The Alpha Triplets And The Rogue
Chapter 40

Erica’s POV

The brothers come flying through the door with huge smiles spread across their faces.

“Did someone mention shopping?” Bryce hops up and down on the balls of his feet with excitement.

“I did,” Ashley grumbles. “But you three aren’t invited.”

“Like hell we aren’t,” Bryce growls back at her. “We aren’t leaving our mate with the likes of you. Who knows what kind of trouble you will get her into?”

Ashley scoffs like she is offended. “How dare you? I am the perfect role model for Erica.”

“I am older than you, shouldn’t I be the role model,” I try to butt in but no one is paying attention to me.

“Shh,” all four of them hiss at me at the same time. I cross my arms over my chest and pout.

“You would be the worst role model,” Chris says with a chuckle. “You would have her drunk and making out with strange men in no time.”

“I would never,” I screech loudly but they still aren’t paying attention to me.

“At least one of us should go with you two,” Ace tries to be the voice of reason.

“And why is that?” Ashley asks.

The three brothers look at one another and their eyes glaze over. I let out a little growl because I know they are mind linking one another again. The pairs of blue eyes snap in my direction and the triplets all have a sheepish look on their face.

Ace clears his voice and gestures towards Bryce. “If you let Bryce go along you can use our platinum card.”

Ashley jumps to her feet and lets out a squeal of excitement. “Me too!?”

Rolling his eyes in frustration, Ace lets out a soft g***n. “Yes you too.”

“Eek!” Ashely grabs my hands and bounces up and down on the bed. “Let’s go!”

Hopping off of the bed Ashley drags me to my feet and all three of the brothers growl at the same time.

“What are you wearing?” Chris growls.

I look down at my outfit and shrug my shoulders. “Clothes,” I respond.

“Absolutely not,” Bryce steps in. “I can see your belly skin.”

“Oh for f***s sake,” Ashley g****s. “She looks cute. This is much better than the clothes she was wearing.”

“We are the only ones that should see you like this,” Chris’s face is heating with anger.

Once again I look down at my outfit and I don’t see anything wrong with it. I can feel my anger rise in my chest and I am pretty sure I might explode.

“Just because I am your mate it doesn’t mean that you get to boss me around and dictate what I wear,” I growl loudly at the three of them.

Ashely backs away from me and sits back down on the bed. The three brothers take a step away from me as well. I am so angry right now that I can feel power radiating from my body. How dare they try to tell me how to dress?

“Erica,” Ace hesitantly takes a step forward and places his hand on my shoulder. “Your aura… it is powerful.”

The tingles from the mate bond begin to soothe my anger and finally I don’t feel like I am going to explode anymore. “My aura?” I whisper in confusion.

‘It is because we are a white wolf,’ Envy says inside of my mind. ‘Eventually you are going to have to tell them.’

‘I will tell them when I am ready,’ I tell Envy.

‘Eventually you will need them to help balance out your aura. Why do you think you were given three mates?’ Envy whines in my head.

‘I am not ready for anyone to know,’ I tell her and suddenly I miss my parents. If they were around they could have guided me through this.

Envy lets out a huff of frustration and curls up in the back of my mind.

“Erica,” Ace is rubbing his hands along my arms, trying to calm me down. “Is there anything that you want to tell us? Maybe about your wolf?”

Shaking my head from side to side, I change the subject. “I thought we were going shopping.”

Ashley and brothers share a worried look with one another but none of them are brave enough to ask me about my wolf again.

Getting to her feet Ashley excuses herself from the room to get ready for our shopping trip. She leaves me alone with the brothers and all of them are staring daggers at me.

“I think there is something that you are hiding from us,” Chris’s voice is angry and his blue eyes are swirling with black.

“I am not hiding anything from you,” I cross my arms over my chest and stare at them all angrily.

“What color is your wolf,” Ace questions me.

“I don’t know,” I lie. “I have only shifted once. I didn’t have a chance to see what color she is.”

“What do you mean you have only shifted once?” Bryce snorts. “You are twenty.”

I swallow the lump that is forming in the back of my throat and hold my head high. “I didn’t shift until my twentieth birthday.”

“Why didn’t you tell us sooner?” Ace asks as he continues to rub my arms.

Hot tears begin to sting my eyes. But they aren’t tears of sadness, they are tears of anger. “Because there was nothing to tell. I finally shifted and my wolf’s name is Envy.”

“I know,” Bryce tries to hide the worry in his voice with excitement. “Why don’t we all go for a run tonight? I know that Blue has been begging me for a run.”

“I don’t know if I am ready for a second run,” I lie. Envy has been nagging me for another run as well. “My first shift was really painful.”

“It will only get easier the more often you shift,” Ace tries to reason with me.

“Maybe,” I say as I head for the bedroom door.

“Where are you going?” Chris tries to block the door.

“I thought we were going shopping,” I growl at them and Chris quickly moves away from the door.