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PLAYTHING OF THE ALPHA PREDATORS 164
APRIL My soul was just as shattered as my body as I lay sprawled across the cold floor. Arielle had rained more confusing and accusatory words at me before mentioning that her employer ordered her to take me back to where they’d found me, but she wasn’t going to obey that order because she couldn’t bear to be in the same space with me without ripping my head off. Then, she hatefully spat on the spot beside me and snapped her fingers for her goons to follow her out. When the doors of the dark and creepy basement were shut behind them, fear and anger gripped me where I lay hugging myself tightly and I felt like screaming my head off to let go of the crushing feeling in my heart and guts. I didn’t have the slightest idea how to ease the lingering pain I felt, or where to find the strength to leave the basement and get back home. I’d just decided to crawl to the door and figure things out from there when the doors swung open and I froze, scared that more harm was about to be inflict
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-02-27PLAYTHING OF THE ALPHA PREDATORS 165
APRIL I staggered backwards, nearly losing my balance from the shock that overwhelmed me. They were all my mates? I couldn’t believe it. I looked between all three men, unable to understand why the moon goddess had found an unremarkable and ordinary human like me to be worthy of the most wonderful and charming men to have ever walked the earth. The events of the last few minutes kept replaying in my head and it still felt unreal. I could’ve never guessed that a day as horrific as this could morph into one of the best days of my life. I didn’t even feel resentment for the witch for torturing me the way she did anymore, because if she hadn’t been so brutal and reckless, they wouldn’t have been impacted with the pain and ended up feeling the bond between us. Truly, everything happens for a reason, and the torture I endured was just a stepping stone to this amazing moment. I was beyond elated that they were all mine to love, as ordained by the moon goddess and the gods that wove th
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APRIL We arrived at Xander’s about twenty five minutes later, and we were still laughing about the silly things Brooke had forced Ace to do while he was bound to her by a spell. It turns out she made him his errand boy at some point, but that was probably her way of making him pay for all the times when he neglected her completely. Ace was truly an asshole to her while they were engaged, so, maybe she deserved those crumbs of revenge.“You can take a bath in the guest room and get a fresh change of clothes, we’ll clean up too and reconvene on the rooftop in ten minutes,” Xander said to me as we walked into the house. “I would love a bath, yeah,” I answered eagerly and made my way towards the guest room without waiting for a response from any of them. I desperately needed do wash away the traumatic events of the day away and completely focus on the good that came out of it. So, I wasted no time jumping into the shower and scrubbing it all away under a few minutes. When I stepped
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APRIL This fire burning through us couldn’t just end at kisses. Looking between their faces now while they watched me with unrivaled passion, I wanted nothing more than to have their hands unraveling me in ways that only them could. I needed them to reawaken the insatiable horndog they’d once made me. In the moment, their gazes traveled over my body, and I could guess that every thought that cross each man’s mind was dirtier than the ones hovering through mine. The tension hanging in the air was thicker than a winter fog, and I could literally hear them breathing heavily like they’d soon lose their minds where they sat. I knew they wanted to ravage me whole, but it seemed like they were waiting for a go ahead from me. Sincerely, I was touched by that. Because that made a clear difference between who they used be and who they’d changed into for me. While I was officially their plaything, they never cared to check in with my feelings before they jumped into fucking the living dayli
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ACEA bloody love spell? How archaic and ridiculous. From the very day Brooke and I were first introduced, she reeked of desperation, but I had no idea that it had no limits. Only a thoughtless and desperate woman would wrap a man up in a love spell because she knows it’s impossible to get him any other way. A more sensible woman would’ve counted her losses and walked away with what was left of her dignity, but Brooke didn’t even have the decency to do that. And now, I’d teach her a lesson that would put her in her place for good.Raising a fist, I banged the door. “Who’s there?” I distinctly heard Brooke’s voice, and I knew it was coming from the living room because her favorite reality show was on right now. The only reason I even knew that was because she’d made me watch it with her for those two weeks that I was spelled to be in love with her and do her bidding without question. “Open the fucking door, Brooke,” I barked back. A scared gasp slipped her from her lips and I pi
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ACE I stopped a few houses away from Brooke’s. After how enraged I’d been back there, I needed a breather if I didn’t want to drive myself off a bridge from the anger pulsing through me. When I’d taken a few breathers, my phone pinged with the special notification I’d set for April, and I quickly picked it up. A smile spread across my face when I saw what she’d sent. It was in the groupchat Nick had created this morning with the four of us. April had sent the most adorable picture of her doing a peace sign and sticking her tongue out and she looked so sickenly cute that it made my heart a mess of emotions. She tagged it #acedmyeconomicstest. We all knew she was going to ace it even though we spent the entire night fucking instead of letting her study. I grinned even wider and started to type a response when my phone started to ring and interrupted me. As much as I wanted to hit the ignore button and shower April with compliments, I needed to answer this call and settle a more
