Alpha Triplet's for a Fox

Chapter 13

{Victoria}

Ace immediately backed away from me, realizing what he had done. My breath had become ragged as I touched the fresh mark on my neck.

"What did you do?!" I screeched but he only shook his head and rubbed his face with his hands. "Why can't you just leave me alone so I could live the rest of my life without having to feel the pain of seeing you and your brothers with Ashlyn!"

He looked at me dead in the eye but my heart was pounding too hard with excitement and rage that I continued my rant. "Did you even mean to put this mark on me?! Or was it just because your wolf took over? Do you even love me enough?"

"I can tell you one thing, Victoria, I don't regret a thing," he says in a serious tone.

"What will Asher and Alec think when they see that you've marked me without their permission! I don't want to be here when the bomb finally explodes," my nails clutched at the wall behind me, scraping off paint.

"I've marked you, yes. But I did it with full consciousness. I could care less about what my brothers will say, all I know is that I do love you, more than you'll ever know."

He took a step forward towards me and I took a step towards the door. His eyes flashed with hurt. "Your love will only complete a third of my heart. My heart was supposed to belong to the three of you but they love another! Being by your side will mean seeing Alec and Asher living their life with Ashlyn- not me.  And I-I don't want to live with holes in my heart."

"I thought my love would be enough for you," he spat with venom. I didn't flinch because he clearly didn't see things from my perspective. 

"What if you had three mates and only one loved you? You would never be complete without them unless you had the chance to forget and be happy with someone else. That's what I wanted! I knew that all three of you wouldn't accept me as your mate since the day I've seen you with Ashlyn. You were all so....so happy...I doubt that you even love me fully."

"That's not how things seem," he growled back.

My cheeks flushed in anger and my eyes flashed red. "Just admit that at least part of you loves Ashlyn," I yelled. He couldn't respond- even if he did we both knew the answer. "A person can't live with somebody whose heart still belongs to another. That's not how things work! You can't continue hurting someone with delusions and false professions of love." 

"Don't get me wrong; I'm not desperate for your love because a feeling that strong doesn't develop overnight. All I'm trying to show you is the damage you are causing now that you have claimed me. Besides, you couldn't truly love me when you don't have the time to know me." I folded my arms on my chest to fight back the tears threatening to break free. I refuse to cry in front of him.

"You don't even know what I want, " Ace snapped.

"Oh, I do know what you want. This stupid mate bond is giving you the urge to claim me fully but that's not what it's all about! It's not all about lust and urges. That's just feelings you get because of someone's looks. You should only be getting those feelings because of how much you care and feel as though you can't live without them!" 

He opened his mouth to say something but snapped it shut. That's because what I said was the truth. Who wants to live in a relationship based on lust and heartbreak? Definitely not me. I opened the classroom door and stepped out. I gave him one last glance before saying, "My deepest regret is ever met the three of you."

I slammed the door shut right before my first tear was shed. Do they think I'm strong to handle all of this? I may be strong but I'm also human- I have feelings, whether or not they decided to accept that. I only hope now that Mr. White gets all the paperwork settled so I could finally return to the hot summers of California.

'Hey, Victoria? Where are you? I've been searching for you for an eternity now,' Dex mind-links me with unease. I knew he heard everything, why else would he be so tense?

'I know you heard everything eavesdropper. You can come out now,' I respond and a huge sigh is released to the right of me.

"Great! I needed to get that off my chest," Dex came out grinning sadly and patted my head. "Don't worry, the pain eases away soon enough."

I frowned "How do you know?"

He stiffened and he turned a bit gruff. "I'll tell you later," he muttered.

"What is it? You know all about my "love life" so I want to be able to help you!" I persisted. It must be something serious if he turns rude in the conversation.

"Later."

"No. Now"

"I said, later.."

"Please?!"

"No." He said before tilting my head so I could make eye contact with two pairs of dark eyes.

