Offered to the Triplet Alphas

Chapter 0004

[Xanthea]

The maids gingerly removed the plaster from my hand and wrapped it in fresh elastic bandages.

I sat in front of the ornate dressing table with shut eyes. I didn't want to look at myself, not when Nikolai's unsettling gaze scorched disgustingly over every inch of my body.

I wore a thin, white undergown that concealed nothing. It clung to my body, revealing far more than I was comfortable with.

A sick churn bubbled up in my stomach with apprehension when he approached the dressing table, ordering the maids to leave.

I clenched the gown over my knees into my fists. He placed his hand on my shoulder, the searing warmth of his palm sinking into my bare skin.

I tensed up, bringing my shoulders closer to my neck when he leaned closer to my ears.

"Now, wouldn't you look prettier with this piece of cloth off you, my pretty doll?"

My fists trembled as he slipped the sleeve of the undergown down my shoulder.

He took a sharp breath with a chuckle, distancing himself from me.

"Look at you tremble, sis! What did you think I'd do? I am your half-brother. Come on! How disgusting can your thoughts get? I was just joking with you. Take these painkillers and be on your best behaviour, sis. I am not joking when I say these are important guests," he said.

His hand slid over my fist.

"Take these painkillers. Trust me, I am only trying to help you. It might be a long night for you," Nikolai forced open my fist and put the painkillers in my palm. "Here's your water. I know you won't be able to hold with your right hand. Let me help you drink."

I stared at the pills in my palms. Shutting my eyes, I swallowed them, allowing Nikolai to help me drink the water.

"Good doll," he said, running his thumb across my lips, wiping off the water. "If you were this obedient all the time, I wouldn't have to go through all the trouble you force me through. The maids will now dress you up."

He left and the maids soon entered the room when I finally looked at myself in the mirror...

The bridal veil ran down from my hair all the way to the floor across the gown. The one who looked back from the reflection was a pretty bride dressed in a lavish full sleeved, off-shoulder, revealing white wedding gown, just like a doll.

I guess that's what I was always supposed to be. A doll for someone to dress up. A doll who had no mind of her own, the one who had no luxury to dream or think for herself. I was always supposed to listen to others and have no opinion of my own. That's what omegas have always been.

I lowered my gaze.

I didn't even want to look at the one standing in the mirror.

My stomach convoluted with foreboding and apprehension.

Why was I dressed like a bride?

What was going on?

What exactly was going to happen to me?

What did Nikolai mean when he said it would be a long night for me?

The door opened, and someone entered. From the sound of heels striking the marble, I knew it was my stepmother, Luna Meesa Virgo.

gaze low as she

when I call," she talked to the

wedding gown, but I knew it was better to let things unfold according to them than to question or

the white and

louder with every ticking of the

sprang to my feet. It felt like blood had drained off my body as he stood near me. But at the same time, I was a

didn't know what I hoped for from

to face with him. He was never cold to me or hostile like Luna Meesa, Nathalia and Nikolai.

father, but

keeping my

contemplated me for a while before

Alphas of the Infernal pack tonight," he said in his usual

my chest as the meaning of

chosen our pack this year to make the offering to the demon lords. I had no choice,

trembled as I turned away from him. Tears brimmed

"Thea..."

Suffocation tightened into my throat as I forced those words from

pack to the demon lords to protect his pack and his people. There's nothing more to this situation, your highness. You could have sent your servant to relay the

that I never could have dared say to him otherwise. And

sorry. Maybe he was there to warn

out an exasperated sigh. "Is

eyes. Words clogged my throat and all I could do

even I don't understand how things led to this. It's Alpha King's order. So, I

offered to the Triplets.

that I knew the reason for wearing the wedding

being offered to the Triplet

Pack Realms in this world - the Earthly Packs realm, the Celestial pack realm, and then the most dreaded

Celestial pack was known

purest pack and was ruled by the Moon Goddess herself.

of immortal werewolves,

on the blessings of the Celestial pack, which was believed to be a pack hidden in the

alpha and the Alpha King ruled over all the twelve alphas.

or hell, and it was ruled by the

The Infernal pack

by the immortal werewolves,

ve

the

and the

why, but it started three years ago. Every year, the Alpha King chose an Earthly pack to

lords a bride of royal blood every year was the only way to maintain

one year time, all those brides from all the

triplet alphas took over those fallen packs and ever since,

to manage my breathlessness. But everything was turning dark in front of my eyes. I held my head. Nausea tore through my

those ruthless alphas. All of them were alpha blood.

Alpha held me before

cry escaped my lips when he held my broken