Chapter Three
Author’s Narration The last thing that the triplets ever imagined was the fact that they would be mated to Renee, the same woman whom they considered a murderer and a pretentious being who used her blindness as a facade to act as a saint even though she was purely evil! To Lennox, Levi, and Louis, only evil would be used to cure evil and by evil, they meant—Renee. Lennox, Levi, and Louis were made to leave the country shortly after their mum passed away after battling cancer for years. Their father, who was the Alpha of the Eclipse moon pack, was more bothered about the issue of the pack than caring about his family. The relationship that the triplets shared with their father was nothing to write home about because not only was he abusive towards them, he would always blame them for all the bad things happening. He blamed them for being behind their mum’s death and he also blamed Louis for being stuck with Nerissa in the fire, telling him that he should have just died with his brothers! Since that time, the urge, the anger to pay back Renee for everything and make her life miserable had always lived in their hearts. All they wanted was to break her so bad! Years passed and the triplets returned to the country but with one thing in mind— To keep Renee so close and make her life a living hell! Lennox stepped inside the hall where Nerissa’s birthday party was being held and the first thing he did was to swivel his gaze around the entire place in search of Renee. “I can’t find her anywhere,” He said. Levi nodded. “Same here, are you sure that she is still alive and that you did as we planned?” Louis shrugged. “Of course. She must be around here, I am sure of that” Still trying to search for Renee, the triplets exchanged pleasantries with some of their childhood friends but Nerissa on seeing them scoffed, rolling her eyes to the back. Lennox smirked, patting Louis on the shoulder. “It seems like your ex is still in love with you” Louis scowled. “That doesn’t look like love to me but hatred; however the good thing is that I also don’t like her. She can go to hell as long as I care so where is this…..” Before he could complete his words, the Luna began her speech, announcing the triplets as being among those that would be attending the school’s senior year. Lennox watched as she gave her boring speeches before he leaned by his side and toned down his voice. “I know that she hates us and our guts! But does she have any option, Alpha Raymond is the biggest sponsor of the Elites Arts High School” Levi scoffed. “And we are his children, she can’t do…..” Levi’s words soon got stuck in his throat as soon as he spotted Renee with a blindfold over her eyes, hiding behind the other servants. Levi noticed that she had gotten prettier than before except for her frail nature and in that moment, a mischievous smile graced his lips as he mouthed. “Bingo!” A smirk crept at the corner of his lips, diverting Lennox and Louis’s attention towards Renee. “There she is,” Lennox said. A rueful smile crossed Louis’s face. “I told you that she is still alive” To keep Renee closer to them, the triplets devised a plan to make sure that Renee was being kept by their side so they did something crazy. Leaving the task to Louis, Louis paid an insider in Nerissa’s house to make sure that Renee’s name was added to the ballot box. The triplets weren’t strange to the fact that Renee always tried to avoid and hide from them so to keep her around them and begin their revenge plans, they had to ensure that she was the lucky winner. The craziest thing about all of this was that all the papers in the Ballot box contained only Renee’s name! Louis perfected things in a way that he made the insider destroy the first ballot box that contained all the other applicant's name and exchanged it for a box that was only filled with Renee’s name. The fear on Renee’s face when she was announced as the lucky candidate delighted them and they watched as she panicked in fear. However, things soon took a different turn when Renee collided with the cake and as much as they didn’t care that she was humiliated since it was clearly what she deserved, the last thing Louis wanted was for Nerissa to hit Renee. Lennox mind-linked with his brothers at that very moment. “I know that we all hate Renee but we can’t watch Nerissa hit her because she is a loser as well!” Levi locked eyes with Louis before darting his eyes to Lennox and he responded through the mind-link. “I agree” Louis scoffed and without thinking twice, he snarled at Nerissa but things worsened when at that moment, they all discovered that they were mated to Renee. The feeling, her scent pulled them closer to her and it was mind-blowing but amidst all of that, the hate that they had for her was much more than whatever they felt in that moment. Levi's mind- linked with his brothers. “What do we do?” Lennox, who was still in shock, glanced at Levi. “Should we humiliate and reject her right here” Louis on the other hand, stared intently at Renee before tilting his head to the left while he responded through the mind-link. “I have an idea. The goal is to keep her close and the moon goddess has already decided to help us by making us mates” “Are you guys thinking what I am thinking?” A creepy smile danced on Levi’s face as he fixed his gaze on Renee. “I think that we are starting to be on the same page” Lennox responded. Louis bobbed his head slowly, adding. “Who wants to have fun playing with our new mate?” Levi and Lennox nodded in affirmation and Louis smirked. “Let’s get started with our new mate and since today is her birthday, let us make this day the best day of her life” Levi added. “It is surely going to be the best day of her life. We are the Alpha Devils, the only thing that we know how to do is have fun and we will be having a lot of fun with our mate, our Renee.”Levi’s P.O.VFor the first