All Chapters of Claimed by Three Alphas, Fated to One: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Audrey’s POV“What... the hell?”I stared at the notification on my laptop intensely hoping it might change if I looked hard enough. Nope. Still there. No, this couldn’t be right. This had to be a mistake.It was a notification from a new school. It read: Congratulations, Miss Dauval, you have been accepted into Ravenfalls High in the senior class.I kept staring at my screen. That made no sense. I didn't apply to any school not in my final year of high school. I shoved the chair back and ran out of my room, barreling down the stairs as if the house was on fire. Straight to Dad’s study.I didn’t knock, I just pushed the door open. The room was dim and stinking of cigarette smoke and whiskey—his usual scent these days. He didn’t even look surprised. “What is the meaning of this?” I said, dropping my laptop in front of him and pointing to the screen."You got accepted. I didn’t expect it, especially since it’s your final year in high school but that's good."I stood there, confused. Wor

Audrey's POV I stood in front of the mirror, tugging on the uniform as if it didn’t feel weird on my skin.My head wouldn’t shut up. Last night kept looping, over and over.There was something wrong with this house not just this place, my family and the Beaumonts as well. And I had to get to the bottom of it. Whatever they were hiding, I would find out.I looked myself over once in the mirror.The school uniform looked good on me though, black skirt, white scruffed long sleeves, and black blazer.A knock landed on my door. Adrian stood, looking all... damn. How come I didn’t notice this earlier? He was gorgeous.“Ready to go?” he asked with a smile. I quickly picked up my bag and followed behind him.The house was quieter this morning. I knew finding the journal last night would make things complicated between me and Adrian’s mom.If I had one skill, it was faking it.They all knew what happened to my mom. They just never told me. It appears as if I was some delicate thing that might

Audrey's POV"Hey… are you Audrey?" I looked up. A student stood near my locker.She wore an oversized sweater, had eyeglasses, and exuded a positive aura that made me feel uneasy. "Yeah," I said, forcing a smile. "That's me." Quickly, she took her seat. "We are history assignment partners. Mr. James paired us up.""Oh. I didn’t know that."The words fell out before I could figure out if they even made sense. I was already lost."And it’s due on Monday next week.""What?""Yeah, so we have now to work on it. The assignment is simple, we just have to pick something historical about Ravenfalls to write about.""I just moved into town. I don’t really know anything about the town's history."“Oh, really?”"You have nothing to be worried about," she replied, beaming with smile and enthusiastic posture as if we were already best friends. "My family has always lived here. Like, ever. I basically know everything about this town. My name’s Lucy, by the way.”“Nice to meet you, Lucy,” I said

I didn’t sleep.Not really.I lay there in Adrian’s too-warm bed with the covers pulled halfway over my body, every breath stuck behind my ribs, and every nerve on fire. The room was quiet, but my head was screaming. I kept seeing bones break in reverse, snapping back into place like they were elastic. I kept hearing that howl—that low, guttural, not-human sound that still lived under my skin.How did I get to Adrian’s bed? Maybe I passed out again and he took me to his room to attend me. He has been very nice and seems to show care at every opportunity. All the same, I feel more comfortable here. But where is the damn guy? I was not feeling better anyway…And worst of all, I kept replaying what Derek said outside my house.“You weren’t supposed to see that.”He didn’t even flinch. Didn’t try to lie or gaslight me. He just stood there with those too-bright eyes and let the truth rot in the silence between us. And then he said it.“You should be scared.”I’d laughed. I don’t know wh

Audrey’s POVI didn't get any sleep. Not because I couldn't, but rather because I didn't let myself to. That thing appeared every time I blinked or tried to sleep.The way it moved like it wasn’t bound by gravity. The way its body shimmered, not fully wolf, not fully anything. The way it threw Derek like he weighed nothing. And how Derek shifted midair, bones cracking and fur exploding across his back while I just stood there, frozen, watching my classmate—my maybe-mate—become something else. Something impossible.Hmmmmm, And the worst part?It wasn't even the most craziest incident that happened the previous night.I am yet to recover from that shock. I was too shaken to cry and too wired to remain motionless. The journal sat open in my lap, the map spread across the floor. The Thinnest Veil. The place was marked in faint ink, like the writer hadn’t wanted to admit it existed. A circle with a date. A scribbled note which I kept rereading over and over again."Veil thins when the