Chapter 5

The triplets and Thea went to their rooms to shower and change.

As soon as she was alone, Thea freaked out. She wasn’t sure what had just happened. Maybe she dreamed it. It wouldn’t be the first time.

The triplets were waiting for her when she left her room. They were all showered and in fresh clothes. Thea admired the view for a moment. The way their jeans hung from their hips. The way their T-shirts stretched across their broad, muscular chests. The way their identical faces lit up when they saw her. She could always tell who was who, but their hair was the only thing most people could use to tell them apart.

With his long crew cut freshly styled, Alaric leaned in for a quick kiss. She blushed, and he took her hand. It wasn’t a dream.

Conri ran his hand through his long, bro flow hair and kissed her too. “You’re never getting rid of us now,” he said. He splayed his hand around her hip, hooking a finger into one of the belt loops on her jeans.

Kai, with his messy pompadour, leaned in for his kiss. He took her hand and brought it up to his chest, holding it against his heart. They walked down the hallway—Alaric a little ahead, Conri a little behind, and Kai right at her other side.

They passed by the Alpha’s office on the fifth floor, and Thea stopped when she heard her mother’s voice full of shock and fear.

“What could have done this?” Thea’s mother, Naomi, said behind the closed door.

“Vampires? Witches? Rogues?” Luna Ada said. Her voice also held concern.

Thea motioned for the triplets to be silent and listen with her by the door.

“Rogues couldn’t do that,” Alpha Ulric said. “I’ve never heard of witches or vampires organizing a force powerful enough to massacre an entire werewolf pack overnight.”

“Then there’s the question of why,” Naomi said. “What could that pack have done to warrant such an extreme reaction?”

“They may not have done anything,” Thea’s father, Beta Walter, said. “It’s not the first pack they’ve found desolated back east. There have been several others. They find out the pack is gone when someone goes to visit a ghost town.”

“Something is taking ot werewolf packs?” Luna Ada said.

“What do we know about the packs that were targeted?” Alpha Ulric said. “Any clues left behind as to who did it or why?”

to

like the beginning of something big. Something that’s only going to

boys and Thea have a few months left before they shift and graduate and then take over the pack. They’re the ones who will have to deal with this. Let’s let

the other parents

the office. Thea motioned for the triplets to go, and they quietly ran down and

what we just heard until we’re the ones in charge,” Conri said as they walked to school. He took his place

have to deal with it,” Alaric said, slipping his hand into Thea’s. “It sounds like

get the ball

us even after they pass the Alpha title to us,” Kai said. He took Thea’s other hand. “We don’t have to

at them as they walked down the hallways. It wasn’t unusual to see the

around, but they weren’t in committed relationships with

the one class they didn’t have together. Third hour, right before lunch. The triplets walked her to her room, each kissed her,

a class about omegas, the lowest-ranked pack members, what their uses could be, and their role in a pack. New Dawn didn’t designate any members

to her.

morning?” Thea

“It’s about time.”

“What?”

didn’t need the Talent Show to get their attention after

why you wanted me to wear the slutty outfit

give you all a little push. I wonder

dry months ago,” Tessa, another girl in their pack, said.

are you talking

if it’d be all three

confused,” Thea

what, girl? Those boys have been in love with

stared blankly at

not know?” Lizzy said. “They’ve never shown interest in any other girl. Never asked anyone out.

Thea, but she pushed it down. The triplets turned down

at them as brothers,” Thea said. “I thought they saw

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