“Pregnant or not,” Levi hissed, his voice filled with anger, “you will be locked up in that dungeon and will pay for what you did.”
“You know that is not possible… I’m carrying your children.”
“Shut. Up.” Lennox’s voice was thick with a growl, claws slowly unsheathing from his fingers. “Don’t push us, Anita.”
Louis lunged, but Levi caught his arm just in time.
That’s how close they were to losing control.
Their wolves were howling. Fighting to break free.
Suddenly, Alpha Damien stepped forward, his voice cutting through all the noise.
“I’m done with this nonsense,” he said firmly. “This mess? It’s your problem,” he added, looking hard at the triplets. “You caused it. I didn’t come here for drama. I came for business.”
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His tone was cold and serious.
But then he looked at me.
And something in his face changed.
He walked closer, and I froze, not sure what he was about to do. His hand gently reached up to my neck, his fingers brushing against the metal collar that had been there for hours.
The choker. The one I’d worn since the night they took me.
“You’ve worn this long enough,” he said, frowning.
He gave it a quick twist with a key. I heard a small click, and then,
Clink.
The collar dropped to the floor.
I stepped back a little, my hand going to my neck. I could feel my skin again, my wolf again. For the first time in hours… I could finally breathe.
“Are you okay?” I communicated with my wolf.
She growled loudly. “Yes, I am.”
A sigh of relief left my lips while I kept on massaging my neck.
My eyes met with that of the triplets who were all looking at me with pain and regrets. Levi was the first to speak. “Liv… we are so sorry… we didn’t know we were fooled… please…”
Louis stepped forward. “We’ll find that bastard who forged the letter… Liv…” He paused, helpless. Words failed him.
Lennox was the last… he swallowed hard and tried to move closer to me. But before he could, Alpha Damien stepped forward and pulled me firmly by the waist to his side. The sudden closeness made me flinch. His grip was steady-too steady. Protective… or possessive? I wasn’t sure.
The room went silent again.
“What are you doing?” Levi asked, his voice sharp and filled with warning.
Damien didn’t flinch. He looked at them calmly, then
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The words hit like a blow to my chest.
Mine?
Louis snarled. “What the hell do you mean?” Louis growled, stepping forward.
Alpha Damien’s expression didn’t change. “I bought her.”
The words hit like a slap.
“What?” Lennox blinked, stunned.
“I paid a million dollars,” Damien continued coldly. “That’s what they asked for her. And I paid it. She belongs to me now. I bought her freedom. And by their own rules… she’s mine.”
I stared at the floor.
Was I supposed to be grateful? Angry?
“No!” Lennox roared. “You can’t just say that! She’s our mate! Uncle!”
Damien scoffed and glared at his nephews. She your mate… but not anymore, nephews… she belong. to me now and until I sell her or give her out, she is mine.”
His grip tightened slightly around me. I didn’t know whether to lean in or pull away.
Louis stepped forward, his fists clenched. “Then we’ll pay you back! Right now. Double-triple the amount if we have to!”
Damien raised an eyebrow. “You think this is about money?”
“We’ll give you whatever you want!” Levi said, his voice cracking. “Just give her back to us. She’s our mate. She belongs with us.”
“She did,” Damien said simply. “But not anymore.”
He looked down at me, his hand still wrapped around my waist.
“She is mine now.!.”
Lennox’s POV
“What the hell are you saying, Uncle…” I snarled, my voice shaking with fury. My wolf was already pushing through, growling, demanding control.
Uncle Damien didn’t flinch. He looked straight at me, his expression calm but serious. “You heard me, Lennox,” he said flatly. Then he turned to Olivia and pulled her closer against him, wrapping his arm tightly around her waist. “Olivia is now… my woman.”
My vision turned red.
A deep growl ripped from my throat as my wolf surged forward. My claws shot out, and my eyes burned gold.
I couldn’t stop it.
I didn’t want to.
She was ours. My mate. Our mate. And he dared to claim her?
I lunged forward, ready to rip him apart and take back
But a body blocked me.
“Enough!” my father’s voice boomed like thunder as he stepped in front of me.
“Calm down, Lennox!” he ordered, his hand on my chest, trying to hold me back. But I was shaking, snarling, barely holding myself together. “Your wolf is clouding your mind.”
“Get out of my way, Father!” I roared, my voice no longer my own. It was deeper-beast-like. “He is claiming her! He dared to say she’s his!”
“She’s ours!” my wolf howled inside me.
“She’s not yours if you threw her away,” Uncle Damien said casually from behind my father. “You lost that right the day you made Anita your concubine.”
My anger intensified. I tried to attack him again, but my father shoved me back hard, his eyes flaring. “Lennox-stand down!”
My chest heaved, my claws still out. I could barely breathe. The rage… the pain… the guilt-it was too much.
Father turned to his brother slowly, his voice cold and calm but deadly. “Damien… this is your nephew. You know what this is doing to him. To all of them.”
Damien didn’t blink. “Then maybe they should’ve thought about that before they let her live in pain for years.”>>
“This is not right, Damien,” my mother whispered quietly behind me.
My eyes were locked on Olivia. She wasn’t moving. She didn’t say anything. She just stood there, close to Damien, her expression blank. Her eyes met with mine, and she didn’t seem uncomfortable, in fact, she was… comfortable. My wolf growled inside me as a silly thought buzzed in my head… the mere thought alone was driving me insane… last night Olivia was on heat… the magical choker was wrapped around her neck… does that mean she and my uncle did something…? I shook my head, not wanting to believe it, but deep down I was scared… it could really happen, and we wouldn’t feel it… why? Because of the damn choker.
I was snapped out of my thoughts when I noticed Louis and Levi attacking uncle Damien… both of them together.
With angry growls, they both rushed at Uncle Damien. Louis from the side, Levi straight at him. Their wolves were nearly in control, and they didn’t care anymore.
I didn’t move.
I should’ve. I wanted to. But my mind was spinning. I couldn’t stop thinking about Olivia. About the collar. About the possibility that something happened between her and Damien last night. The thought made me feel sick.
Damien moved fast, too fast.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.