John "Mia drowned in a pool." He finally said. "We are at the hospital."Dad must have had his own phone on speaker because I heard Mia's mum shout. "You stupid boys." Dad growled. He was angry and rained a tirade of insults at all of us over the phone, knowing that we were near Quinn and could hear."I told you to take care of her." He fumed. "How did you let her drown?"We couldn't even use the excuse that we wanted to use. We were all ashamed of ourselves and knew we deserved dad's raging words."Which hospital are you dummies at?"Quinn told him and he clicked off the call. When he arrived at the hospital, he angrily scolded us, berating us for not protecting Mia.We hung their heads, remaining silent. We knew how precious Mia was to dad but we didn't know he would flare up this much. Mia's mother was the one who felt sorry for us and tried to calm our father's emotions. "What happened at the party?" Dad asked, looking at all of us but no one was willing to talk.We were sorry
MiaSorry? I blinked at them in surprise. I wished that I wasn't so tired, I wanted to use my finger to clean out my ears. I wasn't sure that I had heard that right. I didn't know them to be someone who could apologize.What was going on? What had gotten into them? This was surely not the boys that I knew.I arched my eyebrows at them and they didn't laugh or snicker in amusement as they would have done earlier. They still looked miserable as they were when I opened my eyes minutes ago and saw them. Okay, this was new and unexpected. "What do you want?" I asked, frowning at them.We should get this suspense done with."We are sorry." John repeated.I sighed. Why weren't they sorry when I was dying? Why weren't they sorry all those years? Why were they sorry now?"Did you bring me to the hospital?"They nodded. I continued with my questioning. "Is my mum here? Is your dad here?""Yes." They replied.I nodded. No wonder that they were here with me, waiting for me to wake up. I doubted
MiaThe departure of the triplet brothers allowed me to regain a brief sense of freedom in the house.I wasn't happy to see them leave because of the hard mission they were going to partake in but I was relieved when they were going.I could see how sorry they were when they were leaving. Even as they were packing their loads into the car, they still had their eyes on me and they seemed like they were still begging for my forgiveness.I hated the way they looked tortured and wondered why they were desperate for my forgiveness. What was in it for them?Their dad was still mad at them and wouldn't even go out to bid them goodbye. It was only mum and I who had stood outside, watching them pack. Mum had tried so hard to find out from Albert why he was mad at the boys but he wouldn't say anything to her.I didn't blame him. How was he to tell her? What was he to say? I also pretended to not know anything about the matter and eventually, mum gave up on it, hoping that the father and sons w
Six Months LaterMiaI was back home, on a visit to my mum. It was my leave period and I decided to spend it at home. I didn't know that I was going to miss my mum and Albert as much as I did but I did. Maybe it was the attachment from being with my mum Al through childhood but I certainly ached with her absence and calling he every night before I slept became a remedy for me, a cure for my loneliness.Even with the guys I went on dates with and Sasha there to keep me company, I still missed my mum. I missed Albert. I missed what it was like to have a full family at a table when I had to eat. I missed what it was like to have someone to walk through a garden with when I was bored and had to take a walk. I missed hearing sounds of people talking, laughing, walking and going about their business when I felt my apartment was too silent. I missed a lot of things about home and I wondered if this was because I didn't go far away from home when I was in college.Maybe if I had done, I woul
MiaI was terrified. Of all things that I was expecting to see here, it certainly wasn't a woman who was alive and locked away like she was some sort of criminal.I glanced at the talisman on the cage and realized that she might not be some criminal alone. This could be related to dark magic and I was sure that wasn't what I wanted to dabble into.This was already unknown waters that I was dipping my legs into and I had no doubt that I was going to sink if I tried to wade in too much. The thought of sinking made me remember when I had drowned at that party and almost died and I couldn't help the shivers that ran through me. I was afraid of dying and this seemed like the fastest way to die without anyone knowing of me.It seemed like she sensed my fear as she moved forward, her eyes pleading as she bore them into my skin. "Please help me. " She said. "Get me out."I shook my head. There was something about her voice that bothered me. It sounded too calm for someone who needed help and
MiaA fantasy book? I scoffed. Wasn't that how I felt all those years after coming across the triplets? My life had never been normal since I had met them. I hadn't lived a normal life after meeting them. What sort of a normal girl had repeated nightmares of wolves growling at her? What sort of a normal girl had three brothers making passes at her at different intervals? What sort of a normal girl had werewolves as brothers? What sort of a normal girl had brothers she hated and yet felt oddly secure with them in a way that she couldn't explain? I ran my hand through my hair and blew out a breath. I wasn't normal at all. I hadn't been for a long time. It wasn't surprising that things that happened to me wouldn't be normal as well and I would meet strange people.How would I explain that I had been chased by a bee till I found a hidden cave where a strange woman with an unbelievable tale was locked away?Her tale was indeed unbelievable. It wasn't easy for me to accept that Albert was
MiaFoolish human? It wasn't the tone she used in talking that scared me but what she said. I knew already that she wasn't human. She already said it and even if she didn't, there was no how the triplets were going to be werewolves if both their parents weren't one. She had claimed to be the mother of the triplets but with the way her eyes filled with hatred and menace, I doubted that she had been telling me the truth.The boys had always claimed that their mother was a sweet soul but this woman right here, clawing at my hand with everything that she had got in her was the total opposite of what I had heard of the former Luna of the wolf tribe.I was extremely frightened of her. The pain in my hand made me break out in cold sweats. I had sweats all over my body and on my forehead. I hadn't expected this woman to be an impostor but I should have known.I had been a fool. I shouldn't have walked into the cave. I shouldn't have listened to her story. I shouldn't have moved closer. I sh
QuinnI frowned as I stepped into the mansion and heard Mia's scream. That was unusual and unexpected. That didn't seem like she was screaming in delight and even if it was, I didn't think that there was anything that would happen at home that late to make her scream in delight.I frowned at the thought in my head, pushing it away. She wouldn't dare to bring a boyfriend home and have sex with him in the house. I didn't know how liberal her mum was and I was sure that dad wouldn't mind if she had visited with her boyfriend but I didn't like the thought of that.I didn't like the thought of a stranger in our house. I didn't like the thought of another man in the house. Oh, please. I rolled my eyes. I should be honest with myself. I was strong enough to do that for myself. I didn't like the thought of Mia with another man. She belonged to me. She belonged to us, reminding me that my brothers wanted her as well.I wouldn't let anyone else have her.There. I admitted it. It wasn't that ha