Chapter 46


    Chapter 46 Presents


    Thea’s marks were sore but beautiful the following morning. When she looked at them in the mirror for


    the first time, she cried. Her fingers traced the lines and shapes that were still forming on her skin.


    Down her shoulders, her back, across her cor bones, up her neck. Lizzy was right. Something felt


    familiar about them, but she couldn’t ce it.


    ric walked up behind her in their bathroom and kissed his mark.


    “They’re beautiful,” ric said. “You’re beautiful.”


    ric traced his part of the design with his fingers.


    Pleasure and warmth radiated through them both.


    “It’s more than a dreame true,” Thea said. “Before we got together, sometimes | would let myself


    think about us being mates, you guys marking me, what my marks would look like. I never imagined


    this. I’ve never seen anything like it.”


    “It’s the most beautiful mark I’ve ever seen,” he said. “ And the biggest.”


    Theaughed. Most marks were the size of the palm of a hand. Alphas’ marks were bigger. No one had


    ever seen three Alpha marks on one person. They seemed to feed off each other and grow


    exponentially.


    “It’s like you guys are screaming to everyone that I’m yours,” Thea said.


    “We are,” ric said. “People need to know you’re ours, that we’ll protect you, and that they should


    stay far away from you.”


    She turned her head around, asking for a kiss. He turned her body around, brought her into a kiss, and


    held her tight.


    Kai and Conri came in, still waking up. They went straight to their marks, hands roaming Thea’s body,


    sending rxing sparks everywhere. She felt the pull to the triplets growing. She craved them, needed


    them near, needed to touch them.


    The triplets’ eyes zed over.


    “Dad wants us in his office,” ric said. “Now.”


    “We smell like sex,” Thea said. “I’m rinsing off real quick.”


    The triplets joined her in the shower, and soon they were all sitting in the Alpha’s office. The triplets


    couldn’t stop staring at their marks, caressing them, kissing them. It sent sparks through all of them.


    “Try to pay attention,” Alpha Ulric said. “Liam has his Teport on the mating ceremony.”


    Thea sat up straight, but she kept her hands on her mates. The triplets also sat up but kept contact with


    their marks on Thea.


    “There were a few stray wolves that didn’t belong to our pack therest night,” Liam said. “We’re not


    sure how they got onto packnds. They never made a move on the future Luna. That’s why we didn’t


    act. They masked their scents, but we nted bugs on them and are tracking them as we speak. If I


    were to make a guess, I’d say they were doing recon to find out if Thea is goddess gifted or what her


    gift is. Maybe to scout out our defenses, her vulnerabilities.”


    “Fromst night,” the Alpha said. “They would see that she is unshifted. Whilest night’s ceremony


    was powerful, it wasn’t out of the realm of possibility for a regr Luna. They maye to the


    conclusion that she isn’t goddess gifted, just a good Luna.”


    “We can hope,” Liam said. “We know no outsiders were at the oath ceremony, so they couldn’t know


    about that because no one in that room would ever talk about it to anyone else.”


    “I don’t like the fact that these wolves got onto packnds without us knowing,” Kai said.


    “I think that suggests witches are involved,” ric said.


    “I agree,” Liam said.


    “We should ask my father to find out what he can from the witch in his brother’s pack,” Thea said.


    “I’ll talk to him tonight,” the Alpha said.


    “While you have bugs on those wolves, would this be a good time to send me off packnds as a trap?”


    Thea said.


    The Alpha looked at Liam, mind linking.


    “Okay. We’ll do it. You have potential bar locations to check out, right?” Alpha Ulric said.


    “Yes.”


    “Give the details to Liam, and he’ll n the op. Sons, you’ll go with her too. Marked and mated, you’ll


    be able to track her better than anyone.”


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    They nned the op for the very next day. Liam didn’t want to give the wolves time to figure out they’d


    been bugged.


    Thea and the triplets spent the rest of the day opening gifts and sending thank yous.


    Luna Ada gave them a scrapbook of Thea and the triplets growing up. Since they were always


    together, the pictures always had all four of them. Thea flipped through the pages. The four of them as


    babies—the boys in blue, green, and orange onesies with their names embroidered on the front. They


    were holding onto the baby girl in pink. The next picture was of four toddlers in a giant crib, the boys


    still holding onto Thea. The next was them as kids running around, Conri holding on to the back of


    Thea’s shirt. Lots of pictures where they were training through the years. Another where they were on


    the back of Alpha Ulric in wolf form. The next had a young Kai on the ground, Thea straddling him with


    her fist connecting with his face, Conri, ric,


    Beta Walter, and Alpha Ulricughing in the background.


    Thea cried as she flipped through the memories. Luna


    Ada also wrote them a beautiful letter telling them how she always knew they were mates, how perfect


    they were for each other, and how proud and happy she was for them.


    Davie gave them a case of rare fine wines.


    Gift after gift. Champagnes. Cigars. Jewelry. A powerful telescope to look at the moon and stars.


    “What is this?” Thea said, holding up a ne.


    “Does the card say anything?” Conri said.


    Thea found the card and opened it.


    “Congrattions to you all. A match like yours—you will do great things. This is a talisman blessed by


    witches to help you with what’s toe. The gem glows when vampires are near. The ne


    expands and shrinks to fit the wearer, so you can wear it as a human or a wolf. It’s charmed, so no one


    who wants to take it from you can see it. Blessings to you all. —Alpha Jerry Lyall and Full Moon Pack” |


    “You should put that on and never take it off,” Conri said.


    “Because I’m human?” Thea said.


    Kai hugged Thea from behind and spoke softly in her ear. “Because your life is more important than


    ours,” he said.


    She tumed and faced him. “Not to me,” she said.


    “It’s three against one. Majority rules,” ric said.


    “That’s not fair,” Thea said.


    “We’ll make it up to you,” Kai said.


    He kissed her, took the ne from her hand, and put it around her neck. She looked up at him with


    one eyebrow raised. He kissed her again and worked his way down to his mark. Conri and ric joined


    him, each kissing their marks. Thea melted.


    “This isn’t fair either,” Thea said. “You know what this does to me.”


    “Actually,” ric said. “We don’t know the extent of


    what this does to you yet.”


    “Now that you’re marked, is it more powerful?” Conri said.


    “Yes,” Thea said, her voice breathy. “Goddess, help me. I only want to please you. Tell me what you


    want. Tell me what to do. I’m yours.”


    “Finally, the ying field is even,” Kai said.