After a few years….

“Mom! Mom!” Victoria heard loud shouting from upstairs, and she was about to go and check what was going on when her 6 years old daughter came running to her with tear-brimming eyes.

“Azrael? What happened to you, sweetheart? Who painted your face like this?” Victoria asked her 5 years old daughter that she had with Alexander, her eyes creased in confusion.

“Wuwuw… It’s brother Blake, mom. He and brother Jackson did this to me!” Azrael cried, making Victoria look at the boys in annoyance as she lifted her daughter in her arms.

“Now, why would you guys do that?” Victoria asked while she cleaned her daughter’s face.

“Mom, we need to do that. It was important. And she should be wearing this bedsheet from now on. She isn’t allowed to wear those clothes. Those clothes show off her skin,” Jackson shouted while lifting a small bedsheet in his hand.

“And why do you think, she should be wearing this?” Victoria asked before she shook her head at Chris, who was about to come and talk to her about some matters as they were planning to go out.

She needed to handle her kids first.

“Because if she doesn’t, then she will turn out like you. And that’s the last thing we want!” Blake shouted, making Victoria squint her brows.

“And what is that supposed to mean, young man?” She asked, walking towards the couch.

“We know all about you, mom. Back then, when you were 18, all the guys used to roam around you because you were this beautiful, and everyone wanted to have you. You are still beautiful, and I have caught many people looking at you differently. Azrael is still a kid, but she is so cute. What if she turns out like you?

We can’t have boys wanting her for themselves. She is ours. Therefore, she should paint her face and wear only a bedsheet or a duvet as clothing.” Jackson reasoned with a proud face, and Victoria couldn’t help herself as she chuckled at his words.

“That’s what you brothers are here for, aren’t you? You will keep bad guys away from her, no?”

“I don’t want to wear that, mommy,” Azrael said, and Victoria was about to say something when her elder sons returned with Neptune and Sean.

“You look beautiful, sweetheart. Are you going somewhere?” Neptune asked her before pecking her lips and then looking at Azrael.

“Boys, how many times do I need to tell you that you can’t pain your sister’s face like this?” He said, looking at Jackson and Blake, who hid behind their elder brothers.

“You are definitely not wearing that. It is showing off your legs,” Victoria heard a voice, making her roll her eyes.

“By legs, you mean a little bit of skin above my feet, right?” Victoria asked before she sighed exasperatedly. Things were already bad with her three men around her, always acting so protective and possessive, and now that her sons were growing up, they were no better than their dads. If anything, they were even worse when t comes to possessiveness.

“Well, it is showing off your curves too,” Alexander said before he walked over to her and hugged her.

“Awwe, my baby. Who made you cry? Who touched my princess again? Daddy is going to take revenge,” Alexander said before kissing Azrael’s nose, making her giggle.

“Go get ‘em, papa,” She said happily, and Alexander turned to Jackson and Blake, who hid further behind their elder brothers.

“Since you both are here, handle the kids. I am going now. I have this important meeting lined up, and I can’t be late,” Victoria lied when she was going to buy her three mates the anniversary gifts that were the day after tomorrow.

“Mom, didn’t you hear what dad said? You can’t go like that. Change your clothes.” Her elder son Ben said, and Victoria tilted her head before looking at him.

“And, who are you to tell me that? I will wear what I want. You and your dad can take your advice and shove it-” Victoria couldn’t complete her words as Ashton place a hand on her mouth with the speed of light.

“-shove up your brain,” Victoria completed, making Ashton roll his eyes before he kissed her cheeks and hugged her from behind.

“Don’t go like that, please? You know the committee is filled with men, and we can’t sit here, knowing all too well that every other guy out there will be lusting over you,” Ashton said, still hugging her from behind.

“Guys, there is nothing like that. You can stop with your overreacting. Not only you are a pain in my a- mind, but you have made your sons like yourselves too. It would’ve been better if I had gotten more daughters instead.” Victoria said before she took her purse.

“That was mean!” Her sons shouted, and she gave them the look, making them pout.

“Am I wrong? You don’t even let me wear my favorite dresses.” She sighed.

“Mom, dad Ashton is right. You look damn hot. If I were a couple of years older and not your son, then I would’ve surely wanted to eat you. You just look delicious in this peach dress,” Ben’s twin Adam said, and Victoria widened her eyes in shock.

“Who the hell is teaching him these things?!” She shouted angrily, and everyone looked at Ashton in accusation.

He was the only guy without a filter over his mouth among her three mates.

“Hey, don’t look at me like that. I just casually slipped it one day. I just said your mom looks so delicious that sometimes I can’t control myself but want to eat her.” Ashton said in his defense, and everyone gave him ‘the look’.

Victoria was about to scold him for using such words in front of their kids when Azrael started crying, followed by her twin Sam.

“What is it, sweetheart? What made you cry?” Victoria asked, concerned.

“Wwuuwu… Dad Ashton and brother Adam want to eat my mommy. They will eat my mommy.” Azrael cried, and so did Sam, making her look at Ashton and Adam with a tired sigh.

“If this was your plan to stop me from going, it worked,” Victoria said before she gave Azrael to Alexander and started rocking Sam, who was extending his hands for her to take.

“No one’s eating your mom, sweetheart. Dad Ashton is just making fun of her. He is not going to eat her-”

“-at least not how you are thinking,” Ashton added, cutting Alexander off, and the elder sons Ben and Adam, who understood his meaning scrunched their brows, making Victoria’s face heat up with embarrassment.

“You are sleeping in the guest room for the next six months,” She said to Ashton before she walked inside the kitchen to prepare milk for Azrael.

Looking in the shiny cabinet of the kitchen, she couldn’t help herself as a tiny smile crept up her face.

It all started with entering the town of Pearly Canines and a chance encounter with Alexander in the same University.

In these days, she came to know that the constant feeling that someone was watching her was because of Neptune and Ashton, who were keeping an eye on her from day one since she entered Pearly Canines.

There were many ups and downs in their lives, and they all had a near-death experience, but in the end, it was all worth it.

Though she still loves Alexander the most, since he was her personal Lycan king, she can’t help but proudly say that she loves all her three mates and her 6 kids with two still in her womb.

Her cursed life had now turned into a boon, and she can’t be happier about it. Her life was full of happiness now and though there were little ups and downs, they were nothing they can’t handle together.

“Victoria, why are you gone for soo long? Come back. We are going for a picnic at Christopher’s house,” Ashton shouted and Victoria smiled while shaking her head.

The End.