DAISY
The next day, I woke up super early. It was my body’s way of telling me that it did not recognize the place it was sleeping. I have never been so comfortable on the bed, knowing that I was in one of the most protected places in the world. No one was going to come out of anywhere and hurt me. I was a hundred percent safe and if things were to go the way I had planned, it was going to stay that way forever.I got out of bed after I was done thinking about my situation. I got into the bathroom and freshened up, then took some of the local supplements that I got in the rogue pack. I was not able to eat much and I needed my baby to be healthy. It is still three months old and right now, it is crucial to give it all the vitamins it would need so it will develop well. After I was done with my morning routine, I used the belly tape and then I wore a baggy shirt and shorts. I checked my reflection well in the full length mirror before I headed out of the room.The sun was up by the time I had gone downstairs using the elevator. All of the grand curtains were open, and the shutters too were open. The air was fresh and smelt of fresh bread and stew. I turned to the dining table and there, the triplets were seated there. They all looked like they had been forced to sit at the table and eat together, which I found hilarious.Declan was the first to notice me. He stood up to his feet and his mouth spread into a smile, “Daisy, good morning. I came to check on you earlier but you were still sleeping.” He approached me, kissing both of my hands once he was close enough.“Good morning. I was not expecting to see y’all awake. Thought it was too early.” I replied, glancing at my two other mates.Julian’s jaw was tight, like he was angry about something and Liam’s expression was neutral.“No, it's not. We have practice in the morning so we leave really early,” he brushed his hair to the side. It did not look like he had done much work with it today. “I will take you to school, if you don’t mind.”I usually walked. Seeing all of the kids whoosh past me with their expensive cars, I had always thought of what it would be like to be like them. They seemed like they did not have anything to worry about with their clean shoes and sparkling socks. I could not say the same for mine because I had to walk before I reached school. It was not an issue before because I always looked forward to seeing Julian. I nearly scoffed at the thought of that.“Of course I don’t. We should get going.” I gave him a tightlipped smile before I glanced at his plate on the table. It looked like he was finished. My mouth watered, but I really did not feel like eating.“Don’t you want to eat?” His eyebrow scrunched.“I am fine. I will eat when I’m back.” I assured him.He let out a breath before he nodded, “Okay. We should get going.”“Wait.” Julian called out. We both turned to look at him, and he was on his feet.“What, Julian?” Declan asked him.“I really think you should change your clothes. You have your mates now. I do not want anyone seeing you…” He paused, throat bobbing.“To hell with what you think.” I spat.I didn't even know where the rage came from, but it did. The last thing I saw was his eyes widening before I hooked my arm around Declan’s arm and we left the palace. He opened the door for me to get in, and then we headed to school.~Gale High was the biggest public high school in the pack the majority of the kids attended. It was pretty large and the population was high. It was a relatively good school, but it cannot be compared to the other private high schools that were exclusively for the children of extremely rich people. I always wondered why the sons of the alpha did not attend them.Since they were being trained on how to be good alphas when one of them was going to be crowned.“Why Gale High?” I asked Declan once we were at the gates of the school.“It's a good school. Well rounded. I need to learn about the people, you know. If I am going to lead them one day.” He explained.“Do you think you are the only person suited for the throne between your brothers?” I asked him.“Liam, maybe. Julian, hell no. He is going to drive the pack to the ground and that is a fact.” He laughed, a scoff escaping in between the laughter.My lips formed a thin line when I thought of it. He was not selfish and self-centred. He might be the only person who was suited to be on the throne, but he still thought his brother could make a good alpha. It was a good attribute for an alpha. To be humble. Maybe this was how I was going to know who was the better triplet. Character assessment in random questions I would throw at them.Declan parked the car and got out. He threaded to the other side of the car and opened my door for me. I thanked him with a smile before I got out. There were so many people in the parking lot, joking and shouting like it was not morning. It annoyed the crap out of me. I rolled my eyes as I looked away from them. The pregnancy mood swings were doing a number on me.I had to head to the principal's office to speak to her because I had spent three months away from school. I felt people glancing at us as we walked hand in hand into the school. I would pay to hear what was going on in their heads.