The Alpha Triplets And The Rogue
Chapter 234

Kieran’s POV

Elise’s phone rings loudly on the bedside table. Groaning, I put my pillow over my head, trying to drown out the noise.

Untangling herself from my body, Elise grabs her phone. She gasps when she looks at the number on the screen.

“What is wrong?” She says as she

her voice catches my attention.

answers the phone. The concern in

There is a mumbled voice of another woman on the other end of the call. I can’t make out what she is saying, but whatever it is has Elise worried.

“I understand,” Elise says before biting down on her bottom l*p. “I will leave at once.”

Elise quickly hangs up the phone and hops out of bed. She throws her hair into a messy bun and begins to gather her things that are scattered around the room.

“What are you doing?” I yawn as I watch her flutter around the room.

“I have to leave,” Elise says with panic in her voice.

“You are my mate,

,” I growl at her. “You stay with me.”

Tears begin to stream down Elise’s face. “She told me you wouldn’t let me leave.”

“Who told you?” I ask.

“My mother,” Elise cries. “I told you she is an oracle of sorts. If I don’t leave right now, I will die.”

“No one would dare to harm you in my presence,” I laugh. “Now, come back to bed.”

“Your fathers are coming,” Elise tells me. “They know we are with the recusants.”

“Impossible,” I say confidently. “I have been careful.”

“Not careful enough,” Elise says. “Your sister read Harry’s mind.”

“No,” I say as panic fills my chest. “Harry died before Raven could get to him. Our plant in the South Pack hospital made sure of it.”

“Apparently, she can read the minds of the dead,” Elise informs me.

“F**k,” I snarl. “Tam leaving with you.”

Elise shakes her head. “You have to stay behind and clear your name.”

“What is there to clear?” I shout at Elise. “If Raven has seen the truth, they will believe her.”

“You can change their minds,” Elise says.

“But not if I am

here. I have

done far too much damage.”

“You are my mate,” I plead with her. “Without you by my side

will

become weaker.”

“This isn’t meant to be forever.

Elise cups my face in her hands. “I will

come back to you when you take the throne.”

Elise places her lips on mine, and they are wet from her tears. I wrap my arms around her, trying to deepen the k**s. I want to remember the way the tingles of the mate bond feel before she is gone. But Elise pulls away.

“This isn’t goodbye,” she says sweetly. “Just, see you later.”

Pressing her lips to me one final time, Elise grabs her bag and heads for the window. She tosses her bag from the window and jumps out after it. Just like that, she is gone.

As soon as Elise hits the ground below, she shifts into her chocolate brown wolf and runs toward the woods. I don’t have time to wallow in self-pity because as she disappears into the trees, there is a knock at my door.

“Go away,” I yell. “I am sleeping.”

But whoever is at the door doesn’t take the hint, and they bang on it harder. “Open up,” my father’s voice booms through the door, and he sounds pissed.

Not wanting to look suspicious, I take my time getting to the door.

Swinging the door open, I look behind my father and see Papa glaring at me.

Dad isn’t here. This is going to be considerably more difficult without Dad here to take my side. Whenever I was little and caused mischief, Dad would always be the one to bail me out. I am sure he would understand the predicament I am in.

My father storms into my room and looks under the bed, in the closet, and in the bathroom. “Where is the little bitch?” Father growls.

“I don’t know what you are talking about?” I lie. I know he is looking for Elise.

“Your mother said you have been touting your mate all over the place,”

Papa says as he leans on my doorframe. “Where is she? We would like to meet her.”

“She is gone,” I say quietly. “She left this morning”

“Thank the Goddess,” my mother’s voice comes from behind Papa.

She wraps her arms around my papa and holds him close to her. I can already feel the pain of missing my mate through the bond, and she has only been gone for ten minutes.

“You should have rejected her the moment you found out she was your mate,” my father growls. He isn’t playing stupid like Papa.

“Why would I have rejected my mate?” I ask, pretending to be clueless.

“You damn well she is the one that pushed your sister down the stairs and almost paralyzed her. If it weren’t for her mate, Leo, she would still be in that damn chair,” my father growls at me.

“What?” My mother screeches, and I know I am in for it.

“Kieran! Did

you know?”

“Of course, I didn’t know mother lie. “I would never be with someone that would put Raven’s life in danger.’

“Then why are you meeting with the recusants,” Papa finally chimes in.

Mother’s face drops, and she looks at my papa in disbelief. “Chris, you can’t seriously be saying our son has been meeting with the recusants?”

“That is exactly what he is saying,”

my father snarls. “Raven has seen it.”

Mother unwraps her arms from around Papa and pushes him slightly.

“Why wasn’t I informed?” She demands to know.

“We only just found out,” my papa frowns at the loss of my mother’s touch.

“We came as soon as Raven told us,” my father adds in.

He grabs the back of my neck and guides me harshly out of my bedroom.

My mother refuses to look at me as we pass by, but my papa is glaring at me.

“You are going to tell us everything you know about the recusants and what they have planned for your sister,” Father hisses at me.

“I don’t know anything about the recusa-whatits,” I stammer.

“Then whe e have you been going to every night?” My mother asks as she places her hands on her h**s.

“Gabbie’s,” I lie as my father tightens his grip on my neck. “I have been seeing Gabbie, and I didn’t want Elise to know.”

“Elise would have felt your betrayal through the bond,” my papa says.

“I didn’t care,” I lie. “I want Gabbie to be my Luna.”

“Well,” my father says. “We can sort this out easily. I will just invite Gabbie over for a little talk.”