Chapter 4

Carina's POV

With my bag slung over one of my shoulders, I sighed for the nth time this evening, my thoughts mainly about my mates. I had no one to talk to about my predicament and had no one to give me advice on what to do.

Rodrigo, Arnaldo and Leonardo had all successfully done well in having me confused. First, they treat me like a slut and now, they help me out. It was surely not the twist I was expecting. Finally, I arrived In front of the hive building painted in white and gold and with a sigh, I made my way into the compound.

Once inside, their combined scents seemed to have a mind of its own, making its way straight into my nose and causing a part of my senses to tingle.

“Why do they smell so delicious?” I mumbled to myself, dropping my bag to the couch while following the trail of their scent. Oddly enough, their mixed scents only seemed to be leading me to my room that just happened to be on the other wing of theirs.

“What are they doing in my room?” Was the only question I asked myself before picking up my courage and pushing the door open.

“What took you so long?” With the same blue eyes he had stared down at me at the time I was being bullied, Arnaldo smiled at me, sitting on the edge of my bed with his back leaning on the headboard.

“This is my room, what are you all doing here?” With a choked breath, I ignored his term of address, my eyes rapidly moving from each one of them to the other.

Meanwhile, Rodrigo had made himself comfortable on the single couch facing the window, making it easier to see what was going on outside. I would have sworn he hadn't heard a thing I had said if it wasn't for the smirk that graces his full pink lips. His thick black eyebrows were twisted into a position that screamed of mischievousness and for a reason, it had my blood pouring straight into my head, making me lightheaded. Clenching my fists repeatedly, I held on to the wall for support, mentally praising myself for being cool.

“We were waiting for you,” in an oddly calm voice that made me suspicious, Leonardo answered, throwing me a wink. The only difference between all three of them was the little difference in their sizes and the color of their orbs. Aside from those, they were pretty much difficult to tell apart.

“Come here, won't you thank us for helping you out this morning?” With a quick flex of his muscles, Rodrigo rose to his feet, taking slow but heavy steps towards me. Every bone in my body screamed for me to run out as fast as I could but it was as if my feet had been magically glued to the floor, rendering me immobile. The closer he got, the more my nerves got strung up.

“D…. don't come close,” damn it! 

I was supposed to sound brave but I was sounding more like a chicken that was getting choked.

“How cute.”Was the last word I heard before all three of them took quick steps towards me, trapping me in their middle.

“Wh…what do you want? Why are you here?” I stammered, silently cursing their mouthwatering scent for filtering into my nose. I was beginning to have a hard time getting my head straight.

“Won't you thank us for helping you back in school? Who knows what would have happened if we left you with him,” Arnaldo’s teasing tone immediately had the little complicated feeling I was starting to grow to diminish into nothing but dust.

“Hold on, so you helped me in order for you to get something back in return?” As bitter as that question sounded on my tongue, I still asked, even when I knew I didn't want to know the answer to that question.

“Does it really matter? All that matters is for you to pay us back now,” Leonardo piped in. I stared at all three of them, making sure to capture the looks on their faces. The taste of bitterness on my tongue was worse than I imagined it to be.

“Ok. Tell me, what do you want in return?” Forcing a smile on my lips, I asked them, pretending to be unaffected. That was definitely not my forte but I refused to let these assholes have the satisfaction of hurting me.

“Sleep with us,” they all chorused at the same time before I felt one heavy hand on my butt.

“Ah!” Gasping, I tried to move away but all for me to fall into another one's arms who readily caught me with a satisfied smile.

“No! I'm not going to do that!” I readily refused but nothing about the pull I was feeling towards them agreed with me. Their combined scents was like an aphrodisiac, drugging me and making my vision blurry. Feeling the light squeeze on my butt, an involuntary moan escaped my lips. I had no time to drown in my embarrassment because that moan became a catalyst of their next actions. Hands roamed over my body, grabbing and squeezing me on my sensitive parts.

“N…no,” I weakly refused but everything got swallowed back when I felt a soft lips on mine. At first, the kiss was soft but just as soft as it came, it soon involved the clashing of tongues as my lips were sucked heavily. My blood was running hot, unable to stop myself from pressing my body against where it led me. Hot lips fell on my neck, kissing lightly and then getting sucked like there was every intent of leaving a mark.

“More,” I moaned out in my haze but this voice definitely belonged to me but my wolf who was ready to be with them. I felt fingers land on the button of my shirt, my hair getting tugged, leaving my neck more exposed to their kisses.

“You taste amazing,” one of them groaned sexily in my ear, causing liquid to pool in between my thighs. Just then, familiar footsteps reached our ears, immediately halting out actions. Before I had the time to collect myself together, all three of them exchanged looks and then I was flung to the bed.

“What the he-,” the door burst open before I could complete my words as my mother sauntered in.

“What is happening here?” Was the first thing she said as her eyes roamed from all three brothers and then to me. Immediately, the look of disapproval on her face couldn't be mistaken and my heart was about to leap out of my chest.

“We found her having a weird dream and touching herself. We thought something bad happened when we heard her screaming but when we came in, we noticed how wrong we were,” with a straight face like he hadn't just been groping me seconds ago, Rodrigo lied smoothly. And as expected of my mother, the look of disapproval morphed into disappointment and disgust and without another word, she stumped towards me, dragging me out of the bed , given no chance to speak up.

“Mum, no. That wasn't what happened. You have to listen to me first. They are lying!” I managed to say but instead, I was pulled by the ear, watching as all three of my mates feigned looks of pity. The tears fell from my face not because of the pain on my ear but the pain of their lies.

“How disgusting of you to say all three of your brothers are lying! How can they? You need to be punished!” My mother yelled out, pulling me by the ear, straight out of the room as my tears continued to fall.