Quinn"Why is she not coming home this week again?"I sighed as I laid down on the bench, closing my eyes against the sun. I was tired of the question. I had heard it a lot over the past few weeks from my brothers that I was afraid anytime they opened their mouths, praying that wasn't what they wanted to talk about.Hardly any day passed that they didn't ask me why Mia didn't come home or if I knew anything. Of course, I denied everything. I was glad that she wasn't home. I had misbehaved and I wanted to keep that secret hidden for as long as I could.I had told my brothers not to bother with watching her as I would take all the turns doing so because I didn't want them to know what I had done.I had come to the garden to avoid them and yet they had followed me, asking me if I knew why Mia didn't come home even though I had told them countless times that I had no idea."I don't know." I replied for the umpteenth time, sighing as I turned on the bench."You should know." Jack grumbled.
Mia"Make sure you see me immediately after your meal."I frowned as I heard those words. I already knew Albert too much to know that those words didn't mean something good. A row was about to go down between Quinn and his father and I was curious to know what it was.I looked at his brothers and they didn't seem bothered as if they already knew what it was about and didn't want to get caught in the crossfire. I started to rush my food just as I noticed that Quinn was doing the same. I didn't want to miss out on the fun. He didn't seem eager to leave the table even though he was rushing his meal so he could leave early and I knew at that time that it was a serious case. That made me eager to find out what it was. I couldn't help wondering if something had been happening to Quinn while I was busy running from home.I gasped at the thought that crept into my head as I remembered what Albert had told me. I hoped that it wasn't time to choose an alpha and Quinn would have to fight for hi
MiaI was ashamed of myself. What was I going to do? How was I going to face the brothers or their father? It was at this moment that I was glad that my mum wasn't a werewolf with weird nose that could sniff out what someone had done in secret.I couldn't imagine how I would feel if she also knew by looking at me that I had slept with Quinn. I wouldn't have been able to deal with the look in her eyes. I would have asked that the ground opened up and swallowed me. I would have cried and begged till it did.I could barely sleep that night, as expected. I tossed about till it was daybreak. When it was dawn, I was about to go out for breakfast when I saw how I looked. I gasped at my reflection in the mirror. I couldn't go out like that. I looked like I had gone to a war front and fought a whole lot of battles overnight. There was no how I was going to avoid answering questions if I stepped out looking like that.I brushed my teeth, cleaned up and dressed in a casual comfy dress. I didn't
MiaI was anxious all through the night, worried that Jack was going to come back home even though I had locked the door.I groaned. This was my second night at home and I couldn't sleep tonight as well. I shouldn't have come home, I regretted for the thousandth time. I should have tortured myself with thinking of the party that I didn't get to go to instead of this torture that I was enduring at home. I should have gone alone to the party. It wasn't a must that I went there with a date. I had thought that I would be ashamed going there without a date and being the only one without one but the shame I would have felt was nothing compared to what I was dealing with now.My head banged and I wished that I could get myself some drugs but I couldn't, reminding myself that I hadn't eaten. I glanced at the food lying on the stool and looked away. I couldn't bring myself to eat the food that Jack had brought in no matter how hungry I was. Moreover, the food would already be cold and I didn
MiaI gasped as I jumped off the bed the next morning, cursing as I glanced at the alarm clock beside my bed.Why hadn't I heard it ring? I had slept off through my alarm and was going to pay for it pretty soon. I didn't think I had ever been this late to work. I rushed to the bathroom, hoping to be done as fast as I could.I was out in thirty minutes and flagged down a cab. On a normal morning, I would have walked to the office but that wasn't going to work this time.All eyes were on me as I walked into the office and I cringed, feeling a sense of deja Vu. That reminded me too much of when the boys and their father wouldn't stop staring at me. I wanted to tell them to stop staring at me. I ignored the looks just as I had done back at home and moved to my desk. I knew that they were staring at me only because I was late and that wouldn't be for forever. That was only going to last for today as I didn't intend to get late tomorrow. I was glad that they didn't have supernatural nostr
JohnI sighed. When we had asked for a leave, this wasn't how I envisioned it. I had never imagined that my father would have been fighting with any of my brothers.Dad had always been strict on us but I couldn't remember him ever picking a grudge with us. It had been two days since we had all found out that Quinn and Mia had slept together and dad had been angry since then. He hadn't spoken a word to Quinn and didn't even answer his greetings. He ignored us as well and I knew that was because Quinn had confessed to him how we all felt about Mia.I felt pity for dad. It must be hard on him. He must be finding it hard to accept that his step-daughter would have to be his daughter-in-law. It was indeed a bitter pill to swallow but he would have to forgive us eventually. I couldn't wait for that day to come, when we would all talk about this and put it behind us.The heart always chose who it wanted to love and he had known that the three of us always liked the same thing right from birt
MiaWhen I was young, mum told me that I had to drink milk and eggs even though I didn't like it then. I had asked her why I had to and she had explained that I needed to if I wanted to grow as a healthy child.It hadn't been easy eating eggs and drinking milk then because I loved to eat rice. I would eat rice everyday in a week without minding but mum had minded. She had felt I wasn't doing what was right and had been on my case till I had believed in what she had said.Doing what she said was right for me instead of what I would have loved to do was a hard decision but I did it and was really glad that I did. I did turn out well and as I grew up and learned how to read, I realized that I couldn't have survived on rice alone.I thought of what Albert told me on phone that my life had become messed up because I had been marked and I was not going to be able to settle with the other men because of it. I knew he was right and had no reason to lie to me - heck, he was the last person who
MiaIt was just some hours before when I would be going back home. I was perfectly fine now but I was told that I had to be home every week or at the most, every two weeks if I was busy so I could avoid a repeat of what had happened.Mum would like this the most. I sighed. My life had never been the same since I had met the triplets.I didn't have much to pack since I hadn't planned to be home and had only stayed for a day. Albert had sent the driver on an errand and I was waiting for him to be back so he could drive me back home.I heard a gentle knock on the door and looked up in surprise as Quinn came in. It was really going to take me some time to get used to how polite my brothers - my future partners - were turning out to be."Good afternoon, Mia." "Good afternoon." "Can I sit?"I nodded. "Of course." This was strange. I wouldn't have believed it if it hadn't happened to me. Quinn would have sat down and given me a cold look if I rebuked him for acting as if my room was his."