The Alpha Triplets And The Rogue
Chapter 21

Erica’s POV

I rap lightly on Ashley’s bedroom door. She answers her door in nothing but a black, lacy bra and a matching pair of panties. Her blonde curls are sticking up in every direction as she rubs the sleep out of her eyes.

“What,” she yawns.

I throw my hand over my eyes and let out a frustrated g***n. “Couldn’t you have at least put on some clothes before opening the door?”

“What?” She squints at me in confusion. “Is it my day to have my room cleaned?”

“b***h!” I screech but Ashley just bursts out laughing.

“You know I don’t expect you to clean my room but I do expect you to let me sleep past noon.” She flops face down back on her bed.

“I have some important news,” I hiss at her.

“Let me guess,” Ashley yawns into her hand once again. “You met Prince Charming at the party last night and he is your mate and is going to drag you away from this awful place. You can ride off into the sunset and live happily ever after.”

“Ha! I wish that is what happened.” I g***n as I lay down on the bed beside her.

“Then what happened?” She asks sleepily.

“Well… firstly… I shifted last night,” I say in a smart a*s tone.

Ashley hops up in her bed and stares at me with her eyes finally open wide. “Shut up!” She squeals. “You did not!”

“I did,” I tell her.

“Tell me everything! What color are you? When did it happen? Oh my Goddess, you can finally sense your mate. You should travel to other packs and look for your mate.” Ashley rapid fires questions at me. One right after another.

“Well… about that,” I scratch the back of my head uncomfortably. “I found them.”

“You found who?” Ashley retorts with a confused look on her face.

“I found my mates,” I reply.

“Eek!” Ashley squeals loudly again and wraps her arms tightly around me. “Wait…” She holds me at arm’s length. “You said mates. As in plural. Meaning more than one.”

“Right,” I sigh.

“Don’t tell me… Not the…” Ashley covers her mouth with hand and begins to laugh hysterically.

“Yep,” I say, popping the ‘p.’ “I am mated to the triplets.”

“No,” Ashley draws out the word. “What are you going to do?”

“I was going to reject them and leave this morning but when it came down to it,” I hesitate. “I couldn’t.”

“After all they have done to you and you couldn’t reject them,” Ashley c***s an eyebrow in my direction.

“They were different this morning,” I mumble to myself. “When I woke up with all of them something just felt right about it.”

Ashley begins to cackle with laughter. “Tell me you did not sleep with all three of them last night.”

“Not how you think I did,” I g***n. “I slept in the same bed with them. Well… I didn’t know I was in the same bed with them. I came looking for you after I shifted and I must have passed out in the hallway.”

“And you are just going to forgive them,” Ashley looks at me crossly. “After everything.”

My eyebrows knit together and I purse my lips. “Not a chance. I have given them rules and they have to earn my trust.”

“That’s my girl,” Ashley laughs. “Show them who wears the pants in the harem.”

“Shut up!” I gasp and shove her playfully across the bed. “It’s not a harem.”

“Whatever you say,” Ashley shrugs but there is a smile playing at the corner of her lips. “I can’t wait until Aunt Alice finds out. She is going to lose her shit.”

“Oh my Goddess,” I hide my face in her pillow. “I totally forgot that I am going to have to tell people that I have three mates.” I can feel the blush rising in my cheeks.

“Oh yeah,” Ashley says loudly. “Eventually everyone is going to know about your harem.”

“Stop calling it that!” I screech. “It’s not like there will be group s*x.” I pull my head out of the pillow and look at Ashley who is trying to hide her laughter. “You don’t think they will want group s*x do you?”

“Ew,” Ashley shoves me on the shoulder. “I don’t want to think about that with them. Ew.”

“Ew,” Ashley shoves me on the shoulder. “I don’t want to think about that with them. Ew.”

“Ashley,” I roll over to my back. “I have never had s*x before.”

“Psh. It is totally easy,” Ashley says with an air of confidence. “The first few times is meh, but after that it becomes a lot more fun.”

“Fun?” I ask in total embarrassment. Someone three years younger than me is schooling me on s*x.

“Yeah…” Ashley looks at me in confusion. “You’ve… you know… by yourself?”

“What?!” I practically scream. “Never.”

“Oh wow,” Ashley runs her fingers through her wild curls. “You can never let the triplets know that they are going to be your first for literally everything. They will have too much fun with that information.”

“What information?” Ace peeks around her door. I was so wrapped up in our conversation that I didn’t even hear him open the door.

“None of your business,” Ashley g****s loudly. “Get out of my room.”

“Why are you in bed half naked with my mate?” Ace growls in Ashely’s direction.

“What’s one more person in the harem?” Ashley teases as she runs her fingers up and down my arm.

Ace lets out a terrible growl and I just roll over and hide my face in the pillow once more. “Just kill me now,” I say into the fluffy pillow but it sounds all muffled.

“What was that?” Ace says and I realize that he has invited himself into Ashley’s room and is hanging out in the corner looking through her books.

“I said…” I say taking my head out of the pillow. “JUST KILL ME NOW!”

“Not yet,” Ace says with a cheerful look on his face. “I won the fight so get prepared for our date.”