Filed to story: The Luna Mated to Triplet Alphas Novel
Alex
Pointing fingers at each other was getting us nowhere. My parents were far from perfect but they wouldn’t have harmed Chasity’s parents. My Mom could not have killed her own little step-brother. Mom obviously resented the fact that she had been made to take care of Chasity in his absence. Why would she have gotten rid of him in the first place then? It didn’t add up. She had no motive where Chase and Chalice were concerned. She would have benefitted more from them being alive and present to care for Chasity.
On the other hand, Chance also had no motive in my opinion. Some might say that wanting custody of Chasity was a motive. However, if he had killed his own daughter just to gain custody of his granddaughter, why stop there? Chasity had been left with my parents. Chance could have kidnapped her or attacked my parents if he had been deranged enough. Chance seemed quite level-headed to me, possibly more so than my Mom. Now that I knew Chance existed, Mom begrudgingly raising Chasity seemed more spiteful than charitable.
“Let’s assume neither our parents nor Chance killed Chasity’s parents,” I declared loudly before they could start arguing again.
I sighed sadly.
“For the time being,” I added.
My wolf was mournful over the childhood Chasity had missed out on. We knew she would have been happier with Chance. I could barely look at my Mom.
Felix and Calix agreed with me. Mom opened her mouth to protest but I put my palms up, signalling for everyone to remain quiet.
Great. Now I had everyone’s full attention.
“We need to work together. We need to find Chasity. No one is here is totally blameless and our focus should be Chasity!” I said sternly, reminding them what was at stake here.
Chasity’s life was on the line, and that meant the lives of my brothers and I hung in the balance too. We were so closely linked. We’d be crushed and vulnerable if we lost our Luna. We also couldn’t let her down like that. We had promised Chasity a lifetime of wedded bliss and happiness to make up for the cruelty she had experienced during her childhood. I couldn’t show weakness in front of my younger brothers and father or in front of the pack members but I couldn’t live without Chasity. If I couldn’t have her for my Luna, I had been hell-bent on ruling alone assuming she was safe and sound just not interested in me. Now that she was marked as mine but had been snatched away, I couldn’t rule at all. Not for long anyway. The cracks in the veneer would begin to show. I needed to find Chasity before I went crazy without her.
A knock on the door diverted my attention. A pack warrior, who had been awkwardly standing guard during our family feud, rushed to open it, clearly eager to diffuse the tension in the room.
It was the Private Investigator, Danny. Danny’s eyes swept over Chance in curiosity before he addressed the room, “I have a lead in Luna Chasity’s case, Alphas.”
I felt like a huge weight had been lifted off of me. Finally! A break in the case! The P.I. was actually getting stuff done. I knew I shouldn’t rejoice this much so prematurely but I couldn’t help it. I had been on an emotional rollercoaster in the past few days. I was ready to latch onto any shred of hope.
“Shall we go to the conference room?” Suggested Danny.
I nodded and headed for the stairs without another word to my parents. Thankfully, Mom and Dad remained downstairs. My brothers followed and Chance lumbered up the stairs after us. We sat in the conference room. Danny pulled out an old-fashioned looking tape recorder.
“Tell us about the lead before you play us any of the interviews!” Insisted Felix impatiently. “Brief us!”
I could feel Felix’s anxiety coming off of him in waves. I didn’t want to be kept in suspense either.
“The lead came from your exes actually,” began Danny.
Felix jumped to his feet and slammed his palms down on the table.
“Which one of them did it?!” He snarled, his eyes turning black instantly.
“None of them from what I gather,” said Danny, perfectly calm.
He had not even flinched in the face of an angry Alpha. That was pretty impressive.
“What are you saying then?” I demanded.
“Was it Avery?” Wondered Calix, looking horrified.
“I highly doubt that,” I muttered.
It amazed me that Avery could get dressed each morning. She exceeded my expectations anytime her socks matched. She was no mastermind.
“I want to play you the most pertinent part of the recordings first. This is the interview of Sandra, Tonya and Avery regarding their whereabouts when Luna Chasity was kidnapped which would have been after the party you all attended?” Said Danny, looking at me for confirmation.
I nodded. Felix was still standing, his knuckles white from gripping the table. The furniture in most pack houses tended to be extremely strong but Felix still managed to break a couple things each month. He was an overachiever that way.
“In the interview, the three girls reveal that a person of interest was in town that night,” stated Danny matter-of-factly.
“Who?”said Chance, my brothers and I in unison.
“Deidre Binx,” replied Danny.
Felix
Huh? Chalice’s old friend? The retired supermodel? I knew she was one of the key persons in the disappearance of Chase and Chalice. I slowly sat back down and relinquished my grip on table. I had left deep claw marks in the reinforced wood. A few more moments and I would have reduced the wood to sawdust, crushing it with my bare hands.
“Danny, let’s hear it,” said Calix.
Danny pushed play on the tape-recorder without further ado.
“Hey girls, I’m the P.I. and my name is Danny. It’s nice to meet you,” said Danny.
I pictured Danny smiling warmly at the girls while an awkward silence fell over them.
“So, were you the triplets’ exes?” He asked, his tone conversational.
“Yes. I am Alex’s ex. Tonya used to date Felix and Avery was with Calix,” said Sandra stiffly
“What were the triplets like as boyfriends?” Asked Danny, trying to get them talking with an open-ended question.
“They were romantic, attentive,” responded Tonya.
I smiled. At least, my ex had had something nice to say about me. Psycho Sandra and Spacey Avery had kept quiet.
“How long were you dating the triplets?” Continued the P.I.
“Maybe five weeks,” said Avery, sounding unsure which was nothing new for her.
“Did you girls know Chasity while you were dating the triplets?” Asked Danny, beginning a round of more pertinent questions by bringing up the only person who really mattered right now, Chasity.
“Yeah, vaguely,” lied Sandra.
She knew very well who Chasity was and would be super annoyed when Alex brought her up. Tonya used to get pissed at me too for calling her Chasity by accident. I doubted Avery would even notice if someone called her the wrong name accidentally.
“She was just some girl, a servant that cooked and cleaned at the pack house,” said Tonya dismissively.
I could hear how the harsh tone of her voice was practically dripping with jealousy.
“The triplets complained about her from time to time. Also, we had thought her name was Charity with an R not Chasity with an S because the triplets called her Charity,” explained Avery.
I was impressed. That was the most knowledgable statement I’d ever heard Avery make.
“On the triplets’ twenty first birthday, did you know it was also Chasity’s eighteenth birthday?” Asked the Private Investigator.
Danny paused the tape.
“At this point, they shook their heads to indicate no, they did not know it was Chasity’s birthday also,” clarified Danny.
He pressed play again.
“When did the triplets break up with you?” He asked.
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