ALPHA RHYS. It had been days leading up to weeks since Arabella died. I opened her corpse the other day and couldn't look at her rotten body. It was hard to swallow the pill. Her death had been hard on me. And I could feel it affecting the pack too. I had started to do things I wouldn't normally do. Like using the maids to make me forget for a moment. Her death had changed me a great deal and I have not been able to handle it well. Then I thought that marking Mia and making her the Luna would make this better. And it would make the bond stronger because since Arabella died, the bond grew worse. She slipped off my hands. Her presence didn't make me feel anything. If anything I felt worse. I felt hollow. Empty. Void. It wasn't good at all. Mia made that hole worse. It made me question the mate bond a lot of times. How could I feel a lot more attracted to someone who wasn't my mate? That in her absence I felt like a dead man. Then I thought making her the Luna of the pack and ma

ARABELLA. “Push!” The doctor slapped my thigh to induce the baby or me. I did not care, I was too much in pain to give a fuck about what anyone was doing. No one told me labor was freaking hard especially when you have three babies coming out of you. My forehead was soaked with my sweat and my eyes swelled with tears. I felt my pussy expand again, the head of the baby coming forth. “I can see it, push!” I got yelled out again. Perhaps they weren't yelling but the pain mixed with anger that I felt wouldn't let me know the difference. I groaned and pushed again. Did I have to do this? I was exhausted because I had already pushed out two kids. The last one was proving stubborn. Goodness, she had to have taken my stubbornness. I cried, thrashed, and puffed before I was able to get the baby out of me. Her cry filled the room while I fell to the bed wearily. “You did well. You did well.” The doctor praised me. Well, it turned out they were not witches and wizards but people who genu

ARABELLA. Damon and Declan ran to me from the stairs, they jumped on me wrapping their tiny legs around my torso. I was wearing a white penciled gown that stopped over my knee and they took the pleasure of staining it with their lollipop. “Oh, you two just had to leave your stain on Mommy!” I carried them both although they were both heavy. I have been gaining some muscles. It had been five years, my children had grown and sometimes I get scared that they would bring their mates to me one day. James names my kids and he used the letter ‘D’ to name name; Daman, Declan, and Delinda. My three adorable kids. They have the most beautiful hazel eyes that sometimes make me remember their father. Rhys had brown eyes with a hint of yellow in them. Looking at my kids often got me remembering him. Delinda took my eyes though but she took her father’s pointed nose while the boys took my round ones. It was a distributed facial feature. “Mommy, sorry.” Damon rubbed my clothes innocently, onl

First ChapterArabella’s POVAfter rolling on my bed for what seemed like hours, I decided to get up to get some fresh air from outside. There’s no need forcing myself to sleep. It’s obvious that it’s one of those nights when my body doesn’t want to feel at rest. It’s weird, I know but you can’t blame me. I have literal triplets. I’m used to chaos all the time. I guess that’s why I struggle with sleep sometimes.I step out of my room and go outside into the silence of the night. The air is moonlit and cool. I smile as the cool breeze touches my skin.I sigh in satisfaction. The moon has a way of making everything better. I watch as the stars shimmer in the sky. The peaceful night contrasts with the heavy burden I have in my heart. No matter how much I try, I can’t fully be at peace.My mind drifts to Alpha Rhys and I don’t know why.It hurts loving someone who’s a jackass. I wish I could erase him from my memory but sometimes, I find myself thinking about him. Love sucks.My feeli

Alpha Rhys’ POV“What advice would you give to newlyweds out there?” the interviewer asked us “We’d like to hear your advice because everyone is surprised that you guys are so young and busy yet you manage to make it work. What’s the secret?”“Well…” I started “I advise that you should be determined to make it work no matter what”Mia nodded “Yes. Marriage is a lifetime commitment”“Yes” I kissed her hand “My wife is the best”“Awww” Mia cooed “I love you”“I love you more, honey”The truth is I don’t love her. Anyone who is close to us can tell this. We both know that our marriage is just for show. We just want to prove to people that we’re making it work when in reality, our marriage from the onset has been a wrong decision, though we try to stay together because of our mate bond. I know for a fact that Mia would be mad at me for kissing her hand. To the interviewer, she’s smiling and happy but I know her better than that. I know her well enough to know that the smile she’s putting