Shannon’s POVI watched on in silence as the Mayert triplets debated amongst themselves using the mind link. The occasional frowns and slight shake of the head didn’t deter me from my earlier prediction. They would end up picking what I wanted. At this point, it was inevitable. “We’ve come to an agreement concerning your decision and we have decided that it would be beyond our reach to try out these impossible tasks you’ve suddenly decided to spring on us, so we’re going with your second option, whatever it is.”Jackpot.“The second option that you’ve chosen has been witnessed by Benjamin and there’s no turning back for you now,” I replied smugly. “Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, I suggest you make your way back to the guest house and await further instructions.” Ricky nodded and shared a look with his brothers before they proceeded to walk out of the dining room. I heaved a huge sigh of relief, that had gone better than I thought it would. “Just what do you think you’
Ricky’s POV“What do you think about this Book of Impossible Tasks?” I asked both of my brothers as the car made its way back to the guest house. “I’ve heard about something like that some time ago but I paid no heed to such mythical tales.” “I don’t think any of it is true. It’s probably some made-up plan of theirs to delay us until it’s too late for us to realize that we’re being fooled.” Cole answered, staring out the window. “Do you think we should’ve gone down that route instead?” I asked. “I’ll be honest with you, Ricky. I don’t think that option would’ve been better and the worst part was, if we had failed whatever tasks she had in mind for us, this entire journey would’ve been for nothing. We were fucked either way, we just had to find the lesser evil to deal with.”I hated being here as much as I hated groveling in front of this irritable Alpha named Benjamin and Shannon as well. But what I hated the most was being left with no other option other than this degrading route
Ricky’s POV“Aren’t you both bothered about the kind of things Shannon has planned for us now that we fell into her trap of being called her slaves?” Cole asked. “It’s seeming like neither of you regards whatever it contains, what if we fail the tasks she has planned out for us? What happens then?”Jules and I shared a look. If that happened, there was always another option we could take and this time, we don’t need to use our son to get what we want. Benjamin was all too eager to get involved already, we only had to poke him.“If it came down to that, we would go to war,” I stated. “Benjamin wanted it to happen in the first place, I
Shannon’s POVI decided to make my way to the residential building where the Mayert triplets were staying after having a brief discussion with Benjamin.An hour later, I was making my way back towards their house as the sun set in the sky, accompanied by the guard who had handed them the envelope a few minutes ago, and a handful of the strongest pack warriors. I had spent the hours in between reading the letter before sending it and now mentally preparing myself for whatever they would bring my way. The chances of them surviving this were nonexistent but I knew that they would be willing to give it a shot. The car pulled up to the front and I made my way outside, the ride down here was silent. Everyone seemed preoccupied with their own thoughts. As they had in the morning, the triplets had seen me coming and they were waiting out in front of the mansion to welcome me. “Welcome to our place,” Ricky began, wearing that fake smile I hated so much. “We had no idea that you were comi
Shannon’s POVThey looked stunned to see me like they hadn’t been expecting me to be hiding where I was, listening in on their conversation. They had known I was around but they asked for a couple of minutes to discuss amongst themselves before coming back to the room to address me I decided to tail them and I executed it perfectly. I had to admit that I was pretty disappointed that it was so easy to sneak up on them but at the same time, it gave me a leeway to understand how broken they were I wanted to witness it by myself firsthand and I was glad that I did. “The three of you look stunned to see me,” I began, trying to hold back my laughter and failing miserably. “With all due respect, we asked you to give us a few minutes of privacy to discuss amongst ourselves before we approached you with our final decision,” Ricky said. I could tell he was pissed but he was trying to rein his anger at the same time. “I decided to do otherwise because frankly, it’s my home and I can do wha
Shannon’s POVRicky, Jules, and Cole remained silent as they stared at me. I could see their eyes and the hurt in them. They were fighting their internal demons and trying to swallow what I had just said. They weren’t used to being in this spot given the fact that they had been on top of the world all of their lives, adjusting to this new arrangement of mine was going to be a difficult task for them and it was part of the reason why I had chosen it. I wanted to use them for what they had seen me as five years ago, a cum rag. Nothing more than a tool to be used for sex and discarded like it didn’t matter when they were satisfied. They were going to pass through every emotion that I had once passed through, that was how I was going to break them, bit by bit until I had them right where I wanted and when that happened, they were going to pay for everything they’ve ever done to me. “Your proposition doesn’t offer us any solution and you know that it keeps us in a loop without any hope
