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3RD POV.
The triplets and Kaya are in media.
Kyle’s finger rakes through his hair as he releases a heavy breath.
His face is positioned earthward with his shoulders slouching, before he picks himself up and walks over to the small bar inside the room where there’s alcohol.
Just as he pours himself a glass of gin, his brothers enter the room, and he groans.
“It’s been almost thirty minutes since I called for the both of you.” His voice is tight, showing that he is annoyed at their lateness.
Kieran scoffs before he snatches the drink from Kyle and says, “Come on, bro. Say what you have to say. I don’t have much time. I’ve got to get back to mother’s ceremony.”
Kyle smacks his own forehead and shifts his gaze to Kade, who, on the other hand, has his hands inside his own pocket, looking at the both of them.
“All right. Fine. I know you guys would think that I’m crazy...”
“Hm-mh.” Answers Kieran. He has never been the calming one.
Kyle shakes his head but continues. “But there’s a witch in the kingdom.”
Kieran scoffs and wants to leave, having waved his hand as a gesture that he’s not interested in this rubbish of Kyle’s.
“I mean it. She’s new. She must be brought back here by one of the platoons that just arrived back in the kingdom.” Kyle’s eyes squint at his brothers.
“You’re saying that there’s a witch in this place that’s full of werewolves. She would have been dead the moment she stepped inside here. I’m not in the mood for this.” Kieran’s patience is running thin as he taps his feet on the ground.
“Well, leave then since you’re so insufferable to listen.” Kyle says this and crosses his arms over his chest.
Kieran’s facial expression changed, his brows coming to a knot and curving downward. In the next few minutes, he’s in front of Kyle. “You just disrupted my plan to enjoy a feast by telling me what doesn’t matter, and you think I’d be fine with it?”
“Won’t you talk?” Kyle’s face turns to Kade, who’s found himself a seat on the northern side of the room.
“I need silence.” He replies, his voice sounding nonchalant. “I’m trying to connect with the platoons, mind-linking to find the one who brought a witch to the palace.” Then, his eyes shut for a second further.
Not a while longer, a guard walks inside and bows instantly at the triplets.
“Tell me, why did you bring a witch to the palace?” As Kade asks, he stands up and walks closer to the guard.
The guard turns his face to the ground and answers. “I mean, no worries, sire. I had received an order from Master Kyle to bring the most beautiful lady I could find to my quest...”
The guard shuts his mouth at Kade’s order, who then turns to Kyle. “What is this about?”
The guard turns his face to the ground and answers. “I mean, no worries, sire. In my quest, I had received news from Master Kyle to bring along any beautiful girl I could find, so when I did find the girl, I didn’t hesitate.”
When the guard finishes speaking, Kade groans lightly and turns his eyes over to Kyle, who raises his hand in the air. “Don’t you guys act innocent. We all need a new sex toy; those old mistresses are getting expired. You all know...”
Kyle’s words stop mid-sentence when Kieran rushes over to where he is and pins him at the neck against the nearby wall.
“And you just had to use this trick on me. I’m not at fault that there’s a witch in the kingdom.”
“We have to spread out and find her. Where last have you seen her?” Asks Kade, his eyes narrowing at the guard.
“At the kitchen, master Kade. She was serving...”
“Then we go there first. Brothers, come with me.” With Kade’s calculative voice, Kyle and Kieran follow behind him.
Within a short time, they arrive at the kitchen and look around for the girl, but they can’t find her. Kieran is already boiling inside him, impatient of when he’d have to kill the girl, as he’s the mayhem-seeker amongst the brothers.
While Kyle would like to tease the witches with his cunning manners, Kieran would love to tear off their heads from their necks, and Kade would watch them perform their childish act.
“Do you know where she is?” Towering over the head of the maids, Kade demands, his voice cold and authoritative.
“I have no idea, my Lord. I knew she was bad news, but I never thought she could have done you wrong within her short time here, Master Kade.” Pleads the head of the maids as she arches her back fully in a bowing position. Her body jerks out of fear.
Kade isn’t in the mood for games. He’s the calculative, ruthless, and emotionless one, and most especially, the Alpha of the triplets. He’d be the one to observe the situation before he acts further.
“Let’s spread out. Link your minds with mine, so we can see through each other. It’d be fast to find the girl that way.”
The brothers spread out, and soon they had the girl in their hands.
Kade touches Kieran’s arm and nods at him when their eyes meet, which makes Kieran release his grip on Kaya. Her back hits the ground, and her hands go to touch the spot while she inhales deeply.
Her hair swipes down her face, keeping her recognition in check until, slowly, Kade uses his infex finger to shift the wet strands to the back of her ears. His ears pick up on the sound of her heart thumping so much that it could fall off her sternum.
He notices that she’s very scared of them, and she hasn’t performed any witchcraft as a form of response to their presence.
“What is your name, girl?” Kade asks her with a flat voice. He doesn’t sound bothered by her current situation. He has his reasons and what he’s noticed so far.
