The Alpha Triplets And The Rogue
Chapter 16

Erica’s POV

It is unbearably hot and the smell of hot chocolate wakes me from my sleep. My eyes flutter open and they adjust easily to the dark room around me. I try to sit up but something is holding me down. Looking down at my waist I am shocked to see an arm holding me tightly. Panic rushes through my body as I try to remember what exactly happened last night. I remember having my first shift but after that everything after that is a bit hazy.

I turn my head to the side and see a face staring back at me. Oh my Goddess, it is Bryce. He shines me a big toothy smile as he continues to stare at me. “Good morning,” he whispers.

Twisting my body around I let out a little shriek when I see that it is Ace holding me around the waist. I can feel him try to tighten his hold around me and he mumbles something about “five more minutes.” I let out another shriek and pry his arm off of me before kicking him off of the bed.

Ace hits the ground with a thud and immediately begins to rub the side of his head that hit the floor. “What was that for?” He whines as he looks up at me.

I am too stunned to speak. I begin to kick my feet when I realize that there is someone down at the end of the bed. I let out another scream when I see that it is Chris at the bottom of the bed. Grabbing a hold of my feet, Chris pins them to the bed to keep me from kicking him in the face.

“Would you calm down,” Chris yells at me.

I open my mouth to scream again but Bryce places his hand over my mouth. I bite down on his hand and he yelps out in pain. Ace stands up beside the bed and he is in nothing but his boxershorts. My breathing becomes shallow for a moment as I look at his toned chest and arms. My eyes travel downwards and I gasp at the bulge that is hiding under the fabric of his boxers.

My eyes fly back up to Ace’s and he smirks at me. “Like what you see, Feisty Pants?”

A snarl leaves my lips at the nickname Ace just called me. “What am I doing in your room?” I say through gritted teeth.

“Oh, she is feisty,” Bryce says with a smile on his face. “Like a little Fox.”

“Guys,” Chris growls loudly. “Can’t you see that she is freaked out.”

Chris lets go of my legs and I curl them up around me. Just then I remember that I am barely dressed. I grab the blankets from the bed and cover myself.

“We have already seen you,” Bryce says with a yawn. “There is no need to cover up.”

Chris smacks Bryce on the leg. “I told you she is freaked out. “She is probably so freaked out that she isn’t even listening to her wolf.”

“What does my wolf have to do with anything?” I yell back at him.

“Just close your eyes and listen to your wolf,” Ace says as he sits on the bed, just out of my reach.

I look at the three brothers and cross my arms over my chest. There is no way in hell that I am trusting these boys.

“Go on,” Bryce says with a smile spread across his face. “We won’t bite… unless you ask us to.” Bryce wiggles his eyebrows up and down as he tries to run a finger over my cheek.

Slapping Bryce’s hand away I look at the three of them like they have lost their minds. “There is no way I am closing my eyes around any of you.”

Chris reaches out and touches me on the foot and sparks erupt all over my skin. How did I miss them before? But that can only mean one thing. That Chris is my mate. But if Chris is my mate why is he letting Ace and Bryce get so close to me. Aren’t Alpha males supposed to be protective over their mates?

“Listen to your wolf,” Chris looks at me with pleading eyes.

He lets go of my foot and I close my eyes. ‘Envy,’ I whisper in my head. ‘What is going on?’

‘It looks like you have just spent the first night with your mates,’ Envy yawns and stretches out in my mind.

‘Mates?’ I ask. ‘What do you mean?’

‘I mean that you are mated to all three of them,’ Envy smiles as she flashes pictures of the triplets through my mind.

‘That’s not possible,’ I reply to my wolf but she has returned to the recesses of my mind and fallen back asleep.

I open my eyes to see the three brothers staring at me intently. “Well,” Ace looks impatient.

Lifting my nose to the air I inhale deeply and the smell of hot chocolate fills my senses. The scent is alluring but the longer that I smell the air I can pick up three different smells among the hot chocolate. I can smell hints of cinnamon, vanilla, and peppermint. Each scent is enticing but together it is almost unbearable. It makes my mouth water and my knees weak.

My eyes fly open and the triplets are looking at me with the same smug look spread across their face.

“It isn’t possible,” I mumble.

“Oh but it is,” Bryce says as he scoots closer to me on the bed.

I wrap my arms tighter around myself trying to look at anything but the brothers. Chris grabs me by both of my ankles and pulls me harshly so I am laying flat on the bed again. I lay on the bed stunned as he crawls up my body and nuzzles his nose into my neck. A tiny m**n escapes my lips as he runs his tongue over the spot where he will mark me. My hand clasps over my mouth in horror at the sound that I just made.

“See,” Chris whispers next to my ear. “You want me as much as I want you. As much as we all want you.”

He’s right and I know it but that doesn’t mean that I have to be willing to accept it. Raising my hand I smack him across his face and growl. “Get off me.”