The Alpha Triplets And The Rogue
Chapter 96

Bryce’s POV

“I need to speak to all of you.” Our mother steps in front of me and tries to block my way back into the pack house.

“Can’t,” I tell her as I try to push past her once again.

“It is important,” Mother pleads with us.

I share a look with my brothers and look down at the angel that is lying in my arms. Ace and Chris shrug their shoulders and wait for me to respond. Usually Ace is the one that makes all of the decisions for us. I don’t know why this responsibility has suddenly fallen on my shoulders.

“Fine,” I say angrily. “But I am putting our mate to bed first.”

Mother lets out a frustrated sigh before turning and walking into the house. “I will meet you three in the living room,” she says as she disappears around the corner.

Carefully I carry our mate up the stairs and take her into my bedroom.

“Why do we always sleep in your room?” Chris pouts.

“Because I am the one carrying her,” I chuckle as I lay Erica down in my bed.

She yawns lazily and reaches out for us to stay. “Where are you going?”

“We have to talk to our mother, but I promise that we will be back shortly,” I tell her as I place a little k**s on her forehead.

Erica tries to sit up in the bed, “I am coming with you.”

“You need your sleep, Little Fox,” Ace says lovingly. “We will be okay without you.”

“She is going to turn you against me,” Erica cries out softly.

Chris rushes to her side and shoves me out of the way. “I won’t let that happen. I know the truth and we are going to get it out of her tonight.”

Chris wipes the tears away from her face and tucks Erica back in the bed. Erica snuggles into my covers and hugs one of my pillows close to her chest.

“Please hurry back,” she whispers.

I don’t want to leave her and I know that my brothers don’t want to leave her either. We all watch her quietly for a few moments before we each put a k**s on her forehead. Erica sighs sweetly as our k****s brush against her skin.

Ace heads out of the bedroom and Chris and I follow closely behind him. As we walk down the stairs we hear our mother crying loudly in the living room. Sharing a look with my brothers, we all roll our eyes at the same time. We have all seen the crocodile tears that our mother can produce. They used to have an effect on us but now that we have gotten older we see them for what they are; a manipulation tool.

We walk into the living room and see our mother sniffing back her tears with an white handkerchief in her hands. She dabs the handkerchief under her eyes and plasters a fake smile on her face. She looks at us all and lets out a sigh of relief.

“Oh, thank the Goddess,” she exclaims loudly. “At least you all had the sense not to let her mark you three in return.”

“A mistake that will soon be remedied.” Chris growls.

Ace and I are taken aback. We have never heard Chris speak to our mother the way that he has continued to do so since he returned home. Ace’s mouth gapes open but I think it is hilarious. Covering my laugh with a well placed cough, my mother darts her eyes in my direction.

“Your father is in the hospital and you all are out here marking that w***e,” our mother screeches.

“Watch what you say about your future Luna,” Ace snaps at our mother.

“She will never be my future Luna,” Mother growls at the three of us. She tries to throw her Luna aura over us but it no longer has an effect on us.

Chris stands in front of our mother and points his finger in her face. “Go on and tell them the truth,” he yells at her. “Tell them how you promised us to the daughters of high ranking members all over the United States.”

“What else was I supposed to do?” Our mother begins to cry again. “It is gross that you were to have the same mate. Mates are sacred, you are not meant to share. Not to mention the war that you are ushering in by being mated to her.”

Chris begins to pace back and forth in the living room. “There is one thing that I couldn’t figure out,” he says glaring at our mother. “I would like to know how you knew Erica was the one that was to be our mate.”

Our Mother scoffs loudly. “I knew from the moment she didn’t shift when she turned eighteen. Legend has it that the white wolf wouldn’t shift until they turned twenty.”

“So, It was you,” I gasp out loudly. “You are the one that got Erica’s parents kicked out of the West Pack.”

More fake tears fall down her face at my accusations. “I was doing what I needed to do to keep you safe.”

Chris lets out a roar of anger and now Ace is pacing the floor with him.

“You ruined a family,” I say in shock. “You ruined a family out of selfishness.”

“They had their chance to stay within the West Pack. All they had to do was to promise their daughter to their future Alpha.” Our mother quickly dries up her tears as she glares in my direction.

This time it is my turn to growl at our mother. “You promised our mate to someone else?”

“Her parents wouldn’t make the deal,” Mother says hatefully. “They refused, so other arrangements had to be made.”

“Does father know what you did?” Ace asks in disbelief.

“Of course, he doesn’t know,” our mother gasps. “And he will never know the truth.”

“We are telling him the truth,” Chris yells loudly.

“I will not have you upsetting him while he is still in the hospital.” Mother raises her voice loudly.

“Alice,” my father’s voice comes from the door of the living room. “What have you done?”