The girl shakes up, the veins on her neck poking out. “Kaya. Kaya. Please, I didn’t do anything.”
“You...”
“Hush.” Kade snaps at Kieran, to which he shuts up instantly. “I didn’t say you didn’t do anything either. Are you facing your conscience? Did you do something offensive?”
Kaya’s eyes flare at the question. “My father and brother were killed today because of your people, your guards. If I did something today, it was because it was worth it. I wouldn’t have any of my conscience beating at me. I wish I was even able to hurt anyone of you all.”
Kaya’s eyes dart from Kade to Kyle as she speaks, but she receives a smirk and a wave of his hand before looking at Kieran, who glares at her and then gnashes his teeth.
“Kaya, there’s something about you. I could ask my brothers to finish you here and now, but you’re different from the other witches I’ve met.” Kade pauses and smells her skin for a moment. “You cannot perform witchcraft, but it didn’t leave you worthless or powerless, did it? No. You’re important instead.” His words are confusing to Kaya, causing the skin of her forehead to squeeze in defeat to his quizzical path of conversing.
“Give me a moment. I shall like to speak with my brothers.”
Kade calls Kyle and Kieran, knowing for sure that Kaya can’t run away; his Alpha aura has made sure of that.
“She’s special. I’m sure you all can feel it.”
“All I feel is to kill her.” Kieran speaks without grasping for another way out.
Kyle, however, picks at his short goatee beard and bites his lower lip. “I felt a pump in my blood. I thought it was some witchcraft thing.”
“No. She’s our mate.” Kade informs the others, which makes them flare their eyes. He points out his hands in a gesture to tell them to relax before he continues. “Now, I have no idea why that whore on the moon has decided to give us three to one lady,” Kyle chuckles right there with a glint of flirt in his eyes,” but whatever the reasons are, they might not be as bad. Brothers, I can see well. My sense of sight functions appropriately, and I think it’s because of her.”
Kieran shakes his head, not wanting to believe they won’t kill Kaya. “We’ve always sought to kill the likes of her. You remember what they did to us. She’s not to be exempt.”
“Except she already is.” Kade finalizes and pauses when Kyle gasps.
“I can. My sense of smell works too.”
“See? I have a plan, and it’s Kyle’s.” Kyle chuckles at Kade’s words.
They go back to face Kaya, and Kade places his hand on both sides of the wall, hooking her in. “You have two choices here. It’s either you become our slave or you die. Pick.”
“The last thing I’d ever do is become your slave and serve the ones who killed my family. I want never a thing to do with the likes of you.” Kaya yells at Kade’s face, to which he finds amusing.
“She has ambitions, except this wasn’t a choice from the start. Kaya, you’re ours.” That remains his last word before a guard appears in the room and Kade orders further.
“Take her to the slave’s quarters for now. We’ll know what to do with her afterward.”
As the guards pick up Kaya, manhandling her to the slave’s quarters, she screams to the top of her lungs. “I swear on my life; if you do not kill me off now, when I have my powers, I’d kill all of you.”
Kade’s demeanor remains normal before he turns to his brothers. “Whatever this is, we need to understand it.”
43rd POV.Kyle, Kieran, and Kade are in media.The brothers go to their study room, left stunned by the effect that a common girl, and a witch at that, had on them.From recollection, the way their hearts had taken a beat, something that hadn’t happened in a very very long time. One can say they’ve even forgotten what it means to have adrenaline or other anxiety hormones run through their veins. It is distressingly for them.A glass cup slams onto the table, raising Kieran’s and Kyle’s eyes at Kade. It is rather surprising that they’d ever see Kade in a non-collected way for the first time.He’s only had everything figured out, calculated, and his facial expression is blank, but tonight, the side of his eyes wrinkles as his frown deepens and his fingers are twirling around the top of the glass cup. His brows are deeply furrowed with a wrinkle at the sides of his eyes, his jaw twitching from sides to sides. He remains lost in thought.“Kade, are you okay?” Kyle asks and changes his po
5Kaya’s POV.I wake up to my senses informing my brain of a pain in my neck as I ruffle on a strange bed that I can’t remember when I climbed.It is indeed morning, and the sun has settled into the room, beaming in heat, causing me to yank off the duvet from my body.And just then, my brain reels back to what happened yesterday.I gasp as my face lights up in fear and my body involuntarily falls off the bed. It is as though time stopped for a second, ensuring that I remembered the horrors I’ve faced so far in this place.Grabbing myself with my palms to sit up, my eyes wander around the room, finding it all strange and simple.The interior decor isn’t anything too fancy, seeming like that of a dormitory for the royal college Werewolf kids.Standing in the middle of the room, accessing all that my eyes can scan, the hair at the back of my head stand at the sudden sound of the door opening.Snapping my head there, my breathing hitches as a figure walks in but when I see that it’s Melis
