All Chapters of Owned by the Triplet Alphas : Chapter 221 - Chapter 230

228Alyssa’s PovI sat on the edge of the chair, my palms resting stiffly on my knees as Alpha Desmond studied me with that same unreadable look in his eyes. My thoughts raced. Was he about to send me out of the pack? Did he know I went to the dungeon last night? Was this some sort of punishment wrapped in a task?Just when I thought my heart couldn’t pound any harder, he let out a low chuckle.I blinked in surprise.He leaned back in his seat, his gaze softening just slightly. “You should ease up, Alyssa,” he said. “It’s not something that will eat you alive.”I exhaled, my shoulders slumping slightly. “Oh…” The relief was immediate, but still fragile. “I’m sorry, I just… I wasn’t sure what to expect.”Alpha Desmond smiled slightly. “Understandable. But it’s a simple task, though an important one.”He reached for a piece of parchment from the side of his desk and handed it to me. I took it with a nervous glance, but it wasn’t anything alarming, just a note with the names of a few vis

230Alyssa’s POVI stared at the note in my hand for a long time, the words dancing in the candlelight.“Meet with me in the woods.”No name, time, or even an explanation. Just that simple sentence, written in neat, narrow handwriting. The paper trembled between my fingers, and I realized it wasn’t just the breeze through the window, it was me; I was shaking.I glanced at the door again, half-expecting someone to still be standing there. But the hallway was silent, the shadows still.My mind swirled with questions. Who had written it? Why did they want me in the woods? And at this hour?Part of me itched to go. Maybe it was the same woman from the tour. Maybe she had something to tell me, something I needed to know. Maybe it wasn’t a coincidence that she looked like my mother.But then another voice in my head, the one that had kept me alive this long, screamed danger.Going into the woods alone, in the middle of the night? That was how people disappeared. That was how girls like me e

232Alyssa’s POVFor a while, I tried not to act so cowardly. I stood stiffly on one spot,, trying to keep my breathing steady and my heart calm. Every sound in the forest, the rustling of leaves, the distant chirp of birds felt amplified in my ears. I kept telling myself that it was probably just my nerves playing tricks on me again. No one was there. Nothing was lurking, I was completely safe.Why would it be only me feeling that way? After all, Mira and her crush back there aren’t feeling weird about anything. I really didn’t want to be the girl who panicked at shadows, not anymore.“Come on, you’re safe, Alyssa.” I said to myself.So I forced myself to stay calm, to breathe through the fear and let the tension in my shoulders ease. And after a while, it worked. The eerie sensation of being watched gradually faded, and the heaviness in my chest lifted. There was no feeling of danger, just silence and the lingering scent of pine and wildflowers.Relief washed over me like a gentle t

234Alyssa’s PovThe soft knock on my door woke me from sleep. It wasn’t sudden, though. But the fact that the knock was consistent, it echoed in my sleep and that finally woke me.I blinked, still half lost in the warm cocoon of my blanket and the haze of a light nap I didnt remember slipping into. I sat up slowly, brushing strands of hair from my face as another knock followed, a little firmer this time.“Yes?” I called out, my voice hoarse from sleep.The door creaked open slightly, and one of the maids stepped in, her hands clasped neatly in front of her.“Alpha Desmond requests your presence in his study,” she said politely, her gaze flickering once to meet mine before quickly lowering again.I nodded and thanked her, trying to push away the last of the drowsiness as I rose from the bed. My heart was beating nervously at that moment. Could it be the task he told me he might call me back for?Ugh. The morning’s conversation already felt like a heavy stone lodged in my chest, espec

236Alyssa’s Pov(An hour later)The moment the tall stone gates of Moon Valley opened; a wave of relief flooded through me. I, Gary and the two guards had been riding in silence for the last hour, our horses slow and cautious as we followed the curve of the winding forest path after Moon Valley had provided us with horses.Though we hadn’t been discovered by the enemy pack members we spotted earlier, I couldn’t help but glance over my shoulder now and then. Even with Gary, the two guards at my side and the escorts, I felt uneasy like I was being watched by something unseen.But all of that melted away the instant we passed through the gates.The Moon Valley Packs compound was nothing like the Spring Packs. Instead of gray walls and cold, tense air, this place pulsed with life. Ivy hung in gentle loops over stone arches, and lanterns glowed like starlight in the branches of the surrounding trees. The guards who welcomed us wore warm expressions; stern, yes, but not unkind. They looked