My Alphas' Dark Desires-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.

The other’s were icy blue lazy eyes with a hint of playful edge around them.

And where one looked calm and composed, the other carried an air of mischief, cute, almost.

Almost.

Right now, they both looked deadly.

"Ash," the blue-eyed one said, cocking his head at his twin, "what do you say? You think the Moon Goddess finally got bored of gifting her to these two boys?"

Ash smirked. "Looks like it, Ace."

"Make that more than two," Axel said, joining the chaos.

Ash’s laugh was low and dark. "Three, four, whatever. Makes no difference. The more, the better when I crush them."

"Oh really?" Xade’s voice rang out smoothly as he stepped into the circle. "Because if she’s only mated to you three, that’d make me invisible. And I’m way too pretty for that, isn’t that right, love?"

Love? So now I grew from little wolf to love? Typical boys.

Xade’s grin was playful, but his aura was not. It rolled off him in heavy waves. The moment he joined, all four Alpha Heirs unleashed their full power.

"Don’t be rude and give the lady some breathing space. I bet our mate is already tired of you hugging her to yourself."

I glanced at them—mistake. Their eyes were glowing bright blue instead of red. Every single one of them and that only meant one thing... they’d each killed or lost someone dear to them.

"No way..." I whispered under my breath.

But what shocked me even more was the lack of fear in the twins’ eyes.

Ash turned slightly to Ace. "The little heirs think they can bark at kings."

Ace snorted. "Wouldn’t be fair if only they used their wolf’s aura."

That’s when it happened. The air turned cold. So cold I could see my breath.

Red. Their eyes turned red.

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.

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.