitely having a sleepover now,” Bryce says as he hurriedly gets out of his own pants and climbs into the bed on Erica’s other side.

“Wait…” Chris says angrily. “Why do you two get to sleep beside her?”

Bryce smiles as he gently runs a finger down her cheek. “Because you waited too long.”

“And it’s my room,” I chime in with a grin.

Chris slides out of his suit pants and lays at the end of the bed. “I call the big spoon next time,” he says with a big yawn.

“Not if I get there first,” Bryce says as he nuzzles up to Erica and inhales deeply.

“Have you ever considered that maybe this isn’t the best way for her to find out we are mates?” Chris says sleepily. “Waking up in a bed full of men.”

“You are just jealous that you didn’t get a good spot,” I chuckle as I wrap my arms around her waist and pull her closer to me.