All Chapters of Marked, Tamed, Owned by the Triplet Alphas: Chapter 111 - Chapter 120

Athena I couldn't stop thinking about the masquerade ball and the events that followed it. It began with an entire evening in a state of quiet bliss, watching Riven move through the crowd with that effortless grace he possessed. The way the lights caught the angles of his face, the measured control in every gesture, the intelligence that burned in his eyes when he thought no one was looking. I'd memorized every detail like a prayer I'd recited a thousand times before.And then that spoiled bitch Zuri appeared with her accusations and her demands, shoving salt into wounds I thought I'd buried deep enough that no one would ever find them.I should have known better. Zuri had always been good at finding people's soft spots and pressing until they bled.She knew my secret and had said it with that smug little smile. The memory of that night years ago, drunk on wine Elora had stolen from her father's chest came flooding back with perfect, humiliating clarity. I'd confessed everything. H

Lira I left the temple feeling like I'd just survived an interrogation, even though Athena had never raised her voice or made a single direct accusation.She knew. Maybe not everything, but enough to be dangerous.And she was right about one thing. I needed to tell the brothers about Garrick, about the missing records, about all of it.Before someone else did it for me.I waited for Tova, who was also called by Athena, when someone stepped through the door instead. Tall and striking with dark hair and silver eyes that assessed me quickly before settling into something that looked like friendliness. I remembered her from the night at the den as one of Jax's flings."I hope I'm not intruding," she said with a warm smile. "I'm Gwen. I don't think we've been properly introduced."I remembered Tova's warning. That one has a thing for Jax. I immediately went on guard."Lira," I said politely."I know." Her smile widened. "Everyone knows who you are now. That's actually why I'm here. I want

LiraJax spread my thighs wide and pulled me down without ceremony—straight onto his lap, my back to his chest, dress riding up as I straddled his thighs facing the stage.He smiled with satisfaction when his hands confirmed I had no panties on. His palms were hot, sliding up the bare skin of my thighs, pushing the hem of my dress higher until cool air kissed my slick folds. I was already wet—had been since the moment we stepped inside. Jax groaned when his fingers found the evidence."Fuck, Lira. You're soaked."The stage lights strobed red across us as one of the dancers dropped into a slow squat, legs spread wide, fingers trailing through her own wetness before bringing them to her mouth and sucking them clean. The crowd roared. I felt Jax harden instantly beneath me, the thick ridge of his cock pressing up against my bare pussy through his pants.He didn't rush. One arm banded around my waist, anchoring me, while the other hand moved to the front of my dress. He tugged the necklin

Lira Silence fell over the room."You think she's not omega?" Jax asked slowly."I think we assumed she was omega. But nothing about her bond response matches omega behavior. The intensity, the balance, the way she grounds all three of us simultaneously—that's not possible for an omega.""Then what is she?" Kain asked.Riven shrugged. The claws finally retracted, leaving my hands shaking and human again. But the implication hung in the air like smoke, impossible to clear.If they started digging into what I actually was, how long until they discovered the mark? How long until they realized I'd been lying from the beginning?"This is good news," Kain said, misinterpreting my trembling as excitement. "With a wolf emerging, the council will have less ammunition against you.""We should test her," Jax suggested. "Not yet," Riven said. "Let her stabilize first. Forced manifestations can be dangerous if the wolf isn't ready."They were discussing me like I was a project, a problem to sol

Lira Later that afternoon, I escaped to the library.I needed answers, needed to understand what was happening to me, what had happened to Xena, what the "third mark vanishing" actually meant.I found three more journals, all from different time periods, all documenting triple bond cases. None of them had happy endings.*Marcus, Theron, and Kael were bonded to Isadora for eighteen months before the madness took hold. When she died, they didn't grieve. They turned on each other like rabid animals, killing Theron first before Marcus drove a blade through Kael's heart and then his own.**Seraphine lasted two years with her three mates before her three mates went mad with jealousy and killed themselves.**The third mark appeared on Lyanna six months after the first two. She lived four months after that. Her mates survived her death by three days before they ended their own lives. The priestesses said the bond breaking destroyed their minds—they couldn't distinguish reality from nightmare