Mated to alpha triplets at all-boys school Chapter 92

Anno pov

My hands are shaking. In fact, my entire body is trembling in fear and anticipation, but despite the sinking feeling in my gut, I know I’m doing the right thing.

I’m doing this to avenge my loved ones. I can’t do more for them, so the least I can do is to give them the peace they deserve to receive in the afterlife. I’m sure the moon Goddess agrees with me.

It’s been a while since I sent out that message, so while I wait, I pace the clearing in the woods and think over the last few weeks and all the information I have learned so far.

Ash is my friend.. “But is she really?” I ask the question out loud, ignoring the fact that any moment, someone might arrive and I will look like a complete lunatic. Who cares?

She was.. At least that’s what I used to think when we first met.

“You’ve kept her secret for long enough. You’ve repaid her for the kindness she shoved when she saved you for those brutes more than tenfold, so you owe her nothing. It’s not like she’s acting like your friend these days anyways, with the triplets in the picture again, she doesn’t care about your existence anymore.”

I start pacing a little faster, growing increasingly annoyed at how my own words make me feel.

Running a hand through my hair, I let out a heavy groan of frustration. “I never thought this day would come,” I mutter and stop to drop to my knees. Then, my hands hit the soil and I struggle to suck in enough oxygen to get rid of the sudden nausea.

“Ever since that day,” I mutter, loud enough for only me to hear, as if I’m trying to recall the very moment I learned the full truth about Ash. “Ever since I heard those words..”

A single tear escapes my eyes as I close them and travel back the memory lane, right to the moment when I accidentally overheard the conversation Ash and one of the Professors were having, thinking their words were hidden in the bubble of their privacy.

§§§

“It’s not your fault,” the Professor whispered as I stopped at the door that was left slightly ajar and held my breath.

Then, came a whimper and I couldn’t stop myself from pressing my back against the wall and listening in, no matter how loud my mind was screaming that it was wrong to eavesdrop on conversations that didn’t concern me.

“But what if there was something I could do to change it? What if I could offer them to follow them willingly back then? I was a kid, more or less, sure, but I still had a choice and I didn’t make it.” Came Ash’s voice, strained, as if she had been crying for hours.

“It’s too late to blame yourself for what happened in the past. You must think about the future, not something you could’ve done to change things back then. Living in the past will only harm you more than it already has, it will never allow you to grow and become the person you were destined to become,” the Professor insisted, his voice growing heavier yet more worried with every word.

I had never heard any of the Professors addressing a student like this one talking to Ash, so I instantly assumed they had to be close, or at least share some sort of past together.

That thought made me sick to my stomach. It couldn’t be that Ash was sleeping with one or more of them to get into the Academy, right? She was undercover, after all, and it felt like this man knew she wasn’t another boy. How disgusting would that be?

“Just because it’s in the past doesn’t mean I have to forget that. During that battle, we all lost something important, a part of ourselves that we will never recover ever again,” Ash insisted.

Her words felt like someone had thrown an entire bucket of ice over me. My feet were glued to the floor as I waited for the Professor to add anything, just a little detail to reassure she wasn’t talking about that one instance I feared the most.

But alas, when he did, I could put the pieces of the puzzle together and finally find the answers I had sought for what felt like ages.

“We weren’t the only ones who lost too much. They did too. It’s a secret I wasn’t willing to share, but during that battle, some of the people you know personally lost too much too. Your friend Anno, he’s a close one, right?” The Professor asked, making my blood turn cold in my veins.

“Yes,” Ash choked out.

“He lost his parents. They died during that attack. After that, you were taken to their pack.”

I couldn’t listen anymore, so I took off without looking back, ignoring the possibility that someone might have seen me wandering around there or caught me listening.

§§§

Forcing my eyes open, I heave for breath. She’s responsible for my loss, responsible for my life being unfairly turned upside down. Maybe Ash doesn’t know that; I’ve deliberately left out some personal details to ensure, at least back when we first met, that she wants to be my friend for me, not because of pity.

But now.. Now that I know the truth.. I can’t even feel pity for her. All I feel is insane anger, burning rage coursing through my veins, demanding for revenge. And revenge is what I will get.

My arms and legs shake as I force myself upright and take a few, deeper breaths to prepare myself. He should be here soon and the last thing I want is for him to find me in a moment of weakness.

And just as I focus on the pain I’ve been suffering for all these years, the man in question finally arrives to meet me. Prince Kaiden.

I don’t wait for him to greet me or pretend to be friendly, I go for the throat without any hesitation. “The girl you’re looking for, she’s here. I know she escaped your pack and she’s your fated mate. It’s Ash Kingston, the little guy who’s always accompanied by the scary overgrown triplets, that’s her. She’s been pretending to be a guy ever since this academic year started and it doesn’t look like she’s going to stop anytime soon.”

“Is that so?” Kaiden chuckles and raises an eyebrow. “Alright. Text her and tell her to meet you here. Let’s see how true your words are then.”