The Tripartite Mate Bond Chapter 9: CHAPTER NINE

I had dozed at some point even though i was plagued with nerves and worry; father must have gone too far this time.

I woke up to voices all around me and as I rubbed the sleepiness from my eyes, I felt a sharp pain at my back. I quickly tried to hide my reaction but it still drew the attention of the men in the room.

“You must not hurt yourself further, Princess,” Axel said, coming to the side of my head to massage my hair. I quickly moved my head away, the sparks that his touch elicited confusing me. I cdidn't understand why my body was melting for these men, I barely knew them. I remembered the sex dream I had last night and I shifted further away from him. I didn't like this wanton girl i was becoming.

I noticed the look on his face and almost changed my mind but I ignored it, none of this was normal and that was saying a lot considering they were turning into strange beasts at will.

“How come you didn't say anything? We could have dealt with him and you wouldn't need to go through all of this,” Kane asked in that angry tone that scared me when he used to it but i didn't let it show.

“I don't understand. I told the doctor I fell, who are you dealing with?” I asked, unable to admit my lie even though it was obvious I had been caught.

They exchanged looks between themselves and the second twin shook his head and left the room, a frustrating sigh escaping his lips.

Then Kane came closer to me, his face was filled with anger and another emotion I couldn't name. The way he looked at me scared me but I couldn't look away from him. He was beautiful but angry, and I hated this battle between my body and mind the more.

“Look, Aurora, when you came to my Pack, remember how I acted towards you? It is because werewolves hate lies. We can sense when you do it and it's insulting to our wolf. You may not actually know your species but you definitely know who did this to you and he's currently being punished in my dungeon so cut the crap. We want to help here so stop being difficult” he snapped, his tone filled with irritation.

"He's in your dungeon?" I gasped in shock. No one has ever being able to take him down, well probably because no one would believe me when i complained about being treated like crap.

"Yes so stop lying for one damn second!"

“I'm… I'm sorry. He said he's going to kill me,” I replied, tears dropping from my eyes unctrollably.

Axel took a deep breath and sat on the bed near me, he lifted my chin up so I could look into his eyes.

“Look, no one alive or dead will ever be able to hurt you again as far as I live” he professed, a solid conviction swirling in his blue eyes. Today was turning out way better than I'd predicted.

I had completely given up on ever being free of father's harsh treatment but these strangers with their wild beasts has given me the freedom I craved all my life.

“We also came to let you know we won't be leaving you in the human world anymore.” Axel announced and I quickly pulled back. It was a pitiful attempt as the bed wasn't that big to begin with but I was shaking my head, signaling my displeasure.

“Relax, it's not the way it was before. We have all seen the error in our ways which led to scaring you off. You are indeed our mate and we need to treat you as such” Kane added and I noticed his tone was less angry now. The man was so confusing.

But then Axel's words registered in my mind and I flipped, a mix of anger and fear overtaking me. Were they suggesting I return back to the same situation they had rescued me from? I guess they wont hit me so hard that I'd be hospitalized but I have never experienced freedom before now and I needed that experience.

“It's not about the mate whatever, I just don't think I'm ready for this. Besides, there are three of you, how is that supposed to work?”

“Well, we thought about that. This is an unusual occurrence and the last time it happened, it was centuries ago. We can't apply their methods now so we decided on something else. You will choose from the three of us by yourself” Axel replied.

"Still, I need time, okay?"

"Unfortunately, we can't do that. We gave you that and look how it turned out. Our wolves will be restless not knowing you are safe," bipolar Kane said and it was obvious that I didn't really have much of a choice here. I was simply moving from one prison to another, the fluttery feelings in my stomach be damned.

I looked at them, my mind running at a hundred miles per hour, going through my very kimited options.

I didn't know much about men as I had always been forced to swallow my feelings all my life. There was no way to know who was going to treat me well.

I definitely knew I'll not choose Alpha Kane as he had shown he didn't like me that much and I didn't understand why he was switching between so many emotions towards me.

