The Alpha Triplets And The Rogue
Chapter 37

Bryce’s POV

Erica looks like she is about to cry. Her bright blue eyes are now filling up with tears as she watches my father steer my mother away from the altercation that we had in the hallway. She turns her head and looks at me with with wide eyes.

She knows that we know what happened to her parents and she knows that we purposely didn’t want to tell her the truth. We planned on telling her the truth but we didn’t want to hurt her more than she already is. We were waiting for the right time.

Ace takes a step forward and turns Erica towards Chris’s room. “Why don’t you take a shower and we will talk about it after?”

Erica leans into Ace’s arms and lets him lead her into Chris’s room. Chris and I follow them in and close the door and lock it behind us.

Erica hears the door lock click and turns to look at all of us. Her eyes are already puffy and red and tears are streaming down her cheeks. “Do you know what happened to my parents?”

“Take a shower and we will talk about it when you get done.” Ace tries to negotiate with her but I can tell that he is on the end of a losing battle. The look on Erica’s face is one of pure hurt and heartbreak.

She stomps her foot and balls her fist up at her sides. “Tell me now.” A little growl leaves her lips and it is probably the cutest thing that I have ever seen.

Wiping the smile off of my face, I grab her hand and lead her to the bed. “We were waiting for the right time to tell you what we have heard through other the other Alphas.”

“The other Alphas?” Erica’s voice is shaking. “The other Alpha’s know?”

“Erica, baby,” Chris takes her other hand and gives it a little squeeze. “Everyone knows.”

“Everyone but me,” Erica’s face falls and she looks down at her hands.

Chris settles down on one side and I am on the other. Ace kneels down in front of her. ‘Do we tell her,’ Ace says through the mind link.

‘If we want to keep her we do,’ I respond back and Chris nods his head in agreement.

“Erica,” Ace begins slowly. “Your parents were embezzling pack funds from the pack school.”

Erica hops to her feet and Ace falls backwards and hits the ground. “That’s not true!” She shouts loudly.

“I know you don’t want to believe it but Alpha Felix had all of the documents to prove what they had done,” Chris tries to be the voice of reason.

“They wouldn’t do that,” she sobs. “They would never steal from the school. Not when the school needed the money the most.”

“Erica,” I try to calm her down. The last thing I want is for her to be angry at us. “I know this is hard to hear but…”

Erica turns to me and her blue eyes are now pitch black. Her canines have broken through her gums. She is fighting her wolf for control. “It is not true,” she growls loudly before she sits back down on the bed. She closes her eyes and takes several deep breaths. “If it were true, wouldn’t we have had more money? Why would I have had to take out student loans for college? Why would we have come here every summer instead of going on some expensive trip? It can’t be true. It doesn’t make any sense.”

Hiding her head in her hands, Erica silently sobs while Chris rubs tiny circles on her back. Erica leans into his touch but she doesn’t stop crying. Not even the effects of the mate bond can soothe the way that she feels right now.

‘I can’t imagine what she is feeling right now,’ I say through the mind link to the brothers.

‘She makes some really good points,’ Ace replies back not taking his eyes off of our mate. ‘If they were truly embezzling money why would they have let their daughter put herself in debt with student loans?’

Chris continues to trace circles onto Erica’s back but I can tell that he is deep in thought. ‘I agree,’ he finally says through the mind link.

‘We need to get to the bottom of what is really going on,’ Ace replies through the mind link. ‘We should tell her that we believe her.’

Chris and I nod in agreement. Ace picks himself up off of the floor and pulls Erica to her feet away from Chris. Wrapping his arms around her he k****s her gently on the forehead. “We believe you,” he says as holds her closely.

Erica sniffs sadly and lifts her head to look at Ace. “You do?”

“We do,” I chime in from behind her.

“We are going to get to the bottom of what is going on,” Chris adds in.

Erica bursts into more sobs as she hides her head in Ace’s chest. The three of us look at one another in confusion. We don’t understand why she is still crying, we just promised to help her find out the truth.

“Baby?” Ace says as he lifts her head from his chest. “Did we say something wrong?”

Erica shakes her head from side to side as tears continue to stream down her face. “I just didn’t expect you all to be so willing to believe me or so willing to help me find the truth.”

“Of course we want to help you,” Ace says as he k****s her gently on her lips. “You are our mate.”

“We want nothing more than to help you figure this out,” I tell her as I stand behind her and rub my hands over her arms.

“And no matter what truths we uncover,” Chris says as he gets to his feet. “We will love you no matter what.”

Erica turns and looks a Chris and begins sobbing once again. Chris reaches his arms out for her and she practically falls into his arms.

“You guys are wonderful,” she sniffs as she cries into Chris’s t-shirt.

“Why don’t we draw you a bath,” I say trying to make her feel better.

Erica turns to me and a little smile attempts to spread across her lips. “I would like that.”