Chapter two
Renee’s P.O.V As soon as those horrible words escaped her lips, I fell to the ground, clutching my chest as I kept exhaling in panic. I heard Nerissa click her tongue, and the sound of her footsteps approaching me, and when I heard the sound of dried leaves crunching underneath her shoe, I knew that she had crouched down before me. Struggling to breathe, I choked a whisper, tears streaming down my face like a free fall. “Why? Why are you doing this to me, Nerissa? What have I done to deserve this?” Nerissa burst into a peal of hysterical laughter. “So you didn't like my birthday gift……” Her words trailed as she clicked her tongue in her mouth. Slowly, I felt her fingers trail my jaw as she lifted it. “You seem to be forgetting that if I am not happy, then you can't be. How can you have a boyfriend when I am single? Anyways, no one must hear about this not even my parents because if you tell anyone about this, I will ensure that your mentally deranged mum is kicked out of the mental institute” My heart skipped a bit at that moment. No! Not my mum. She needed all the treatment that she could get. She stood up while I heard as she dusted her dress. “So please act like you didn't see anything……” Her words trailed off. “What am I even saying? You can't see anything because you are blind and you have been blind from birth” “Let’s go, Kade, and make sure that you attend the night party, sister” Nerissa mocked and when she left with Kade, everything inside of me crumbled and I broke down in tears. My heart hurts. Everything that just happened felt so surreal. The Kade that I knew would never do this to me but at the same time, that was his scent and most importantly, his voice. My mind soon strayed towards my mum at the pack’s mental institute and fear clawed at my throat when Nerissa’s threat resounded in my head. I couldn't afford to have my mum thrown out of the mental institute since the pack catered for her. It was just so fucked up that my mum was mentally unstable because of Nerissa yet, she was treated like nothing. Years ago, a huge fire razed the whole building during Nerissa’s fifth birthday. Since I was an omega, I wasn't allowed to be around Nerissa and always stuck with my parents all the time. I have never celebrated my birthday and that day, I snuck into Nerissa’s room out of curiosity because I wanted to know what a cake felt like since the maids took her cake into her room. Since she wasn't in her room, I took a matchbox, ready to light up the candles on the cake when the door swung open, and out of fear, I threw the match stick that was already lit when their screams and gasps echoed through the entire place. I mean, how could I have forgotten about those evil triplets, Lennox, Levi, and Louis who made life a living hell for me from an early age? They bullied me, made me feel less of myself and the only thing that made me glad was that I would never see them again. Back to the story, I ran out of the room panicking but unknown to me, because of the match stick that I threw, fire engulfed Nerissa’s room and to worsen things, Nerissa had been in her room all along, stuck with one of the triplet brothers, Louis. My late dad, who noticed how I panicked, found out that I was the one behind the fire and Nerissa and Louis were stuck in the room. Risking his life for them, he went inside the fire, bringing out Nerissa and Louis but when he almost came out, a log of wood fell on him and he got stuck in the fire and died. His death caused my mum to be mentally unstable. Because of that tragic event, the Alpha and Luna adopted me even though they hated me for causing the fire, and on the other hand, the triplet brothers despised me so much that they tagged me as a murderer who almost killed one of them. Anyway, I would never be setting eyes on them ever since their fallout with Nerissa which caused them to be archenemies. After marshaling the last bit of strength inside of me, I made my way to the hall where Nerissa’s birthday party was being held. Holding firmly to my cane, I hid behind the other slaves, sobbing silently because of the heartbreaking event that kept replaying in my head. How could Kade do that to me? How? Making a tiny sniffle, I adjusted the blindfold over my eyes, swallowing the heavy lump that formed in my throat. Applause echoed through the entire hall and I figured out that Luna was about to give her boring speeches like she always did during Nerissa’s birthday. “I want to thank each one of you for honoring my beloved daughter's birthday. However, this night, I have a very important announcement to make and it is concerning the senior school whose session will be starting tomorrow” I knew that it was the same old boring speeches. The Luna was amongst the sponsors of the arts high school which almost all the elite members of the packs attended. I never attended though since I went to a local pack school meant for the slaves but that didn't mean that I had no idea about the things happening in the Elites Arts High School. Stories about