time in my life, I had never seen Renee so broken. So devastated and lost. The image of her trembling frame, her tear-filled eyes, and pale face was still etched in my mind. I had never seen her in that way before.She wasn’t even like that when she realized that her mum wasn’t in the mental asylum like she was told, that she was dead…But this time, she seemed scared, like some monster was out for her. Like darkness was slowly encroaching upon her and I hated it.I had never seen her so traumatized. It felt as if something wasn’t done soon enough, she might lose it.Could it be those damned Rogues that Louis warned her about? The ones that lurked around her like a shadow. Could it be that bastard ‘Nikolai’ who was messing with our mate?How dare he? Lennox tucked Renee into her bed, pulling the duvet over her head and the way his fingers brushed through her face slightly, made my stomach tie a knot. However, I didn’t show it. Now wasn’t the perfect time
Renee’s P.O.VA cloud of dread hovered over my head as tears brimmed my eyes and at that moment, no thoughts crossed my mind. Not one at all. The only thing that my mind was fixed on was the shattered pieces that were scattered across the floor.I wanted to scream, but I couldn’t. Instead, I stilled, staring at the ruined work with eyes blurred with tears.Everyone gathered around the ruined piece, taking pictures of it and…Erin burst through the door, rushing to the scene. As soon as she got the spot, she gasped, her hands flying over her mouth and she yelled. “Who did this?”“Why? She has been working hard on this? Why would you do this to Renee…” She broke down in tears. “We have to submit it before three p.m. How can you do this to her” Her words did nothing but force more tears to rush into my eyes, spilling down my cheeks. Every part of me weakened, my legs became foam and I stumbled back as a wave of dizziness hit me.Before I could lose balance completely, Lennox grabbed me
Renee’s P.O.V Had I committed a big mistake? Pressing the edge of the chisel to the curve of the sculpted wolf I was trying to define, my mind drifted back to Nerissa and that glint of cluelessness in her eyes lingered in my head. I couldn't get rid of that image, no matter how much I tried. I honestly thought she knew about Landon and her mum, but with the single tear that tracked down her face, one thing hit me. I was wrong. She didn't know the truth, and that made me suspicious of something. Maybe she wasn't the owner of the flash drive. But, Nerissa was pretty unpredictable, and this wasn't even the best time to sympathize with her or even feel an ounce of guilt towards her. Irrespective of whether she knew or not, I needed protection and I would use what I had to get what I wanted. At the same time, I couldn’t stop thinking about Nerissa. She wasn’t even in school and that shocking discovery must have devastated her because even though she was the worst being on earth, she
NerissaFor a second, I wanted to count her words as a total bluff. Something that she made up just to have leverage over me. Something to subdue me into fear.I thought that she had gone crazy, but it turned out that I was the one living in delusion. I didn't want to believe that bullshit about Landon being my half-brother. I meant, it wasn't even possible? How could my mum who was supposed to be his aunt be his biological mother?It made no sense, but when I saw the evidence, the name on his real birth certificate, the color drained from my face. The name was that of my mum’s, and now I was standing before her. Her hands slammed over her mouth as she gripped the phone with her trembling finger. I stared at her, at a loss for words to say.I wanted her to tell me that this was forged and Renee was just making things up, but the tears in her eyes, the ones that tracked down her face—told me everything that I needed to know.Landon wasn't my cousin like I had always believed. He was
Nerissa’s P.O.VThe audacity of this bitch to not only demand to see me, but also threaten me. Just because the triplet Alpha devils hovered around her like loyal hounds, she felt like she had the power to do as she wished.“Someone needs to put this girl in her place” I muttered, sitting in the car as I stared at Renee through the clear cafe’s glass.I could feel my eyes twitching underneath the sunglasses, and if there was anything that I loathed the Alpha Devils for. It was for making sure that she had that damned eye surgery.If she were still blind and helpless, she wouldn’t have had the audacity to even threaten to ruin my family’s reputation.“That witch” I muttered through gritted teeth, watching as she sipped coffee and spilled some over her shirt. I clicked my tongue in my mouth, shaking my head. “She is indeed pathetic”What did the triplets even see in her?Even if they were mated to her, they could have just rejected her. As my eyes lingered on her, several thoughts abou
Renee’s P.O.V Cold chills. More chills. They skated down my spine as my breath came in ragged gasps and Louis’s voice was like filtered noise to my ears. I couldn’t tear my gaze away from the phone’s screen and at the same time, I was unable to breathe as I read the message over and over again. Each moment was followed by dread as another shiver ran down my spine. Why was this text sent to me now? Could this mean that someone had been watching Louis and me since we got here? Like they watched every intimate thing that we shared, and now they were threatening me? Who was this? Who sent this? Who was this creep that was watching us, and how the hell did they know that I was being threatened by the Rogue King right now? How did they know about the task that I was given, the task to kill the triplets? Just how. I clutched the phone tightly, totally at a loss for words to say. With trembling fingers, I tried to respond to the text from the unknown number but all of a sudden, m