The Alpha Triplets And The Rogue
Chapter 46

Erica’s POV

I walk back to the small bedroom in the Omega’s quarters and push the door open. It doesn’t appear that they have given my room to anyone yet.

Without shutting the door behind me, I sit down on the tiny bed in the corner of the room and draw my knees up to my chest. My thoughts go to a scary place in my mind. It would just be easier for everyone if I was no longer around. My parents would not have to worry about sending me off somewhere to be taken care of. The brothers wouldn’t be feuding among themselves or with their mother. Right now it feels like I am the cause of everyone’s problems.

I lean my head back against the wall and fight the tears that keep threatening to fall from my eyes. The smell of hot chocolate with undertones of vanilla wafts into the room and there is a tiny knock at the door. I don’t even bother to look up. I know that it is Bryce. Ace is the only one of the three that smells only like hot chocolate.

“Are you okay?” Bryce says quietly as he walks into the room.

“I have been better,” I say, still not looking at him.

“Come on,” he says as he walks to the side of the little bed. “I want to take you to get something to eat.”

“It’s fine,” I sigh. “I’m not really that hungry.”

“Then I will take you out for ice cream,” Bryce’s voice is soft and playful.

Lifting my head from the wall, I finally look in his direction. I know my eyes must be puffy and red and I am sure that my make-up is streaming down my face.

“I don’t really feel like going anywhere,” I say as a quiet sob escapes my chest. “I am sure I look miserable.”

“You look beautiful,” Bryce lies to me and I laugh sarcastically in his face.

“You are sweet,” I say as I give him a tiny smile. “But I really don’t feel like going anywhere.”

“Well.” Bryce places his hands on his h**s and looks around the room. “You aren’t staying in here.”

I shake my head as more tears stream silently down my cheeks. “I can’t go back to Chris’s room. I don’t want to be around his things or his scent.”

“That is good to know because you aren’t going back to his room, you are staying with me,” Bryce says as he wiggles his eyebrows at me.

“I am not kicking you out of your room,” I sigh.

Bryce lets out a laugh. “You aren’t. I will sleep on the floor.”

Holding out his hand for me, I place my hand in Bryce’s and he pulls me from the bed.

“Nonsense,” I say quietly. “I am sure the bed is big enough for both of us.”

“Are you saying that you are willing to sleep in the same bed with me?” Bryce’s voice is hopeful.

“I am saying that I am tired of sleeping without my mates. If Ace and… If Ace wants to join us he is more than welcome.” I trip over my words a little as I think about Chris. I want him to sleep with us as well but I don’t think that we are there yet. He doesn’t want me the way that I want him and it hurts.

I let Bryce pull me out of the small Omega room and down the hallway. I wish I could stop thinking that everyone would be better off without me here but there is a nagging voice inside of my head that just won’t shut up.

‘Ace and Bryce would not be okay if we left them,’ Envy says inside of my mind. ‘They want us.’

‘But Chris does not,’ I respond to her. ‘How can I have only two of my mates when the Moon Goddess meant for me to have all three?’

‘Are you saying that if you cannot have them all you don’t want any of them,’ Envy howls loudly in my head.

‘That is exactly what I am saying,’ I tell my wolf. ‘If I cannot have all of the brothers then I don’t want any of them. The other two will just be a reminder of the one that got away.’

‘You have to give Chris time,’ Envy whines. ‘He will come around.’

‘I hope you are right,’ I sigh internally. ‘I hope you are right.’

Bryce leads me into his bedroom and shuts the door behind him. Ace is already sitting on the bed waiting for us.

“I thought you were taking her out to get something to eat,” Ace says as he puts down the video game controller in his hand.

“She didn’t want to leave,” Bryce shrugs his shoulders.

“Well she has got to eat something.” Ace and Bryce talk about me like I am not even there. But honestly I don’t mind. I am not in the right frame of mind to be making decisions for myself.

“You try and convince her then,” Bryce says as he crosses his arms over his chest.

Ace takes his challenge and gets to his feet and walks over to me. “Little Fox,” he says as he wipes my tear stained cheeks with his thumbs. “You have got to eat something.”

My eyes come back into focus and I see Ace’s bright blue eyes staring back at me. He smiles at me sweetly and I smile back at him.

“What if I go get you something to eat and you can stay here and play video games with Bryce?” Ace asks.

“Okay,” I whisper even though I haven’t registered what Ace actually said.

“See,” Ace says with a smirk on his face to Bryce. “That is how you do it.”

Ace walks out of the bedroom door and shuts it behind him. Bryce wraps his arms around me and the tingles from the mate bond break me out of my trance. I lean back into Bryce’s chest and let him run his hands up and down my body.

A tiny m**n escapes my lips and I hear Bryce g***n loudly behind me. “I have a much better idea than video games to keep us occupied.” He says.

Spinning around in his arms I let the tingles of the mate bond melt away any doubts that I have in my mind. “What is that?” I ask as I wrap my arms around his neck.

Bryce gives me a mischievous smile. ” I am the only one of my brothers that hasn’t gotten to taste you.”