6 Kaya’s POV. The Triplets in media. My face is devoid of any emotion by the time Melissa and I arrive in the dining room. On the table, my sight catch the many fancy foods spread from one end to the other. The eclectic choices make me crave food, and I am now realizing how hungry I am. I haven’t eaten anything since yesterday, and considering all that has happened to me, there’s no way I could have gone hungry. I wish there was a way that I could get out of here. I don’t want to do these things, but instead, I want to be in my own house, reading a book while picking on the bad cookies that my brother made and watching as my father destroys the house while he claims that he is inventing something new. And only Williams and I would be the ones to applaud him when he finishes creating them. My lips almost tug up in a smile at the distant memory, which does make me feel like I wasn’t here anyone until I hear Kyle’s voice. “Kaya, you’re here. And you’re so beautiful.” He gasps at
7 Kaya’s POV. Kieran is boring his eyes into mine, which are widened out of fear. He’s acting like a monster with the way his jaw is twitching and his fingers are taking off some buttons on his shirt. Then he comes close to me and wraps off all the content on the table with his hands, his impatience obviously running thin. My breathing heightens with each barbaric action of his, my chest roving up and down right before he grabs each side of the chair that I’m sitting on and he speaks, his face inches away from mine. “You’re a toy here, an item, meaningless and disposable. You must understand that the hard way. My brother has attempted to go easy on you; has he not?” His voice is filled with malice, and in his eyes, I see no remorse. It’s like all he sees me as is a machine that he owns, and when it doesn’t do exactly what he wants, he punishes it. Grabbing me by my waist all of a sudden, he drops me onto the table. His hand has wiped off a frost from one of the cakes, and he li
8 Kaya’s POV. The silence treatment that comes from Melissa is beginning to feel more of a punishment now, and I don’t think I can bear it anymore. I don’t see any sympathy in her eyes towards how much I have suffered tonight, as she just moved swiftly around the room, preparing me for the night based on the triplets orders. Oh, goodness, mentioning their names even now is scary. A chill runs down my spine at the thought of it. Melissa clears her throat to call me back to life. As I blink up at her, she spews. “Your bath is waiting.” “No, I can’t take that bath. Who knows what will happen? Those guys are psychopaths. We really need to find a way out of here.” I want to say more, but when Melissa grabs me around the cleavage of the tattered gown, pulling me up to my feet so that my eyes pop out in fear of what she’s about to do, she shakes her head in disapproval. Before my brain can think of what she’s about to do, she sweeps me to the wall, making my back hit against it. Then,
9 Kade walks into the room with Kyle and Kieran behind him. On landing on his brothers, a squint forms at the side of his eyes, and instantly he gives entrance to his mind so his brothers can connect with him internally. With a smile on his face, when their uncle Jared sees them, he speaks inwardly. “Let me do most of the talking. There’s something fishy with Uncle.” Kieran takes a seat on one of the leather chairs, bringing his legs up to his uncle’s desk before he crosses his arms over his chest and stares ahead into nothingness. He looks like he isn’t in the mood for any of the conversation. Kade, on the other hand, has assumed every reason why their uncle has called them for a conversation, and he is assured that it’s related to Kaya. As their uncle clears his throat, Kyle makes his way to a small bar inside the room and opens a bottle of whiskey, which he gulps down into his throat. “Now, tell me guys, what was that nonsense I saw earlier in the dining room?” There’s a dar
10 Kaya’s POV. There was a time in my life when the rise of sunlight was a joy I could not fathom. It felt like a part of me that I always cherished. I would have woken up early, mesmerized by my thoughts, which were beautiful then. I’d run up the ladder to the roof of the cottage and watch as that yellow vibrance landed on my skin. Having watched as my skin glows, I’d smile and appreciate nature for creating such beauty in the midst of the darkness that lurks in this world. But now, here I am, lying on the bed with my eyes closed as I feel the rays of the sunlight beaming onto my skin. Yet, I do not stand up. I cannot bring myself to be happy about anything because my life is no longer mine. I am crush and doom from the moment that the people left in my love life were murdered by the ones who captured me. They’ve left me to be nothing. Suddenly, I reverse from the depths of my thoughts when I hear someone clear their throat. My eyes snap open, and my body bolts up from the bed.
11 Kaya’s POV. It is a dead end with the brothers. I have come to realize that. They want to destroy me totally, and maybe I should just allow that. But they won’t kill me. Would I be in excruciating pain forever? I’m not that kind of girl. I never thought that’s what fate has in store for me. A few weeks ago, my imagination of what the future holds was wild. I thought of a world where I am not exactly judged for who I am, where I don’t suffer for my kind of breed, but thinking of the reality that I live in now, perhaps I had asked wrongly. Perhaps I should not have wished for a better life. Maybe that way, I would still have a brother who keeps disturbing my life and a father who dreams of a world where invention reigns. “Your dress is here.” Blinking rapidly, I come alive to the voice of Melissa. She pats the side of the bed where she has placed the cloth before a smile emits from her lips. My eyes shift to the gown in a wrapped nylon bag, and upon opening it, my lips part o