The Alpha Triplets And The Rogue
Chapter 61

Erica’s POV

My hand stings from slapping Chris across the face, but he deserved it. He left me. He took my virginity and then left me. In fact, the more I think about it he deserves much more than a slap across the face.

A low growl escapes my lips as I look at my mate. “What the f**k are you doing here?”

“I could ask the same thing of you.” Chris crosses his arms over his chest and glares at me. “And it seems that I just saved your a*s.”

“I could have handled myself,” I laugh out loud. “I don’t need you to fight my battles.”

“There wouldn’t have been a battle if you would have stayed in the North Pack where you belong.” Chris’s words are sharp and they cut me to the core.

“You left first,” I say. I can feel the tears begin to form in the corners of my eyes. At any moment I am going to start crying, but not out of sadness, out of anger.

“I did what I had to do,” Chris tells me. There is an impassive look on his face as I glare at him. “I did what was best for the four of us.”

I cannot help scoff at him. “So taking my virginity and disappearing the next morning is what was best for me.”

Chris’s eyes widen with shock. “I didn’t think it would matter since you had Ace and Bryce to keep you occupied.”

“Occupied?” I screech at him. “What the f**k is that supposed to mean?”

Running his fingers through his already messy hair, Chris lets out a sigh. “I just couldn’t stand to see them with you after I was.”

“Bullshit,” I scream at him. “If I remember correctly you were still very much involved after your… turn.”

“I don’t want to share my mate,” he spits out as his face turns bright red.

I take a step away from him and my mouth gapes open. “That is something that you should have mentioned two weeks ago before you took my virginity and then bolted the next morning like I was some trashy one night stand.”

“Like I told you before,” Chris’s voice is low and calculating. “I didn’t think that you would miss me because you had Ace and Bryce.”

“You are just as dense as your brothers,” I g***n. “I need all of you to feel complete.”

“Are you saying that you can’t be happy with just one of us?” Chris’s face falls.

“That is exactly what I am saying.” I place my hands on my h**s and glare at him.

Chris and I stare at one another for several minutes. Neither one of us is willing to talk to the other one. I am mad because I have been tracked down by all three of my mates on the same night. Chris is mad because I left the North Pack.

Finally, the silence begins to get to me and I have questions that I want to know the answers to.

“How long have you known where I am?” I ask Chris.

“For about a week and a half. Ace and Bryce called and left me a message saying that you disappeared. I started looking for you immediately.”

“So, you have been watching me for the past week and a half?” I can feel my anger rising in my chest.

“I just wanted to make sure that you would be okay.” Chris tries to defend himself. “You have never been on your own before.”

I roll my eyes at Chris. “I have been on my own plenty. I was on my own for 3 years in college.”

“That was different,” Chris says sheepishly. “You had your parents to fall back on. This is the first time that you have no one.”

As much as I hate to admit it, he is right. This is the first time that I was actually on my own, but I was managing well on my own. I had a job and an apartment. I had also planned on applying to the local college to finish my degree. I was doing just fine on my own. The last thing that I needed was for Chris to swoop in here like a white knight and try to ruin everything I have built. The past two weeks have been so freeing.

“I don’t need you to rescue me,” I whisper. “I was doing fine on my own.”

“I know you were,” Chris says as he takes a few steps towards me. “That is why I didn’t interfere until tonight. When I saw my brothers walking into the bar I knew that I had to get to you before they did.”

“I don’t understand,” I say to Chris. “Aren’t you going to drag me back to the North Pack?”

“No,” Chris says quietly. “I want to take you to live with me in my apartment. It isn’t too far from here.”

“You want me to choose you over your brothers?” I cannot believe what I am hearing.

“That isn’t necessarily what I am asking of you,” he says gently. “I am asking you to stay with me while you figure out what you want.”

“I already know what I want.” I throw my arms up in the air and huff. “I want all three of my mates.”

“I just don’t think I can give you what you want,” Chris says quietly. “I don’t want to share.”

“The moon Goddess didn’t give us a choice,” I plead with Chris. “She wants us all to be together. If I can’t have all of you then I don’t want any of you.”

“You are willing to go rogue and work at a strip club rather than be with just one of your mates?” Chris’s eyebrows are knitted together in confusion.

“Let’s go home together,” I beg. “Ace and Bryce will forgive us.”

“I am not going home,” Chris says with a sad look on his face.

“And I am not going back without you,” I tell him.

Chris takes a few quick steps forward and he cups my cheeks in his hand. “I love you,” he whispers right before he presses his lips to my own.

Electricity flows through my body because his lips are pressed against my own, but I do not k**s him back. Bracing my hands on his chest I push him away. “I think you should leave now,” I whisper.