The Triplet Alphas' Secret Mate

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.

their backs on me. The sound

like a

I wasn’t that foolish girl

I bit down hard on

pulled back, the smell of blood filling the air. Before he could speak, I raised my hand and slapped him. The sound of my palm hitting his cheek

trembling with anger and pain. "Don’t you ever touch me like

his hand rising to his reddened cheek as his eyes searched mine, flashing with an unreadable emotion. I didn’t give him a chance to speak.

of the tent, I nearly ran into Leo. He was approaching us, but I ignored him and kept running, my heart feeling like

reached the party again, I must have looked like a ghost—my dress ruined, my hair

spotted me instantly

her eyes wide with worry. "What happened? Who did this? Was

choked out, tears finally falling. "I

She was angry; she thought I was crying because I had been bullied and thrown into the water. She had no idea. She didn’t know I was crying because

about the

her shawl around my

Scarlett. Let’s get you

following us. People whispered quietly among themselves, but I

the low hum of the engine and the heater she had blasted to keep me from shivering. I stared out the window at the passing trees, my mind a mess. My lips still felt swollen from Liam’s kiss, and my pussy still burned where Leon had marked

to a halt on the side of the

amber light. She leaned

sounding serious and worried. "You smell like Liam. Not just a little bit. You smell

My heart started to

When I didn’t answer right away, her face went pale.

worst. She thought her brother, the future Alpha, had taken

It’s not what you think. He didn’t... we