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ACE “How come both of our dads are dicks that attacked April, and yours is completely fine with your involvement with her?” Xander asked Nick as we started towards our cars to leave. Nick paused, turning his head this way and that like he was truly trying to figure it out. “It’s probably because he doesn’t have his head up his ass like the rest of your dads,” he answered, holding back laughter. Xander and I burst out laughing on his behalf and he joined in. We were still laughing our asses off when I noticed that Xenia was standing closeby and watching us under a hawk like gaze. And after a few moments went by, she started to approach us and I could see questions swirling in her eyes until she stopped a few inches from me. Our laughter died down as Xander and Nick also registered her presence, but she didn’t speak despite being the odd one that newly joined the conversation circle.She just watched us like we were under a telescope, like research subjects. “Uh, is anything the
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APRILIt was a long ass list, but a necessary good.I’d been at it all morning, but I was nowhere near done. Out of excitement, I’d decided to write an alphabetical list of dates that I and they guys could go on, and I had over thirty ideas penned down already and I hadn’t gotten through quarter of the alphabets. I wasn’t complaining though, I’d enjoyed how our last date turned out a little too much and I was eager for more of it. It was such a simple dinner, but it had meant the world to me because it marked my first romantic date with them. Just thinking back to it made my heart swoon, especially because of how it’d turned out. My inner thighs and core were still tingling with glee as an after effect, and I found myself longing for more of their tou—The sound of my alarm ringing out loudly washed away those dirty thoughts before they could wreck any more havoc on my poor hormones.“Lunch at Ace’s” the alarm tag read. We’d decided to have lunch at Ace’s place together, I didn’t h
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PLAYTHING OF THE ALPHA PREDATORS EPILOGUE
PROLOGUEAPRIL“Sandy, stop making your brother cry. You promised that you wouldn't do that today, remember?” I groaned as my oldest child terrorized her little brother. She shrugged, laughing, the mischievous glint in her eyes matching that of one of her dads whose character she’d inherited; Ace. “It’s so easy to make him cry, I promise I wasn't even trying. I’m just being myself,” she flipped her dark lush hair over her shoulders, the glossy and stunning sight also resembling that of her fathers. She was such a daddy’s girl that she took every last bit of her being from them; her drop dead gorgeous looks and her fearless, stubborn personality. According to her dads, she got her stubbornness from me and not them, but I refused to believe that. “Sweetheart, putting a worm in your brother’s shoe doesn't count as being yourself,” Nick stifled laughter as he walked into the living room, dressed handsomely in suit that was identical to our son Samuel’s. “I’m a prankster and an anima
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APRIL“Well, it’s a good thing I know exactly where that asshole is,” Nick’s mom said, the anger in her voice superseding his.At least Xenia’s trip across the world had proven to be the answer to our problems. But now, we had yet another broken hearted mate to add to the mix, and just like me, the pain sprung from parental issues. However, there was no time to dwell on that. The moon goddess had given us an opportunity to reclaim the peace in our city, so we had to focus our all on that. After the city was secure, we'd find a way to tend to our broken hearts and find the emotional healing we all deserve.But for now, all that mattered was find Nick’s monster of a father and putting and end to his evil attacks. “Are you sure this is the place, mom?” Nick asked as we pulled into the empty driveway of an abandoned factory in the middle of nowhere. “I'm certain. I'll never forget it because I traced his assets all over the city in a bid to uncover proof of his evil agenda, but he cau
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APRILWe all followed behind him, running until we stopped outside what seemed to be a prison cell. There was a woman dressed in tattered clothes and covered in dust cowering in a corner and hugging her knees to her chest, and something about her was oddly familiar. My mates also seemed shocked by her presence, but not in the same way that I was. The look in their eyes told me that they knew something about this mystery woman that I didn't know. Before I could even ask about it, Nick grabbed the iron bars and broke them off with a deep growl before running into the cell and wrapping his arms around the woman. That? That was the most confusing thing I’d ever witnessed. And I needed answers right now.I started to stomp towards the cell when Nick said a word that made me freeze in place, understanding washing over me in a thousand waves. “Mom! It’s you!”I blinked repeatedly, awfully confused. “Mom?” Ace and Xander looked away from the emotional reunion unfolding before us and nodd
