Her Triplet Alphas by Joanna J

Chapter 19: Changing for Chasity 

Calix

Alex sauntered into the pack leaders’ meeting late. Alex. Late. Late? Alex?

“Who are you and what have you done with Alex, body snatcher?” I asked.

Alex rolled his eyes. Dad gave him a disapproving look. Beta Keaton smiled and winked at him playfully. He was not as strict as Dad. Dad had waited until we were twenty-one to hand over the pack and he insisted on still attending pack leader meetings for a few months “to make the transition smoother.” Alex was usually here an hour early but today he was more than an hour late for the eleven o’clock meeting.

“It’s after noon, Alex,” muttered Dad. “Everyone is furious,” Dad hissed under his breath.

Alex raised his eyebrows incredulously. I looked around the pack house conference room. Keaton was chilling. Our new Gamma, Kaiden, was clearly texting his new Bae, his mate we had met at the diner. Dad’s father, our paternal grandfather, was asleep in his chair in the corner. He always sat there so he could sneak in a nap. Felix was grinning like a Cheshire Cat at Alex.

“Alex, shame on you!” Chastised Felix mockingly. “Making my Baby Chasity late for school and to think, before you came into her life, she had perfect punctuality and attendance.”

“No she didn’t,”I retorted.

“Whatever,” muttered Felix.

“My Luna and I were tired,” grumbled Alex, sitting between Felix and me. “We fell asleep.” “What do you mean?” Asked Felix quickly. “You mean you were right downstairs? You didn’t go to hang out or something?” I asked.

I had assumed they had left for Chasity’s school when they had been missing in the morning. When they were not back soon, I had assumed Alex had planned a sneaky solo date.

“Yeah, we were asleep in Chasity’s room,” whispered Alex, smiling, his cheeks flushed. “Oh hell no!” Hissed Felix.

“What’s your problem?” Asked Alex.

“According to your timetable, it was my turn and Calix’s turn to sleep next to her. The one time you’re not next to her you take her downstairs to sleep, just the two of you,” snarled Felix.

“It was not like that,” said Alex softly. Dad was glaring at Felix and Alex for making a scene. “Boys,” hissed Dad under his breath turning to look at us. We were sitting in the conference room where several rows of chairs faced a projector’s screen. We

used this one for presentations. The other conference room had a huge round table for pack discussions.

“I woke up early and Chasity was sitting up in bed already. She went downstairs to…” began Alex.

Dad got up from his chair and motioned for us to follow him. He marched us into the other conference room with the table. We sat around it.

“Shut the door,” he said to me. I closed it and sat down.

“What is this about? Alex? You? Late? That’s unheard of. I expect that from Felix. Maybe even Calix. But not you!” Said Dad, clearly upset that his first-born was not being perfect today.

I sighed. Dad was too hard on Alex. To the shock of everyone, Alex seemed non-pulsed. “You have nothing to say for yourself?” Said Dad. “I am the Alpha now. Must I explain myself?” Said Alex with a shrug.

Felix’s jaw dropped though he seemed impressed also. I was shocked too. Dad stiffened. “And this is how an Alpha acts?” Asked Dad.

“I had a pressing matter to see about,” said Alex.

“A quickie with your Luna before a pack meeting especially when that same Luna is still in high school

is not a pressing matter,” shouted Dad.

Alex looked affronted.

“We were not having s*x. I was showing her my plans for the pack. I keep them in a book and we were reading it together,” explained Alex calmly.

“And that takes four hours,” said Dad sarcastically. “Of course.”

“Well it wasn’t a quickie at least,” joked Felix.

Dad looked murderous.

“Dad, seriously, none of us have mated Chasity yet. You know that. You can smell it,” said Felix, defending the newly rebellious Alex.

Ismirked at him. Chasity brought out the opposites in all of us. She made Felix soft and sensitive, Alex rebellious and carefree, and me assertive and brave enough to stand up to my father and brothers and even to Mom who was usually my kryptonite. I was self-aware enough to admit that I was a bit of a Momma’s boy though I’d never give Felix the satisfaction of saying it out loud.

“While we were going through my plans, my Luna became emotional and comforting her took longer than expected. Let’s not delay the meeting anymore,” said Alex. He took a deep breath. “I apologise for my tardiness,”

Dad sighed.

to see you reach your full potential, Alex,” said Dad. “I

once too,”

would take a

mother and I,” said Dad, grinning, about to

Grandpa is already asleep,”

Dad nodded.

emotional? What sort of Alpha plan is

gaining our Luna’s trust is that she thinks we would still mistreat her if we had not been fated to her but those

:

smiled. It was true. I had seen Alex’s plans to absolve Chasity of her debt and I had added to some

to it. He would not let Felix or I actually write in his

she be absolved of her debt to the pack if she

raising his eyebrows.

only right,” said Alex,

nine when they dropped her off…she’s not at fault and the money is

to you,” I interjected.

your fated Luna. Repaying her debt to

to be free from debt and her parents’ mistakes

bluntly.

see

you are,” he

not make that sound like a compliment. “I wonder

we handle rival packs and how we handle a

way if Chasity runs away before you can mark or mate her,” said

Alex pointedly. Dad was

to preside over my meeting now if we’re done here,”

was standing up to Mom too these days. Chasity had turned these boys

you stood up to Dad,”

a very wealthy pack, we also had incredibly strong wolves, toughened up by our harsh terrain and rigorous training. Speaking of training, Alex and I had hit the gym together after the meeting, dragging Calix along with us. He was always trying to skip our gym

on his bed that he always hid as

our sets for the day and were sitting on

out type. I would not even breathe

not appreciate

still pissed you slept downstairs with

Said Alex with a grin. “She

faded. “I’m just kidding,” I said,

I sighed.

off each other,”I admitted. “We can’t even get

us by Christmastime or at Christmastime,”

nearly as optimistic. Calix said we needed to make ourselves a constant and dependable part of Chasity’s daily routine. That would make it harder for her to leave. She would

one of our rooms with all three

drive her to school. We would all pick her up together. The school week passed by this way quickly. I was looking forward to the first weekend of Chasity

topic of the weekend with Chasity while Calix

and I sat

for the weekend?” I asked Get-the-girl-Guru Calix.

plan?”

should probably take her out somewhere and on Sunday, we should spend the day together

he had such a definite

this topic,” chuckled Alex, grinning at Calix

mirror.

wanna let Chasity choose a place,” said Calix. “I’m curious to see where she might pick,” said Alex. “The airport,” I

still threatening to leave though the threats were infrequent. We parked outside her school. It was cold as f**k in late November. I got out of the car, worried about her trudging through the deep snow. It was quarter to four in the afternoon so she was still in class. The high school looked exactly the same as it did three years ago. Winter

wanted to make sure she didn’t have a secret boyfriend. What if

was not getting physical with us yet?

knew Chasity was physically attracted to us. So what was the holdup? I rounded a corner and I smelled her. Honeysuckle and roses. I licked my lips. I tailed her scent and quickly

will reward the group with the highest average score when I tally the test scores of the individual members,” said the teacher, a curvy she-wolf with a

in. The door was ajar. It seemed like an English

a group?” Asked a redheaded cheerleader who reminded me of Sandra. All the cheerleaders in this particular class were already sitting together. There were five of them. “There’s only thirty of you in AP Lit so I want five groups of six,”

heart hurt for her. I remembered my days here. Alex, Calix and I had always been surrounded by friends and admirers.