Ricky’s POVI bit down hard on my lips drawing blood as the wolfsbane laced with silver whip came down on my bare back. I felt my skin rip open with a new wound as the whip came down on my back again and again, this time, leaving an injury worse than the previous one. “Should we keep on going? I’m taking so much pleasure in doing this. I can do this for the rest of your life if I decide to.” Her laugh was cold and empty, sending chills down my spine. “You should learn to answer when I’m talking to you, Ricky. I am your dominant after all and you’re bound to obey me. Isn’t that right?” She didn’t wait for me to get the words out of my mouth before he brought the whip down again and this time I couldn’t hold it any longer as I yelled in pain and agony as I failed to hold myself together. I’ve often promised myself not to give him the satisfaction of seeing her enjoy herself as I was being whipped but today, I failed. The tears I’ve been struggling to rein in stung my eyes harshly as
Shannon’s POVI was relishing my new role in being the dominant over the Mayert triplets. They were at my every beck and call and they did my bidding without daring to complain much to my delight. I inflicted pain, pleasure, and whatever the hell I wanted on them and they gracefully took it. Benjamin had decided to take two weeks worth of vacation and I knew that what I had going on was putting a strain on our friendship but I couldn’t do anything about it. I had a plan and I swore an oath to my mother when she was dying in my arms to see it through by any means necessary and that was what I had to do.Three hours ago, I was feeling restless being alone in the mansion and my eyes lit up at the prospect of having fun. If Benjamin could do it, there wasn’t anything stopping me from doing the same but I knew I couldn’t go alone. If I wanted to have fun, I had to take the Mayert triplets along. They were my new, shiny toys and I had to show everyone what I had in my collection. “Ric
Shannon’s POVIt was midnight already. The maids had returned to my room two hours earlier to help me get ready for my wedding to the Mayert triplets alongside my seamstresses and a couple of other servants. They had forbidden me from lifting a finger to help myself so I had resorted to staying put unless I wanted to risk the ire of the women helping me dress up and I wouldn’t even dare to do that. At the stroke of midnight, I was standing at the entrance of the hall already adorned with palatial decorations with cascading floral arrangements hanging from every side of the grand room, sparkling white chandeliers hung high above with delicate draperies completing the settings designed to evoke an atmosphere filled with love and warmth.A group of violinists was positioned at a corner, setting the tone for the exchanging of vows that were about to take place. We were five years late, but this was the perfect time for it to happen. It was better late than never and there was no bette
Shannon’s POVI couldn’t believe that this was how my life was going to end up. A few hours ago, I thought that I would eventually have everything that I had always wanted out of life but Joshua handed me a reality check. I hadn’t seen Eve since I sent her to deliver the letter to the Mayery triplets so I had no way of knowing if she succeeded or if she had been killed before she even got there. I had no idea if my son was dead and Joshua was merely forcing me to do this to keep me by his side. I was completely hopeless and powerless in this. I stood in front of the officiating chief with Joshua standing opposite me, he had a huge satisfying smile on his face and I wanted nothing more than to wipe it off his smug face. “You need to say your vows, Shannon,” Joshua said, his smile never leaving his face. As I opened my mouth to speak, a familiar scent wafted through my nose and I felt joy wash over me. If they were here, it meant that they had gotten the letter and had rescued our s
Ricky’s POVI couldn’t believe what I was holding in my hands. Had he been lying to me all along? No, no. I couldn’t believe it. There had to be some sort of explanation for what was going on currently and that meant I had to speak with her immediately. There had been a mixup somewhere during the night and I had to get to the root of it all. “She played us all, Ricky,” Jules said. “Jules might be right this time around, Ricky. We thought we had her back and we were ready to show her that the past will never happen again, what did we do wrong?” Cole asked. “I don’t think this is real. I don’t mean the letter — I mean the whole scenario. Just yesterday, she told us about our son and she was willing and eager to get into a relationship with us and this morning, she’s getting married to Joshua. C’mon, boys. I need you both to think critically about this before you conclude.” I said. “You think she’s being blackmailed or worse?” Jules asked. “That’s my best guess but we need to see h
