The Triplet Alphas' Secret Mate

Chapter 40: Fighting Over Me

Scarlett’s POV

I froze.

The ringing in my ears grew so loud it drowned out everything—even the wind rustling through the trees.

His woman?

I slowly lifted my head to look at Ethan, searching his face for any sign that this was a joke.

But there was nothing.

His profile was calm. Cold. Unreadable.

​"What?" Alpha Lennox choked out, the word sounding like it had been physically punched out of him. His face shifted from rage to confusion. "Ethan, you cannot be serious."

​"I said what I said," Ethan replied, his voice authoritative. He didn’t look at the triplets, though I could feel their collective rage radiating off them like a furnace. "I bought Scarlett’s contract when she was being auctioned. Technically, she belongs to me. And since I am staying here for the next few days..."

​He paused, his grip tightening around my waist as he pulled me flush against his side. The heat of his body was overwhelming, making my head spin.

woman stays

blown wide, fixed on where Ethan’s hand rested on my hip. Leo’s claws were fully retracted, but his hands

voice full of rage. "She’s not... you don’t

enough to know what she’s worth. More than any of you apparently did, considering you let her get hauled

know!" Leon shouted, stepping forward, but Ethan’s Obsidian guards instantly shifted, their hands moving to their holstered weapons.

poor excuse for an Alpha," Ethan countered coldly. He turned his back on them, dismissing the most powerful men in the territory as if they were nothing more than annoying boys. He began to

THERE!" Alpha Lennox called out, his voice full of anger. "Ethan, I am

this is my home," Ethan threw back over his shoulder. "As for Scarlett, consider her debt to this pack paid in full by the five hundred thousand I spent to get her back. From this moment on, Scarlett answers

back. I wanted to

the grand foyer. He let go of my waist, but

I whispered, my voice finally returning. "Why would you say

respond, the massive oak doors suddenly burst open

fastest. Before I could even blink, he was in front of Ethan, his

an answer. He reached out, his grip tight as he snatched my arm and yanked me away from Ethan’s side. I stumbled, gasping as I was pulled flush against Leon’s chest. "We’re

I could feel the thundering rhythm of his heart. "Scarlett is not yours," he spat, glaring

turned his back on me for two years, yet now he was holding me as if he’d

didn’t even look angry. He remained terrifyingly calm, slowly straightening the

Instead, he turned his head toward the two older Alphas standing

Ethan said, his voice calm and composed. "Please tell your sons to return Scarlett to me. I don’t want to have to