The Triplet Alphas' Secret Mate

Chapter 163: She’s Gone

Leo’s POV

​The flight was filled with restless pacing and staring out at the clouds. Every hour felt like a day. My wolf was pacing just as fast as I was, sensing that we were nearing her. Her new scent was stained into my memory, and the closer we got to Nigerian airspace, the more my skin hummed with anticipation.

My parents, my brothers, the prophecy—it all felt like a distant, fading nightmare. The only reality was the woman waiting at the end of this journey.

​By the time the jet touched down and I had secured a car, the sun was beginning to dip. I didn’t head to a hotel. I followed the information Scarlett had given me, driving deep into the territory of the Silverback Pack.

​The forest here felt different—ancient and lush with greenery. As I crossed the border, several warriors emerged from the trees, their eyes glowing with shifting light. They stopped my car, their expressions alert until they recognized me.

​"I am here to see Alpha Samuel," I said, my voice carrying the weight of my status.

​They led me toward the heart of the village, a place where the houses were built into the massive trees. A tall, broad-shouldered Black man stood waiting on the porch of the main pack house. He had silver hair and eyes that had seen decades of war. This was Alpha Samuel.

​He stepped forward, his eyes widening in total disbelief as he took me in. He looked at my face, then at my build, his jaw dropping. He looked like he had seen a ghost.

​"Alpha..." he breathed, his voice trailing off. He moved to bow but paused, his eyes darting back and forth as if searching for two other men behind me. He couldn’t differentiate me from my brothers. To him, I was just one-third of the legendary triplet Alphas who were supposed to be half a world away. He didn’t know which one of us was standing in front of him.

​"Leo," I said, introducing myself.

didn’t receive

I interrupted, stepping out of the car. I didn’t have time for pack politics. "I’m not here for

furrowing. "Her? Alpha, I don’t understand.

eyes as if she would emerge from

looked around nervously, checking to see if any of his pack members were eavesdropping. He leaned in, his voice

here, Alpha Leo," Samuel said, as he looked at the ground. "She

a lie," I growled, the sound vibrating deep in my chest. My wolf was scratching at the surface, ready to tear this village apart tree by tree. "You’re hiding her. You think you can

gesture. "She left of her own accord. She left a message saying she couldn’t stay here anymore. She didn’t

pillar of his porch. His men reacted instantly, shifting their

at me with a mix of

for air against my grip. "Now I understand why she fled in

of my chest. "Scarlett told me she would be here waiting. We had a

lied to you, Alpha," Samuel said softly, his eyes filled with

I stepped back, the world tilting on its axis. The idea that I had lost Scarlett again

Samuel, my eyes wild as I scanned the dark tree line. "She’s here. She has to be around. She

said, his voice heavy with a grim certainty. "Not with what happened. Not after

ran cold. "What happened

to me.

thought I might shift right there on his porch. My vision