A smell hit me like a truck going full speed. Pine trees and winter storms. Leather and something wild and scary and completely overwhelming. It made my wolf go totally crazy inside my head, scratching and clawing to get out. My knees went weak. The cleaning materials fell from my hands, clattering to the floor like my world was falling apart.

"Do you smell that?" a deep voice asked. The voice sent shivers down my spine.

"Honey and wildflowers," another voice answered, rougher than the first. "Like summer and sunshine. Where is it coming from?"

A third voice, softer but just as strong, said, "It's the most beautiful thing I've ever smelled."

But that was impossible. I was just an omega. Just unseen Aisla who cleaned floors and stayed out of sight and never caused trouble for anyone important.

The footsteps got closer. I could hear them breathe now.

My wolf was going crazy inside me. She wanted out. She wanted to run toward that smell, not away from it. She wanted something I didn't understand.

"There," the third voice said, softer than the others but somehow more dangerous. "In the kitchen. She's in there."

The footsteps stopped right outside the door. I could feel them there, waiting.

Deep down, I knew my life was about to change forever.

I could swear I heard three wolves roaring inside my head.

The kitchen door handle turned slowly.

I was about to meet my fate.

Or my doom.


~

I had spent my entire life in the shadows. As a lowly omega, I was used to being overlooked, ignored, and unseen. 

But everything changed on my 18th birthday.

That was the day the Moon Goddess gave me a cruel kind of blessing. 

I had a mate. 

Not just one. 

Not two. 

But all three of the Alpha’s sons, the legendary triplets were bound to me.

The girl was pacing again. I sat on the bench in the heart of the grove and watchef her. Her bare feet stomped the ground and her hair was tangled from restless nights. She wore the bond like a cloak…warm, intoxicating, and dangerous.


The triplets had touched her, giving her strength without even realizing it. Now that power seethed beneath her skin, simmering like a storm. But storms were wild, and wild things could destroy just as easily as they saved.


"You're restless," I said quietly. My voice didn't rise, but she looked at me.


The firelight sharpened her face, revealing a change I hadn't seen before. She was differeny everyday.


"I can't stay here, Mora," she said with utgency. "They need me. The warriors, the pack, the bond…" She stopped, pressing her lips tight like she feared the words.


"The bond," I repeated softly. "I feel it weighing on you."


Chapter 70 - The Warning