Chapter Six

~Didi~

The second the ballroom doors closed behind us, the world changed. The music faded instantly

The whispers from the crowd died off. The cold night air wrapped around my skin like a warning and a promise.

And the three Supreme Alphas… my three mates… surrounded me so closely I forgot how to breathe. Luca didn’t let go of my hand. If anything, he held me tighter, like letting go wasn’t an option anymore. Luke stood on my left, sharp eyes watching everything, even my heartbeat. Leo stood on my right, smiling like he was the sun after a storm.

I should have been scared…Instead, every nerve in my body lit up like fire and Moon wasn't helping the matter. I could feel it pawning, growling and yearning for more fire. For how long could I endure this torture.

“Stop walking,” Luca said suddenly,I froze. All three stopped with me. My heart thumped so loudly I was sure they could hear it. Luca turned first. He moved slowly, like a wolf closing in on prey, but his eyes… his eyes softened when they landed on me.

“You didn’t look at me once,” he said. His voice was low, rough, warm enough to melt stone.

“I… I was panicking….” I muttered dryly, for goodness sake Didi you can do more than that!

“Look at me now.” I lifted my gaze. Those deep blue eyes locked onto mine with so much intensity the air left my lungs. My knees felt weak, his hand rose and brushed a strand of hair off my cheek. His fingers barely touched my skin, but the warmth shot straight through me.

“Good,” he whispered. Behind me, Leo let out a breathy laugh. “She’s blushing again.”

“I’m not,” I murmured, even though I could feel the heat flooding my face.

Luke stepped closer, so close his breath touched the back of my neck. “Your body reacts to us. All of us. You know that.”

I shivered not from fear but Luca noticed.

His eyes darkened, deep and hungry. “You’re trembling.”

“No, I’m….”I lied again. when can I do better than this Didi

“You are,” Luke murmured behind me.

“You’re shaking,” Leo added with a grin.

I swallowed hard. “Can you all stop pointing it out? It’s… embarrassing and I'm not some food you guys are ready to munch” I slapped away Loe's wrist as he reached out to touch me.

And yes, they're all looking and grinning at me now….that came out wrong. Nice choice of word Didi. I felt like burying myself deep in shame in front of them all.

“Cute,” Leo whispered. “Very cute.”

Luca moved closer until our bodies were almost touching. “You don’t have to be embarrassed, Didi. You’re our mate.” The word our sent a wave of heat shooting through me so fast I felt dizzy.

Luke’s voice cut through my spinning thoughts.

“And you think that's enjoyable, thanks to the Moon goddess for pairing me with three supreme Alpha." What was she thinking?! Because this was crazy, every time they looked at me… spoke to me… touched me… something inside me responded flaring with an unquenchable fire.

I looked to find them all staring at me. "I don't think any of you understand this, it might be exciting for you but ... .what about me” I moved away from Luca’s embrace as much as it brought me pain just to move away. Tears crowded my eyes but I refused to cry and embarrass myself in front of the three of them.

But of course, I couldn't withhold the tears that had started to run down my cheeks. “All you boys want is to satisfy yourself and not how I feel about all these !!

" Hey, hey…. listen to me” Luca reached for my face and made me stare at him. “We care about you but sure we can't deny or hide the attraction we have towards it. You too ... .I feel it…we all feel it, your wolf wouldn't stop tormenting till you yield to that bond."

I bit my lips, trying to smother the tears from coming up. He instantly reached out and wiped his thumbd of my lips and suddenly I could feel the electrifying surge purge through me.

He felt that too and I know that what he was saying was actually true. There was no absolutely way for me to deny this feeling….Moon goddess…why?!!

"I know it's difficult but please don’t run from us” Luke voice emerged, softening the surging emotions that I've felt. His voice was soft… but the command in it sank into my skin.

“I’m not running,” I whispered.

“Good,” Luca said as his thumb still lingering in my lips. But before I could breathe again, Leo moved behind me and placed a warm hand on my shoulder. His thumb brushed my skin gently, sliding just enough to make my breath catch.

“We should take her somewhere private,” he said. “She looks like she’s about to faint.”

“I’m not….” I protested, trying to stand up straight but a wave of dizziness hit me so hard that I stumble in Luca’s hand.

“You are,” Luke finished again, stepping in front of me.

His hand lifted, fingers trailing down my jaw. The touch was slow, careful… but it still sent a spark racing through my body. My knees wobbled.

Luca caught my waist instantly, pulling me into him before I could fall.

The heat of his body slammed into me so strongly I gasped.

“Careful,” he murmured against my ear. “I’ll catch you, but I like a warning first.” My face burned and I heard Leo laughed.

