The Alpha Triplets And The Rogue
Chapter 187

Raven’s POV

Embarrassment courses through my body as I race out of the hospital. I can’t believe that I thought Leo was going to k**s me. Even more, I can’t believe how much I wanted it. I wanted to feel his lips pressed against my own. As much as I tried to imagine what the k**s would be like, I cannot. Would he be gentle, or would his lips ravage mine?

“Raven,” I hear my father calling after me, and I slow my pace. Father catches up to me and wraps his arm around my shoulders. “Do you want to talk about it?”

“With you?” I gasp. “Absolutely not.”

“Fair enough,” he says with a chuckle. “Should I send Ashley up to your room?”

I pull my bottom l*p into my mouth and nod slightly. I know that I can trust Aunt Ashley with secrets. Squeezing my shoulders, Father guides me out of the hospital and to the car that is waiting for us. Much to my dismay, I see Elise waiting for me in the back seat.

Stopping just before we get to the car, I glare at my father. “What is she doing here?”

“I thought you would want her here,” he says with a confused look. “She is your assistant, after all.”

Opening my mind link, I speak to my father. ‘Don’t you recognize her?’ I ask him.

My father turns and looks at the car, c*****g his head to the side. ‘She does look familiar,’ he responds.

‘I didn’t recognize her at first either until Ashely said something. She is the Omega that Mom kicked out of the pack for stealing documents,’ I tell my father. A growl escapes his lips.

‘Do you think she one of the recusants?’ He asks, and I can feel his anger radiating through the air.

‘I do,’ I admit. ‘But I don’t have any proof. That is why I am keeping her around.’

‘This is a dangerous game you are playing, Little Bird,’ my father says. ‘Just make sure you know what you are doing.’

‘I know,’ I sigh outwardly. ‘I will be careful.’

My father slides into the driver’s side of the car while I sit next to him. Elise is sitting in the back with her head held low. I know that she is only pretending to feel guilty.

“Hello, Elise,” I say as sweetly as I can. “How was the rest of your day?”

“Busy, Your Highness,” she says quietly. “I could not find your navy blue dress.”

“That is a pity,” I say, trying to hide the smirk on my face. “I must have forgotten to pack it. I guess I will have to find something else to wear.”

Elise grumbles something under her breath that makes my father turn around and glare at her before he puts his eyes back on the road.

Suddenly his voice pops back into my mind. ‘That was cruel, Raven,’ he says with a chuckle.

‘Maybe she will think twice about trying to sleep with my mate,’ I growl in return.

“Yikes,” my father says aloud, making me giggle. “I wasn’t aware.”

I turn my head back to look at Elise, and she stares at us intensely. “Now you are,” I say, looking back at my father.

We pull up to the pack house, and Elise scrambles to exit the car and open my door. “Thank you,” I say through gritted teeth as I look at her.

My eyes travel up and down her body, trying to decipher why Leo had been drawn to her in the first place. She is pretty, I can say that much. Her oval face, button nose, and freckles give her a unique look. But her brown hair holds no shine, and her brown eyes are dull as well. There is nothing extraordinary about her. She looks like any other woman that I could pluck off the street.

My wolf, Rose, clears her throat in my mind. ‘I don’t think our mate was particularly choosy about who he brought into his bed.’

‘I think you are probably right,’ I g***n. ‘Well, we are stuck with her until we can find out what she knows about this true Luna Queen.’

‘If she even knows anything at all,’ Rose quips. ‘She doesn’t appear to be all that bright.’

‘I think it is all an act,’ I tell Rose. ‘I think she is much smarter than she lets on.’

“Is there something wrong, Luna Queen?” Elise asks as she pulls me from my conversation with my wolf.

“Nothing,” I say quickly. “Just chat with my wolf about what to wear.”

Walking up the stairs to the pack house, I refuse to pay attention to the light footsteps that are falling right behind me. Elise is hot on my tail and getting on my nerves.

‘She is just doing her job,’ Rose reminds me.

‘I don’t care,’ I grumble.

‘You are being unreasonable,’ Rose chastises me. ‘How are we to find out what you think she knows if we don’t spend any time with her.’

Stopping just inside the pack house door, I stomp my foot and spin around. Elise is following so close behind me that she runs right into me.

“I am so sorry,” she whimpers as she takes several steps away from me.

“It does not matter,” I try to sound as sweet as possible. “I thought you could take the rest of the evening off. You worked so hard this morning.”

“But who will help you get ready?” Elise asks.

“I am capable of dressing myself. Go, enjoy the rest of your evening,” I say with a bit of command in my voice.

Elise immediately turns to walk away, but something stops her. “Can I speak to you about something before I am dismissed?”

I let out a heavy sigh. “Of course,” I say. “Follow me to my room.”

Walking into my room, Elise quickly looks up and down the hallway before shutting the door behind her. I cross my arms over my chest and wait to hear what she has to say.

“I just want to apologize for this morning,” Elise says with a genuine frown. “I won’t bother Leo… Alpha Leo anymore. It is just that he told me he loved me.”

I am taken aback by her words. Surely this is just another trick. Leo told me that he doesn’t want another woman other than me. Nonetheless, a hard lump forms in the back of my throat.

“When did he tell you this?” I ask.

“The night of your eighteenth birthday,” Elise says.

“Before or after I shifted?” I demand to know.

Elise hides her eyes from me and shuffles her feet where she stands. “After.”