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ENTANGLED WITH HER ALPHA STEPBROTHERS 117: A Grand Plan
LOGANTwo things kept me up at night these days.Scarlett’s unbending foolishness to completely cure me and the events that led up to discovering that she was the cure.Weirdly, the latter was on my mind much more than the former because it seemed like less and less like a coincidence each passing day. When I’d contacted the stage management team the morning after my near death experience, they’d confirmed that no UV lights had been installed for the gala and after sitting through a harrowing evening with the team members, I confirmed using my alpha intuition that I wasn't being lied to.After then, it seemed like I’d hit a dead end and returned to square one, but I couldn't let go of the restlessness itching at my insides each time I thought back to the event.Finally, I found one common denominator in each scenario where I’d been burnt by an artificially engineered UV light. And much to my annoyance, it was always Micheal. He was always conveniently at the center of it all.First, w
ENTANGLED WITH HER ALPHA STEPBROTHERS 118: A Bait
LOGANWith the life threatening speed I’d driven at, finding Micheal’s private address was a piece of cake.Once the guards at the entrance spotted me, they started scrambling around to secure the gates but I’d purposely driven an armored car for this exact reason. Despite their attempts to make the gates impenetrable, I aimed for it at full speed and drove right into it.As soon as the gate fell and I drove over or, multiple alarms were set off, blaring loudly and almost deafening me in the process. In response to the alarms, guards poured out of the house and charged towards my car.The armored vehicle was ruined after driving through the high and hefty gates of Micheal’s fortress so I had to pry the window open to squeeze myself out.Once I was face to face with about a dozen guards who were in attack form and ready to pounce, I reached for my gun. I could easily take them all in hand combat, one after the other or at once but I knew I’d be wasting precious time and endangering Sca
ENTANGLED WITH HER ALPHA STEPBROTHERS 119: Whatever means
LOGANThe pain was growing worser by the second but I refused to let it overwhelm me.From experience, I knew that giving into the pain would only make Micheal’s sick intentions come to pass, so I fought it off as hard as I could. In no universe would such an asshat be the one who’s get to dishonorably kill me and rip me of my rightful title or the shot at a better life that I could get when Scarlett completely cured me.I thought of a romance brimming life with Ashley. A better one where we weren’t confined to nights alone and dark rooms in the day time.That was enough to give me a renewed sense of strength and hope. I channeled all of my energy at that point and started towards Micheal fearlessly.I could clearly see hesitation flash through his eyes when he realized that the UV lights couldn’t completely incapacitate me on the spot but hate blinded him into charging towards me anyways. He was at arms reach when I punched him in the face and he fell sigh a pained grunt.He bounced
ENTANGLED WITH HER ALPHA STEPBROTHERS 120: An Offer You Can't Refuse
SCARLETTMy eyes were heavier than a monster truck when I opened them, I had to squint and hold my temple gingerly to keep the headache I felt from splitting my brain into two halves.The second my eyes did a scan of the environment I was in, I realized that I has bigger problems than a splitting headache because I was in a strange room, laying on an unfamiliar bed. I sat up quickly, ready to sprint out of the room when the events of the previous night suddenly came flooding back.The intensity with which those memories slammed into me made me hold onto the bed I’d been waves to bolt from for dear life.Micheal’s betrayal stung like a swarm of bees had attacked me and gone right for my face.That cold and detached person that he’d become while I was fighting for my life was nothing like the man I’d known him to be for well over a month. I’d have never expected that a person so gentlemanly, kind and compassionate could turn out to be a raging psychopath.The longer I thought of it, the
ENTANGLED WITH HER ALPHA STEPBROTHERS 121: Bitten in the ass
SCARLETTFor the umpteenth time, my lack of self control had bitten me in the ass.Why did I always have to lose myself completely whenever a Vaughn brother laid a finger on me? What sort of insatiable and unreasonable hormones consumed me whole once they were near? Why did they have an effect on me that always ended up jeopardizing my life?It broke me beyond explanation that I couldn't find any reasonable answers to those questions, neither could I turn back time and completely avoid stepping foot into the forsaken Vaughn mansion.Those thoughts and a million more caused a growing hole in my heart all week since Logan has showed me that appalling tape of me whoring myself out to him in the most humiliating way.Unfortunately, I didn't have the luxury of calling his bluff and waiting to see if he’s truly expose me because I would absolutely crumble and never recover if my mother ever saw that video. I could imagine all the ways she’d slut shame and humiliate me for being desperate to
ENTANGLED WITH HER ALPHA STEPBROTHERS 122: Concept of moving on
ALEXThe concept of moving on has never existed to me, it’s only been hearsay and never a thing I thought I’d experience.But over the past two weeks, I’ve been in literal hell trying to move on from Scarlett.I’ve been to all the strip clubs in the city just to give hooking up a shot, each night I’ve left with at least four willing she-wolves on my arm but the moment we get to my car, I start to feel a gnawing pain and irritation that makes me snap and send them away.Every damn night, I’ve left alone and returned home to a cold bed, wondering if my hormones were buried the same day Scarlett swore me off.When actively searching out women in clubs didn’t work, I resorted to opening a profile on tinder and bumble, however I made it clear that I wasn’t interested in anything other than a one night stand.Almost every minute, my phone was flooded with requests from countless women, but I never accepted any because they weren’t who I wanted. The one time I accept a request, it was becaus
