SCARLETT Alex was such a sore loser, it pleased me to kick his ass and watch him whine. “You’re cheating, aren’t you?! You have one of those cheat cards that always guarantees you a win!” he accused me when I kicked yet another one of his chess pieces off the board. “It’s chess, you wacko. Why would I need cards to rig the game? Have you simply run out of sensible accusations?” I threw a popcorn at his head and he winced like it has hurt. So dramatic. “Harassing a player with food is foul play, that should cancel out your last five moves,” he stuck his tongue out like a child, one would think that he was the last of his siblings. “So you want to cancel out all my moves so you can be ahead of the game just because I hit you with a harmless piece of popcorn?” I asked, laughing at his silliness. “If you look really closely, you can see me bleeding,” he brought his head closer and I leaned forward just to humor him. “Show me where it hurts,” I rolled my eyes at him, waiting for the
BLAKE “A hundred roses, yes. Each of carrying one of the apology notes I sent over in the email, and I need them delivered before nightfall,” I rambled off instructions to a vendor I’d been speaking with all day instead of actually working in my office at the cafe. My foremost thought was finding a way to apologize to Scarlett and nothing else. I couldn’t function while trying to do anything but that. “Alright, sir. We’ll process your order and have it sent out as directed,” the florist said in a professional tone, “You’ll need to make your payment as soo—”My phone was suddenly slapped out of my hands and bag was dropped over my head, blinding me to my assailants as strong arms grabbed my legs and hands and lifted me off the floor and towards what seemed to be a car’s running engine. “What the hell is this bullshit!? Let me fucking go!” I fought my hardest to break free from their hold but it was gonna avail. Soon, I felt my back hit a hard metal floor which I assumed was the fl
SCARLETTI’d learnt the truth now, but at what cost?Moments after Logan and Alex rushed into the cave to find Blake, an oddly cold chill ran down my spine like danger was lurking nearby and it didn’t take long before it reared its ugly head in form of a middle aged man dressed in white and gold.He headed towards me with a huge grin that caused a familiar memory to slam into my mind’s eye like Deja Vu.Strangely, he reminded me of the creep that had been lurking a few blocks away the last time I visited Blake’s old cafe and I hated how awfully uncomfortable I felt as he approached the car with the same walking stick I’d spotted on the day I’d seen said creep.It had to be him, he fit the description perfectly.“I thought we’d never meet, beautiful, but I guess the gods have a way of delivering your rightful destiny into your laps,” his crooked smile made disgust crawl up my skin, “whether it be in form of a sacrifice, or fool in love.”I didn’t understand the parables he was speaking
SCARLETTThe sorceress that came to administer medicines and treatment to Blake was being escorted out by Alex and Logan while I took a seat by his side on the bed.“Hey,” he breathed in a small voice, his eyes barely able to stay open.I reached out and nervously ran a hand over his bruised face. He somehow managed to still look beautiful under all those scars, making my heart flutter as she shut his eyes and let out a satisfied sigh under my touch.“Hey,” I said back, my heart feeling heavier than it had in a long time.The only difference was that it wasn’t heavy with hurt this time around. It was heavy with compassion, with a fresh rush of affection, with forgiveness, with understanding.“I know I’ve said it many times than you care to hear, but I’m really sorry for hurting you Scarlett. I had no idea how much you’d mean to me in the long run, and I was stupid to agree to a mission that has to with deceiving an innocent woman who was at the peak of her life, whether I ended up fal
SCARLETTAll three Vaughn men were stealing glances at me as we set up the outdoor area for a marking ritual.I was wearing a simple knitted dress and an unimpressive pair of crocs while my hair sat on my head in a messy bun, but they all seemed to be enamored by the basic sight. I didn’t know whether to be flattered or feel like a straight up goddess that they would willingly worship.“So what’s the occasion? No one’s told me anything,” Blake spoke over the Afro beats album blasting through the speakers.I was closest to it so I turned the music down a little, noticing how Alex and Logan shot me questionable glances as if to say; you haven’t told him!?Of course I hadn’t, after we fell asleep in each other’s arms, we woke up and did more kissing and fondling than talking so my brain turned to complete mush and I forgot that I had something to tell him in the first place.“I’ll go refill the coffee.”“I’ll go check the cookies.”Alex and Logan said at the same time, looking for a mean
SCARLETTFionnula’s oracle; the sign read as the car came to a halt.Blake stepped out of the passenger’s seat and opened the back door for me while Logan got out of the other door and Alex from the driver’s seat. We all walked into the suspicious looking open shack while observing the surroundings.“She’s the most knowledgeable witch in the continent and her workshop is a shack that looks like a boring potion shop that no one has visited since the 90s?” Alex was the first to speak as we stepped into the place.I opened my mouth to respond but the dragging footsteps that echoed through the place made me clasp it shut.“I assure that I’ve had thousands of visitors everyday since the 90s, I’m just not a firm believer in tying the worth of my career to material possessions despite the fat consultation fee I charge,” the woman I believed was Fionnula appeared, her silky skin and magnificent beauty nearly knocking the air out of my lungs.Logan jabbed Alex in the side for his comment and h
SCARLETT“The lady in red,” I heard someone singing the 80s pop song as I walked down the stairs with Blake trailing behind me, “is dancing with me, cheek to cheek.”It was an alluring voice, deep and vibrational. So, I smiled, half-yawning as the scales of sleep fell off my eyes. I knew he was singing that because of the red nightdress I had on, that made it both cringe and adorable, the perfect type of romantic.Logan’s beautiful hazel eyes crinkled in the corners as he smiled back at me and continued singing, “there’s nobody here—”“Are you kidding me? I’m right here,” Blake whined and threw an arm around my neck as we reached the bottom of the stairs and I burst into laughter.“You’re such a hater, I wanted to hear him sing the entire chorus,” I poked Blake in the side and walked to where Logan was making coffee and got on the tip of my toes to give him a peck.Just as I pulled back, the door opened to reveal Alex who was carrying two boxes of delicious scenting cinnamon rolls. I
SCARLETTI wasted no time unlocking the door.“No one-man parties,” Logan grinned from ear to ear as he walked in, “Once I smell your arousal in the same building as I am, I’m joining in.”Alex reached for my neck as wrapped his fingers around it possessively, holding my gaze in a sensuous way that made my pussy throb.“You hear that, you naughty thing? It’s all of us or none of us,” he ripped my dress off me and I jumped in surprise as cold air hit my bare skin.Turned on to the max, I nodded at him in obedience.“Hands on the wall, come on,” Blake surprised me by throwing in a command, and when I didn’t respond quickly enough he smacked my ass and led me towards the wall himself.I’d barely placed my hands against the wall before I heard him undo his pants and slam into my ass with a grunt. My eyes rolled into the back of my head and moaned loudly as he started to plummet into me recklessly.“I’ve wanted to show you much I missed you for quite some time, sweetheart,” he whispered th
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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