All Chapters of Marked, Tamed, Owned by the Triplet Alphas: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

LiraI slid to the floor, my back hitting the door I’d just slammed hard enough to rattle the walls.“You’re enjoying this.”Jax’s voice kept echoing, burning hotter than the fire in my chest. He wasn’t wrong. That was the worst part. Somewhere between surviving and pretending, I’d grown too comfortable. I’d stopped fighting the madness and let it swallow me whole.Tears burned down my face as I pressed my palms over it and let out a shaky breath. I hated myself for crying, for wanting them like an addiction.After what Jax said, I couldn’t go to Kain. The thought of letting any of them touch me tonight made my skin crawl.Kain’s voice came with the knock. “Lira, are you all right?”His fading footsteps filled the silence I’d made by not answering. I couldn’t trust what would come out of my mouth, so I stayed still and let him walk away after several attempts to talk to me.My mark stared back at me from the mirror, faint in the low light, almost harmless. I wiped my eyes and stood, t

Riven was talking to Jax in low tones that didn’t sound casual. Across the hall, Kain stood with a cluster of Alphas, all giants with the kind of arrogance you could smell before you saw them when the doors creaked open again, and my body locked up.Alpha Garrick walked in with Selena and Astoria.Seeing them was like a punch from another life. The sound of my old chains rattled in my head, each name dragging up memories I’d buried deep. I hadn’t seen Selena in over a month, and I didn’t miss her for a single heartbeat.I turned fast before they could spot me and pushed through the crowd toward the far side of the room, where Tova was standing. She was with the priestess now. But the second I reached them, their words were cut off. Athena barely looked at me.“Lira,” she said, her voice flat and cold. No smile. No warmth. Then she turned and walked off without another word. “What’s with her?” I muttered to Tova.Tova’s face was blank, like she was hiding something big. “Athena’s alwa

Zuri The masquerade glittered with false smiles and expensive lies. I stood beside Selena, Garrick’s ever-graceful sister, pretending to enjoy the dull rhythm of her chatter.We’d gone to the same school years ago. She was four classes ahead, one of those girls everyone adored and secretly despised. Back then, I thought she was the embodiment of entitlement. Funny how time turned enemies into allies when they shared a common threat.Now here we were, two women who couldn’t stand each other, drinking from the same poisoned cup because of that pig, Lira.Selena adjusted her ivory mask and glanced across the ballroom, following my gaze. She didn’t bother denying her scorn.“An Omega shouldn’t draw that much attention,” Selena murmured. “It’s indecent.”I smiled thinly.When Astoria joined us, I could mildly stand her. She wasn’t unbearable. Unbothered by politics unless they touched her doorstep. The first time I’d spoken to her had been weeks ago when she’d stopped by to visit Lira.Th

AthenaI knew the second Zuri started moving toward me what she intended. She wanted to ruin my mood, and she was very, very good at it. I could see her smug satisfaction even before she reached me, the way her eyes flicked toward Riven and Lira to provoke me.I’d been watching him all night. How handsome he looked. How every thought in my head kept circling back to him. And now Zuri was coming to shove salt into the wound.How the hell did she even know? It had to be that night Elora made me drink, the night we’d spilled our secrets, when my world still made sense before everything shifted. Zuri must have been there or overheard somehow, hanging around her sister like she always did. Typical spoiled brat behavior, always thinking about herself, always selfish.And yet, I had to admit, she might have a point.If she had gone so far as to trace Lira’s background, then maybe there was something strange about the bond between her and the triplets, something that didn’t quite fit with the

LiraI rested my head on Riven’s chest, letting his fingers weave lazily through my hair, and for a moment, the world outside our little upstairs living room didn’t exist. Riven never talked much, and somehow, that silence felt safer than any conversation could.I allowed myself a small sigh, thinking ahead. If Jax and Kain agreed to share me and learn to coexist, maybe then I’d have room to reveal the truth of what I carried inside without risking everything. That thought gave me a flicker of hope.The door creaked, and Kain stepped in first, Angie trailing behind him. The little girl clutched her new doll, the exact replica of what Zuri had burned.Kain struggled to hide his frown. “Where’s Jax?”“He’ll come,” I blurted. “I’m sure.”Kain scoffed. “Don’t vouch for that one. Shows up whenever, acts like nothing’s on anyone else’s schedule. Typical.”Jax appeared in the doorway, casual as ever. “Is my name receiving the usual slander?”Kain said nothing. Jax’s eyes locked on me. “Darli