how the triplets terrorized the school, and bullied those that were beneath their ranks even though they were Elites, and that in turn earned them the nickname of the Alpha Devils. I heaved another sigh of relief, placing my hand on my forehead. “At least, I wouldn't have to hear horrible news about their atrocities any longer since they aren't here” Luna, Patricia continued. “I am also glad to announce to you all that for this session, the Alpha……” All of a sudden, someone screamed. “It is the Alpha Devils. They are back!” My heart lurched and for a second, it felt like I heard wrong. How could they be here? It wasn't just possible. However, when the slaves around me squealed in excitement, I knew that it was damn real. The sound of the camera’s clicking echoed through the entire place and the murmurs from everyone. “Louis has gotten more handsome. His hair is now blonde” “Look at Lennox's broad shoulders and his curly long hair. They have all gotten so tall, they look like fallen angels” “Levi is stunning! I am in love” Despite the fear in my heart, my face scrunched up in disgust. It didn't matter if they were like Greek gods, their hearts were dark and they would forever remain ugly in my imagination. The Luna laughed. “I am glad to announce to you all that they will be attending the session and another good news, there is going to be one lucky person who isn't a high-ranking member of the pack and this person will also be attending” Everyone squealed In excitement not because of the poor lucky winner but because of the triplets that would be attending. To worsen things, I just couldn't understand why the slaves were excited about being able to attend that school. These fools were praying to be chosen since they all submitted their names to the ballot days ago. Well as for me, I would rather die than ever attend that evil school filled with bullies and unhealthy competition so I didn't even bother putting my name in the ballot box. Plus I was going through a series of heartbreaks and the last thing that I wanted was for the triplets to see me after so many years. Their last words to me replayed in my head causing me to shudder. “The next time we set eyes on you again, we will make you cry so bad that you would beg for death instead” Cold shivers ran down my spine and while I prepared to sneak out of the party, I heard the Luna say. “Now, I am dipping my hand into the ballot box, and the lucky winner who will be on a scholarship throughout his or her senior year is…….” She paused, the air hung heavy with suspense and anticipation. Almost sneaking out of the party, I froze when she mentioned. “Renee Smith” What? That was my name? How? There must surely be a mistake somewhere. Even though I couldn't see anything, I could feel everyone’s eyes and it felt more like the ground should give up its content and take me instead. I mumbled, ebbing to the wall— So I thought. “I ... never…..submitted my name into the ballot box. I…..” All of a sudden, a scream of horror echoed through the entire place, and before I knew it, I had crashed into something. “My cake!” Nerissa screamed at the top of her lungs. Tears began to stream down my face because I knew that I was done for. The alpha and Luna had warned me against my clumsiness and had given clear instructions for me not to attend the birthday party but Nerissa wanted me there. If I didn't listen to her, her parents would deal with me. When I heard the clicking sound of stilettos approaching me, I knew that this was my end. In a matter of seconds, she gripped me by the collar of my shirt as she screamed. “I am so going to slap you in the face” All of a sudden, I heard someone growl. “Don't you dare lay a finger on her, Nerissa” However, at that moment, my heart skipped a beat because it felt like the triplet brothers approached me and time went still. A different scent, something that I had never felt before wafted through my nostrils. It was soothing and comforting and an overwhelming sensation coursed through my body, causing goosebumps on my skin. Their scents wrapped around me like warmth and they smelled like a variety of flowers. My voice was barely above a whisper. “Mates” I could feel the triplets now standing before me and in that moment, they all murmured. “Mate.”Chapter Three Author’s Narration The last thing that the triplets ever imagined was the fact that they would be mated to Renee, the same woman whom they considered a murderer and a pretentious being who used her blindness as a facade to act as a saint even though she was purely evil! To Lennox, Levi, and Louis, only evil would be used to cure evil and by evil, they meant—Renee. Lennox, Levi, and Louis were made to leave the country shortly after their mum passed away after battling cancer for years. Their father, who was the Alpha of the Eclipse moon pack, was more bothered about the issue of the pack than caring about his family. The relationship that the triplets shared with their father was nothing to write home about because not only was he abusive towards them, he would always blame them for all the bad things happening. He blamed them for being behind their mum’s death and he also blamed Louis for being stuck with Nerissa in the fire, telling him that he should
