Chapter 38: Deidre and her Doppelgénger Chasity’s POV Have you ever went to bed one place and then woke up somewhere completely different? | have.
| woke up in a bedroom with clean white walls and a cold marble floor. The bed was made of black wood and piled with white Eg yptian cotton bedding. | could feel it. It was so soft. These were the ssheets my alphas had. The sheets madeeven mor e homesick. The walls were lined with photographs, all of beautiful women, ethically different with varying skin and hair and eye c¢ olours but they all had symmetrical faces, high cheekbones and perfectly arched brows. They were familiar. | was looking at fram ed photographs of supermodels, all of them close— up beauty shots, The one above the head of the bed was the most familiar. What was her nagain? It wasn't as though | didn't like fashion but | had never been able to afford those sorts of things before | becthe triplets* mate so | never paid that much attention to it. | wore whatever | had or whatever | was given. How had | been moved from the simpler room in th e castle— like building to here? Was this room even in the splace? Had they druggedso they could transportmore easily? | th ought of the water and the pizza from Maurice. Had Maurice just pretended to “sneak”the food? Perhaps it was all a farce just to g etto ingest the drug somehow. Maybe even Dante's anger had been a part of the trick. | felt like crying but | had to be strong.
I just hoped they hadn‘t movedoff of the pack lands.
| sighed. The door opened. This sleek black wooden door didn’t creak, it just smoothly opened on well— oiled hinges. Dante walked in and threw a plastic bag at me. It hit the bed with a soft thud.
“Where am 1? How did | get here? Did you drug me?” | demanded. What if the drug was a substance that would hurt the baby? Dante stared at me, drinkingin. It was strange. | realised why he remindedso much of Felix. It was the way he looked at me, like he was agitated that | was there becausebeing around meant he could focus on nothing else. This was the old Felix though, the one who said | frustrated him but paintedsecretly. The new Felix looked atwith intense but softer eyes, openly loving. | understood that sort of look a lo t better now. Something was brewing underneath. This did not make sense though. Felix and | had a long history of intense emotions. | didn't know Dante from Adam and he didn‘t knowfrom Eve. Unless...
“Did you know Chalice?” | asked.
Dante just stared at me.
“You look atlike you recognise me,” | said.
He actually flinched. “Don’t ask questions!” “Ok, Dante,” | said softly. He responded tosaying his nwith a sharp intake of breath. Something was up. | wanted my alphas and no one else but if | needed to be flirt a little bit to get away | would. | wanted my Alex, my Calix and my Felix. My wolf wanted them too. | wanted to tell them | was pregnant and be babied because of it. | sighed.
Dante sighed too. “Put on these,” he said, gesturing to the plastic bag.
| looked inside. It was a simple white dress, knee— length with short sleeves. | was still in the party dress from the night | was kidnapped. My mascara was smudged all over my eye s and down my cheeks. | could use a shower and a change of clothes. There was underwear in the bag too, just a simple white ¢ otton bra and panty. The sizes were all correct.
“Um, thanks,” | said.
Dante shrugged. “The bathroom is through that door,” he said, gesturing to the only other door besides the exit.
“Ok,” | said.
“There's stuff in there for you to use, like soap, shampoo, conditioner, hair stuff, toothbrush, toothpaste. There's even makeup,” Dante said. It was the most he had ever talked aroundwithout scowling.
“I know you probably can't tellwhat's going on but will | live to see tomorrow?” | asked, thinking of my baby and nervous about the white dress. Sacrificial? Dante had tattoo on his ankle that remindedof the occult.
Dante flinched again. “Yes, Chasity. f**k,” he said, annoyed.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“Ok,” | said sweetly. “Thank you, Dante. | won't hug you to thank you when I'm all gross like this.” | watched his reaction carefully. He almost smirked but then caught himself. Gotcha. Was Dante the boss? Maybe he just wantedfor himself but that was insane. Felix would kill him without even asking a question fir st like he'd done with the other kidnapper. Dante was pretty big. He might be the ssize at the triplets but there were three of them and one Dante. Dante did have the build of an Alpha though. Was he an Alpha? From where? There were many werewolve s that were just really physically impressive despite not technically being Alphas, Betas or Gammas. There were rogues who wer e physiologically Alphas meaning if they gathered a pack they could easily be its Alpha but since they were lone they were called Sigmas. Maybe Dante was a really wealthy bored Sigma who'd decided to steal a Luna? That still didn't make sense.
| went to the bathroom and pleasantly found that I could lock the door. There were no other doors or windows in the bathroom. T he walls and floors were covered in immaculately clean large white tiles. There was a huge semi— spherical bathtub and a shower. | didn't feel comfortable enough to soak in a tub though I could use the relaxation. | took a quick shower, washing and conditioning my hair. | detangled it. There were a lot of beauty and hair products. | used sof what | rec ognised and put on the white clothes. | didn’t want to put on any makeup. | went back into the bedroom and sat on the bed. Dante cback and nodded in approval. | managed to smile. H e took my old clothes away to my annoyance. | felt cut off from my old life now in these unfamiliar clothes.
“Are you the boss?” | asked Dante.
He raised his eyebrows. “No,” he said.
“Do you know the boss well?” | asked.
“Yes,” he said.
“Do you...” | began but he cutoff. “You'll meet her eventually,” he said.
“Her!” | exclaimed.
Dante looked impassive. He left the room. A woman had organised my kidnapping. Why? Jealousy? Was she in love with the Triplets? Was it Luna Ronnie? If it was her, she might spareif she knew | was pregnant with her grandchild. | kept silent about the pregnancy as | had not met “Boss” yet. Truth be told, | hated when em ployees referred to their superior as “Boss”. It was vague. I'd rather reference their title. Whoever “Boss” was, | had no idea what “she” wanted and | was more confused than ever.
