The Alpha Triplets And The Rogue
Chapter 182

Raven POV

I sit in front of the hospital on a small bench while I wait for my father to pick me up. I know Father would not want me to wait outside, but at least I am away from the prying eyes of the West Pack members. They are already gossiping about the supposed love triangle between Leo, Elise, and me. This is different from how the trip was supposed to go.

Leaning back on the bench, I direct my eyes upward. The sun is hanging low in the sky, casting a purple and orange hue over the skyline. I marvel at the beauty of it when my phone rings in my pocket.

Kieran’s name pops up on the screen, and a sense of peace washes over me. “Hello?” I answer.

“Thank Goddess,” Kieran yells so loudly through the phone that I must hold it away from my ear.

“I have been trying to reach you all day.”

“Sorry,” I mumble. “I was in the hospital all day. I didn’t have great service inside.”

“I thought Father said that you weren’t injured in the attack,” the panic in Kieran’s voice is apparent.

“I wasn’t,” I say, grinding my teeth together. “I was attending to my mate.”

“What the f**k, Little Bird? You have a mate, and you didn’t bother to call home and tell us,” Kieran playfully chastises me through the phone.

“Don’t play stupid,” I yell at him. “I know Father has already called everyone to spread the news.”

“Why aren’t you more excited?” The humor in Kieran’s voice is gone.

“It is just not what I expected,” I admit to my twin.

“What did you expect?” Kieran asks.

“I don’t know,” I sigh. “I expected it to be love at first sight. Not whatever this is.”

“What’s wrong with him?” Kieran growls protectively.

“It would be easier to list what isn’t wrong with him,” I g***n. “He is a man w***e; he doesn’t take anything seriously and accidentally hired his former lover as my assistant.”

“You did what?” Kieran laughs loudly.

“I didn’t know she was sleeping with him when I hired her,” I say in a hushed voice.

“So, are you going to fire her?” Kieran asks curiously.

“I don’t know,” I g***n again. “I already had to strip an Alpha of his title today. I don’t want to fire two people in one day.”

“That couldn’t have been easy,” Kieran says comfortingly.

“This isn’t how things were supposed to go.” I can feel the tears beginning to well up in my eyes as I speak to my brother. “I was supposed to travel to the packs, tell them my ideas, and win everyone over. Instead, I have Father breathing down my neck. Aunt Ashley and Father are at each other’s throats. I haven’t even seen her since we arrived at the West Pack. I found a mate that is more interested in f*****g me than getting to know me, and I was in the middle of a horrific rogue attack. To top it all off, I had to shift for the first time without you.”

Kieran stays quiet while I ramble like he always does. He has always been a great listener. “What are you going to do about Warren?” He finally asks when I am done spewing word vomit.

“What about him?” I pretend like I don’t know what he is talking about.

“Come on, Little Bird,” Kieran laughs. “Everyone knows that you two are in love.”

“We aren’t in love,” I hiss at my brother.

“Whatever you say,” Kieran continues to laugh at me. “So, what color is your wolf?”

“She is golden,” I say like it is no big deal. “What about yours?”

“Golden?” Kieran dodges my question. “I have never heard of a golden wolf before.”

“Well, now you have. What about yours?” I ask again.

“He is charcoal gray,” Kieran says with a hint of disappointment.

“I bet that he is lovely,” I say, trying to imagine a charcoal-gray wolf with Kieran’s blue eyes.

“I bet he is nothing compared to yours, Child of Light,” Kieran says with a hint of sarcasm.

“Don’t call me that,” I hiss at him. We both hate that I was labeled the child of light from birth and Kieran was labeled the child of darkness.

But Kieran seems to prefer to keep the subject from dropping like normal. “One of light and one of dark,” he quotes the prophecy.

“We don’t even know what that means,” I say, wanting to change the subject. “Anyway. How are things with Gabbie?”

Kieran clears his throat awkwardly. “I should probably go,” he says. “I love you, Little Bird.”

Before I can respond with my usual “I love you more,” the phone has gone silent. He hung up on me. He has never hung up on me before. Opening my texts, I scroll to his name and quickly type out that I love him more before closing the screen.

My father pulls up beside the bench and rolls down the window. Even through the low light of the evening, I can see him scowling in my direction.

“I thought I told you to wait inside,” he huffs.

“It is complicated in there,” I say, not wanting to elaborate.

My father lets out a long sigh before he gestures for me to get in the car. “Let’s get you back to the pack house. We have some matters that need to be discussed.”

“Yay, me,” I say sarcastically.

“It comes with the territory, Luna Queen,” Father says with a smirk as I climb into the car’s passenger seat.

“What kind of hell is waiting for me back at the pack house?” I ask.

“Well, the first order of business will be what to do with Warren,” my father says as he glances at me.

“What about him?” I ask, pretending like I don’t care about him.

“He wasn’t by your side this morning because he was drunk,” my father tells me. “That is unacceptable. You will need to choose a new warrior for your bodyguard.”

“Shouldn’t that be up to me?” I protest. “I don’t want anyone else. I want Warren.”

“I understand you have feelings for him…” my father begins.

“I don’t have feelings for my bodyguard!” I interrupt my father with a scream.

“Well, whatever your feelings are, he will need to be punished,” Father speaks as if it is a done deal.

“He is my bodyguard, and I will decide his fate,” I say firmly.

My father pulls into the pack house driveway, and I see Warren on the front steps pacing back and forth. Putting the car in park, my father looks over at me. “Whatever your plan is, you better figure out something fast.”