Renee’s P.O.V As soon as that soothing feeling eluded me, I snapped back to my senses and at that moment, my breath came in short panicked gasps. Everyone murmured and I could imagine the shocks on their faces because of what had just happened. The moon goddess had to play some tricks with my destiny because how………How could I be mated to the Alpha Devils? Nerissa screamed. “This has to be a joke! You ruined my cake and dared to be mated to my ex and…..” Before she could complete her words, strong arms encircled me, lifting me to my feet and I was hoisted onto the shoulders of one of the triplet brothers. The blindfold slowly slipped off my eyes and the bright light in the hall caused my eyes to squeeze shut and a groan left my lips while I was still trying to decipher which one of the triplet brothers carried me. However, when a deep voice echoed through the whole place, I heard one of the brothers say. “Lennox, let me adjust it” “Alright, Louis” My hea
Renee Those bastards, after seeing that I was drowning, jumped into the water and pulled me out of the water and here I was, standing outside the Limousine that was supposed to take Nerissa and me to school from now on. Yesterday night, Alpha and Luna were angry with the fact that my name appeared in the ballot box. They hurled insults at me for trying to play the victim and that was why I jumped into the water. They hated that I had to attend the same school as Nerissa’s but because they wanted to save face before the public, they didn’t allow me to reject the offer and after pondering deeply on it, they gave me a school uniform and I had to go to school with Nerissa every day. When Nerissa’s scent wafted through my nostrils, I was soon jolted out of my thoughts and she heaved an exasperated sigh, bumping shoulders with me intentionally. Lowering my head before her even though it felt like I could break her into pieces for what she did with Kade. “Nerissa goo
Lennox’s P.O.V I slipped my hands down my pocket, tilting my head to the left while fixing my gaze on the guy who took Renee out of the building. Anger coursed through me in that moment and the only thing that I wanted to do was crush his audacity and his high self esteem. How dare he talk to us like that and most importantly, who gave him the rights to save Renee? If Renee would be saved and condemned was totally left to us. I hated to admit it but I hated the way he stared at her with so much passion in his eyes. Who was he? Louis leaned by his side. “Who is that rascal that dared to save our Mate?” Levi added. “He also talked to us like that……” Levi laughed. It was a thing that he always did whenever he was angry and clenching his fist, he crushed the pencil that he gripped. “I want to crush those wings” A smile crept at the corner of my lips at that moment, my fingers squeezing into folds while Louis commanded a student to come. “Who is that guy th
Renee’s P.O.V Returning to classes with him, my mind was filled with different thoughts and it was safe to say that I was shameless! I mean after everything that he did, with the way he alongside Louis and Levi bullied me by pouring paint on me, Lennox’s words did something to me that I couldn't decipher. His dirty words made my panties wet and it made me wonder, why my body reacted in that manner. Could it be the famous mating bond that everyone always talked about? Plus he was acting nice to me, making sure that I ate to my fill even though he talked dirty all through, talking about how beautiful my lips would look wrapped around his dick cap. I had never seen one before except for the descriptions I had heard when listening to audiobooks. Somehow, Lennox had gotten rid of Kade’s clothes, getting me a new uniform and new shoes and even though I didn't want to accept it, he forced it on me. All I needed was a way to get kicked out of th
Renee’s P.O.V After the humiliation that I had received on my first day in school, the fear of the same thing happening again overwhelmed me and because of that, I pretended to be sick, not going to school for two days. Somehow, the head servant managed to decipher that my act of being sick turned out to be a pretense so she reported me to the Alpha and Luna who forced me back to school. Now, I was back in this hellhole called Elite Arts High School. The mere thought of encountering the triplets again sent a wave of dizziness washing over me, accompanied by a sudden, sharp pain piercing through my head. I muttered under my breath, "Not again!" In just two days of not coming to school, a lot has happened. I had always known that Kade getting himself involved with me before the triplets was surely going to get him into trouble and I wasn't wrong about that. Kade had filed a petition against the triplets for bullying him to the extent that he was hospitalized for a day.
