The Triplet Alphas' Secret Mate

Chapter 42: Not Giving Up!

Leo’s POV

I stood at the base of the stairs, my hands shaking so badly I had to curl them into fists just to keep control.

My wolf, Xerxes, was clawing inside me, screaming to tear the throat out of the man who had just touched what belonged to us. But I couldn’t.

So I turned my glare toward Father Lennox and Father Levi. "This is your fault," I spat in a tone I’d never dared use with them before. "You sent her out there. You practically handed her to him."

​They didn’t even blink. They ignored our anger and, without a word, turned and walked toward the office, leaving the three of us standing in the wreckage of the foyer.

Lana gave us one long look filled with pity and disappointment before she, too, turned and walked away.

​The silence that followed was suffocating.

​I looked at Liam. He was staring up the stairs, his eyes glowing with fury. Beside him, Leon looked like a ghost, his face pale and his breathing shallow.

​I looked away, the secret in my chest feeling heavy.

Scarlett was my mate. I knew the bond was the reason my heart felt like it was being ripped out of my chest, with every second she was behind that door with Ethan.

hiding the fact that the "traitor’s daughter" was my fated mate for two years, they’d kill me with mockery—or worse, they’d

can’t just leave her there," Liam groaned in annoyance. "She can’t be

has the legal right, Liam," Leon whispered, though he sounded like he wanted to vomit. "He bought her. If we touch him, it’s a declaration of

I snapped, the pressure in my chest reaching a

brows furrow as he looked at me, and for a second, I thought

Liam asked, his voice suddenly curious. "You’ve spent two years acting

a pack member! Because it’s an insult to our blood for

was a lie—a half-truth designed to protect

is?" Leon asked, looking

at each other. I knew my brothers still had feelings for Scarlett. It was so obvious by their attitude, and the thought of that made me jealous and furious. I wanted to scream at their faces and tell them

voice going cold. "You know what? I don’t care anymore. Scarlett is nothing to me. If Ethan wants her, he can have her. I’m done with this bullshit,"

are we even bothered?" Leon added before

​Lucky them.

just a childhood crush, a beautiful girl they had a "thing" for before the world turned ugly. Their feelings were a flickering flame that

​But I couldn’t.

scraping

weren’t her

did the same. I watched them treat her like a servant, so I stayed silent. I thought if I copied their behavior, the bond would eventually break. I thought if I stayed a coward long enough, the Moon Goddess would realize she’d made a mistake and give her to

I had just handed her to