The Triplet Alphas' Secret Mate

Chapter 109: Were All Lies

​Scarlett’s POV

​The darkness finally began to clear, replaced by a dull ache behind my eyes and the sound of hushed voices nearby. My head felt heavy, like it was filled with wet sand.

​"She’s waking up," a woman whispered.

​The voice was like a ghost from a dream—silky, gentle, and hauntingly familiar. It was a voice I hadn’t heard in two years. A voice I had mourned every single day. A voice I never imagined I would hear again.

​I forced my eyes open. Everything was foggy at first, a blur of white walls and expensive wooden furniture. I blinked, trying to clear the chemical haze from my mind, and saw a figure sitting on the edge of the bed. As the image sharpened, my heart didn’t just race; it tried to leap out of my chest.

​"Luna Olivia?" I gasped, my voice coming out as a choked sob. I tried to jolt backward, but my limbs were still sluggish. "Am I... am I dead?"

​Luna Olivia reached out, her fingers cool and soft as she brushed a stray hair from my forehead. She looked exactly as I remembered—beautiful, regal, and very much alive. "You aren’t dead, Scarlett. And neither am I."

​"No," I whispered, shaking my head violently. "No... this is a lie. A trick. Who are you? A shapeshifter? A hallucination?"

wouldn’t dry in time to show the triplets before they left for their trip, and I sat with you in the garden, blowing

alive," I breathed, the shock hitting me hard. "But if you’re alive... then my parents... they were hanged because of you! They died for

started to hyperventilate, the injustice of it screaming in my soul. But then, a scent drifted toward me. It wasn’t the chemical smell of the guards or the spicy scent of Ethan. It was lavender and fresh earth. It

My breath hitched. My mother and father walked in, looking healthy,

the bed, my weak legs barely holding me up. "It’s not real! I saw the platform! I saw the ropes! I saw

us," my mother whispered, her eyes brimming with tears. "It’s really us, baby. We’re

like a broken prisoner; he looked like a high-ranking lord. Behind them, the room

said, his voice deep and commanding.

forward, looking at me with a pained expression. "We faked our Luna’s death. And we faked your parents’ execution. The ropes were loose, Scarlett. We arranged everything with the executioner beforehand. The bodies that

"Why?" I whispered. "Why would you put me through that hell? Why let me live as a traitor’s daughter

full of guilt. "Scarlett, three years ago, a prophecy came. It wasn’t just told by one seer, but by many. They all saw the same thing: because of you, Liam, Leo, and Leon

the seers said these three were different. Their wolves are too dominant, their possession too dark. They said if you became their mate, they would never share you. They would tear the pack apart—and each other—just to own you

added, "was to make sure the bond never formed. We had to make them hate you, and we had to make you hate them. We knew the triplets loved you too much to ever hate you for no reason. So we planned my death. We framed your parents for