John "Mia drowned in a pool." He finally said. "We are at the hospital."Dad must have had his own phone on speaker because I heard Mia's mum shout. "You stupid boys." Dad growled. He was angry and rained a tirade of insults at all of us over the phone, knowing that we were near Quinn and could hear."I told you to take care of her." He fumed. "How did you let her drown?"We couldn't even use the excuse that we wanted to use. We were all ashamed of ourselves and knew we deserved dad's raging words."Which hospital are you dummies at?"Quinn told him and he clicked off the call. When he arrived at the hospital, he angrily scolded us, berating us for not protecting Mia.We hung their heads, remaining silent. We knew how precious Mia was to dad but we didn't know he would flare up this much. Mia's mother was the one who felt sorry for us and tried to calm our father's emotions. "What happened at the party?" Dad asked, looking at all of us but no one was willing to talk.We were sorry
MiaSorry? I blinked at them in surprise. I wished that I wasn't so tired, I wanted to use my finger to clean out my ears. I wasn't sure that I had heard that right. I didn't know them to be someone who could apologize.What was going on? What had gotten into them? This was surely not the boys that I knew.I arched my eyebrows at them and they didn't laugh or snicker in amusement as they would have done earlier. They still looked miserable as they were when I opened my eyes minutes ago and saw them. Okay, this was new and unexpected. "What do you want?" I asked, frowning at them.We should get this suspense done with."We are sorry." John repeated.I sighed. Why weren't they sorry when I was dying? Why weren't they sorry all those years? Why were they sorry now?"Did you bring me to the hospital?"They nodded. I continued with my questioning. "Is my mum here? Is your dad here?""Yes." They replied.I nodded. No wonder that they were here with me, waiting for me to wake up. I doubted
MiaThe departure of the triplet brothers allowed me to regain a brief sense of freedom in the house.I wasn't happy to see them leave because of the hard mission they were going to partake in but I was relieved when they were going.I could see how sorry they were when they were leaving. Even as they were packing their loads into the car, they still had their eyes on me and they seemed like they were still begging for my forgiveness.I hated the way they looked tortured and wondered why they were desperate for my forgiveness. What was in it for them?Their dad was still mad at them and wouldn't even go out to bid them goodbye. It was only mum and I who had stood outside, watching them pack. Mum had tried so hard to find out from Albert why he was mad at the boys but he wouldn't say anything to her.I didn't blame him. How was he to tell her? What was he to say? I also pretended to not know anything about the matter and eventually, mum gave up on it, hoping that the father and sons w
Six Months LaterMiaI was back home, on a visit to my mum. It was my leave period and I decided to spend it at home. I didn't know that I was going to miss my mum and Albert as much as I did but I did. Maybe it was the attachment from being with my mum Al through childhood but I certainly ached with her absence and calling he every night before I slept became a remedy for me, a cure for my loneliness.Even with the guys I went on dates with and Sasha there to keep me company, I still missed my mum. I missed Albert. I missed what it was like to have a full family at a table when I had to eat. I missed what it was like to have someone to walk through a garden with when I was bored and had to take a walk. I missed hearing sounds of people talking, laughing, walking and going about their business when I felt my apartment was too silent. I missed a lot of things about home and I wondered if this was because I didn't go far away from home when I was in college.Maybe if I had done, I woul
MiaI was terrified. Of all things that I was expecting to see here, it certainly wasn't a woman who was alive and locked away like she was some sort of criminal.I glanced at the talisman on the cage and realized that she might not be some criminal alone. This could be related to dark magic and I was sure that wasn't what I wanted to dabble into.This was already unknown waters that I was dipping my legs into and I had no doubt that I was going to sink if I tried to wade in too much. The thought of sinking made me remember when I had drowned at that party and almost died and I couldn't help the shivers that ran through me. I was afraid of dying and this seemed like the fastest way to die without anyone knowing of me.It seemed like she sensed my fear as she moved forward, her eyes pleading as she bore them into my skin. "Please help me. " She said. "Get me out."I shook my head. There was something about her voice that bothered me. It sounded too calm for someone who needed help and
MiaA fantasy book? I scoffed. Wasn't that how I felt all those years after coming across the triplets? My life had never been normal since I had met them. I hadn't lived a normal life after meeting them. What sort of a normal girl had repeated nightmares of wolves growling at her? What sort of a normal girl had three brothers making passes at her at different intervals? What sort of a normal girl had werewolves as brothers? What sort of a normal girl had brothers she hated and yet felt oddly secure with them in a way that she couldn't explain? I ran my hand through my hair and blew out a breath. I wasn't normal at all. I hadn't been for a long time. It wasn't surprising that things that happened to me wouldn't be normal as well and I would meet strange people.How would I explain that I had been chased by a bee till I found a hidden cave where a strange woman with an unbelievable tale was locked away?Her tale was indeed unbelievable. It wasn't easy for me to accept that Albert was
