Thrice Claimed By My Alpha Brothers

-CiaraDawn didn’t come fast enough. Not that I could tell, trapped in the pitch-black prison cell with only mosquitoes and rats for company. Their bites on my bare arms and legs were unrelenting, their presence a constant torment. Despair had sapped my will to fight back. I couldn't muster the energy to swat them away, let alone unsheathe my claws to kill them. After all, this was their home, and I was just a temporary guest.I never got to know who my mother was. All I knew about her was that she had been a palace maid with no family. She had concealed her pregnancy so well that no one found out that she was pregnant until the day of my delivery, in which she had died shortly after giving me my name. No one knew who had gotten her pregnant either. In fact, they could have sworn that they had never seen her with anyone of the opposite gender.From the onset, my life had been nothing but a tragic tale, but I had held onto a tiny glimmer of hope that maybe somehow, like in fairytales

- AldenI could hear the sound of laughter coming from the throne room. Blake rolled his eyes as he walked ahead of me and entered into the throne room, where my mother, Luna Queen Vienna and Father, Alpha Rowland, were having what seemed like a private romantic moment together.Mother discussed her meeting with the wives of the Pack’s elders as she gently massaged Father’s shoulders to his liking, and only paused when she saw Blake and me walk into the throne room.“Greetings, father, Luna,” Blake said, with a light bow.“Greetings, Father, mother,” I said, bowing fully.“Greetings, princes of the Silver Crest Pack,” Father stated, motioning for us to have our seats.“Blake, I must say it is a surprise to see that you showed up on time today. That’s really impressive. At least, there’s hope for you, unlike that Liam. We’ll be lucky if he even honours your father’s call,” mother remarked.“Keep my name out of your mouth, will you? Oh, never mind! I forgot for a second that you always

- CiaraMy heart froze and my head began to spin as I clenched my fists tightly and bit my lip which had suddenly become very dry.I heard the messenger make his way to me, and with each footstep he took, my heart pounded even more loudly than it did a second ago.“Turn around,” he ordered once he was directly behind me.Slowly, I turned around, with my eyes darting around while I searched for an escape route.I couldn’t dare look him in the eye, and when he finally opened his mouth to speak, I thought my chest would explode.“You dropped this,” the messenger said calmly, handing a bracelet over to me.I heaved a sigh of relief as I already took the bracelet which I had previously been wearing, but had somehow fallen off my wrist, from him.“Thank you,” I managed to say, but my voice came off as a whisper.“You should have a jeweller amend it to your right size so you don’t misplace it in future. It has a rare quality,” he cautioned.I forced a smile, still avoiding his gaze. “I will

- CiaraI didn’t know how to react or what to say. I looked at Alden and his fists were tightened, with visible anger showing all over his face.“You didn’t have breakfast because of me. What do you say we go grab a meal at the fanciest restaurant in the Silver Crest Pack?” Liam asked, looking me directly in the eye, which made my heart melt.“Um…”“I’ll take that as a yes,” Liam said, and to my surprise, grabbed my hand and led me out of Alden’s room.Outside, everything kept replaying in my head, and flinging his hand off mine, I pushed him away.“You shouldn’t have said that right in front of him. So what if his mother was once a servant? You don’t even know the full story,” I stated.“Fine, whatever. Are you coming with me or not?”“You can’t just appear out of nowhere after speaking to me rudely and expect me to go out with you. Besides, I already made plans with Alden,” I said.“What plans? Assisting him in the kitchen? Are you sure that’s what you’d rather do?” he asked, walkin

-CiaraThe palace was a beauty to behold. Blake had shown me around and I couldn’t stop rethinking the fact that indeed, I now lived there. I had apologised to Blake about kissing Liam, and even though he had been earlier disappointed, he forgave me easily and made me pinky swear to not do such again.I was worried however. I felt completely useless, just taking from the royal family of the Silver Crest Pack without giving back. I was so grateful to them for my life and every other thing, but I was penniless, not helpful and I didn’t have the means to express my gratitude by doing something meaningful for them.Two knocks sounded lightly on the door and I closed my eyes abruptly, knowing it was Joan and she was probably here to tell me to go down for dinner.All day, I had tried desperately to avoid the messengers from the Moonstone Pack, and I couldn’t afford to ruin it all by letting them see me at dinner.Joan came in when she didn’t get a response. “My lady, I came to inform you t