Chapter 64: Caught In The Woods

Scarlett’s POV

​"Scarlett is mine," Leon stated, his eyes fixed on his brothers.

​My heart skipped a beat. I swallowed hard, my throat dry. Was he going to say it? Was he going to admit to the bond in front of his brothers and break this web of lies?

​"I have loved her since we were kids," he continued, but the words weren’t about the mate bond. "I had it all planned. I was going to ask her to date me on her eighteenth birthday. I had it all planned out!"

​Liam stepped forward, his eyes flashing with a competitive fire. "So do I! I love her, Leon. I wanted to ask her out that day, too. I was just waiting for the right moment, but then everything went to hell."

​Leo let out a harsh, dry scoff from the corner of the room. He leaned against my dresser, looking at his brothers with pure disdain.

​"You guys just never change," Leo said, shaking his head slowly. "I was the first one who started showing my feelings for Scarlett. I was the one who noticed her first. You two just like competing with me over everything, and now you’re doing it with this? With her?"

​I stood there, swaying slightly, staring at the three of them. My wolf, Zoe, was howling inside my head, pacing back and forth. Tell them! she urged. Tell them the moon chose all of them! But the words died in my throat. I was too drunk, too hurt, and too angry.

​"Both of you step back," Leo growled, straightening up and walking toward me. "Scarlett is mine."

Liam snapped,

​"Never!" Leon roared.

tight, vibrating circle around me, three Alphas ready to go to war over a girl they had ignored for two years. They were claiming "love" and "childhood crushes," yet none

my mind. If I told them now—if I told them I was mated to all three—would they finally accept me together? Or would they

anymore. The room was too small, the air was too thick with their competing scents, and the weight of their secrets was crushing me. My head throbbed from the alcohol, and my heart was tired of

I whispered, my

snapping to mine at

Liam started, reaching out a hand, but I flinched away, nearly dropping

back to your party. Back to

the red marks on my skin that his brothers had left. Leo’s expression was dark, his fingers twitching as if he wanted to snatch me up and carry me away. But they saw the look in my eyes—the raw, jagged pain of a woman

face for a heartbeat longer before he followed his

my fingers, hearing it thud against the rug as I collapsed onto the bed. I didn’t bother getting under the covers; I just lay there in my underwear, my skin humming

up at the ceiling, the room still spinning. Zoe was quiet now, exhausted by the emotional storm, leaving me alone with

to lead this pack were currently ready to kill each other for a

to do?" I whispered to

the party downstairs, celebrating a future that didn’t

tight, too hot. I couldn’t stay in this room. I needed to move. I needed the wind on my

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