Lennox Renee’s scent lingered in my nose, her words muffled against my palm as she said. “What are you doing here, Lennox?” A soft sly grin crept onto my face, my fingers trailing her neck until they wrapped around her neck. My breath fanned against her ear and I drawled. “Renee…….” “First of all, what punishment do you think that you deserve for this insolent behavior? I have told you already that you can’t escape all the things that I would do to you, mate” The tears that tracked down her face fell on my fingers and I soon removed my fingers wrapped around her neck, stepping backward while leaning against the wall with my hands crossed over my chest. She muttered. “I don’t deserve any punishment. I only did the right thing……” I scoffed. “That would be for me to decide, Renee. If you did the right or the wrong thing….I would be the judge of that or let us do this instead, let us play a game” Her lips wobbled as she said. “A .….game? What game?” “I don’t want to be
Renee’s P.O.V That devil, Lennox, or whatever he was called. I am going to kill him with my bare hands and that was a promise but at the same time, did I have the willpower to do something like that? Because knowing myself, I was just going to crumble before him and I hated myself for that. Then Nerissa……..I didn’t know what to do concerning her. She left me there writhing in pain but thanks to my fast healing capabilities, the immense pain that I had felt waned. “Only if my inner wolf has manifested, then it would have been easier to crush all of them underneath my feet,” I muttered to myself, clenching my fist before sucking in a deep breath. With the way things were going, if I didn’t leave this school as fast as possible, then more woes would befall me. But, where was I going to run to? Memories of what happened between us flashed through my head and a groan escaped my lips. “Wouldn’t you be going in, Renee?” I heard Miss Kimberly say while my voice was bar
NerissaFor three days, the helicopter had paraded the forest, searching for Landon and me, but the damned triplets made it hard for us to be found because when they threw our body into that pit, not only did they torture us with wolfsbane, those bastards created a very strong barrier over the deep pit. Landon and I screamed until we lost our voices. We even noticed when the search team was next to the pit, but they could see us and hear our desperate cry for help. And as if that weren’t worse, Lennox, Landon, and Louis helped the search team, constantly crouching over the pit with an evil smile creeping at the corners of their mouth.Louis had taken it a step further, his voice low and extremely eerie as his eyes locked onto mine in the pit. A sinister smile crossed his face and he tilted his head to the side. “What do you think?” He said, his tone almost playful. “Should we bury them alive?” He chuckled, his fingers fluttering to his lips like he was stifling his laughter. Chills
Renee’s P.O.VI jolted awake, my chest heaving and my breath coming in shallow gasps as the memories refused to loosen their grip on me and like that, they flooded through my mind. Me falling into a pit. The mimicry of voices and the sound of growls and snarls echoed through my ears. There was a clash when I was in the pit and because of the voices that were being mimicked, I didn’t even know what to think anymore because I could have sworn that I heard Landon and Nerissa’s voices. Who was the person who could have imitated other’s voices perfectly and most importantly, where was I?Before panic could bleed through my veins, the feeling of a hand on mine caused this surge of calmness within me and at that moment, my anxiety subsided. Louis’s voice filled my ears and slowly, relief flooded through me because it was better to be stuck with them than being in that pit that made me think that no one was ever going to find me. “You are awake” His fingers brushed through the back of my p
Levi’s P.O.V Standing amidst my brothers, a surge of power coursed inside of me and the only sound that could be heard was that of the crow cawing in the distance and most importantly the sound of the rustling leaves that crunched underneath my brother, and I’s clawed feet at the same time. Thankfully, we were able to find Renee by following her shoe print and her scream for help. Landon stood on his hinges, twisting his neck while Nerissa stood next to him as a growl escaped her. Two things were going to happen tonight. It was either they left this place with broken bones or they ended up dead. One of these just had to happen tonight. Renee screamed out loud again in a desperate plea. “Please help me, somebody, please help me” Anger coursed through me at that moment and before I could even create a plan to take down Nerissa and Landon through the mind-link, Louis charged at Landon, the ground shaking underneath our clawed feet. In the next second Louis’s massive f
NerissaI loved Renee, and why did I love her? Because she was so naive. How could she have been foolish enough to take even a single step in that direction?After tormenting her, I fell on my knees, my hands clutching my stomach while laughing out my heart as she remained in the deep pit, whimpering and trembling in fear. Laughing uncontrollably as she kept screaming for help, the smile on my face soon died and anger coursed through my veins. I meant it when I mentioned that I was going to get back at her for everything that she had done to me. This was just the tip of the iceberg. I hadn’t even begun with her yet. By the time I was finished, she’d reject the Alpha Devils as her mates and leave the school—exactly as I planned.“Somebody, please save me” She screamed from the pit and in a fit of rage, I snarled at her. “You had better shut that mouth of yours because no one will be coming to save you”Suddenly, she froze, and her lips wobbled in shock. “Nerissa?”A smile crept at th
