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3RD POV.

The triplets and Kaya are in media.

Kyle’s finger rakes through his hair as he releases a heavy breath.

His face is positioned earthward with his shoulders slouching, before he picks himself up and walks over to the small bar inside the room where there’s alcohol.

Just as he pours himself a glass of gin, his brothers enter the room, and he groans.

“It’s been almost thirty minutes since I called for the both of you.” His voice is tight, showing that he is annoyed at their lateness.

Kieran scoffs before he snatches the drink from Kyle and says, “Come on, bro. Say what you have to say. I don’t have much time. I’ve got to get back to mother’s ceremony.”

Kyle smacks his own forehead and shifts his gaze to Kade, who, on the other hand, has his hands inside his own pocket, looking at the both of them.

“All right. Fine. I know you guys would think that I’m crazy...”

“Hm-mh.” Answers Kieran. He has never been the calming one.

Kyle shakes his head but continues. “But there’s a witch in the kingdom.”

Kieran scoffs and wants to leave, having waved his hand as a gesture that he’s not interested in this rubbish of Kyle’s.

“I mean it. She’s new. She must be brought back here by one of the platoons that just arrived back in the kingdom.” Kyle’s eyes squint at his brothers.

“You’re saying that there’s a witch in this place that’s full of werewolves. She would have been dead the moment she stepped inside here. I’m not in the mood for this.” Kieran’s patience is running thin as he taps his feet on the ground.

“Well, leave then since you’re so insufferable to listen.” Kyle says this and crosses his arms over his chest.

Kieran’s facial expression changed, his brows coming to a knot and curving downward. In the next few minutes, he’s in front of Kyle. “You just disrupted my plan to enjoy a feast by telling me what doesn’t matter, and you think I’d be fine with it?”

“Won’t you talk?” Kyle’s face turns to Kade, who’s found himself a seat on the northern side of the room.

“I need silence.” He replies, his voice sounding nonchalant. “I’m trying to connect with the platoons, mind-linking to find the one who brought a witch to the palace.” Then, his eyes shut for a second further.

Not a while longer, a guard walks inside and bows instantly at the triplets.

“Tell me, why did you bring a witch to the palace?” As Kade asks, he stands up and walks closer to the guard.

The guard turns his face to the ground and answers. “I mean, no worries, sire. I had received an order from Master Kyle to bring the most beautiful lady I could find to my quest...”

The guard shuts his mouth at Kade’s order, who then turns to Kyle. “What is this about?”

The guard turns his face to the ground and answers. “I mean, no worries, sire. In my quest, I had received news from Master Kyle to bring along any beautiful girl I could find, so when I did find the girl, I didn’t hesitate.”

When the guard finishes speaking, Kade groans lightly and turns his eyes over to Kyle, who raises his hand in the air. “Don’t you guys act innocent. We all need a new sex toy; those old mistresses are getting expired. You all know...”

Kyle’s words stop mid-sentence when Kieran rushes over to where he is and pins him at the neck against the nearby wall.

“And you just had to use this trick on me. I’m not at fault that there’s a witch in the kingdom.”

“We have to spread out and find her. Where last have you seen her?” Asks Kade, his eyes narrowing at the guard.

“At the kitchen, master Kade. She was serving...”

“Then we go there first. Brothers, come with me.” With Kade’s calculative voice, Kyle and Kieran follow behind him.

Within a short time, they arrive at the kitchen and look around for the girl, but they can’t find her. Kieran is already boiling inside him, impatient of when he’d have to kill the girl, as he’s the mayhem-seeker amongst the brothers.

While Kyle would like to tease the witches with his cunning manners, Kieran would love to tear off their heads from their necks, and Kade would watch them perform their childish act.

“Do you know where she is?” Towering over the head of the maids, Kade demands, his voice cold and authoritative.

“I have no idea, my Lord. I knew she was bad news, but I never thought she could have done you wrong within her short time here, Master Kade.” Pleads the head of the maids as she arches her back fully in a bowing position. Her body jerks out of fear.

