The Triplet Alphas' Secret Mate

Chapter 196: The Shocking Realisation

​Scarlett’s POV

​The air in the room was so thick with Alpha pheromones and the heavy smell of blood that I could barely draw a clean breath. Liam’s hands were still cupping my face, his thumbs wiping away a stray tear I didn’t even know had fallen. He was staring at me like he wanted to swallow me whole, to hide me away inside his chest where no one else could ever look at me.

​"We are taking you home," Liam said. It wasn’t a question. It wasn’t an invitation. It was a final decree, spoken with the absolute authority of a supreme Alpha who had just reclaimed his most prized possession.

​"No," a trembling voice cut through the heavy silence.

​We all turned. Chen was standing up, his legs shaking so badly he had to hold onto the edge of a broken wooden cabinet just to stay upright. His face was completely white, but there was a desperate, stubborn bravery in his human eyes.

​"You can’t just... take her," Chen stammered, looking directly at Liam. "She doesn’t want to go with you. Look at her! She’s terrified of you!"

​Leonard let out a dark, low growl that vibrated right through the floorboards. He took a predatory step toward Chen, his claws flexing. "Shut up, human. You have no idea who she belongs to. If you say another word, I will rip your tongue out."

​"Leonard, stop!" I cried out, finally breaking away from Liam’s tight grip. I rushed over and threw myself in front of Chen, shielding him with my own body. "Don’t touch him! He has nothing to do with this!"

​Liam’s gold eyes narrowed into dangerously sharp slits as he watched me protect another male. The possessive rage rolling off him was suffocating.

​"You are protecting him?" Liam whispered, his voice dangerously quiet. "After five years of leaving us to rot in our own grief, you are standing in front of a human, defending him?"

leave you because I wanted to hurt you! I left to save you from the prophecy! But you don’t care about that, do you? You

the shadows. His face was full of pure conflict. He looked at the blood on the floor, then at me, and then at his brothers. He knew the real truth. He knew I had been

voice shaking but firm as I stood tall in front of Chen. I wiped the tears from

harsh, bitter laugh and spat on the blood-stained carpet. "Hell no," he growled, his golden eyes flashing with possession. "If you think we

step away from them.

pure anger and deep pain. He pointed a blood-covered finger at

with emotion. "People are literally after your life, Scar! They just stormed a highly secured mansion

Leonard’s words hit me like a bucket of ice water, but before I could think of a reply, he took another step forward, his Alpha presence locking me in

tone dropping into a desperate, possessive command. "You are coming with us, Scarlett. We are not letting you stay here to

felt like a bucket of ice water poured over my

could even open my mouth to answer him, a sudden movement on the floor caught my

slowly crept toward his belt. He pulled out a small,

watch out!" Leonard

happened in

unit, all three of them threw their large bodies right in front of me, completely blocking me from the gun. Their Alpha auras exploded into

​Bang!

heavy leather jacket as he dove

looked up at the three giant men standing in front of me like a solid wall of muscle and bone. They had put their lives on the line