ENTANGLED WITH HER ALPHA STEPBROTHERS 123: I'll get you out
ALEXAnyone who’s seen Logan treat Scarlett like she’s no better than gum on the sole of his shoes would know nothing good could come from them working together.And as I drove to work, I felt increasingly restless by the minute that she was at his mercy.When I couldn’t take it anymore, I parked my car and reached out to my head of IT to dig up any recent happening that connects Logan and Scarlett.Moments later, he sent me a footage of the private gala Logan hosted a few days ago and I immediately figured out what struck his interest in Scarlett after watching the scene where he was in visible pain at the podium and mysteriously got relieved when she came into view.Scarlett was the cure to his curse and he was selfishly ruining her life to secure his.I didn’t even think before turning my keys in the ignition and changing my course for his company. God knows I’d fight him to the death rather than watch him rubbish her life, especially through manipulative coercion.In a matter of m
ENTANGLED WITH HER ALPHA STEPBROTHERS 124: Hell’s Occupant
SCARLETTHell’s newest occupant.That’s what I’d become from the very second I walked through the doors of Logan’s company, and as horribly as my day has gone from that moment onward, the universe still didn’t give me a fucking break.Alex’s presence just had to top off a bad day and make it even worse. I wondered what had gotten into him that made him develop some false sense of responsibility towards me, but I wasn’t some damsel in distress that would bend over backwards once he made some empty promises to save me from damnation at Logan’s hands.I gripped the files in my hands tighter and headed towards Logan’s office door, I didn’t have time to worry about Alex when my descent to hell could be quickened if Logan didn’t get these files.“Here,” I grudgingly dropped the pile of photocopies on his desk, “is there anything else?”He took his sweet time looking through them before picking up a card off his desk and practically hurling it in my direction. I dodged it at the last second
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ENTANGLED WITH HER ALPHA STEPBROTHERS EPILOGUE
SCARLETT “How many minutes apart are your contractions?” “Can you feel the pups crowning already?” “Should I get the midwives?” My husbands circled around me like vultures readying their prey, asking me a million and one questions like I was not as clueless about childbirth as they were. They’d read a library worth of childbirth and parenting books from the moment I found out I was pregnant and yet they were as nervous as a completely ignorant parent would be. “Stop hovering over her, please,” Hyacinth sighed and rolled her eyes as she walked into the birthing room, “the birthing process will begin any moment and I’ll need you all to either be quiet and or absent so I can get to work.” They all murmured amongst each other before finally falling quiet. “I’m going to give you a mild anesthetic so you don’t feel a thing and sleep through it, alright?” she turned to me with a kind smile and I nodded. I felt nerves already wrecking my body upon hearing that, I was reminded of the c
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LOGANThree long yet amazing months went by and the D-day finally arrived. I couldn’t believe that I was about to be married to Scarlett and it seemed that neither Blake nor Alex could believe it seeing how nervous they were while getting dressed for the ceremony. We’d watched her become the best version of herself in the last three months and judging from all the power and potential she radiated, even three Vaughn men might not be enough of a match for her. Still, I was beyond elated to see what a marriage as unique as ours had in store for us in the coming years. And for the rest of our lives. “I still can’t figure this shit out!” Blake whined as he wrongly knotted his tie for the hundredth time and Alex and I laughed at him. “If you’re too nervous to knot your tie, maybe you should just sit out the wedding ceremony,” Alex teased him. “Yeah, it’s a small wedding anyways. We’ll just add your name to the marriage certificate and crop you into the pictures for the wedding album,” I
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SCARLETTWe did it? “Yeah, we fucking did it,” Logan’s excited response made me realize that I’d asked that question out loud instead of in my head as I’d assumed. “And that’s only because you had the balls to put yourself on the line when we weren’t willing to take that risk,” Alex added, flipping a pancake effortlessly with a slight tilt of the pan. Inwardly, I rolled my eyes at his stellar skills, wondering how he was able to pull that off when I couldn’t even do it while carefully using a frying spoon. “I’m going to take a wild guess and say that you’re no longer focused on our victory over the Shahato and you’re now hating on everyone that can make a proper pancake unlike you,” Blake said through a chuckle. I narrowed my eyes at him, picking a grape off my plate and throwing it at his head for teasing me. “Ow!” he exclaimed when it hit his forehead. “Serves you right,” I grinned before taking a generous bite of my sandwich. That led to back and forth banter, and as much a