"Speak of the devils," I muttered and pinched Dex hard on his forearm. He yelped in response. "That's what you get, jackass."

"Yeah, yeah, but you should start paying attention to those two gawking at your mark," he replied curtly. I rolled my eyes and reluctantly turned to look at Asher and Alec.

"Who marked you?" Alec growled.

My cheeks puffed up in anger to which Dex leaned in to whisper, "Pipe down, you look like a blowfish."

I swatted him away. "Look in the mirror before you criticize." Dex always joked around to make me feel better and I thank him for that. 

"I'm surprised you actually parted from your omega to check who marked me," I pouted with mock enthusiasm. 

Asher actually had the guts to laugh. "It's not like we couldn't feel your pleasure."

"Laugh it up now," Dex mumbled and covered his mouth with his hand to hide his smile.

"Can't you feel his scent on me? Or sense his claim on me? Or are you jealous that he marked me first? Their eyes widened in shock before they molded into anger. As if on cue, Ace came jogging over to us, holding a worried expression. My blood boiled to see them all reunited and helping each other out. I was angry because I was painfully attracted to them.

"Ace, are you mad? How would Ashlyn feel about this!?" Asher gritted his teeth and his jaw clenched in anger. It took him all his power not to punch his brother but for me, it was too late. They already hit a nerve. Dex choked on his saliva upon hearing his words. 

"Ashlyn, Ashlyn, Ashlyn, Ashlyn, "I mimicked, "It's always about her. What will she think? What will she do? How will she react? Oh, No!"

I didn't want to come off as jealous- I need to show how they never put on thought on me. "But how about Victoria? Do you ever think about me? How I would feel?"

"Ashlyn was here before you it's natural that she has most of our attention," Alec snapped. And I thought he was the nice, shy, cute mate. 

"Okay, but did you ever spare time to get to know me? Now, because of Ace, I'll have to live with this mark! NO, curse! I hate it! I absolutely despise it! But I hate the three of you even more." There I said it, there is no going back now. Not that there was any other path besides that. 

A low clinking sound soon became heard from down the hallway. The lights flickered twice. Alec opened his mouth but shut it when I raised my hand to stop him. I knew who was here. The very man who wouldn't stop killing me until he killed off my lasting four lives.

"What a heartfelt speech, Victoria," Arail chuckled but he was nowhere to be seen. "Unfortunately, you had an eavesdropper."

He soon came down from the ceiling with a thud with a scrambling Ashlyn in hand. The triplets tensed and I'll admit that it stung a bit but I had a life to worry about. 

"But, I have no use for a weak omega," he grinned and I knew what was going to happen. He never let any of his prey go without at least causing some damage. "Let's rough her up first."

"If you touch a single hair on her I will end you here and now," Ace growled threateningly which only added as proof to my rant earlier. His eyes widened with what he said and he tried to catch my eye but I refused to be distracted now.

In a fluid movement, Arail took hole of Ashlyn's wrist and squeezed them until her screams and the sounds of bones crumpling were heard. Alec started to charge at him but I summoned my abilities and forced him to stop.

"Don't be stupid," I growled lowly but still withheld his body under my will. Arail then threw Ashlyn rather roughly towards the ground so that she would slide on towards the triplets. She was sobbing in pain and her wrists were limp. 

"Heal her!" Ace pleaded but I shook my head 'no'. Not because I didn't want to but because Arail was nowhere in sight and probably circling us like prey. Dex and I went back to back, preparing for everything. 

"You know what they say, kill a hybrid by killing her mates," Arail came into view with a Wolfsbane gun in hand. 

I launched myself as he shot the first bullet directed at Asher. It grazed my arm and gave me a cut but still went past me. I winced as it came in contact with skin. I turned around to prepare myself to see Asher bloodied on the ground.

But I saw Ashlyn, bleeding on the ground profusely as Asher clutched her hand. She took a bullet for Asher. Because of this, she might die...