LOGINSkylar's POV
Ross carried me into the bathroom like I was really made of glass and sat me down on the closed toilet seat with a gentleness that contradicted everything I knew about him.
Steam began to fill the small space as Myron turned on the shower, tested the water temperature with his hand. The simple gesture felt intimate in ways that made my throat very tight.
"You really do not have to do this." My voice sounded small even to my own ears.
"Yes, we do." Myron adjusted the temperature until it was just right and the care in his actions made something crack inside my chest.
Ross leaned against the bathroom counter with his arms crossed while he watched me with an intensity that made my skin flush hot despite my exhaustion.
"We'll turn around." Myron's jaw clenched as the words cost him something. "You have privacy to undress."
Both twins turned to face the door and their backs created a wall of muscle be
Myron's POVWatching Skylar laugh with Ethan from my bedroom window made something primal roar to life inside my chest that I had never for once, felt before in my whole life.My wolf clawed at my insides with desperate fury and demanded I go down there and rip Ethan away from our mate and claim her in front of everyone.Ross stood beside me and his entire body was tense and vibrating with barely controlled rage that matched my own. His hands gripped the windowsill so hard the wood cracked under his fingers.We had followed Skylar and Ethan home because we could not even stop ourselves. The mate bond made it impossible to let her out of our sight especially with another alpha male touching her.Every second she spent with him felt like knives carving into my skin. The way she smiled at Ethan was different from how she looked at us and that difference destroyed me."She is ours." Ross's voice was rough and barely human. "W
Skylar's POVThe gym felt suffocating after Jace fled and every single one stared at us like we were both actors in some kind of twisted performance they could not look away from it.Ethan turned every one of his attention to me with an expression that seemed genuinely concerned. His hazel eyes searched my face with careful intensity that made me feel seen in ways I had not expected."Are you sure you're alright?" His voice carried that same gentleness that had cut through the chaos moments before. "That could not have been easy."The twins moved closer to me with their bodies forming a protective barrier between Ethan and myself. Ross's jaw was tight and Myron's hands were still clenched into fists.But Ethan ignored them completely as though they were not worth acknowledging. His focus remained entirely on me and something about that unwavering attention made my pulse skip."Alpha Rhys asked me to check on you after hearing a
Skylar's POVGlenda's words echoed through my mind repeatedly like ice in my veins while my entire body was rigidJace was just coming back. The male who had tried to assault me and drugged me and triggered the partial shift that changed everything was walking free.His family's money and influence had bought him freedom while I was left to deal with the aftermath of what he had tried to do.Glenda had orchestrated this deliberately and the satisfaction in her smile told me she knew exactly how much this would torment me.Ross's expression turned murderous beside me and the air around him crackled with barely controlled rage. His eyes had darkened to forest shadow and his wolf was so close to the surface I could see it in the tension of his jaw.Myron's fists clenched so hard his knuckles cracked loud enough to make several people flinch. The predatory stillness of his body promised violence.They moved to fl
Skylar's POVMorning light filtered through my curtains and pulled me from sleep with the uncomfortable realisation that I was really trapped between two warm and very solid male bodies.Ross lay on my left with his arm draped possessively across my waist and his face buried in the crook of my neck. Myron sprawled on my right with his hand splayed across my stomach like he was claiming territory.We were all fully clothed but the intimacy of our tangled limbs made my heart race for reasons that had nothing to do with fears.I tried to put away but both sets of arms tightened around me in unconscious possession. Ross mumbled something unintelligible against my throat and the vibration sent shivers down my spine.Myron's fingers flexed on my stomach and pulled me closer to his chest until I could feel his heartbeat against my own back.For one dangerous moment I let myself enjoy the safety and warmth of being surrounded by them, Protected and also, wanted.Then reality crashed back like
Ross's POVI pulled back from Skylar like her lips had burned me and my jaw clenched so hard I heard my teeth grind together as I turned to face my twin brother.Myron stood in the doorway shirtless with his grey eyes blazing with fury that I knew mirrored my own. His chest heaved with barely controlled rage and his fists clenched at his sides.The air between us crackled with tension so thick it felt like the room might explode from pressure of two alphas wanting the same thing.One mate."Just Get out." Myron's voice was deadly calm in a way that made my wolf rise to the surface with teeth bared."No." I did not move from my position on Skylar's bed because leaving her felt physically impossible.Skylar sat frozen between us with her hands gripping the blankets and her wide eyes darting between me and my brother like she was watching a disaster unfold in slow motion.Myron stepped inside and closed the door behind him with a click that sounded too loud in the tense silence. His pres
Skylar's POVI could not breathe as Luna Sheila's words replicated through my mind that made my chest feel like it was caving in on itself.Choose one twin. The thought made bile rise in my throat because the idea of causing either of them that kind of pain felt fundamentally wrong in ways I could not articulate.Not because I wanted them both. I refused to admit that even to myself."I can't even make this choice." My voice broke out of words.Luna Sheila stood and smoothed down her dress with hands that trembled slightly. "You don't have to decide tonight. But you will have to decide eventually."She moved toward the door but paused with her hand on the knob and her expression shifted to something that looked almost like fear."Be careful around Ethan." The warning came out of nowhere and made my head snap up."Who?" The name meant nothing to me."Ethan Blackwood. He's Alpha Rhys's choice for your arranged marriage partner." Her mouth pressed into a thin line. "Something about him







