Filed to story: The Luna Mated to Triplet Alphas Novel
Mom beamed.
“Chasity has certainly made a man out of you,” said Dad, looking pleasantly surprised.
Mom frowned.
“It’s the whole ordeal…and the experience he gained…it’s matured him,” said Mom.
“It’s mostly Chasity,” I said, getting up to go find her. “Felix said the same thing to me. I think she’s changed all three of us for the better.”
Mom’s expression was impassive. I sighed inwardly. I knew she was trying to be less suspicious of Chasity’s motives, but it wasn’t enough for me. Chasity deserved to be fully embraced by this family. She was blameless in all of this. I was shocked to find Chasity waiting patiently for me in my room.
“Hey,” I chuckled, a huge grin forming on my face.
She grinned back at me.
“What are you doing in here?” I asked. “Not that you’re not completely welcome!” I added quickly, sitting next to her on the bed and pressing my lips to her forehead.
She showed me what she had in her hand. It was a game console controller.
“I thought we could play together, since we usually do stuff I like to do,” she said with a shrug. “I want to know more about all of your hobbies,” she said, somewhat shyly. “Plus, I need a distraction,” she added simply.
She looked a little embarrassed.
“I don’t know how to…you know,” she said, using the controller to point at the console under my television.
Oh. She’d never gotten to play with one of these growing up, so she didn’t know how to use it. I showed her the basics. I found a game that amused her for a few minutes but she still quickly lost interest and ended up in my lap. No complaints here. She seemed to like watching me play and keeping me company, so I played with her in my lap. She was snuggled against my chest with the top of her head just under my chin. I kissed her forehead and nuzzled her periodically. Her presence transformed the most mundane of activities into sweet, heartfelt moments. Chasity stiffened in my arms suddenly. For a second, I attributed her reaction to the trajectory of the game. I was about to fight one of the Epic Bosses.
“I could play a less scary game,” I offered.
“No, I’m not scared. I like scary movies, you know that,” she mumbled, her eyes darting to the door.
That was true. I’d seen more horror movies with Chasity in the past few months than I had seen throughout my entire life. My ears perked up and I realized why she was tense. There were angry voices coming from downstairs. Before I could stop her, Chasity slipped out of my arms and headed towards the argument. I was close behind her, watching over her as she carefully traversed the stairs. I didn’t want to carry her everywhere needlessly like Felix and Alex always did. She needed at least one mate who would let her exert more independence. My heart sank as the topic and participants of the downstairs argument became clear.
“If I had known that you’d brutalise my little girl, I would’t have dropped her off here! I thought you would at least treat her humanely if not like your own!” Bellowed Chase.
“Brutalise is a very strong word!” Retorted Mom, looking deeply offended.
“And you are a very weak person!” Yelled Chase. “Taking out your grudges on a child!”
My inner wolf growled but I gave no outward reaction. No one wants to see their soon-to-be father-in-law shouting at their Mom, but this was a delicate situation. The logical side of me knew Chase would need time to process how less than stellar Chasity’s childhood had been. I felt a pang of shame. He had probably thought he had left her in good hands. He must have spent years thinking Chasity was being doted on or at the very least treated with some kindness.
“You were a DRUG ADDICT! YOU LEFT HER!” Screamed Mom, practically hysterical.
No one was intervening yet. I couldn’t stand to see my Mom close to tears but she had done Chasity such a disservice. I couldn’t defend her in good faith without making my bride and the mother of my pups uncomfortable. Chasity could end up thinking I was being dismissive of all that she had gone through if I said the wrong thing. Her eyes were fixated on the argument. She almost didn’t seem to notice I had followed her at first. Grandpa Chance and Chalice were standing just behind Chase. Chalice seemed to be crying on Chance’s shoulder. She was probably horrified now that she was beginning to understand how bleak Chasity’s childhood had been. Dad was standing at Mom’s side with one arm in front of her protectively. I glanced behind me. Where the hell were my brothers?
Felix
I couldn’t fucking believe this. Mom had the nerve to argue with her estranged ex-step-brother or daughter-in-law’s deadbeat Dad or whatever he was. His past drug problem and his abandonment of Chasity pissed me off, but it did not justify Mom’s resentment of an innocent child left in her care. Two wrongs did not make a right. I didn’t even care to go down there until I realized Chasity wasn’t playing Mario Kart or whatever stupid game Calix had in his room like I had thought. My younger brother’s bedroom was empty. Fuck. My baby and my babies were down there in the midst of potential stressors then. Not on my watch.
“I WAS ON THE RUN AFTER CHALICE AND I SAW THE BODY SNATCHERS IN ACTION!!!” Shouted Chase so loudly that the house shook.
A small part of me was mildly impressed. I had figured Chase was a Sigma, which was basically a Lone Alpha. A pack-less Alpha. No wonder Chasity was too perfect for words. She was technically from Alpha stock. I could hear her little gasp of fright in response to her father’s show of power. I practically flew down the staircase, shoulder to shoulder with Alex, who had abandoned his ledgers for the same reason. Chasity.
Where have you two been? Complained Calix.
Trying to pretend like our parents aren’t an embarrassment in my room, I snapped.
I knew Calix was torn between defending Mom and seeking justice for Chasity. I loved my parents, but their lack of a proper apology was pathetic. I was supposed to be the most unreasonable one in the house. They were making me look like Oprah. It was time for them to communicate, to make amends. They should have sat everyone down and begged for forgiveness the moment our entire family had been reunited. They needed to atone for what they had done. You don’t just treat your ex-stepniece like shit and shrug it off like it’s nothing. My brothers and I could possibly blame our actions on our relative ages and our parents’ bad example but (a big butt, round and inviting like Chasity’s) I still felt an incredible amount of shame and guilt. I felt crushed under the weight of it at times. It scared me how little guilt my parents seemed to have. Where was their remorse? Why wasn’t this eating away at them like it did with me? Good grief. Were they psychopaths or something? I had thought I was the brutal one in this house, the coldest Alpha in the north. I was far from it. My Dad took the cake and every other dessert available with the help of Mom, of course.
“Stress is bad for the pups, goddess,” murmured Calix, putting a comforting hand on Chasity’s shoulder.
She seemed slightly startled, like she hadn’t realized he had been right behind her.
Without any further ado, Calix scooped Chasity up and carried her back up the stairs. He had probably been waiting for us to monitor the situation. I knew he wouldn’t want to leave Mom unattended with Chase this angry, but I highly doubted Chase was the type to strike a she-wolf.
“Chase, you have every right to be angry but let’s sit down and talk about it,” said Alex, in hushed tones, ever the voice of reason.
Chase simply turned to glare at Alex. Chalice raised her head up from where it had been on Chance’s shoulder.
“I’m sure you all want to know some of the details,” I said softly. “You have a right to know what Chasity’s life was like here.”
Chalice and Chance were definitely listening to me.
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