My Alphas' Dark Desires novel Chapter 40

Chapter 40: Mate(s)

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Chapter 40

~Valerie’s POV~

As soon as I said the words, four familiar voices cut through the air behind me like thunder.

"No way."

"The fuck!"

"It can’t be."

"She’s mine."

I didn’t even need to turn around—I knew who it was. The Alpha Kings’ Heirs. All four of them had caught up to me and my stomach dropped.

But that wasn’t the worst part.

What truly freaked me out was the other guy—the one standing beside the guy who was currently holding me like I was something precious. Because he... he said it too.

"Mate."

I met his eyes—blue, calm, and intense. The moment our gaze locked, Astra inside me jolted like lightning had just struck her spine.

"Mate," she breathed.

Shit. Not again.

I closed my eyes, shaking slightly. My mind was already about to split from the pressure, and now... this? A fight was about to break out. I could feel it.

Why? Why would the Moon Goddess do this to me?

I mean who the fuck did she do that to, huh? My mother had only one mate, my father, Alpha Snow. So why did she have to shackle their destinies with mine.

Twisted bitch move!

Six—six fucking freeking possessive domineering alpha mates? What kind of cosmic joke was this?

Before I could even process that mess, I felt a shift in the energy behind me.

It was dark and dangerous. Dristan.

I didn’t even have to see him to know. That intense, possessive presence? I’d recognise it anywhere.

"Hand over my mate," he growled in a lethal voice.

The guy holding me didn’t flinch. Didn’t loosen his grip. In fact, he pulled me tighter against him like he wanted to challenge Dristan.

"Why?" he asked, his voice sharp and unwavering.

Holy. Shit.

Who the hell was he? No one ever challenged Dristan like that except for the Alpha Kings’ Heirs and even at that. He still looked like the untouchable heir.

My brain short-circuited for a second.

Instant respect. No, admiration. And maybe a little something else I wasn’t ready to name.

Then Kai stepped forward, standing beside Dristan, eyes narrowed.

"Because she’s mine," he snapped.

The guy next to the one holding me, who looked almost identical to him, snorted and crossed his arms. "I doubt it. If she really were your mates and satisfied at that, the Moon Goddess wouldn’t have given her better mates."

Wait.

Twins?

I blinked between them. Yep. Same face, same energy. Just... the eyes were different. One had hazel-green eyes that seemed to see straight through me.

Almost.

My whole body tensed. Their aura crashed into the others like a tidal wave, pressing, squeezing, but somehow... it didn’t feel overwhelming. It felt superior.

It hit me then. They weren’t just powerful. They were Lycan Princes—the heirs of the Lycan Alpha King. frёewebnoѵēl.com

My brain couldn’t handle it. I felt dizzy, my thoughts scattering, but just then, another presence entered.

Two, actually. One insignificant. Sorry, but right now, amongst alphas, a gamma is considered weak.

But the other? Oh hell, the Dragon.

I knew it was him before I saw him. That massive aura dwarfed everyone else. My wolf curled inward instinctively.

It was rare to see Astra not happily challenging anything or anyone, to be honest, but that proved just how dangerous he was.

He wasn’t my mate—I was almost sure—but he was a threat. Or something close to it.

"Now, now..." His voice came, smooth as silk. "If I knew this meeting would be this fun, I’d have joined sooner."

And then he was just... there.

One second he was across from us, leaning against a pillar, and the next he was between Ash and Dristan, placing a hand on each of their chests.

"Let’s be civil, shall we?" he asked calmly.

Rather than being civil and being properly guided, their auras surged in response. My heart raced so fast it hurt.

The dragon’s brows furrowed, and with a small grunt, he shoved them both back with one smooth motion.

I used that moment to jerk free from Ash’s grip and stumble back. My escape should have been swift had I not glanced at both sides.

The second I did, I saw all of them starting to move forward toward me again. "Enough!" I yelled, my voice tearing from my throat.

And everyone stopped.

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