KYLIE Point of view As soon as the phone call ended, I dropped the bowl I was holding and wiped my brow. “A vacation with the triplets?” I spoke out loud. With our mates! Akira’s voice snuck into my head. They’re our mates. Aren’t you going to say yes? This is the perfect opportunity to bond with them before the Werner girls get their claws on them. I sighed, trying not to avoid that thought. “We’re just being dramatic, Akira. I doubt that the girls are going to…” Be there? Akira prompted when I didn’t finish my sentence. What makes you think that they’re not there—waiting for the right opportunity to strike? With your absence, the bond between our mates might falter— “No!” I shouted loudly. “I can’t let that happen! I’m going to go on this vacation with them.” “What?” Irene stepp

