All Chapters of Marked, Tamed, Owned by the Triplet Alphas: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

LiraI woke with a heartache that wouldn’t fade. This was day two of the fast, and it still baffled me that my body hadn’t adjusted.Every nerve in me screamed to burst out of the room and run to my mates. The emptiness was unbearable and worse than the loneliness I’d known in the wild while running from my fate. Hunger clawed at my stomach. My tongue felt heavy and dry. The fast forbade food and water, and the dizziness came in waves. Hunger was no stranger to me; I’d lived with it most of my life. Maybe that was the point—to remind me that desire had always been my undoing. Yet it wasn’t food I craved. It was them. Their scent still clung to my memory. My skin remembered what my mind tried to forget.Since locking myself in this room, I couldn’t turn without seeing them. Shadows of the brothers brushed the edges of my vision. I fought the urge to give in. If they ever learned who I really was, this pain would seem merciful. I clung to that thought as if it could keep me sane.My th

LiraAbout an hour later, Riven caught my wrist on my way to my room and pulled me close, pressing his lips to mine. Desire shot through me, and my heart pounded as his hands gripped my waist. He bent over, kissing me softly with a passion that stole my breath before pulling me into his chest.“Why are you avoiding everyone?” His hand brushed behind my ear.I shrugged. “Priestess ruined my mood.”He stiffened, watching me with a blank expression. “What does that mean?”“She dropped by. Thought it’d be fun to tell Zuri our little secret. Congratulations, the news is spreading faster than this incoming rain.”A frown creased his face. “She did?”I nodded. His silence stretched.“Well…maybe she doesn’t mean any harm.”“Really?” My tone cut sharp. “By making sure everyone knows about the bond?”He paused, rubbing my waist. “It was only a matter of time. I didn’t ask her to, but eventually, Zuri would’ve found out. Don’t let it bother you.”I tried not to. I really did. But the words sank

KainThe dim moon cut through mist. The world was silent except for the shuffle of boots and the growls of wolves shifting near camp.Tonight was one of those nights where I didn't go home. Sleep never stayed long when blood was close.I smelled blood, and goddess forbid I let my enemies win again.With muscles stiff from hours of prowling, I shifted. My wolf rose with a snarl that echoed into the valley. The scouts were already waiting by the ridge, ready to move on the coordinates we’d been fed. Another pack, the Mountain Fangs pack, was accused of raiding the trade routes.Jax’s warnings still rang in my head. He had a feeling that something was off, that Mountain Fangs had been a convenient target for months. If everyone kept pointing fingers at them, maybe it was because someone wanted them gone.He always had feelings. I had proof from witnesses and the dead bodies that were connected to them. But my brother's doubt had wormed its way in all the same.Jax was a reckless being bu

LiraTova stood by the vanity, her brows drawn as she held up the bowl of moonshade ash.“What’s this?” My heart jumped to my throat. But then I remembered that she was the one who took me to the healer’s hut. “It’s nothing,” I said. “It’s what I used for my fast.”Tova looked at me for a while, then set the bowl down. Her eyes were searching, like she wanted to ask more but was holding herself back.“There are rumors about the brothers fighting each other because of you.”I turned to the mirror, pretending to fix my hair, not knowing what to say, because she wasn’t wrong.“People will always talk,” I mumbled.Tova came closer. “Lira… are they right?”Her voice was gentle, but the question still sliced through my calm. I could keep lying. I’d done it a hundred times before. But what was the point now? The truth would come out eventually.I turned to face her. “If I tell you, you have to swear this conversation never leaves this room.”She straightened, serious now. “I swear.”So I t

Lira I leaned against the balcony railing. Jax’s fingers were inside me, one at first, then two. My slick coated his hand, my thighs trembling as he pressed deeper. I hated how much I wanted this—how my body arched into his touch, how my wolf purred despite the shame clawing my chest. I was letting them use me like some toy for their egos. Where was my spine? I’d had a wolf my whole life, hidden it, lied about it. I wasn’t this weak omega they thought I was.But goddess, they felt good.As if Jax could read my mind, he grinned, and pulled an ice cube from his glass. He pressed it to my clit without warning. I gasped, hips bucking, the chill blending with the heat of his fingers. Then something strange happened. My wolf snarled, not for him. For Kain.The need hit me like a fist, tugging me toward his scent, his leash, his cruelty. I didn’t want Jax’s teasing tonight. I wanted Kain’s chokehold, his filthy cock ramming into me.Still, I rode Jax’s fingers. I loved it. I couldn’t stop.