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APRILGlinda was confirmed to have been dead for good, but our hellish experiences still didn't cease after her death. Personally, I was still grieving my mother and the wonderful life I would've enjoyed with my parents if she hadn't swooped in and turned things upside down. My mother’s burial was an emotional moment for me and I broke down completely while delivering the eulogy. The guys even had to come upstage and keep from falling apart some more. The days that followed weren't any greener, especially with the dark void around the city worsening and swallowing us into a vortex while I was still grieving.Of course we were terribly confused as to why the spiritual attacks had carried on even after Glinda’s death, but no one had a reasonable answer to that. It was fucking frustrating having to watch people in pain almost every damn day. It sucked the humanity out of one’s soul and replaced it with nothing but bitterness. The only thing that was clear to me about the pattern of
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APRIL“You rotten lads, you couldn’t just mind your damn business? This is your fathers’ karma, why did you have to dig your stupid snotty noses in it?” she hissed angrily, overly displeased that she’d been found out by us.“We should be asking the questions,” I responded, upset that she hadn’t even made an effort to explain herself, “we came here thinking this whole fiasco was orchestrated by Glinda, only to see that it’s you, mom?!” The disappointment in my voice was thick, but she obviously didn’t give a shit about my feelings because she broke into hysterical laughter. “Mom? I’m not your fucking mom you idiotic little whore,” she rolled her eyes, and then she snapped her fingers, causing her face and physical appearance to warp instantly. Suddnely, she was a silver-haired woman with countless ancient tattoos of the moon and a shiv stuck in her heart that told us more than we needed to know. Later on, the Alphas had given us a more detailed tale of the day they finally took dow
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APRIL It’s been almost a month of back to back horrors breaking out in the city.We’d successfully chased the rogues out of the city and the sorceres were stationed alongside the armies by the borders, making sure that no more enemies were able to breach our defenses and get in.Heaps of bodies had been buried over the weeks and the entire town was reeking of grief. Loved ones were being mourned in different corners of the city were candles were lit beside framed photos and bouquets of flowers. Each photo of the dead that I saw brought me close to tears, but for children’s photos, my heart literally ached and felt like it was going to explode. Living in a place that was shrouded with pain and darkness was suffocating. Even though the sun came out each day, it felt like there was a dark void enveloping the city because everyone was in a sunken mood. We had to find Glinda and put an end to her attacks before the city was ruined beyond saving. Our search for her so far has proven fu
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APRILThe ticking clock in the ICU waiting room was the only audible sound.Xander had been taken in for an emergency operation a while ago and we were still waiting to hear back from the doctors.When we arrived at the hospital, he was barely breathing, and it seemed like they might’ve stopped his heart for the surgery because I couldn’t feel even a shred of his presence through the bond. On our way to the hospital, we’d dropped Natalie at one of the safety bunkers where security and magic borders were keeping people safe. If she was here, she’d have been a great distraction for me. And god, I’d do anything to be distracted from this godawful unending pain. My chest fucking hurt. Every nerve in my body was on literal fire. My head was pounding as though a line up of high school bands were in a competition. All I could think of was the pitiful state we’d found Xander in a while ago. The way he looked helpless and near death’s door. The way his blood was like a second skin masking
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APRILThe city was a mess. A bloody one.“Natalie, stop using your fucking phone or you’re going to get us killed,” I whispered to my best friend whose face was a mess of dry tears. She glared at me. “If I’m going to die, I need Hector to know that he was the best sex I ever had and I always wished we became more.” I frowned at her, both disturbed and confused that she’d picked that as the most important thing to put in order in a life and death situation. What a freaking clown.“Nat, I’ve told you a thousand times, you’re not going to die,” I bit out, “Nick asked us to stay hidden here and he’ll come get us, and I know he will.”I reminded her of the instruction we’d gotten almost an hour ago when chaos broke out in the city.Apparently, some rogues breached the city’s gates and began to brutally attack every living thing in sight. They've been killing anything in their way and no one is exempt from their wrath.Not women. Not innocents. Not children. Not animals. It was a battle
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XANDER Today, just like every other day for the last two weeks, we’d split up to search for Brooke. April was able to fully recover from the effects of the poison she was heartlessly fed by Brooke after a full day or more. Once we were certain that she was in a perfectly healthy state, we decided to go on a hunt for Brooke to make her pay for hurting our precious mate.No one seemed to know where she was. No one had seen her since she ran off that day. Even the city cameras had no footage of her since that day. It was almost like she’d vanished into thin air after that day, but we refused to give up on our search.We even had the authorities officially interrogate everyone she knew, especially those she worked with at her modeling agency, but no one had any reasonable information to share with us that would narrow her search.Even her personal assistant only heard that she was missing from us, he’d assumed she was taking a mental health break when she didn’t come to the office for
