Ch 30 House Arrest
Monday morning, the triplets and Thea trained in the indoor gym, as Liam silently observed. They never used the indoor gym. When they led training, there were too many people to fit indoors. Plus, they were werewolves. They belonged outdoors. But the indoor gym was better than nothing.
The Alpha was serious about her not leaving the pack house. The triplets knew she would need some normalcy and physical exertion to survive house arrest, so they didn’t try to turn training into a makeout session.
They kissed her goodbye when they left for school. She went straight to the library to continue her research into goddess gifts and gifted. An hour in, her guard detail switched. She said goodbye to Liam and hello to Owen, Lizzy’s dad. He looked like Lizzy —dirty blonde hair and brown eyes.
“Hi, Mr. Williams,” Thea said.
“Please, Luna, call me Owen,” he said. “It doesn’t feel right with you going to shift soon.”
“I don’t feel ready to be a grown-up, if I’m being honest.”
“You’re more grown up than most people ever will be. Always have been.”
“Thank you, Mr—Owen. How long is your shift?”
“Twelve hours.”
“Eesh. Sorry, it’s going to be pretty boring. I plan to be in the library most of the day.”
“Don’t worry about me.”
“Don’t know how to do that,” Thea said.
Owen smiled, and Thea got back to researching. She took a break for lunch, checked her phone. She had a text from Misty.
“Hey, you’re not at school. Are you okay?”
Thea texted back. “I’m fine. Call me when you get a minute, and I’ll tell you all about it.” Her phone rang a few seconds later.
“Hey,” she said.
“Hey, I’m at lunch right now. What’s up?” Misty said.
“I’m under house arrest for the foreseeable future.”
“What? Why?”
“I guess there were some rogues following us on Saturday. My Alpha is erring on the side of caution until they know more.”
“He thinks they want to kidnap and ransom you as the future Luna, huh?”
“So dumb.”
“Not really,” Misty said.
“I mean, it sucks for you, but it happens, even to shifted she-wolves. You’re extra vulnerable until you shift. I bet once you do, things will go back to normal. Sooner if they figure out who they are and take care of the threat.”
“Positive thinking, I like it.”
“The triplets looked on edge today. I thought it was just because they didn’t have you to calm them down, but now I’m thinking they’re worried about you.”
“Yeah, that’s going around.” Thea pushed food around on her plate.
“Some people would be flattered to have people worry about them.”
“I don’t like being a burden,” Thea said.
“Hey, nobody thinks you’re a burden. Even I know that. When the rumors were going around, no one in your pack participated, and the braver ones defended you violently. They all had nothing but amazing things to say about you. Their loyalty is fierce. Let the people who love you take care of you while you’re vulnerable.”
“You’re going to be a good leader, Misty. You give good pep talks. Hey, how’s your pack library?”
“It’s substantial. Why?”
“I’m doing some research, and ] feel like mine is lacking.”
“I’’d say you’re welcome to come over any time and use it, but it seems like that’s out of the
question for now.” “Maybe they’ ll get this figured out soon, and that will be an option.”
“My dad would love to further the alliance,” Misty said with sarcasm in her voice. Thea laughed.
“Okay, Ihave to get to class,” Misty said.
“Try to stay sane.” Thea saw that she had an email from Liam. She opened it.
“Email received. I’ll send my men in pairs for the R&R. Thank you, Luna.”
She finished her lunch, made sure Owen ate too, then went back to the library. When the triplets arrived home from school] and found her in the library, she had a good-sized stack of Xeroxes. Alaric was the first to reach her. He bent down and kissed her cheek.
“Missed you,” he said.
Thea stood up, molded herself to him, and kissed him.
“I missed you too,” she said.
He ran his hands up and down her back then hugged her tight. “We brought your homework for the week.”
“Thank you,” Thea said.
Alaric released her, and Conri pulled her into his arms.
“I’ve been waiting all day to do this,” Conri said.
He lifted her, and she straddled his waist, his hands squeezing her butt as they kissed. + Kai came up behind her, pulled her hair to the side, and started kissing her neck, working down to her sensitive spot. She moaned when he hit it, broke her kiss with Conri, and her head fell back against Kai’s chest.
Kai took hold of her, and Conri let go. Kai set her on her feet and held her tight.
“Going to school without you is the worst. I hated it,” Kai said.
Thea turned around and pulled him into a kiss. Conri and Alaric started kissing either side of her neck. When their hands began to roam, she broke the kiss with Kai.
“Not here,” she whispered just loudly enough for them to hear. “We have an audience.”
The triplets noticed Owen for the first time and waved at him. He bowed his head to his future Alphas.
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