Chapter 22: Liam P.O.V

The six of us sat in the living room while I was trying my hardest to reign in some of the emotions that her wolf might be going through, but they were all over the place between adoration and complete fear. I feel like the only other person that could relate to how she might be feeling would be Levi. The emotional damage that she went through with her parents was making her question everything about the mate bond. On the same note, she was arguing with her wolf, saying that we love and cherish her, but we are royalty, she is trying her hardest to fight for us and give her wolf hope for a future with us. Like I said, her mind is a jumbled mess. My wolf, Axel, was losing his mind, trying his hardest not to let go and give her wolf exactly what she needed. Her wolf wanted the security of knowing that she belonged to us.

"She's our fucking, mate. Why the hell can't we mark her?" Axel growled in our mind-space while his wolf paced back and forth.

"You know that we aren't like normal wolves. We have to do things the right way." I lectured my wolf for the hundredth time since he realized Aurora and Athena were our mates.

"She can't handle the hurt she feels from what her parents did. Her wolf is proud, and us not marking her is destroying her." Axel whimpered, his wolf breaking while he continued to feel her push us away.

"Can you try shooting her link between us with some of our favorite memories of her or how we feel towards her?" I asked, trying to gain some ideas on how to heal her wolf. I was running out of ideas and I could feel everything that she was feeling. I could feel how close she was to passing out, I could feel the way her heart was about to beat out of her chest from anxiety. I could feel the nausea piling up. It almost sent me to my knees and there she was trying her hardest to curl up between Lucas and Levi while she kept her eyes focused on me. Didn't she understand that I was trying so hard not to touch her right now because of how badly I wanted my mark on her beautiful body?

I could feel the pickup in her heartbeat. I'm pretty sure we all could with the bond that we had with her. She is our mate after all. I watched the way she clung to Levi's arm, "Levi, I-I can't breathe." She whispered into his chest, tears streaming down her face. My brother made swift movements toward the backyard, "What the hell are you doing with my sister?" Oliver growled before Lucas stood in front of him prepared for a fight.

"Oliver, she's having an anxiety attack. She needs fresh air and her mates. We will be back." I patted his shoulder before following my brother through the woods, we would always be safer if we were together. Like triplets, if one is caught, they could use them to cause unimaginable pain and suffering to the other two. He took long, quick paces towards her favorite spot in the middle of the woods.

Half of me wasn't even sure that she realized what was happening by the time she opened her eyes and looked away from his chest. The smell of pine and wet leaves hit her nose and I sighed because I could feel the immediate relief from her body, I could feel the relief that her wolf and human form both felt from the relaxing smell.

"Better?" He asked, directed toward me, but Aurora smiled. She nodded her head against his body, "Just slightly. There's this unwavering amount of nausea and dizziness surrounding me like a dark cloud or a blanket, but right now it's doable." She admitted, taking in the clean air. I guess none of us thought about how traumatizing the smell of your parent's death might be on her wolf, dammit. We should have thought about it. We should have thought about a lot of things that might be affecting her.

Lucas came up behind us before sitting on this giant old log in the middle of the forest, "Come here, sweetheart." Lucas demanded, making me look between Levi and Lucas. Both of their wolves demanded their mate's wolf to be obedient but also fierce, and our mate was just that, but what was going to happen if they both wanted her to listen to them? Like, right now? I watched the way Levi thought about his options. I could feel the anger boiling out of his wolf before he set her down on her feet gently. He placed a sweet kiss on her head before nodding, "Go on." He whispered... I could feel the weight he lifted off her body with those simple words.

The constant pressure that felt like I was being crushed was just gone, "Levi, what did you just do?" She whispered, grasping her chest while she looked at him like a crazy person.

"It's called reassurance, princess," he smirked, his lips touching her head gently before he went and sat on the log next to Lucas.

"It's just me, Rory," I whispered, while my shoes crushed the leaves and sticks under me. I could feel how happy she was from the three of us being around her, "Yes, Liam." She whispered before she went and sat on Lucas's lap. Her feet dangled over his leg while he gave her the support that she needed to help support her body.

"Rory, we need to talk to you about a few things," I stated, boldly. The three of them sat together. I was standing against a tree. It was the only way to stay objective with her overwhelming aura. I'm not even sure she knew what the hell she was doing to me.

"Did I do something wrong earlier?" She whispered, biting her lip. Then she did it, my wolf and I couldn't bear the thought of it. We couldn't stand there without touching her beautiful face because she thought she had done something wrong to upset us. The truth is, that she has been the perfect she-wolf, the perfect mate.

My hands cupped her beautiful face while my knees dug into the ground, "You sweet mate, have done nothing wrong. It's us. The three of us have done you more harm than you could ever do to us. We just want to help you, sweet thing." I cooed, taking in every strain on her face. The way her eyes welled up with tears.

"So what's wrong then?" She asked while her bottom lip quivered and her voice was nothing more than unheard sobs.

"There are some things you should know that we keep from the pack, but as our mate, it's your right," I whispered, taking in how she reacted. Okay, so she doesn't look like she is about to break into a hysterical crying session anymore. That has to be good, right?

"Like what?" She whispered, turning her head at an angle in curiosity.

"We each have different powers because we are triplets Alpha's," I admitted, watching the way her brows furrowed together.

"Well, that isn't very fair." She gave a light playful smile, making me feel better.

"So what he is trying to tell you but failing miserably because he wants to make things better is that he is an empath, he can read emotions deeply and sometimes control them. I can control demons or summon them and our boy, Lucas over here, can control the mind." Levi stated in a much less sweet way than I would have liked to put it.

"So, what does that have to do with you not wanting me?" She whispered, trying her hardest to avoid looking at any of us.

In seconds, our wolves had taken full control of our bodies and let out a furious growl, "Do not ever say anything like that again, mate." Lucas growled, pushing her body closer to his in a possessive manner.

"Lucas, I can't. I can't control him." Levi whispered, his eyes changing from his wolf's normal black eyes to red and back to his blue human eyes while he begged Lucas to hand her over. Lucas pushed her small frame between the two while she blushed bright pink, they inhaled her scent like a magic drug for their wolves before they went back to their human eyes.

"We wanted you out here for two reasons. We can't mark you yet because we have royal customs, but no matter what, you will be marked soon. We think not marking you is hurting your wolf. The second can wait." Levi whispered, checking her reaction. She nodded her head and bit her lip.