Chapter 4

The room fell into a suffocating silence. Ma and Pa stared at the petri dishes, eyes wide, while my heart hammered so loud I swore everyone could hear it. Doctor Patricia looked stunned, her brows pinched as she studied the results once more.

The Alphas…If the circumstances weren’t so terrifying, their reactions would almost be funny. Three powerful, dominant males glaring at one another like someone must have tampered with the test.

Ma’s hand found mine, giving it a soft squeeze. Meanwhile Pa’s expression darkened, anger simmering beneath the surface.

“I refuse to accept this!” he burst out, laughing bitterly. “A girl and three mates? Impossible. Run the test again.”

Doctor Patricia hesitated but obeyed. Once, Twice, Four times and every single time… my blood pulled toward theirs. The moon goddess have decided and nothing would change it.

“Run it again,” Pa demanded yet again.

“Don’t.” My voice cracked slightly as I finally spoke up. All eyes turned to me. “We’ve repeated the test enough to know this is real. Nothing will change the results. We need to accept it and move on.”

Pa’s fury only thickened. “There is nothing to accept! You are not marrying three Alphas. What do you think the Pack will say? That their Alpha’s daughter shares a bed with three men and bears three Alphas’ children? Whose name will you even take? Or will they take yours?” he spat, pacing like a caged wolf.

“That’s enough, Roland.” Ma stepped forward, pulling me closer protectively. “So what if she is mated to three Alphas? Does that make her less worthy? Would you throw her away the same way you threw Arial aside, like she stopped being your responsibility the moment she wasn’t convenient for you?” Pa’s jaw locked as he glared at me.

“If the Moon Goddess has chosen this path for my daughter, then so be it,” Ma continued, voice steady as steel. “She will walk it.”

Pa stepped into her space, voice low and venomous. “Your softness has made these girls weak. You want Kamari to end up just as useless as her sister?”

A sharp, wounded gasp cut through the air. Every head snapped toward the stairs. Arial stood there, hand clamped over her mouth, tears spilling freely. She stared at Pa, heartbroken, before turning and bolting up the steps.

Ma’s fury ignited. She shoved Pa hard in the chest. “Why can’t you love these girls the same way you love Nikolai?” she demanded, voice shaking. “They are your children too. And yet you treat them worse than the pack maids.” She paused, inhaling sharply, reining in the pain.

“My daughter will marry whoever she chooses,” she declared. “And if you love me… you will respect that. Because it is my choice too.”

Ma turned to the Alphas and dipped her head politely, though the gesture lacked warmth. Then she faced Doctor Patricia with a softened expression. “Thank you for coming on such short notice, Patricia. I truly don’t know what we would have done without you all these years.”

She cast a final glare at Pa. “I’ll have the chauffeur take you home, Patricia. If you’ll excuse me, Roland, I need to check on my daughter.” Without waiting for a reply, she headed for the stairs, her spine straight, her aura sharp and vanished upstairs.

Silence lingered only a moment while Pa paced back and forth, fists clenching and unclenching as though ready to rip the air apart. His mind was clearly racing… a trapped Alpha struggling against fate.

Doctor Patricia quietly packed her kit, trying to remain small and uninvolved. I stepped to her side and hugged her. She hugged me back tightly before pulling away.

That was when Alpha Kyron approached Pa, each step calculated, predatory, dominant.

“Now that our claims have been confirmed,” he said, voice low and unwavering, “I’ll be claiming what is mine.”

Pa froze, turning slowly toward him. His expression darkened, disbelief twisting into rage.

“What is yours?” he growled, voice rumbling like thunder. “My daughter is not a thing to claim.”

“She is my mate,” Kyron snapped back.

“Our mate,” Jake and Casper added in unison as they strode forward. The room thickened with Alpha presence…territorial, possessive, lethal.

Doctor Patricia and I watched, breath held.

“And she is my daughter and I, her father,” Pa roared, his aura exploding like a shockwave. Shadows flickered across the walls as his eyes darkened to pure black, Alpha power rising to the surface. “This is her home. And she is not going anywhere until this is resolved!”

Kyron didn’t flinch. He stepped closer, chest to chest, eyes gleaming with challenge. “There is nothing to resolve,” he hissed. “The Moon Goddess has chosen. You saw it. We all saw it. Kamari is mine…”

There was a pause as his gaze flicked to the other two. “Ours.” Then his voice dropped even lower, a feral growl vibrating beneath the words:

“I will not leave this pack without my MATE!”