The Triplet Alphas' Secret Mate

Chapter 10

Chapter 10: A Stolen Kiss

​Scarlett’s POV

​This was it.

My very first kiss.

​As a young girl, before my world was destroyed, I used to dream about this. I used to imagine Liam—or one of his brothers—leaning down to kiss me. I had kept that dream hidden like a precious secret.

But now that it was happening, I didn’t know how to feel.

​Liam deepened the kiss, sending a sharp jolt of electricity racing from my lips down to my toes. My body reacted instantly, melting into the warmth of his chest.

It felt right.

And yet it felt terribly, horribly wrong.

​He let out a low sound against my lips, his hands tightening around me as he pulled me closer. There was nothing gentle about the kiss. It was demanding, possessive—like he expected me to surrender.

And for a second, I almost did.

Then the memories came rushing back.

The day everything had been taken from me.

on me. The sound of their

hit me like a

I wasn’t that foolish girl

bit down hard on

my hand and slapped him. The sound of my palm hitting his cheek

anger and

to his reddened cheek as his eyes searched mine, flashing with an unreadable emotion. I didn’t give him a chance to speak. I turned and stumbled away, my wet dress heavy and

I rounded the corner of the tent, I nearly ran into Leo. He was approaching us, but I ignored him and kept

I must have looked like a ghost—my dress

instantly and rushed

my shoulders, her eyes wide with worry. "What

I choked out, tears finally falling. "I just... I want to

crying because I had been bullied and thrown into the water. She had no idea. She didn’t know I was crying because my first kiss had been stolen by a man

sorry about the dress,"

immediately wrapped her shawl around

dress, Scarlett.

following us. People whispered quietly among themselves, but I

only sound being the low hum of the engine and the heater she had blasted to keep me from shivering. I stared out the window

car screeched to a halt on

seat, her eyes wide and glowing with a faint, protective amber light. She leaned closer, her nose wrinkling as she sniffed the air inside the small

Not just

didn’t know what to say. My heart started to race, and the silence in

didn’t answer right away, her face went pale. "Scarlett...

the horror in her eyes. She thought the worst.

my eyes widening. "No, Lana. It’s not what you

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