OUTSMARTED

THIRD PERSON

Charles and his brothers follow their father into the Pack House where they hold a short conversation but all through the meeting, none of the triplets is listening because all their thoughts are governed by Camilla. They can't seem to get her off their minds!

'Let's go after our mate!' Charles' wolf says to him. He's stirring restlessly and he won't give him any peace.

'But-'

'No buts!' his wolf interjects, making Charles restless. 'Let's go!' he insists then he mind links the other two Alphas.

Shaking his head, he politely cuts his father short and requests him to give them sometime alone since he has something to say to his brothers.

Reluctantly, his father agrees and heads to his office but even before he can reach there, the triplets rise up and rush outside towards their car. All of them have the message and they're determined to follow Camilla to the Woodlands Pack!

The drive isn't long and after two hours, they arrive at the Woodlands territory and upon recognising them, the Pack's territory guards let them in. One of them escorts them to to the Pack House.

Upon arrival at the Pack House, the triplets park their black Lexus and disembark, heading for the door without giving it a second thought. They're determined to meet their mate there and talk to her, make her see sense and finally convince her to come with them to the their Pack!

Coincidentally, the three of them are now ready to share her since that's the moon goddess's wish and unlike earlier, deep down their hearts, they don't have any jealous left towards each other. All they want is to have their mate by their sides!

Since it's already late in the night and everyone is probably asleep, the front door is locked with four guards standing in front of it. When they see the triplets, they bow their heads in respect and welcome them to the the pack house.

The doors are opened for them and as much as their wolves are pushing them, they can't act rush unless they want to scare their beautiful Camilla away.

One of the guards alerts Kelvin who in return wakes his mate up and they both head downstairs in their pyjamas. There, they meet the quite restless triplets who are pacing up and down and around the parlour.

"Charles, what a pleasant surprise?" Kelvin calls out at the eldest triplet who seems to be the most troubled.

"Kelvin, where is your sister?" Charles asks, walking towards Kelvin to meet him.

"You shouldn't have come here!" Kelvin says, diverting from Charles' question.

"Where is Camilla!" He asks yet again while applying his Alpha tone. Well, it does nothing to Kelvin.

Ben and Jeremy are equally restless. Ben hits the wall with his fist desperately. His wolf is fighting to show up and start searching everywhere for their mate.

"I still insist that you shouldn't have come here." Kelvin says firmly. "You should have waited for her to come to terms with having three mates and then decide whether she wants to be with the three of you or not!" He states firmly, holding his mates hand.

"Where is her room? Maybe we can get her ourselves if you guys do not want to cooperate!" Jeremy chips in, already making for the stairs.

"Third floor." Kelvin shrugs. "Good luck in waking her up!" He adds and then leads his mate Sharon towards the couch and they both lower themselves on it as they watch the triplets head upstairs to look for their mate!

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CHARLES

Upon landing on the third floor, I call out Camilla's name but no one responds. Since there are several doors on that floor, the three of us start knocking at every door but we don't get any response.

"I don't think she's here! Jeremy says to us.

"We've been played, bros!" Ben adds.

I remain silent, trying to process her faint scent and when I finally retrace it to one of the many locked rooms, I signal my brothers and tell them to follow me.

I head to the door at the middle and knock at it. Camilla's scent is allover and with the way it's lingering around, I assume that she's right in there.

"Why isn't she opening?" I ask curiously as I continue tapping onto the door softly.

"She definitely knows that we are here and she doesn't want to grant us audience." Ben says and I laugh, though humorlessly. This is the most sensible thing that he has said since we discovered that Camilla is our mate.

As I continue knocking, a light splashes in my head, making me to think swiftly. Grabbing the doorknob, I tilt it and to my relief, the door gives way and I push it as I get inside the room. My brothers follow suit and since it's dark in there, Jeremy quickly engages his phone's flashlight and the whole room lights up.

Her scent is strong right now and we are convinced that this is her bedroom. Our eyes scan the whole room and when we don't spot her, we conclude that she's hiding from us therefore we decide to search for her while calling her name out.

"Camilla," I call out softly. "Please come out, we won't harm you!" I add as calmly and affectionately as I can.

The three of us keep on calling her name out, opening the wardrobes, checking under the bed, behind the curtains, but she's nowhere to be found.

"Maybe she's in the bathroom." Jeremy says and we all storm towards the washroom.

The glass door isn't locked and upon pushing it open, we let ourselves in. Our eyes scan the whole bathroom but she's nowhere in sight.

The bathtub is dry, the shower isn't running and the bathroom floor is dry, a sign that she isn't in here!

"Damn!" I curse desperately. "Could she have escaped?" I ask to no one in particular as we exit the bathroom.

"It seems she has escaped!" Someone says and our eyes dart to him. He's still holding a phone in his hand and he waves a text message at our faces.

*Bro, please don't look for me. I've flown back to the city.*

"What?" The three of us gasp in shock. It seems our mate has slipped out of our fingers under our very own watch!