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SCARLETTDon’t trust her, my wolf whispered for the umpteenth time.She didn’t have to remind me so often, I had no plans of ever trusting this slimy snake of a woman. I was watching her ramble off more details about the Shahato army to the guys in the conference room of Logan’s company, but I didn’t trust or believe a word that left her lips.I wasn’t hard to convince on a normal day, but when my guts were constantly rejecting a a person, I knew there had to be something shady about them and I’d rarely ever been wrong about that all my life.Right now, I wasn’t voicing those concerns because the guys seemed seriously interested in what she was saying since they’d confirmed that the information about the hideout wasn’t a lie.“You’re certain this is the day when their forces are weakest?” Blake asked, motioning to the scribbling on the white board.Wathoni nodded eagerly, stepping closer him and annoying me in the process.“Yes, every Thursday about half of Lucas’s army are sent out o
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BLAKEA miracle landed at our doorstep, yet Scarlett was giving the gods a ‘fuck you’ finger for sending it our way whenever she got the chance.“You definitely have no intention of helping these men and I know it, so stop fucking lying, okay?”I’d heard her say, and despite Wathoni’s attempt to sway her thinking, she’d gone ahead to light fire to gasoline and that’s why I’d stepped in to extinguish the fire before it blew up in all our faces.Now I was face to face with her and she seemed completely unapologetic about what had conspired between her and Wathoni. The look on her face was enough to tell me that she knew I’d overheard them.“Why’re you doing this, Scarlett? She’s just trying to help, without her we’d have never found the Shahato’s new hideout,” I said tiredly as she walked towards where I was in the doorway.“I really don’t want to get into the whys of this entire thing, I just want you to answer me one question Blake,” she sighed as she reached me, “can you do that for
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BLAKEAlex and Logan were too busy fighting off the men we hadn’t planned to encounter while our army kept deteriorating by the second.Unlike me, they’d easily gotten over their initial shock and thrown themselves all into the battle again. But I was too busy hating myself for endangering them because I’d foolishly believed the lies of this traitorous bitch before me instead of trusting Scarlett’s guts.“I should’ve let you die, you fucking snake,” I pointed an accusing finger at Wathoni who was pointing a gun at me, “I should’ve let you bleed out on my doorstep while begging for mercy until you crawled back to hell where you rightfully belong,” I spat hatefully, my entire body filling with heat.She grinned, fondling with the trigger of the gun in her hand. It was similar to the one the men jumping out from the underground tunnels had so I knew that if she shot at me, I’d turn to ashes in a second, but that didn’t stop me from speaking my mind.I didn’t fear death, and as long as th
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BLAKEIt dawned on all three of us at the same time; how foolish and thoughtless we’d been.We’d left Scarlett in the care of armed men at the Vaughn mansion when she would’ve been safer in an armored truck with us. We just didn’t see the point of bringing her into the heat of battle when her training was still incomplete and the Shahatos weren’t supposed to see us coming.But they’d seen us coming from the onset, and knew our plans. Wathoni made sure of that.“We have to go get Scarlett! Now!” Logan yelled as I dropped the gun in my hand, his eyes bulging in realization upon hearing Wathoni’s words.Without wasting another second, we all shifted to our wolf forms in unison and sped back towards the Vaughn mansion at full speed. We didn’t want to leave a single second to chance, we’d already wasted enough time fighting while she was in harm’s way.How the hell didn’t that occur to me while I was nursing the sting of Wathoni’s betrayal?Scarlett’s scent was disturbingly faint as we bur
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SCARLETTSix days. Fourteen hours. Twenty seven minutes.That’s how long it had been since I last saw the men I loved. That’s how long I’d been in captivity under the devil’s rule.The only thing that kept me sane was counting the seconds every day and believing that one second would eventually mark the moment that the Vaughn men would burst into this hell hole and save me.However, it was getting harder and harder to hold unto those hopes as days went by. A part of me wondered if this would truly mark the end for me, but my wolf didn’t allow me dwell on those thoughts because she was confident that none of the Vaughn men would rest until they found me.I knew that I should be grateful that my abduction didn’t include torture, but the royal treatment I was giving was not enjoyable when I knew they were just fattening me for the slaughter like a farmer would do with his cattle.I refused to eat or drink anything they brought me for fear that it was spiked with something that would make
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SCARLETTIt’s been nine days already, and my hopes have been diminished to nothing.Deep down, I was trying my hardest to keep a grip on reality just in case things turned around, but most of me was seeing everything and everyone in a blur because I was weary of the awful fate that awaited me soon.As though the universe could read my thoughts, the doors were opened that very moment.I gulped as I looked up and realized why four maids were walking towards me with robotic smiles that seemed to have been sewn into their faces. Lucas has boasted about this moment all day and his taunts made me dread it, but my prayers for it to never arrive fell on the deaf ears of the gods and went unanswered.Whether I liked it or not, in the next two hours…. I would be burnt at a stake.“They’ll dress you up like a bride for the sacrifice, and at exactly midnight, your blood will be drawn on the alter and offered to the moon gods in exchange for our long deserved blessings,” Lucas had said to me while
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SCARLETTAs soon as I set my eyes on the moon, the light shone brighter in a straight line directed at me.The moment the light touched my skin, a burst of energy and power that I’d never felt before surges through my entire being and I rose to my feet. I was in disbelief as I realized that my skin was glowing like diamond under the moonlight and my veins were tingling under my skin like something other than blood was flowing through it.Without a doubt, the new substance flowing through my veins was power. It had to be, there was so much of it and I couldn’t possibly deny it.Still, I shut my eyes, dragging in a deep breath to calm myself and make sure I wasn’t hallucinating things. I was still balancing my breathing when I heard the same voice that had urged me towards the full moon earlier and my eyes flew open.“Draw from this source and call to your mates, Scarlett,” her soothing voice washed away my worries as her instruction came through.Something warned me against questioning
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SCARLETTI was going to live to see another day, because of them.The relief that flooded me as I watched them snap necks and rip out hearts to get to me was unbelievable. I’d never been attracted to violence before, but knowing that they’d go to any lengths to protect me made my insides churn with a maddening amount of affection.I hadn’t set eyes on the Vaughn men in nine days and that was the longest I’d ever gone without seeing them since we met, it felt more than amazing to see them again.“These fucking bastards! Always ruining every bloody thing!” Lucas who was beside me at the altar cursed angrily, and from the defeated look in his eyes, I could tell that he knew the Vaughn brothers would easily tear through his army and come for him.As though he knew I was scrutinizing his reaction, he turned to me and placed his slimy hand on my face and grabbed my jaw harshly.“As long as there’s breath in your lungs, you belong to me, Scarlett,” he said with an unwavering level of convict
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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