“She’s going to melt.” br chuckled and suddenly it felt as if the scents overcrowded me.

“She’s overwhelmed,” Luke said more gently and I couldn't argue against the truth, I was…..Completely. Overwhelmed by their closeness first, their strength….their attention and their heat zi could literally feel.

“Let’s take her to the courtyard,” Luca said. “Somewhere quiet.” He didn’t ask or waited any second. He simply guided me, his hand firm on my waist, which seems to burn by his every touch against me touch. I allowed him to lead me through a side door and into the moonlit courtyard. The cold air touched my skin, cooling my burning cheeks.

The fountain in the center glowed with soft golden lights. The night was too beautiful. Too still for all these drama in one night.

And then they formed a circle around me again.

Luca stood in front, Luke on my left and Leo on my right. Three sets of eyes….three different fires and all of them watching me at the same time.

I felt like the moon had shifted and the world had tilted. Luca spoke first.

“What happened back there with Jay…” His jaw tightened. “Did you feel a pull toward him?”

My stomach twisted.

“Yes,” I whispered. “I thought he was my mate at first. I….I don’t understand what’s happening.” The courtyard grew tense …too tense that my stomach churned. This was too much pressure of me, my crush wasn't my crush again but something else that I couldn't define.

Luke’s eyes narrowed. “We felt that. The moment he touched you, the bond flared.”

Leo folded his arms. “But it wasn’t right, It wasn’t whole.”

Luca stepped closer, his expression dark and serious. “Because he’s not your mate. We are.” My pulse raced and thundered loudly in my head.

“You sure?” I whispered. Luca leaned in, so close our lips almost brushed.

“Positive.” My breath caught and my head pounded because of two much of this information. Leo suddenly grabbed my left hand gently but firmly, lifting it so he could examine it.

“Your skin heats when we touch you. See?” He traced a slow line across my knuckles. Heat exploded along the path.

“Your wolf responds to us,” Luke added softly.

“And your heart,” Luca said. He pressed his hand to my waist, feeling the quick beat under my ribs.

“You feel this?” he asked. I nodded too numb and unable to speak.

“That’s the bond,” Luca whispered staring intensely in my eye and for the first time I felt like he gave seen my soul bare.

I swallowed hard. “But… why all three of you?” Their gazes darkened.

Luke spoke first. “We are triplet alphas. One soul, three bodies. One wolf split between us.”

“We share everything,” Leo murmured. “Even our mate.”

My breath vanished, I knew this but it was again difficult hearing it from them.

“You,” Luca said simply.Before I could respond, Leo brushed his fingers along my arm again, sending another wave of heat through me. “You’re shaking again,” he whispered, amused.

“Stop pointing it out,” I muttered, but my voice trembled. Luke stepped closer, his hand sliding under my chin gently, lifting my face toward his. “Then stop reacting every time we touch you.” My breath hitched, cursing lightly under my breathe trying to force my mind to think about anything but them.

“That’s not possible,” I whispered. Leo leaned in behind me, a warm breath touching my neck.

“Exactly.” Then Luca, without warning, tilted my face toward him and pressed a slow, warm kiss to my forehead.

My knees nearly gave out, Luke steadied my left arm. Leo steadied my right. Luca pulled back just enough to look into my eyes. “Tell me to stop.” I opened my mouth then slowly closed it.

Then whispered, “I… can’t…I want this too” As much as embarrassing this can be. I want so much than them. Luca eyes darkened just hearing me speak.

“Good.” Leo laughed quietly, stepping even closer behind me. “She smells like she’s nervous and excited.”

“I am NOT …..” My voice cracked.

Luke smirked. “You are.”

My face heated again and for all the reason in the world, I hate that they were teasing me. This time, Luca’s mouth brushed the corner of my jaw…barely a kiss, more a promise. A warning and

my whole body reacted instantly.

I gasped and Leo sucked in a sharp breath behind me. “Oh, she felt that.”

“Of course she did,” Luke murmured, voice low. “She’s ours.” Luca’s forehead rested against mine.

“Didi,” he whispered.

“Yes?” My voice was small, breathless.

“You’re going to have to get used to this.”

“This?” I whispered. Luke leaned in until his lips brushed my ear. “Us.”

Leo’s fingers slid down my arm again, slow and warm. “All of us.”And standing there, surrounded by three alphas whose eyes burned only for me…

I realized something terrifying, something thrilling and undeniable.

I wasn’t choosing between three mates. I was being claimed by three alphas who had never learned how to share gently. And my heart, my body, my wolf…

Responded to every single one of them.