The Triplet Alphas' Secret Mate

Chapter 240: Accusation

​Scarlett’s POV

​It was already 9 p.m. and still no news from Leo and Leonard.

​The silence was eating me alive. I tried opening the mind link again, desperate to feel them, but a cold wall of static slammed into me. They had blocked me completely. I knew why — they didn’t want me sensing their pain, fear, or exhaustion if things went wrong. But their protection only made my terror worse.

​"Scar, they are fine. Trust me," Liam spoke from beside me on the bed.

​I was wrapped tightly against his chest, his large arms holding me like an anchor, but I couldn’t find peace. I looked up at him, my eyes wide with fear. "Can you mind link them? Please, Liam. Just try."

​He let out a rough sigh, his thumb brushing over my knuckles. "No, love. They blocked me too. It’s standard battlefield protocol so the Alphas can stay perfectly locked into the pack mind without outside distractions. But if anything goes wrong, they will link me instantly. Don’t worry."

​I couldn’t trust his words. We stayed like that for hours, the night dragging on in an agonizing crawl. I couldn’t sleep. Liam practically begged me to eat something, but my throat was completely tight; I couldn’t swallow a single bite. My wolf was pacing back and forth inside my head, troubled and snarling at the walls. I was terrified.

​Then, suddenly, loud victory roars erupted outside — howls, cheers, the thunder of returning warriors.

​I jumped up from the bed, my heart exploding in my chest. "They’re back!"

the mansion doors into the chaotic courtyard. Warriors were streaming in, bloodied but triumphant. My eyes

over me. "Leo!

straight to them, arms open. But they stepped back sharply, avoiding my touch. Their faces were cold, their eyes burning

his fist into Liam’s face with a sickening crack. Liam staggered back, blood spraying from

I screamed, sprinting over and throwing my body directly between them, blocking Leo and Leonard from striking Liam again. I glared at them, my voice shaking

bloodshot, wild with an aggressive heat I had never seen before. He pointed a trembling, blood-stained finger

Leo snarled, his voice a deep, demonic rumble that vibrated through the entire packhouse. "Ask this wolf in sheep’s

me!" I begged.

in fear. "The Shadow Pack warriors knew our

head, my mind spinning. "But how? Maybe they just guessed your

guess," Leonard cut in, his usually calm voice completely dark, dripping with cold fury. "Right before we left this bedroom at dawn, we changed our strategy at the last second. It was a brand

one of the Shadow Pack’s top warriors alive. We tortured him and asked him how they got their hands on our secret tactics. Do you know what he said, Scar? He looked us right in the eye and said

so perfectly tied together, so terrifyingly logical, that the entire courtyard went

there, Scar. He wanted us gone so he could have you all to himself.

fists were clenched so tight his knuckles were white. "His plan was for us to never come back. While we were bleeding on that battlefield, he was here playing the perfect, caring mate. He set

with shock and disbelief. He looked genuinely devastated... but the evidence sounded so damning. The last-minute plan. The private information. The captured warrior’s confession. It all pointed

trembled. "Tell me this isn’t

roared, stepping out from behind me, his hands shaking with pure shock. "It is not true! That warrior