The Alpha Triplets And The Rogue
Chapter 50

Erica’s POV

I wake up early the next morning and stretch my arms wide to my sides. I hit two hard bodies lying next to me but it feels like someone is missing.

Wiping the sleep from my eyes, I quickly focus on the room around me. Ace is sleeping on my right and Bryce is sleeping on my left but Chris is missing. He had fallen asleep with his head on my stomach last night but this morning he is nowhere to be found.

Both Ace and Bryce are sleeping soundly so I sneak out of the bed and out of Bryce’s bedroom. I tiptoe my way to Chris’s room and find the door slightly ajar. His things are scattered all over the room but there is no sign of him anywhere.

Pushing the door open, I walk into his room and I feel empty. Somehow I know that he is gone. I spot a white envelope on the pillow of his bed and it is addressed to me.

Sitting down on his bed I hold the letter in my hands and flip it over. Breaking the seal with my fingernail I pull the handwritten letter from the envelope. Taking a deep breath I open the letter and tears immediately begin to stream from my eyes.

My Dearest Erica,

I don’t know how to start this letter except for to say that last night was the most incredible night of my life. I never dreamed that I could feel this way about anyone. The mate bond is stronger than I ever imagined it would be. But I know that we will never forgive one another if we don’t find out what happened to your parents and I clear my mother’s name. I know you deeply believe that she had something to do with your parents’ misfortune and I will stop at nothing until I find out the truth.

At the request of my brothers I spoke with my mother about what her plans were for my brothers and myself. It turns out that my brothers were right. She had already promised each one of us to various high ranking wolves across the country. Each one with a daughter that is of age that has yet to find their fated mates. Alliances were promised to the various packs in exchange for their daughters.

Ace and Bryce believe that she knew you would be our fated mate and that is why she wanted you gone. But I refuse to believe that our mother would steal away our happiness like that.

So, I am leaving. I will return when I find the answers that I am looking for. I want you to move on with my brothers. Make pups and be happy. You deserve all of the happiness in the world, I am just not sure that I can be a part of that until I find out the truth.

Love,

Chris

I read the letter over and over again, trying to understand what he is saying. After last night he left? He left me after he was the one to take my virginity.

I hear the door creak and I look up to see both Ace and Bryce standing in the doorway looking at me.

“What is wrong?” Ace yawns as he looks around Chris’s room. He hasn’t seemed to register that something terrible has happened yet.

“Chris is gone,” I say and there is no emotion left in my voice.

“What do you mean he is gone?” Bryce furrows his eyebrows as he looks at me.

I hold the letter out for the brothers to take. Bryce snatches it from my hands and quickly skims over the letter before handing it to Ace. Ace skims the letter in the same way before he crumples it in his hand.

“I f*****g new that she had us married off,” Ace growls. “I am going to f*****g kill her.”

Grabbing the letter from Ace, I smooth the wrinkles out of the paper. I feel the need to salvage the last words from my mate. My hands are shaking as I read the last few lines again. How could he ever believe that I could be happy without him in my life?

“What are we going to do?” Bryce asks. “We have got to find him.”

“If he wanted to go, why should we be chasing him down?” Ace says angrily. “Even with all of the evidence in his face he is still taking Mother’s side.”

“We have to go after him because I am not complete without him,” I cry out. “You all are my mates. All three of you. Sure it means nothing to you that he is gone. But it still hurts me that he is gone.”

“Are we not enough for you?” Bryce asks me.

“Each of you holds a piece of my heart,” I try to explain. “Just like I hold a piece of yours. Imagine if I were to leave.”

Ace and Bryce look at me with a confused look on their faces. I can tell that they don’t understand what I am saying.

“I am not complete without all three of you,” I cry out. “I need all of you.”

Ace and Bryce’s faces both turn bright red with anger. I didn’t mean to upset them. I was just trying to tell them the truth. Before I have a chance to stay anything else they both storm from Chris’s room. I try to chase after them but they slam Bryce’s bedroom door in my face.

I stand in the hallway with a shocked look on my face. They are willing to turn their backs on me because I insist on having all three of my mates.

Once again the intrusive thoughts begin to invade my mind again. It is true they would all be better off without me. Even Chris saw it and that is why he disappeared. He knew that having me around would only cause a rift between him and his family and it has already started.

‘I have to get out of here,’ I tell Envy and she howls angrily in my mind.

‘You have to stay,’ Envy cries. ‘Our mates need you.’

‘Clearly they don’t.’ I say as pictures of Chris flash through my mind.

Walking down the hallway to Ashley’s room, I know that she will be the only one to help me get away.