The Triplet Alphas' Secret Mate

Chapter 39: Claimed

Leon’s POV

​The door of the SUV opened, and Ethan stepped out first, but he didn’t just walk away. He reached back into the car, his hand extending into the car.

​When Scarlett’s small, pale hand slid into his, my wolf let out a visceral howl of pure, unadulterated jealousy. I felt my canine teeth lengthen, a low growl vibrating in my chest that I had to physically swallow. Seeing another man—even if he was technically family—touch her like that felt like a blade dragging across my soul.

​I watched her step out onto the gravel. She was dressed neatly in expensive-looking clothes, her hair brushed and her face clean. She looked confused, her eyes darting between the three of us and the row of our fathers on the porch, but she didn’t look terrified. She looked... protected. A wave of relief washed over me. She was okay.

​Father Lennox was the first to break the silence. He stepped down the first stair, his eyes narrowing as he took in the sight of the Obsidian Alpha. "Ethan? You’re here?" His gaze shifted to Scarlett, hardening into a blank, icy stare. "And with her?"

​Father Levi stepped up beside him, his voice booming with authority. "Ethan, do you care to explain this?"

​Ethan didn’t look intimidated by Father’s aura. He didn’t even let go of Scarlett’s hand. He just looked up at the porch with that same bored, aristocratic expression he always wore.

​"I came to spend a few days here," Ethan said simply.

​I frowned, exchanging a quick, panicked glance with Liam and Leo. A few days here?

father were brothers. This pack land was his ancestral home just as much as ours, and by ancient law, an

Ethan hated it here. He had only been here once in the last decade, and he had left the second the formal dinner was over. He didn’t do "holidays," and he certainly didn’t

out, his voice trembling with a

possessive circle over the back of Scarlett’s hand. The sight of it made my wolf howl, but I kept

stepped further down the stairs, his eyes flashing with a mix of confusion and

me, Uncle... were you the ones who tipped off the

would never stoop to such a thing. We sent her away so she could have a better life elsewhere, but it seems the man tasked with leading her out was attacked and left for dead. We only

of a lie. He sounded sincere, but I would still dig

to his side. "Well, regardless of how she got

looked at Scarlett as if she were

leaving," Liam stepped forward, his frown deepening. He looked like he was ready to challenge our fathers

this moment! We have plans for her future, and they

up beside Liam. "You sent her to her death once!

command rippling through the air. "I’m still the Alpha of this pack, and my word is law.

even mourn her for more than two months... you went