Shannon’s POVI nodded. “So this culprit behind what I’ve been experiencing, is the same person who forged this letter and brought Melissa here?” “Yes, it’s the same person,” Ricky said. “Tell me who this person is and I’m going to have them dealt with,” I said, already getting furious. “Joshua,” Ricky said. “He’s being the flashbacks you’ve been having and after following him for the past couple of days, we’ve also figured out that he wrote the letter and he has spies in your household, in my pack, and Melissa’s camp as well. That was how he was able to set up all of these with ease.” I paused. Joshua and I hadn’t been seeing eye to eye on several things for the past few weeks after I turned down his proposal but would he ever go to this length to punish me for rejecting him?“Are you sure about what you’ve just said, Ricky?” I asked. “I swear on my life, Shannon. Joshua is behind all of these. He doesn’t want to see you with anyone other than himself and he’s willing to do anyt
Shannon’s POVI couldn’t categorically tell what was happening but I knew that a lot of things were changing. I had been plagued by things from the past, things that served as a reminder of how hurtful my past had been, and no matter how I tried to stop them from happening, I couldn’t do anything about it.Before the past couple of days, things with the Mayert triplets had been smoother than they had ever been for the past five years but the flashbacks and reminders that I had been getting were forcing me to remember how they used to treat me all those years ago. I didn’t know what to do or how to stop it so I decided to stay away from them to regain my sanity. Maybe then, I would have an idea about what the fuck was going on because as it stands, I didn’t know what to make of the entire situation. “Are you sure about doing this, Ms. Shannon?” My maid asked as she brushed my hair. I had instructed her that I didn’t want to take any calls from the Mayert triplets and I didn’t want t
Shannon’s POV“What do you think you’re doing?” Joshua asked as he walked into my tent. He was visibly pissed and I could understand his anger. I had pulled him out of whatever he was doing and brought him here under the guise that we were going to war and now, I was pulling out before we even had a chance to fight. “I don’t think I have the stomach for this conversation anymore, Joshua. I understand that you’re pissed but this isn’t what I need right now.” I said. “If you’re thinking of shutting me out like you always do, it’s not going to work today, Shannon. I need answers and I need you to give them to me.” Joshua said defiantly. He wasn’t going to budge and we might just as well get over with this as soon as we possibly can. “So tell me what you want to know and I’ll answer your questions,” I said, gesturing to the empty couch in front of me. “Everything, Shannon. I want to know everything.” Joshua said as he sat down. “Everything? I don’t know where to start and—“ “You l
Shannon’s POV“And you think it’s going to happen in a day or two days?” I asked them.“No, we don’t. We don’t want you to make a decision about forgiving us here and now because we don’t want you to be under any pressure of any form, so we’re going to let you take your son and go home.” Ricky said. “And what happens next?” I asked. “We’re going to call you once again, for the last time, to know what your decision on the matter is. It’s not going to be an easy decision to make and if we were in your shoes, we would feel exactly how you’re feeling at this point.” Ricky answered. I paused for a bit, their words swirling around in my head. Had Melissa done all of these because she wanted to ruin both of us or what was her end goal? Truth be told, it was pointless now. The ruse had been discovered and there wasn’t any need to go to war over a lie. Maybe by the next time we met, we would have a lot more to talk about and indeed, there was a lot to talk about. “A couple of days for m
Shannon's POV"We have nothing to talk about, Ricky." I sighed. "Just tell me what you want and I'll give you in exchange for my son's safety." "Don't you still get it, Shannon?" Ricky said."What are you talking about? There's nothing to be understood here, this is a simple negotiation that you've been dragging on for minutes now. Are you keeping me here on purpose? Is there something you have planned?" "If this were to be five years ago, your son would've been killed, and not just that, you'd have been tricked to come here under the guise of us wanting to return your son and when you come, you'll be beaten, and battered, then forced to surrender if you want to see your son alive and when you do, I'd have killed him in front of you before killing you as well. I hate to paint this vivid imagery of what we would have done but you know this is the truth.” Ricky said.I shivered slightly as his words registered with me.He wasn't telling a lie, five years ago, this is what they would h
Shannon's POVI knew how to get into the pack without anyone seeing me as I had done it a thousand times five years ago whenever I tried to escape being bullied by the Mayert triplets. It was pointless to have told Joshua about where I was going, it would've led to a lot of arguments that I didn't have the stomach for, not when I had no idea what was happening to my son at this point. I didn't want to imagine the worst but Ricky's letter had been very convincing and I had to force myself to believe everything he had said in it because the truth was that, I had no other choice. If this was a trap, Joshua would come for me and he would bring the pack down with fire and brimstone if that was what it would take for him to avenge me. Aside from the fact that I was scared for my son, I was also scared that the Mayert triplets would eventually figure out the secret I had kept from them for the past five years. As I had predicted, it had been easy to bypass their security and it would've