“Hey, freckles.” I heard a male voice behind me.Turning around, there was a boy standing behind us. I quickly recognized him as one of Julian’s friends. He played football with him and might have been one of the boys who were standing by the day I got humiliated by him. Blood rushed to my cheeks as I watched him approach us.“Looking good,” he commented. “Your breasts look plump and your face is slightly brighter. Did you go to a 90 days of glow-up school?” He smirked.“Fuck off jerk.” I spat.“Since Julian is done with you, swing by my house tonight?” He bit his lip as his eyes trained down my exposed legs, and I suddenly felt exposed.“I would pause my words now if I were you,” Declan growled beside me. I could feel his grip on my hand tighten, like his anger was growing with every second that passed.“Declan, please. He is not worth it.” I tried to calm him down. I did not want him to have an issue with the principal.The jerk laughed and shook his head, folding his arms to his chest. He moved forward toward Declan, which was almost comical because Declan was far taller and more intimidating than him but he wanted to put on a show for the rest of the kids that were in the hallway.“And why do you think I will listen to your command when you are not the alpha yet?” He asked.Declan turned to me, his eyes softening when he met my gaze, “Go ahead. I am going to meet with you later.”“Declan, really. He’s not worth it.” I repeated. He did not look like he was ready to listen to me. He kissed my cheek and let go of my hand, leading me to walk away.I looked back at the jerk and he still looked like he was standing his ground. I had to stop feeling bad for him. He got what was coming for him. He should not have messed with me. He was part of the people who made a joke out of my feelings. He was going to get what was coming from him. I walked away from them, and the sounds of a fist meeting another body part, then the screams of the jerk were all I could hear as I headed to the principal’s office.When I reached, I found an empty office. Neither she nor the secretary was there. I groaned as I turned my heels to head to my first class, and the first person my eyes laid on was Poppy. Her jaw was slacked, like she had just seen a ghost.DAISY“Poppy, wait.” I called out to her as she rushed away from me. The crowd was going in the direction of the fight, but we were not. She was headed to the back door of the school, and I needed to speak to her. To apologise. I was dreading what I was going to tell her when we met next because I was wrong. She would never have done that to me, and I was selfish. She needed to understand that at that moment, I needed to leave. I knew she was going to try and convince me to stay. I could not let that happen. We reached the end of the hallway, near the backdoor. She reached to open the door and it was locked. She paused, sighed, then turned to look at me. There was no emotion on her face. She was pissed at me and I didn't even know where to start apologizing. She was my only real friend in the world. She was with me when I was a nobody, and I was not just going to let it be the end of our friendship. “Isn’t it obvious that I just don’t want to see your face?” She raised a brow, fold
DAISY Thump, thump, thump. “Yes! Harder!” A female voice screamed from the room beside me. “More… I want more.” That and the sound of wood board creaking and hitting the wall woke me up from my sleep. I placed my hand over my eyes, feeling a headache settle in. I felt so sick. So weak. My body felt like it was constricted to a place, and I hated it. And the sex sounds coming from that room were making it even worse. The door to my room opened slowly and I heard two sets of footsteps coming into the room. I opened my eyes, and Liam and Declan were standing in front of me. They both wore worried looks on their faces, and it was then I noticed the slight difference between them. Declan was slightly taller, and Liam had a little scar on his right eyebrow. It made him look hotter. “How are you feeling, Red?” Liam asked, kneeling down as he swept my hair out of my face. Bad. I wanted to tell him that, but I chose not to. I looked down at my body and the arm that I had gotten a wound on
DAISY I was healing well.It had only been a few days and the wound in my arm had started to close up. The doctor that came to see me was shocked too. I did not want to reveal my pregnancy to her until I was sure that she noticed, but she did not. I didn’t need to bribe her or beg her to not tell my mates that I was carrying a child. Today, I decided to go to school by myself. Poppy had been coming to visit me, and she was in awe of the whole place. Most of the people in the pack did not know what the interior of the palace looked like. It was surreal, compared to the rest of the houses in the pack. There were rich men too in the pack. Business men, doctors and lawyers. Their houses were big and majestic but I could bet that none of them looked better than the house where the alpha stayed. Poppy had told me to walk down to school today, and I was skeptical at first. I didn’t know if I was strong enough for it. A few more motivations from her and I stood up to my feet and got ready
