Triplet Alphas Gifted Luna novel Chapter 1

They smelled her arousal. There was no doubt the future Alphas knew she wanted them, and that was forbidden.

Thea, the Beta’s daughter, trained every morning with identical triplets Alaric, Conri, and Kai, the future Alphas of their pack, New Dawn.

This morning, Thea was about to pin Kai when Conri and Alaric grabbed her arms from behind and held her tight.

“Come on, Kai,” Alaric said. “We’ve evened out the fight for you.”

“What the hell?” Thea said. She tried to free her arms from their grasp, her ponytail of chestnut hair whipping back and forth.

“You didn’t sense us behind you?” Conri said.

“I thought you were watching, not plotting.” She continued to struggle against their grip. “It’s not fair. Boys get strength and muscles when they hit puberty. Girls get boobs. Useless!”

Kai’s crystal blue eyes went to her chest and darkened. “I don’t think boobs are useless,” he said.

“You three keep getting bigger and stronger.” Thea’s turquoise eyes raked over Kai’s tall, broad, thick-muscled body, his workout clothes leaving nothing to the imagination.

“And yet you still routinely pin us,” Kai said.

Her eyes flitted back to his. “You guys pin me all the time now.”

“We never used to be able to pin you at all,” Alaric said, his strong hands holding her steady.

“I’d say the playing field is evening out,” Conri said from her other side. One of his course hands slid down her arm an inch and renewed its grip.

“By restraining me while he attacks?” Thea said.

Conri shrugged, then smiled.

Thea shook her head at him. “This reminds me of when we were kids, and Kai punched my head from behind when I was leaving the ring, thinking he could sneak in a surprise attack and beat me after the fight. Your father was so angry, but before he could punish you, I jumped up from the ground, tackled you, and punched you until you cried. Your father laughed so hard. I can still hear him. ‘That’s what you get for being dishonorable, son.’ What would he say if he saw you now?”

Kai walked toward her, head tilted down in what everyone else would call an intimidating posture. Nobody knew it was a turn-on for Thea. His crystal blue eyes—the same color and intensity as his brothers’—peered at her from under his messy pompadour of dark hair, muscles rippling in his broad shoulders.

“Dad’s not here now,” Kai said in his deep voice. “No one will save you when I have you on your back, begging for mercy.”

Kai always egged her on, goading her until she fought him. He loved it when she exerted dominance over him. It made him feel like he belonged to her. That she wanted him. She hadn’t figured that out yet. She just got caught up in the challenge.