The Triplet Alphas's Christmas Gift

Chapter 33 - Bath time!

Teira's POV

I looked at Matt and Ryan's pouting faces and smiled, Tyler just shrugged behind me, "I didn't start completely yet. I found her sleeping and asked if I could join her. That's it." he explained as he ran his fingers through my hair.

Matt sulked, "But we were supposed to pamper her together." he whined. I did bust out laughing then, which made the boys smile, "You know there's room for two more in here if you want to join." I said shyly.

Ryan and Matt stared then took their shirts off so fast that I thought they'd rip. I tried not to laugh at their enthusiasm. They were so adorable sometimes. But when I saw their abs, my smile turned into a stare.

I had only seen Tyler's chest so far. But he was the flirt, so that was normal among the three. All three of the triplets were fit due to training and their leadership camp they had to attend every summer, but their chests...

Matt's chest was straight out of one of those human magazines. He was gorgeous and definitely drool worthy. Ryan's was tanned and muscular, and I had the strange urge to run my tongue over his pecks.

I shook my head, snapping out of my last filled thoughts, trying not to blush. They were my boyfriends now, so checking them out wasn't a crime, but thinking those type of thoughts?! I needed to stop there, I wouldn't let there be hard feelings between them and me when they found their Luna. So, sleeping with the boys was out of the question.

Matt got in and scooted to my right side while Ryan sat facing us at the foot of the tub. Matt took over, rubbing my shoulders while Tyler began to massage my scalp. When Ryan began to rub my feet and ankles, a soft moan slipped out of my mouth. I blushed and tried to cover my mouth with my hands, but Matt grabbed them gently and placed them back in the water, "Don't be embarrassed, treasure. We like hearing that sound, it means we're doing something right." he whispered gently as he began to run his hands down my arms. "You're beautiful. Angel, " Ryan added as he massaged up my legs gently.

Tyler had me sit back, then began to lather shampoo into my hair, and I just dozed, letting the boys pamper me to their hearts content.

I woke a bit later to someone drying me off gently and carrying me to the bed. My eyes opened blearily to see Ryan smiling down at me, a towel wrapped around my body. I blushed bright red, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to fall asleep." I murmured, but he just chuckled and held me close, "Angel, you can rest all you want. But you need to get dressed first." he said, kissing my forehead as he put me down on the bed.

Matt and Tyler were still in the bathroom, cleaning up from the sound of it. Ryan went back in to help them, shutting the door firmly to give me some privacy.

Val had laid out a pajama set on the bed. The shorts were a bit too form fitting for my liking, but Val had insisted I get several pairs and tank tops that matched. I put the dark blue shorts on and the matching tank top. The shorts covered my butt but I could tell that it was made to get people to look.

It was a bit embarrassing, but I just sighed and hoped I didn't look ridiculous.

The bathroom door opened, and the boys came out wearing their damp shirts and towels around their necks. They stopped and stared at me for a moment, and I looked down shyly, blushing slightly.

"Whoa." Tyler said, his jaw dropping in disbelief. His eyes darkened a bit but not in an angry way, and I felt a bit better about my outfit. The boys shook their heads, then turned and walked single file out of the room, Tyler turned and looked at me seriously, "Don't go anywhere, princess, we'll be right back." he said as he closed the door.

I c****d my head, confused by their actions. Then, I shrugged and walked to the vanity table and sat down, I ran a brush through my wet hair, making sure to get the tangles out, then went to brush my teeth in the bathroom.

I had just climbed into bed and snuggled down when the door opened again, and three sets of footsteps walked gently across the floor. The boys crawled into bed around me, Ryan making sure the door was locked and snuggled up. Tyler on my right, Ryan on my left and Matt in my lap. Tyler reached up and turned the lamp on the side table off, placing the room in darkness. I yawned sleepily as he pulled me close to his chest, nuzzling my neck while Ryan rested my head against his chest.

"You're such a tease, princess." Tyler whispered as Matt started snoring softly from my lap. "Mmm?" I muttered sleepily, trying but failing to stay awake. I felt Tyler smile against my neck, "You're already gorgeous, but those shorts, it's not fair." he murmured. "Sorry, it was Val's idea, not mine. I can return them -" I started to say, but he put his hand over my mouth, "You do that princess, and I'll never talk to you again. Val should definitely help you shop from now on." he said as he snuggled close.

I tried to think of something to say, but the warmth from their bodies was relaxing me, and soon I fell into a peaceful sleep.

~*~*~*~

"OK, so let me get this straight. You guys have been spending all this time trying to find out more about my Mom?" I asked.

It had been a few days since the shopping trip, and the boys, as well as Val, had been helping me to train, eat, and rest enough to pretty much fully recover from my hospital stay. I had found out that my room was to the left of Ryan's room with Matt's across the hall and Tyler's to his right across from Ryan. The boys loved sleeping next to me, so when bedtime came around, we all just gathered on my bed and fell asleep. I didn't think much of it since we were dating, and I enjoyed waking up to them surrounding me.

Now, we were gathered in the rec room in the study area. There were several bookshelves and large tables set up for studying as well as a few computers for research. Apparently, the boys used this area as their office more than their study area as they didn't have much homework due to their school schedule. Plus, since the Alpha had started giving them more pack duties preparing them to take over the pack, they didn't need many more classes to graduate from school.

Matt had just told me they had been trying to find answers about my Mom.

"We didn't want to get your hopes up, in case we didn't find anything." Ryan explained as Matt pulled out a few pieces of paper. "Matt's better at research among the three of us, so we let him do most of the searching while we worked on our other duties." Tyler said.

I shook my head, "I don't like that you didn't tell me, but I understand it. Did you find anything?" I asked, looking at Matt. He frowned, lines furrowed between his brows as he looked at me, "I found very little on Melinda Sutton. She was originally from the Crystal Lake pack, a pack at least three days journey from here. She came to our pack as part of a pilgrimage, or so she claimed when the patrol found her. Dad allowed her to stay so she could rest and resupply before continuing on as she posed no threat to the pack. She didn't even carry a weapon." he said.

"She stayed for three weeks with the pack and apparently discovered she and David were mates, but then she just disappeared a week later. No one knew where she went or what happened to her, Dad didn't even know David, and she were mates until I asked him about her." he finished. I looked at him curiously, "Did you look into any information about Crystal Lake?" I asked.

He nodded, "I managed to get more information through that than I did on your Mom. Crystal Lake is a wealthy pack deep in the Redwood Forest. It's mostly hidden from human eyes, but those that do know of it are trusted friends and sworn to secrecy. The Crystal Lake pack mostly deals with magic of varying degrees, but they don't discuss it with outside packs unless they are needed to help train pack members on how to control their powers. Though, if someone from Crystal Lake finds their mate outside of the pack, they are asked to bring their mate back to live with them. I couldn't find any information on what kind of powers the pack members had, though. That's one of the things the Alpha of the pack keeps from outsiders."

I nodded, looking at the papers Matt laid in front of me. The Crystal Lake pack sounded interesting, and I wondered if the Alpha could tell me anything about Mom. But before that, I needed to talk to the closest source first.

The triplets looked at me warily, and I could tell they didn't want me to ask, but I couldn't put it off any longer. Despite my own anxiety, I needed answers that only he could give me.

I took a deep breath and exhaled slowly before staring at each of the boys in turn.

"I need to talk to my Dad."