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SCARLETTAgain, they’d come to my rescue at the perfect moment.Unlike the last time, I refused to lose faith in them, so seeing them was more than an answered prayer, it was the confirmation of a truth I’d been steadfastly holding unto.I felt relief course through my entire body as the army pounced on the Shahato warriors, shifting to their wolf form and ripping our enemies apart before they had the chance to rejoice over my burnt corpse.Suddenly, the regret I felt when I was thrown into the portal that brought me here washed away and I was pleased with myself for following through with the baiting plan that brought us this far. I had a feeling that after this battle, we’d finally know peace and harmony instead of the chaos and despair we’d had to endure for months now.I was so lost in imagining a time of calm and quiet that I even forgot that fire was slowly creeping towards me as the altar behind me burnt away. It was when I smelt thick fumes suffocating me that I looked behind
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LOGANI still felt shitty and stupid for how immature I’d acted when Scarlett disappeared behind that godforsaken portal.Blake didn’t deserve to be choked so heartlessly when all he did was keep me from breaking my foot to pieces—because believe me, that was my intention when I started kicking that rock. Yet, he’d stopped me from hurting myself foolishly and I repaid him like an absolute asshole.I knew I’d apologized, but it didn’t seem enough so I made a mental note in the back of my mind to make it up to him somehow after we rescued Scarlett.“Guys! Over here! Quickly!” Hyacinth called out to me and my brothers and we rushed to where she was bent over on the floor and holding a glass shard.“What did you find? Please give us some good news,” Alex practically begged as he crouched beside her.“Their sorcerer must’ve mistakenly dropped this while closing the portal in a hurry, and now I know exactly where those bastards took her,” she jumped to her feet and Alex followed suit.“Wher
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ALEXFan–fucking–tastic!This bloody plan blew up in our faces just like I’d predicted it would. Those cunning bastards just zapped our mate through a portal and I couldn’t feel her through the bond from the moment they disappeared into it.I guessed that neither Blake nor Logan could feel her either because they equally seemed like they were going mad.“Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck this!” Logan yelled on the top of his voice while kicking a rock repeatedly until I heard a toe snap and blood started to ooze from his boot.That didn’t stop him though, he kept spitting profanities and angrily kicking the rock until Blake ran towards him and dragged him away from the rock and set him on the floor.“What the hell is wrong with you, Logan? How the hell does that fix shit!?” Blake leaned forward, placing his hands on both knees while screaming right into Logan’s face.Instead od answering, Logan reached out and gripped Blake’s neck and started to twist it with rage burning in his eyes. I immediat
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SCARLETTThe morning of the full moon had finally arrived, and just like everyone else, I hoped that things went according to plans.None of us could handle any surprises because the chances of the plan going smoothly hinged on us being in complete control. To ensure that nothing went wrong, Hyacinth got a team of sorcerers to cast truth spells on the army in a bid to uncover any hidden spies from the Shahatos.Once we confirmed that every warrior was loyal to us, we finally let them in on the plan for the first time since we’d hatched it.Afterwards, Blake and Alex guided them through morning drills and helped them memorize the parts of the plan they were instrumental to, Logan and I kept Hyacinth company while she and her group of sorcerers did a location spell.Unlike the former location spells they’d casted to locate me when I was captured, this was much more likely to work because she’d used the blood of the prisoners that were recently executed. She assured us that with a team o
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SCARLETTOnce again, Hyacinth had to come to our aid.We rushed Alex home and called her to come by the house as soon as possible. After ten minutes that felt like an eternity, she finally arrived and got to work on speeding up his healing. She explained that he invested wolfsbane and that’s why he wasn’t healing even after Blake and Logan cleaned and bandaged his wounds properly as soon as we got home.Hyacinth fed him some potions, but when they didn’t work, she told us that the wolfsbane had been in his system for far too long so she would need a powerful spell to magically detox him of it so his wolf could heal.While she convened with the powers that be on the required spell for such a crucial procedure, I paced the entire room worriedly while saying prayers to the moon goddess and ignoring the words of comfort being thrown my way from Logan and Blake.For some reason, I still felt fractions of the fear and pain I felt when I thought he was going to take his life just to prove a
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SCARLETTAn hour passed and I immediately rallied Logan and Blake into the car to go in search of Alex. The longer we went without being able to contact or find him, the more I regretted listening to Logan and Blake instead of my wolf.And now because of my negligence, we were all worried out of our minds for Alex.It was almost nightfall and neither of us could reach or find him still. And believe me, we’d tried everything we could possibly think of. Logan tried to track his phone but his men found it dumped in a roadside bin and had no other means of tracing where he went from there because the traffic cams in that area were all busted.After that dead end, we’d all gone around the city in search of him but we couldn’t pick up his scent talk less of find his car.Normally, we’d have assumed that he was just somewhere blowing off steam and stayed home to wait on him. But ever since the marking ritual, we had a much stronger bond and could feel each other’s emotions and a while ago we