MiaFoolish human? It wasn't the tone she used in talking that scared me but what she said. I knew already that she wasn't human. She already said it and even if she didn't, there was no how the triplets were going to be werewolves if both their parents weren't one. She had claimed to be the mother of the triplets but with the way her eyes filled with hatred and menace, I doubted that she had been telling me the truth.The boys had always claimed that their mother was a sweet soul but this woman right here, clawing at my hand with everything that she had got in her was the total opposite of what I had heard of the former Luna of the wolf tribe.I was extremely frightened of her. The pain in my hand made me break out in cold sweats. I had sweats all over my body and on my forehead. I hadn't expected this woman to be an impostor but I should have known.I had been a fool. I shouldn't have walked into the cave. I shouldn't have listened to her story. I shouldn't have moved closer. I sh
QuinnI frowned as I stepped into the mansion and heard Mia's scream. That was unusual and unexpected. That didn't seem like she was screaming in delight and even if it was, I didn't think that there was anything that would happen at home that late to make her scream in delight.I frowned at the thought in my head, pushing it away. She wouldn't dare to bring a boyfriend home and have sex with him in the house. I didn't know how liberal her mum was and I was sure that dad wouldn't mind if she had visited with her boyfriend but I didn't like the thought of that.I didn't like the thought of a stranger in our house. I didn't like the thought of another man in the house. Oh, please. I rolled my eyes. I should be honest with myself. I was strong enough to do that for myself. I didn't like the thought of Mia with another man. She belonged to me. She belonged to us, reminding me that my brothers wanted her as well.I wouldn't let anyone else have her.There. I admitted it. It wasn't that ha
MiaFinally. It was done. I was mated to the boys. The mating ceremony was over. Some of the new wolves who didn't know were shocked that I was getting mated to the boys as they had assumed that I was getting mated to Quinn only but they had also moved on quickly and were happy that we were officially mated.Not all the wolves were around for my Luna ceremony and ritual or they would have found out about the intimacy between me and the boys.I was proud that mum was there to see mating ceremony and that there wasn't any knife cutting in this own. I didn't think mum was going to stand still if she saw that bloody crooked traditional knife cutting into my skin. I hoped that she wouldn't ever see the scars on my back. She had asked if I was keeping any more secrets from me but I didn't think I was going to tell her about the scars on my back. She was going to freak out if she saw them.She was just getting warmed up into the world of the werewolves and I couldn't show her the scars and r
MiaI had thought that mum would never want to see us again after last night's fiasco. I couldn't blame her. We hurt her and she had a right to her anger. I would have been mad as well if I was in her shoes. I was surprised when she came out and joined us for breakfast. That was good. That meant she was slowly letting go of her anger and would soon warm up to us. Maybe she would be forgiving us anytime soon. I had thought I shouldn't hold my breath on waiting for my mum to forgive us but now, it seemed possible.I was glad that I had told Albert to let us call her to join us for breakfast when he was about to ask the maid to send her food to the guest room that she had slept in. I knew Albert was affected that she had slept in another room. He looked worse, much worse than I had ever seen him. He seemed like he hadn't slept a wink last night with the absence of his wife in their shared bedroom. I didn't think I had ever seen them apart when they were in the same vicinity. He missed mu
VanessaI couldn't believe it. I still found it hard to believe that my own daughter could keep that much secret from me. I thought that we were close. I thought that we were as close as thieves. I thought that we didn't share any secrets. I thought that... Oh no, o stopped thinking as I didn't know what to think of anymore.She had to be kidding me. I felt like a fool, living in a house full of secrets and I was the only one who knew nothing about it. Asides the revelation that had happened in Mia's room after I found her kissing her brother, I had gotten more from her and I couldn't believe it.I still couldn't get the image of her kissing Quinn out of my head. I wondered what I would have done if I had found them in bed. Oh no! I couldn't bear to think of that. If she was dating the three of them, that meant that she was sleeping with the three of them.Oh my! How did that even work? I couldn't think of my daughter whoring herself out but with the way that they had explained it, th