Kade isn’t in the mood for games. He’s the calculative, ruthless, and emotionless one, and most especially, the Alpha of the triplets. He’d be the one to observe the situation before he acts further.

“Let’s spread out. Link your minds with mine, so we can see through each other. It’d be fast to find the girl that way.”

The brothers spread out, and soon they had the girl in their hands.

Kade touches Kieran’s arm and nods at him when their eyes meet, which makes Kieran release his grip on Kaya. Her back hits the ground, and her hands go to touch the spot while she inhales deeply.

Her hair swipes down her face, keeping her recognition in check until, slowly, Kade uses his infex finger to shift the wet strands to the back of her ears. His ears pick up on the sound of her heart thumping so much that it could fall off her sternum.

He notices that she’s very scared of them, and she hasn’t performed any witchcraft as a form of response to their presence.

“What is your name, girl?” Kade asks her with a flat voice. He doesn’t sound bothered by her current situation. He has his reasons and what he’s noticed so far.

The girl shakes up, the veins on her neck poking out. “Kaya. Kaya. Please, I didn’t do anything.”

“You...”

“Hush.” Kade snaps at Kieran, to which he shuts up instantly. “I didn’t say you didn’t do anything either. Are you facing your conscience? Did you do something offensive?”

Kaya’s eyes flare at the question. “My father and brother were killed today because of your people, your guards. If I did something today, it was because it was worth it. I wouldn’t have any of my conscience beating at me. I wish I was even able to hurt anyone of you all.”

Kaya’s eyes dart from Kade to Kyle as she speaks, but she receives a smirk and a wave of his hand before looking at Kieran, who glares at her and then gnashes his teeth.

“Kaya, there’s something about you. I could ask my brothers to finish you here and now, but you’re different from the other witches I’ve met.” Kade pauses and smells her skin for a moment. “You cannot perform witchcraft, but it didn’t leave you worthless or powerless, did it? No. You’re important instead.” His words are confusing to Kaya, causing the skin of her forehead to squeeze in defeat to his quizzical path of conversing.

“Give me a moment. I shall like to speak with my brothers.”

Kade calls Kyle and Kieran, knowing for sure that Kaya can’t run away; his Alpha aura has made sure of that.

“She’s special. I’m sure you all can feel it.”

“All I feel is to kill her.” Kieran speaks without grasping for another way out.

Kyle, however, picks at his short goatee beard and bites his lower lip. “I felt a pump in my blood. I thought it was some witchcraft thing.”

“No. She’s our mate.” Kade informs the others, which makes them flare their eyes. He points out his hands in a gesture to tell them to relax before he continues. “Now, I have no idea why that whore on the moon has decided to give us three to one lady,” Kyle chuckles right there with a glint of flirt in his eyes,” but whatever the reasons are, they might not be as bad. Brothers, I can see well. My sense of sight functions appropriately, and I think it’s because of her.”

Kieran shakes his head, not wanting to believe they won’t kill Kaya. “We’ve always sought to kill the likes of her. You remember what they did to us. She’s not to be exempt.”

“Except she already is.” Kade finalizes and pauses when Kyle gasps.

“I can. My sense of smell works too.”

“See? I have a plan, and it’s Kyle’s.” Kyle chuckles at Kade’s words.

They go back to face Kaya, and Kade places his hand on both sides of the wall, hooking her in. “You have two choices here. It’s either you become our slave or you die. Pick.”

“The last thing I’d ever do is become your slave and serve the ones who killed my family. I want never a thing to do with the likes of you.” Kaya yells at Kade’s face, to which he finds amusing.

“She has ambitions, except this wasn’t a choice from the start. Kaya, you’re ours.” That remains his last word before a guard appears in the room and Kade orders further.

“Take her to the slave’s quarters for now. We’ll know what to do with her afterward.”

As the guards pick up Kaya, manhandling her to the slave’s quarters, she screams to the top of her lungs. “I swear on my life; if you do not kill me off now, when I have my powers, I’d kill all of you.”

Kade’s demeanor remains normal before he turns to his brothers. “Whatever this is, we need to understand it.”