The Triplet Alphas' Secret Mate

Chapter 45

Chapter 45: One Day

​Scarlett’s POV

​"What?" Ethan rasped, his voice rough, heavy with alcohol. He didn’t let go of my wrists. Instead, he pinned them above my head. "Can’t I touch you? I bought you, remember?"

My heart slammed against my ribs. I frowned, searching his face for any trace of the man who had defended me downstairs.

​"Ethan, you’re drunk," I whispered, my voice trembling. "You don’t know what you’re saying."

​He stared at me for a long, agonizing moment, his thumb brushing lightly over the pulse at my wrist. The raw power radiating from him made it difficult to breathe. Even like this, intoxicated, he was still an Alpha.

Fear tightened around my throat.

​Then, he suddenly scoffed. The intensity vanished as quickly as it had appeared, replaced by a bitter, dark humor.

​"Relax, Scarlett," he muttered, the iron grip on my wrists loosening. He rolled off me, the bed creaking under his weight as he flopped onto his back. "I was joking. I don’t take what isn’t offered, and I certainly don’t take things that belong to my pathetic cousins."

​I sat up quickly, gasping for air and pulling down my clothes. My hands were still shaking. I watched him as he reached down, blindly grabbing the edge of the heavy duvet and pulling it over his chest.

​"Go to sleep," he grumbled, his eyes already drifting shut. "The couch is comfortable enough. Or stay on the floor. I don’t care. Just stay in this room until the maid comes for you in the morning."

​Within seconds, his breathing leveled out into the deep, heavy rhythm of sleep.

As if nothing had happened.

small throw blanket from the armchair. I didn’t want to be anywhere near him, but I was too terrified to leave the room. I settled onto the

​Sleep didn’t come easily.

sounded like footsteps. Every gust of wind against the balcony doors felt

peeking through the heavy velvet curtains when a soft tapping on the door woke me. I jolted upright,

on the bed, his arm flung over

Mara. I’ve been sent

This was my chance to get away from the suffocating tension of this suite. I unbolted the door, finding Mara waiting for me. She

I whispered. "Lead

the hall, but as we

look angry. He looked devastated. His clothes were rumpled

choked out, ignoring Mara

nervously at Mara. The last thing I needed was to be

his fingers brushing against my forearm. Before I could protest again, he pulled me into the library and

backing away from him as he turned around.

he choked out. He looked like a man who had spent the night staring into an abyss. His eyes

frowned. "About

but no words came out. He looked absolutely lost, his fingers twitching at his sides as the silence in the library

ribs, but his silence was the same silence I’d lived with for two

a bitter, hollow sound escaping my throat. I shook my head and turned toward the door. "You don’t even know what you want to say, Leon. You just didn’t want Ethan to have

the heavy handle, but Leon was faster. He stepped forward, his

breathed, his forehead dropping to rest against the back of his hand

pressed against the hard wood. "Time for what, Leon?" I demanded, my voice rising in frustration. "Time for you to find a way to keep me in the servant quarters without your father noticing?

"Time to figure out how to announce our bond to everyone. Time

widened; my wolf purred

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