MiaIt was revelation day. It was a hassle trying to calm mum down after witnessing me and Quinn kissing. She had glared at us with her eyes widespread and in disbelief."Can someone tell me what is going on here?" She yelled."Please calm down, mum." I pleaded with my face blushing red. I was embarrassed. I shouldn't have let this happen like this. I felt like she was disappointed in me and I hated myself. I wanted my mum to know about my relationship with the boys but it was not like this. I felt bad with the way she was looking at me and I wished that the ground would open up and swallow me whole."Calm down?" She squealed. "I just saw you kissing your brother while the others are looking at you. That was a passionate kiss for it to be seen as brotherly. You were sucking on each other's tongues and Jack was looking at you as if he couldn't wait to undress you. How can you tell me to calm down?"I sighed. I shouldn't have said that. "I'm sorry, mum. I will tell you everything that
Quinn"Mia! Wait! Stop!" I shouted at her to stop but she wouldn't. She kept on running, heading outside and I knew that I was messed up if she could get out of the gate. She would misunderstand the whole scenario and harden her heart before I could find my brothers, and go home to beg her.What was she doing here? Scratch that. That wasn't the right question to ask. She could be here for reasons of her own that she knew. The right question to ask was why she would think that I was cheating on her. I understood that the situation wasn't a nice one and it was possible that jealousy suddenly crept up on her but she should have held on to her logic. I was a wolf and never would I cheat on my mate. She was far from thinking right and that was what I had to help her do which was why I had to run to her before she could escape.I ran after her, watching as she took a bend. I sighed. If she could get out of that turn, she would be at the gate and that would be the end of my immediate apolog
MiaI flicked off the paper in front of me, tired of staring through fonts and ink. I had been busy. No, I had been trying to keep myself busy. Those were what I had been trying to do all day, all week since the boys had left.I missed them. I missed them with an ache that had my heart rolling and I couldn't imagine how they would feel as well since we were all mates and were apart. I was sure that it would be hard on them the same way it was hard on them. I wondered how they felt. We had calls everyday and almost every minute but that couldn't suffice for being together.I couldn't tell if they were in pain from our phone conversation as they were trying hard to hide it from me which was also what I was trying to do. I was also hiding it from them how much I missed them so they wouldn't be distracted and be able to concentrate where they were.I sighed. As if we could hide how we felt. Even if we didn't talk about it, we all knew that we were missing one another greatly. It was the m
QuinnI thought I had seen the last of Susan by telling her how I didn't miss her but I was wrong. She was more determined to have me in her space and because I mentioned my brothers the other time, she extended a bit of the gesture to them though it was all too obvious that what she was doing to them was fake and all she was concerned about was truly me.I sighed. I hated unnecessary attention of any kind and I had tried my best to avoid it by staying on my own in the barracks but now she was bringing me out in the open against my wish.I didn't like this and I was going to have to talk to her. What did she think that she was doing? That I was going to like it? She was being ridiculous if she didn't know it and she had to be dreaming if she thought that I was going to like her gesture.I remembered that I wanted to tell my brothers something and was about to speak up but the bell beat me to it."Oh! That is the bell for dinner. Shall we?" Jack said."No problem." John replied.We had
QuinnI missed Mia. I missed her with a pang. I didn't think that I could stay far away from her any longer. It was easier staying far from home when I wasn't a mated wolf but it wasn't the case now. My mind was conflicted and my heart longed to be home where she was.It was affecting my body as well and I had gone weaker and wasn't discharging my duties properly. I wasn't the only one as I had expected. I wasn't the only one mated to Mia and missing her. The three of us were weak and the major had noticed immediately the second day that we reported for duties. We got tired easily and were easily distracted.He had teased us about losing our abilities because we had been away from so long and had told us to get back in shape as soon as we could. I shook his head. If only that he knew. He didn't know that what we needed wasn't more trainings but being by the side of our mate.There was no way that Mia could be allowed to stay and live here with us as she wasn't an officer. We were the
MiaNo matter how much you anticipated or feared a day, it was going to come. I didn't even have the time to anticipate this time as it had come suddenly. I hadn't been expecting it. How could their major tell them to come back and give them only two days to do so? Who did that? He hadn't even given them time to prepare at all and had just wanted them to be back. Didn't he think that they were going to have to prepare? What if they were in the midst of something important when they had gotten his mail? Were they supposed to have dropped it all and reported to work?I believed that they were. They wouldn't have been military men if that wasn't the case. They weren't meant to complain when they got an order but followed without a complaining.I snorted at my thought. I knew that they were military men before I got involved with them.I was going to miss them. I stood by, watching them with my arms folded on my chest as I watched as they packed their luggage into the car.They turned whe