The Triplet Alphas' Secret Mate

Chapter 245: The Secret

​Scarlett’s POV

​Shit. Shit. Shit.

The words hung in the air like a deadly poison. The room went so quiet that the only sound was the frantic drumming of my heart against my ribs. My hands started to shake, and a cold sweat broke out across my neck. This couldn’t be happening. Not now. Not like this.

​Liam stood frozen by the door, the shopping bag slipping slightly from his fingers. The soft, helpful look on his face completely vanished, replaced by a sudden, terrifying blankness. He looked at me, his green eyes wide and scanning my face for a denial, before his gaze snapped back to Leo.

​"What do you mean?" Liam asked, his voice dangerously soft, dropping to a low, trembling whisper. "What the hell do you mean by that, Leo?"

​Just then, heavy footsteps echoed in the hallway, and Leonard walked straight into the room. He took one look at the suffocating tension, his dark brown eyes narrowing as he sensed the incoming explosion.

​Leo looked completely out of control. His chest was heaving, his sea-blue eyes wild with a sick, twisted mix of triumph and agony. He didn’t back down. He leaned into the madness.

Leo shouted, a harsh, mocking laugh tearing from his throat as he glared at Liam. "I knew Scarlett was alive for over two years! We fucked! In fact, I was her first man. While you were locked away crying over her, she was in my

hot tears instantly gathered in my eyes, blurring my vision. This was a total disaster. The secret I had hidden so desperately, the one thing I wanted to protect them from, was being dragged out

primal sound tearing from his chest. In a blur of speed, he dropped the bag, crossed the room, and grabbed Leo tightly by the collar, slamming him against the wall. His Alpha aura roared to

scoffed, even as the fabric choked his throat. He looked right past Liam’s shoulder to face me, a bitter, broken

pressure in the

into pure, total shock. Both Liam and Leonard looked at me, their eyes begging me to say it wasn’t true, begging me to tell them that Leo had just lost

finally spilling over my lashes and running down my cheek. I held my hands up, stepping toward them with my heart breaking into a million pieces.

didn’t sound angry—it sounded completely empty, like his entire world had just been pulled out from under him. He looked at me as if I were a

cried out, my voice cracking with desperation as I tried to piece together the shattered remnants of my secret. "I didn’t want any of you to know I was still alive until the five years were

​"Protect?!" Leonard suddenly roared.

snapped. With a fierce, angry swing of his leg, Leonard kicked a wooden stool across the

his hair with both hands, pacing the room like a caged animal. "For two entire years, my twin brother and my fated mate knew the truth. You let me believe

green eyes filled with a deep, silent agony that was ten times worse than any physical blow Leo had given him earlier.

tightly the night before looked like he