DAISY “What happened, Liam?” I stood up to my feet, my heart starting to race in my chest, wondering what had happened. “Red.” He let out a breath as he wrapped me in his arms. I sighed as I leaned into him, his tall frame and bulky arms swallowing me whole. It felt like home, in the arms of my mate. I almost forgot where I was, and what had brought me here. Liam’s scent was addicting. He smelt like happiness and love to me, and it made me feel so good. I did not want to let go, but I had to when I heard Principal Locke clear her throat, bringing both of us back into the world. I pried myself away from his hold and raise my eyes to look at him. He looked relieved. Maybe he was looking for me at home and when he did not see me he rushed here to look for me. That made me smile. No one, except for Poppy, of course, had ever done that for me. It made me feel wanted and cared for. It was a new feeling and I wanted to relish in it forever. “What happened?” I repeated, entwining both of
DAISY I didn’t know how to feel about that. I wondered if Julian knew that his friends were the ones that attacked me and yet, he still chose to hang out with them. I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt, but I just couldn’t. It was not beyond him to do something like this to me. I guess nothing really changed even though he was one of my mates now. Of course, he would be banging another girl right next to the room where I was sleeping.He doesn’t care. He never did. And I needed to stop worrying about him because he was not worth all of the stress. I was not going to choose him. Even though every fiber of my being gets angry whenever he does something wrong to me because the mate bond was still binding us together, I had to train myself to stop feeling that way. He was not going to stop on my account. He has always been a dick and I guess, he would always remain that way.“Red?” Liam called out to me. I turned to look at him, swallowing down the lump in my throat. I had not
THIRD PERSON’S POVDeclan had his own fair share of experiences with women. He knew that they desired him, even before he knew what a woman’s body felt like sexually. He had always thought that women were going to come easy to him, and so he let that happen. He did not have time for them. He knew that one day he would have to put in the extra work to make his mate fall in love with him whether he liked it or not, because he was automatically going to have a competition with his brothers. He had to shed some of his responsibilities and focus on her. But Daisy did not make it easy for him. Declan felt like she was afraid to open up to either of them and he understood why now. He had to beat the shit out of some of the jerks that were with his brothers the night that he had rejected her, and they told him all about it. How they planned it, down to how they decided the day that they were going to embarrass her. They had wanted to do it in front of the entire school, but they did not have
DAISY I could tell that Declan felt bad that I had treated him that way. I should not have, but it was the only way for me to get in touch with the feelings inside of me. I did not want to be labelled as the girl who was only with the sons of the dead alpha because I wanted something from them. I wanted to make something of myself, or else I will always be seen in their shadow. When everyone realised that I was pregnant in high school for one of them, unfortunately to the one that did not even care about me, then there was nothing I would be able to do to stop the rumours from getting even worse. This was so messed up. I had always wished to have love since I came into this pack. I did not know if in my past life, I had a lover or if I was even married. I wondered what was the story that made me not have a wolf, because that was abnormal. Was I cursed, or was I just born with an anomaly? I wanted to have answers to that so badly but there was no one to ask. I woke up randomly in the
DAISY I woke up to the taste of something powerful on my tongue. It was nothing like I had ever tasted before. So blunt and strong, like blood but the taste was amplified. My eyes fluttered open, and I realised that I had been clenching down on my teeth and that perhaps my gums had started to bleed. I eased my jaw as I started to feel conscious of the place where I was. In my room, with my body facing up. I had fainted, once again. I did not remember fainting like this all the time, but I guess it was because of the pregnancy. I was still using my body and overworking it the way I used to before. I needed to stop doing that. I did not want to rely on them finding me all the time when I was unconscious. How they had all known that I was hurt and had come to my aid immediately was beyond me. “She is up.” Someone said beside me, and it did not take me two guesses to realize that it was Declan. I remembered how I treated him the last time that he was here and how he was still here for