Renee’s P.O.VI clung tightly to the arm of the boy who came to fetch me. He told me that the Alpha Devils asked him to find me since they had found the treasure that was in the heart of the forest. At that moment, my mind couldn’t help but keep reeling from the different thoughts that popped up in my mind. Because first, something wasn’t adding up. How were they able to find the treasure easily and most importantly, how did they realize that I wasn’t with the walkie-talkie anymore? Could my blindness be the reason it took me longer to fit the puzzle pieces together? Was that the reason the triplets were able to find it before me? Because my blindness had never been a reason for me not to achieve my goal, plus it wasn’t too long since we started the games, so I found it weird that they were capable of finding it easily. I cleared my throat, tugging at him gently. “Umm…can we return to the field? I mean where we left off just now. I feel uneasy without taking my cane…” I bit on my
Renee *Games Day*The sharp powerful notes of trumpets blowing in the forest, cut through my thoughts like a honed knife as my heart almost leaped into my throat in fear. However, Lennox’s steadying hand as his fingers drew imaginary circles on the back of my palm, calmed me down. It was the games day and I was starting to get frustrated because of the endless rearrangement of sub-groups. And the craziest thing was that even after the rearrangement, it seemed like I was fated for drama throughout this week because how in the world did Nerissa fall into this subgroup again?It was either the guides were doing this intentionally or the moon goddess was having fun playing with my fate today. As if that wasn’t enough, the triplets and Landon were also in this subgroup, and that sums up my daily dose of chaos. There was this nudging thought at the back of my mind that they would clash. Either the triplets start a fight with Landon or Nerissa tries to pick on me but I doubt she would do
Renee Cold shivers thrilled down my spine, sitting across from Levi with my hands delicately folded on the table. Biting my lower lips, my mind couldn't stop revisiting the intense moment between the triplets and me while we were still in the cabin. Just the sheer thought of it made heat pool between my legs and my cheeks flush red. At the same time, the small smile that played on my lips fell when my mind drifted back to what had happened at the Museum. The triplets had seen something. If they didn't see something, then they wouldn't have addressed me as a liar. What could they have seen to wreak that much havoc in the museum?What in the world did Landon send to spark that reaction from them?Levi’s words broke my train of thought. “You can remove your sunglasses now. The lighting in the restaurant has been adjusted”Levi had rented out the whole restaurant because he wanted me to be comfortable and because of the blinding, harsh light that always caused immense pain for my eyes.
Nerissa’s POV Ever since Landon had returned from France, it was always from one issue to another with the triplets, and the reason behind it was no one besides that witch— Renee! Anger coursed through my veins as my fingers slowly curled into folds by my side while my eyes squeezed shut as the memories of that chaotic museum fight replayed in my head. I was sure that she was the one who kept setting him up all the time, and It was so sad that Landon was always caught up in all of this. He had never done anything wrong for him to be the target of the Alpha Devils. However, I wasn't here for Landon, I was here because I wanted to get back at the triplets for what they had done to me. Firstly, for the humiliation they subjected me to in front of Miss Kimberly. But most importantly, for the disgrace Louis inflicted on me when I gave him that cake. That bastard dared to slam the cupcake right into my face. However, I didn't blame him, the one with the blame was no one apa
Renee The aftermath of Louis’s threat erupted into chaos. I couldn’t understand the reasons behind their sudden outburst or what had triggered such an intense reaction. But one thing I was certain of: they had seen something—something ignited by Landon. The triplets had wreaked havoc in the museum as my mind replayed the sound of fists being thrown, the screams, the shutter of the camera, the groans, growls, and most importantly the sound of statues crashing down. It was so crazy that I couldn’t stop questioning why the moon goddess would entangle me with such troublemakers. Why couldn’t I live such a perfect life without the continuous drama from either the triplets, Nerissa, or even Landon—What was even Landon’s deal? Why was he bent on getting me into trouble? Why couldn’t he control the things that he would say around me instead of getting me into trouble all the time? I couldn’t just handle the thought that I was the reason the museum was in a mess and I hated myse