The Triplet Alphas' Secret Mate

Chapter 242: Believe You

​Scarlett’s POV

​I glared at Leo and Leonard one last time, the coldness in my chest turning into pure, boiling fury. I didn’t say another word to them. Turning on my heel, I stormed out of the office, slamming the heavy door behind me.

​My heart was bleeding through the cracked bond, but I forced my legs to move faster. I had to find Liam.

​I hurried down the dimly lit hallway of the residential wing until I reached his bedroom door. Pushing it open, I stepped inside and shut it softly behind me.

​The room was completely dark. Liam was sitting on the edge of the large bed, his head resting in his hands, his broad shoulders shaking slightly. The powerful Alpha looked completely small and broken in the shadows.

​Hearing the door, he slowly lifted his head. His green eyes were completely red, filled with a deep, silent agony that slashed straight through my soul.

​"Scarlett," he whispered, his voice incredibly raw and rough. He let out a bitter, tragic laugh. "You shouldn’t be here. I know you probably don’t trust me right now. Go back to them. I don’t blame you."

​The heartbreak in his voice made my wolf cry out. Without a second thought, I rushed across the room and threw myself onto the bed, wrapping my arms tightly around his neck. I pulled him against me, burying my face in his chest.

​"I believe you," I said fiercely, my voice cracking with emotion as I held him with everything I had. "I believe you, Liam. Look at me."

​He pulled back slightly, his eyes wide with a desperate, shocking hope.

​"I know you didn’t do this," I insisted, cupping his face in my hands, my thumbs wiping away the blood still tracing down his chin. "I know someone is setting you up. This is a trap, Liam. The Shadow Pack wants to cause a rift."

​A sudden, dangerous heat flared in Liam’s eyes, his alpha aura roaring to life for a split second. "I’ll kill them," he growled, his fists clenching tightly against the bedsheets. "I will go back out there right now and tear apart every single remaining warrior in that damn Shadow Pack until someone tells me the truth."

​"No, don’t!" I urged, pressing my hands firmly against his chest to keep him grounded. "If you run out there now, Leo and Leonard will think you’re fleeing or trying to join the enemy. We can’t act blindly. We will look for a way to prove your innocence together. We just need to find the real traitor. The one who told the Shadow Pack the tactics."

at me, a heavy tear finally escaping his eye and rolling down his cheek. It broke my heart to see him like

out, his chest heaving as he struggled to speak. "Yes, he’s right about one thing, Scar. I want you all to myself. Yes, the thought of sharing you hurts sometimes, and I don’t want to do it. But

devastated, the weight of his own blood turning against him tearing him apart from the inside

him even tighter, burying my hands in his thick hair as I pulled him into a deep, desperate kiss. I poured every

rested against

the corner of his split lip. "And right now, that is all that matters. We are in this together, Liam. I won’t let

my skin as he tightly wrapped his

here," I said softly, smoothing down his

froze. He slowly shook his head, a look of deep worry crossing his handsome face. "No, Scar. You can’t. It might really anger my brothers. If they see you

when do you care

over

voice dripping with a cold, terrifying reality. "Since I

a bucket of ice water, showing me just how much this whole mess was breaking his spirit. But I wasn’t going to let

clicked on the small bedside lamp, lighting up the room with a soft, warm glow. Liam winced slightly, blocking the light with his hand, but I

Liam," I said, my voice soft but firm. "It’s already so late,

feel like sleeping, Scar. My mind is spinning. I don’t think I

early and look

I wasn’t

the heavy duvet with him. He lay flat on his back, and I immediately moved closer, resting my head right over his beating heart. His large arms wrapped around me automatically, pulling me so close that there was absolutely no

me, Scarlett. Seriously... if you didn’t believe me right now, I wouldn’t have been

nodded against his chest, tightening my hold on his

he whispered

too," I