Axel was nice but so was my dad to everyone else but me; I didn't want to make a decision based on that. The mysterious twin was an enigma. He rarely spoke and wasn't even coming close to me like these two so I was sure he didn't like me at all so the whole point of being given a choice was defeated as I didn't know who to choose. My pussy made things more difficult by cravin all three and my heart sank at the thought of me choosing just one of them. My entire existence was going wild because of these men and I hated it.

"Look, I'm really grateful to you guys for rescuing me but i don't really know any of you enough to make a choice so I will habe to decline,"

“Wait, what? We are your mates, you must feel something, anything towards one of us” Axel said in a panicked voice.

“I do feel things but I don't understand it and I don't really want to bet the rest of my life on them. Now that you've taken my father out of the picture, I'll prefer to focus on my job and my mother.” I told them, resolute in my decision.

Ares walked back into the room and I was momentarily distracted by his presence. The man was as tall as the door and his shirt had a few buttons popped, making me imagine what I'd see if i removed the entire shirt. I shook my off such thoughts immediately, forcing it to focus on the matter at hand and not on the sex appeal of the men responsible for it.

“I actually understand her point. Being forced into our world is already too much and this dilemma shouldn't have happened in the first place but what they have not been able to tell you, Mama, is that you will actually spend two months with each one of us before you decide who you will be with,”

That didn't sound like such a bad idea coming from him and with the way that pet name sounded comng from his sexy lips, my decision was quickly made. Beides, the idea that I had much of a choice as just an ilusion.

“That's okay but I need to check on my mom before I follow anybody anywhere," she may not have been a great mom and left father to show me the contents of hell but she was always sticthing my body after he destroyed it and I wanted to be sure she knew where I was. " Also, what happens to the other two people that I reject?” I asked, noting their reactions. It seemed this was a big deal for them which was unreal. I still don't understand this whole mate situation.

“Well, they will have to take other people as a chosen mate or hope the goddess gives them a second chance true mate. And this why no one will be allowed to have sex with you until you choose” Axel replied, sadness lacing his tone. The decision saddened me too even thoughit shouldn't have. I guess i didn't have control over my own body anymore.

Also, the thought of them being with another woman made me sad which was ridiculous; I didn't even want them at all. I shouldn't but that blasted dream came back to mind again and I nearly groaned. I was a virgin so why was the image of them filling all three holes in my body making me loose control?

“Are you okay?" Ares asked, snapping my mind out of the gutters it had crawled into. I quickly nodded and the strange look on his face passed after a few seconds. "We'll take yu to see your mom but that'll be when you feel better,"

I don't even see the point of that, I feel fine,"I grumbled, adjusting my figure on the bed.

This made Kane upset, his face filled with suspicion.

"I told you how much I hate lies and you still want to keep up this ruse. You all saw that picture of her back, there is no way she should be moving this freely!" he said, his voice ricocheting around the hospital room.

"Kane, this is hardly the right place for this. Besides, even if she wasn't human, do you think she'd allow herself nearly get beaten to death? You can't connect the dots or you just love being an asshole?" Ares shouted at him in response.

This was the first time in my life that someone was defending me and it filled me with so much warmth. Maybe I'll end up with him.

“Guys, please calm down," Axel tried reducing the tension in the room before turning to me. "Can, can we see your back?"

“There's no need for that, I've called the doctor to check her out. We don't want to spur any changes that'll force us to break our agreements” Kane grunted in annoyance.

The doctor came in and there was a shocking expression on his face that I didn't understand.

“Miss Aurora, how are you looking so… healed?” He asked, bringing his glasses out

“I told you I was going to be fine. It's just a minor injury. The moment the nurse bathed me, I started feeling better” I told him, adjusting the hospital gown they put me in.

The doctor turned to the men in the room whose presence made everyone else feel small;

“Please My Alphas, kindly turn around so I can examine the patient,” he told them.

They complied immediately, making me become self aware all of a sudden.

A nurse came in with scissors and handed it over to the doctor.

He came closer and was trying to help me turn around, probably thinking my back was still hurting but I positioned myself, making him raise his brows.

He then proceeded to cut the town gradually, a gasp coming out from him.

“What happened Doc?” Alpha Kane asked.

“She's, she's healed my Alpha!” He exclaimed, shocking everyone in the room.

Well, except me.