Triplet Alphas Gifted Luna

Chapter 29

Ch 29 Gilly Suits & Witches

Thea and Lizzy went to the pack library on the fourth floor. Mostly full of werewolf histories and lore, they looked for anything that mentioned goddess gifts.

“Someone needs to compile a book with all the information in one place,” Lizzy said. “There’s just snippets here and there within histories and stories.”

“I suppose, since we are looking through everything, that we could be the ones to compile such a book,” Thea said.

Lizzy groaned. “This is what you were talking about when you said high maintenance, isn’t it?”

“I will compensate you handsomely.”

“I know you will. Alright. I’ll do it. Good thing I got high marks in English and writing.”

“It can be casual at first,” Thea said.

“Here, let’s just Xerox the pages that mention goddess gifts and stack it all together. The titles of the books are always on the top of every page, so we’ll know where the information came from.”

“Smart.”

“I have a feeling we’re going to need to go to other pack libraries to see if they have stuff we don’t. Hopefully, they’ll let us make copies because it will suck to write it out by hand.”

“Yes, it will. Especially since I will be the one visiting the other packs,” Lizzy said.

Hours later, three very worried triplets came running through the library yelling for Thea.

“What? What is it?” Thea called out.

They ran up to her and nearly tackled her. They held her tight in their arms.

“Goddess, Thea!” Kai said.

“What?”

“Peoples unknown are trying to steal you, you’re not where we left you, and you mask your scent so we can’t sniff you out,” Kai said.

“Sorry, I masked it yesterday for the outing,” Thea said.

“Don’t scare us like that!” Conri said.

“I didn’t leave the pack house!” Thea said.

“You didn’t tell anyone or leave a note saying where you’d be,” Alaric said.

“I’m supposed to do that now?”

“Yes!”

“Can’t you see you guys are stressing her out?” Lizzy said.

The triplets pulled back and looked at Thea.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t think,” Thea said. “I haven’t adjusted to this yet.”

“We’re sorry for yelling at you,” Alaric said.

“We were worried you’d been kidnapped,” Conri said.

“I got that,” Thea said.

“Dad wants to see you in his office,” Kai said.

“Let’s call it a night, Lizzy,” Thea said.

Lizzy nodded. “Good luck.”

Thea let the triplets lead her to the Alpha’s office, where Liam was already seated in one of the chairs. They joined him in front of the Alpha’s desk.

“Thea,” Alpha Ulric said.

“The sweep of the land revealed suspicious tracks with no scent, but we didn’t find anyone else on the property. Our trackers said there were spots that looked like people had laid in them for some time.”

“Like they’re masking their scents and hiding in gilly suits for days at a time?” Thea said.

“Possibly.”

“The wolf that chased me today wasn’t wearing one. Did you find a gilly suit out there? Something he could’ve hidden under?”

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“Did they look up? In the trees?” Thea said.

The Alpha’s eyebrows shot up in surprise, and he looked at Liam.

“I doubt the sweepers did,” Liam said. “They would have been looking for tracks on the ground. We’ll do another sweep at dawn.”

“What made you think of that?” Alpha Ulric said.

“It’s what I would do if I needed to hide,” Thea said.

“Wolves don’t climb. They don’t look up. I never understood why— it’s the perfect hiding spot. You know, if their scents are masked, and they’ re incredibly good at camouflaging and hiding, rogues could be in the trees as we speak.”

“You’re right,” Alpha Ulric said. “We know our defenses are compromised. We have no idea how long anyone has been here doing recon, if someone is letting them on pack lands, or if they’re that good at sneaking in, or even if the people doing the sweep are hiding them.”

“Sir, what if witches are involved?” Thea said.

“ Someone in the pack could be under a spell and not even know. As for camouflage, witches can do a lot.”

He looked at Liam again, back at Thea.

“I’m going to interview every pack member individually, use my Alpha tone command, and compel them to tell the truth,” he said.

“Won’t that drain you?”

“We have enough warriors that I can be drained for a time.”

“Okay.”

“All the pack members will know is that there was a rogue on pack lands, not that he was after you. We’re playing that close to the vest for now. Only a few select people know. I’ve already cleared the Delta team, except for the men tracking the wolves from yesterday. Liam will start the first shift as your

guard detail. Listen to him. He’l] check rooms before you go in them. He’ll stay outside your bedroom but otherwise will go everywhere you go.”

“Sir, isn’t this overkill?” Thea said.

Alpha Ulric leaned forward, his intimidating aura buzzing.

“Thea. I don’t think you appreciate how close you came today to being taken. A rogue was inside our pack lands and within feet of you. He had a car waiting on the highway. If he had a few more seconds, if you waited for two more breaths before yelling for help, you would have been gone without a trace. Without a trace, Thea. It would have taken him mere minutes to get you to that car, and then poof—no way to track you. No leads. They would disappear with you, never to come back here for us to figure out who took you.”

Thea looked down. She hadn’t thought about that. If the rogue was really after her, then she was seconds away from being kidnapped today. When they realized she wasn’t gifted, they probably would’ve killed her. That reality hit her hard. z She leaned back in her chair and wrapped her arms around her waist to try and comfort herself.

Conri rubbed her arm, and Kai put his hand on her leg. Okay, even if everyone was insane for thinking she’s goddess gifted, if these rogues also thought it and wanted her, she needed to take the threat seriously. She needed to behave as if she were what they were after. Whether or not she wanted to believe it. She looked up at Alpha Ulric.

“Okay,” she said.

He breathed deeply, relieved that she finally understood.

“Sir?” Thea said.

“yes?”

“You cleared the Delta team?”

“Yes, ”

“Do they know why you think these people are after me?”

“Yes, and they are sworn to secrecy.”

She nodded. “Can I hire Lizzy as my assistant?”

“I'll vet her tomorrow and let you know.” :

“Thank you.”

“Thea, you won’t be going to school for the foreseeable future,” Alpha Ulric said.

She nodded. “I figured.”

“As for the pack lands, they’re not secure. I want you to stay inside the pack house.”

She nodded. It would be easier to guard her there. Every member of the Delta team lived inside the pack house. Most were unmated males married to the job. Come to think of it, they all lived in a block of rooms close to hers. Parts of the top floor were open to the floors beneath it. The Delta team rooms were on the floor beneath hers, close to stairs, and had a line of sight to Thea’s room. It would be easy for them to keep an eye on her.

“That’s it for now. You’re all dismissed,” Alpha Ulric said.

The triplets, Thea, and Liam stood up and exited the office. They went upstairs to Thea’s room. Liam had them stand outside while he did a sweep of the room.

“It’s clear,” he said.

“I’ll be right outside.”

“Thank you,” Thea said.

Thea and the triplets walked in and shut the door.

“Shower?” Alaric said.

Thea nodded.

Once in the shower, Thea let the day sink in.

“Hey,” Conri said. He lifted her chin. ““What’s wrong?”

“I didn’t believe the rogue was after me,” she said.

“And now?”

“I’m scared.”

“Hey, we’re not going to let anything happen to you,” Kai said.

“People have been on our land. We don’t know how long they’ve been here. Supposedly for the sole purpose of watching me. To kidnap me? We don’t know if people in our pack are involved or if they’re just that good to get past our defenses.”

“We have people working on it,” Conri said.

“I’lI don’t believe I’m goddess-gifted, but I believe that these people think I am. I hate that our whole pack is in danger because of me.”

“We’re going to get to the bottom of this,” Alaric said.

The triplets took turns holding Thea in the shower before taking her to bed.