Third Person Danny addressed the room, “I have a lead in Luna Chasity’s case, Alphas.” Flashback Danny was growing tired of interviewing suspects who were merely catty jealous girls who were eyeing the triplets. That really di dn't fit the profile when it cto who would be organised enough to capture the Luna. The next three suspects insisted on being interviewed all together. Sandra, Tonya and Avery. The triplets’ most recent ex gi rifriends. These girls were allegedly dumped for Chasity.
They strutted into the room on five inch heels. They were all different colour mini dresses. The redhead with piercing green eyes was Sandra and she wore red. She seemed to be the ringleader and was the eldest Alphas ex. Tonya had olive skin and straight , black hair with deep brown eyes. She wore blue and was Felix's ex. Avery was a pixie— like blond with large blue eyes. She was dressed in yellow and was Calix's ex.
The girls all sat facing Danny. They had defiant looks on their expertly made— up faces. They did not utter a greeting. They just waited for Danny to say something.
“Hey girls, I'm the P.I. and my nis Danny. It's nice to meet you,” he said, grinning. The girls nodded feebly and smiled faintly.
“So, were you the triplets’ exes?” Danny asked.
“Yes,” said Sandra the leader. “ am Alex's ex. Tonya used to date Felix and Avery was with Calix.” “What were the triplets like as boyfriends?” Inquired Danny.
“They were romantic, attentive,” said Tonya.
“How long were you dating the triplets?” Danny asked.
“Maybe five weeks, “Avery said, eyeing the tape recorder.
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“Did you girls know Chasity while you were dating the triplets” Asked Danny.
“Yeah, vaguely,” said Sandra.
“She was just sgirl, a servant that cooked and cleaned at the pack house,” said Tonya.
“The triplets complained about her from tto time. Also, we had thought her nwas Charity with an R not Chastity with ans because the triplets called her Charity,” said Avery. The other two girls nodded.
“On the triplets ‘twenty first birthday, did you know it was also Chasity's eighteenth birthday?” He asked.
They all shook their heads.
“When did the triplets break up with you?” Asked the P.I.
The girls were getting agitated by all these questions and it showed. Good. Danny liked to agitate people a bit. They were more truthful that way. Too emotional to fabricate effective lies.
“They broke up with us on their birthday itself before the party,” said Tonya.
“And it was via text!” Complained Avery.
“We had all been together deciding on what to wear for the party and we all get texts from them saying they're sorry but they've f ound their mate. They refused to say who she was so we were in the dark about their mate being Chasity. We went to the party anyway though we‘d been unceremoniously uninvited. Chasity w as there doing server work and we asked her if she knew who the triplets’ mate was and that little b***h lied to our faces,” huffed Sandra, folding her arms.
“So you were quite upset and weeks later decided to confront Chasity at a different party on the night of her disappearance?” Da nny asked with narrowed eyes.
The girls got nervous. “We just talked to her that's all!” Insisted Avery.
“We told her the truth,” said Sandra with a satisfied smirk.
“What truth did you tell her?” Danny asked rubbing his chin.
“That the triplets complained about her constantly. How ungrateful she was, how unfriendly she was. She was always in a sullen bad mood. She was fat, poor, a loser,” said Tonya.
“They used the words fat, poor and loser?” He asked.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmTonya fidgeted uncomfortably in her chair. “I'm paraphrasing.” “So after you confronted Chasity...” They cut him off. “She vomited on us!” Blurted out Avery.
“And Alex cand took her away,” added Sandra.
“That's it, nothing else happened,” said Tonya.
“What did you girls think when you found out Chasity was missing?” Danny said.
“That she'd run off to find her parents!” Said Sandra immediately.
“Hmm so what were you girls doing around the tChasity was allegedly kidnapped?” Asked Danny.
“We went to a bar, after the party, after we'd cleaned up a bit,” said Sandra. “We needed to destress,” added Tonya. Avery smiled “Ok, what bar?” Danny asked. He would definitely find out if they had really been there or not.
“The Serpent's Tongue,” said Sandra.
Danny stiffened. “That's a pretty rough crowd. You girls were comfortable there?” Sandra shrugged.
“Anything interesting happened at this bar?” Danny said.
“Yeah!” Piped up Avery and her two friends stared at her. “We met a celebrity, a supermodel! Well, an ex supermodel. She's retired. Deirdre Binx. She was with this young hot guy. All those retired supermodels have boy— toys!” Said Avery with a laugh.
“Did you talk to her?” Ask Danny, “Of course!“Said Avery. “I asked for an autograph. She talked tofor like fifteen minutes! The model looking boyfriend had left t go somewhere so we all got to chill at the bar with her!” “Yeah,” said Tonya. “We were too shy to talk to her before but we worked up the nerve at the bar.” “Before.” Asked Danny. “What do you mean?” “Devidre knew the party throwers ‘amily and she was there at the party for a short time. She was there early! And left before the triplets and Chasity cand the whole womit incident happened,” hulled ronya.
“What was a big celebrity doing hanging around ?” Asked Danny.
“She said she was visiting an old friend,” said Tonwu.
“Did she say who.” He asked. They shook their heads, Danny knew Deidro and been the best friend of Chalice, Chasity's mother.
who he would be interviewing next.
End of Flashback The triplets were quiet, listening to the conversation playback on the tape recorder. “The interesting thing,” said Danny. “Is that De Alex.
Danny smiled. “Deidre was seen in LA that night but | also went through social media posts from the party attended by you three and the Luna and Deidre was in the background of one of them.
someone who looked exactly like Deidre!” The triplets fixed Danny with confused stares but Chance nodded as though it were all starting to make sense to him.