Chapter 39


    Chapter 39: Interum Vivere


    Chasity’s POV


    I woke up in the immactely white room in my spotlessly white clothes. I felt like I was in a weird drea


    m. Everything monochromatic. It was a little difficult to look at. Sharp. It hurt my eyes. The only relief w


    as the colours of photographs of all the


    supermodels in their vibrant makeup and clothing. I sighed.


    I believed it was my third day of being kidnapped but i had be unsure. I felt that Dante or Maurice


    or “Boss” was putting something in my food. Something to make my senses and perception dull. There


    was no reason why I should not be able to connect with my three alpha mates if I was still on their territ


    ory.


    Suddenly, I felt my neck throb, Owl i felt the marks. The three silvery marks were burning. I rushed to th


    e bathroom to look in the mirror. The marks were angry and red. There was something sticky on them li


    ke a salve.


    I gasped. I grabbed a piece of tissue and wiped off the cream. Someone had put something on my mar


    ksl I washed my neck with cool water. That soothed the burning. I kept treating the area and the searin


    g pain slowly subsided. The skin was still irritated but it was just a bit pink.


    My golden skin was back to looking sallow after it had begun to healthy. It wasn‘t gleaming anymore lik


    e it did on my trip with the triplets. I was back to shitty eating habits and stress, that‘s why. And now, I c


    ouldn‘t afford to be unhealthy! I gingerly touched my lower belly. I wondered how far along I was.


    Dante came into my room just then and quickly rushed into the bathroom, his eyes wild. He must‘ve tho


    ught for a moment that I’d escaped. I stared at him nkly. I was seething but I didn‘t want to start an a


    rgument.Têxt belongs to N?velDrama.Org.


    “I‘m right here,” I said inly.


    “I can see that,” he snarled.


    Prick.


    “Did you put something on my marks?” I asked softly.


    Dante fidgeted ufortably. It was a very quick almost imperceptible movement but I spotted it. He di


    d put something on


    them.


    “Why would you do that?” I asked.


    Dante just red at me.


    “You‘re a werewolf, you know just as well as anyone else those marks cannot be removed. They‘re per


    manent,” I said, trying to stop my brown eyes from turning ck with rage. How dare he try to remove


    my mates‘ marks. That was beyond heinous. I‘d never even


    heard of such a thing.


    Dante shrugged. “It was magic. I thought it would work,” he said.


    I must have lost my mind for a second. Temporary insanity. I lunged


    at him and tackled him to the ground, canines bared. I wanted to rip him to shreds.


    Third Person


    “Doppelg?ngers,” said Chance, from where he sat at the booth in the cafe.


    The triplets and Danny just stared at him. The triplets were


    sitting across from Danny and everyone‘s coffee remained mostly untouched besides the P.I. who was


    on his third cup.


    “Doppelg?ngers!” Chance said. “Lookalikes!”


    Silence.


    “Celebrity doppelg?ngers?” Said Chance.


    “You‘re not making any sense. Exin what you‘re talking about,” said Alex sternly, knitting his thick


    naturally arched brows together.


    “A doppelg?nger is a lookalike, a double of a person…” began Chance,


    “Look who you‘re talking to!” Snapped Felix. “We


    know what doppelg?ngers are. We get what you mean by lookalikes but so


    what?”


    Felix widened his eyes and gestured to his identical triplet brothers


    Calix tried to be helpful. “Ok, so the retired supermodel who may or may not be dead has


    a doppelg?nger!”


    “Almost.” said Danny. “Deidre is dead! Chance saw her body and I trust him. The first doppelg?nger of


    Deidre, the first lookalike


    would be the one who went on to be a famous supermodel after the real Deidre died or rather wa


    s murdered.”


    “Good, ok,” said Alex, nodding,plimenting Danny‘s deductive reasoning not the murder.


    “So there‘s a third one then, since you have a pic showing one Deidre at the party we all went to with…


    Chasity,” said Felix, sighing deeply. He had dark circles under his baby blue eyes and his skin was a bit


    paler than usual. Being apart from their mate had hit the middle triplet particrly hard.


    “And you also have a pic showing Deidre at some bar, the Serpent‘s Tongue, around the same time,” F


    elix surmised.


    “So like us, there‘s at least three identical people,” said Calix. “But, one of them is dead and they‘re all


    iming to be the same person. Correct me if I‘m wrong but the doppelg?ngers were probably made af


    ter Deidre‘s death. Her death was probably a requirement, a prerequisite to be able to go ahead and m


    ake other Deidre‘s to take her spot. You can‘t rece a position that‘s filled.”


    Alex smiled.


    “Look at Baby Boy Calix, figuring s**t out,” said Felix pping his younger sibling on the back.


    “Someone killed Deidre and took over her life, continued on living as her. Realised all her potential, bec


    ame a supermodel. The


    person even took her life‘s dream,” said Alex.


    “That‘s sad,” said Felix softly. “The Deidre doppelg?nger is better at her life than she was.”


    “Well, that might be because the doppelg?nger is obviously superhuman in some way,” said Calix.


    “Deidre was already a she–


    wolf,” said Alex. “The doppelg?nger has to be using either incredible technology or magic. My bet is on


    magic. I wouldn’t put anything past a witch!”


    “Don‘t hate on witches,” said Felix. “Our cousin, Jessie, married one. She made a great Luna. She‘s kin


    da hot too.”


    “I like Jamie. She gave me a snow globe that changes season so when I shake it up, it‘s snowkes for


    winter, flowers for spring and leaves for fall,” exined Calix.


    “You‘re missing one,” smirked Felix. “In summer, there‘s nothing, it‘s just empty,” said Calix.


    “Now, that is sad!” Said Felix.


    “Focus!” Said Alex. Calix and Felix straightened.


    “Sorry, Alex, I haven‘t slept properly in days. It‘s impossible without Chasity,” mumbled Calix, the young


    est Alpha.


    “The sooner we figure this out, the sooner


    we can save Chasity and all take a nap,” said Alex, ruffling Calix‘s hair,


    “When I get my hands on Chasity, there‘ll be no napping,” said Felix slyly.


    Alex nudged Felix sharply in the ribs.


    “Hey!” Felix protested. Alex nodded towards Chance, Chasity‘s grandfather who was ring at Felix.


    Felix smiled at him sheepishly. “Uh, that‘s because we‘ll stay up talking. We have really long deep chat


    s together. Our rtionship is very spiritual, intellectual as well,” exined Felix.


    Chance‘s re remain unchanged.


    “All signs are pointing to Deidre. No more stalling. Let‘s find her and get the truth somehow,” said Alex r


    edirecting the conversation.


    “First, before we go skipping off to LA, we need to check out the bar, The Serpent‘s Tongue. Your paren


    ts also frequented there in their youth,” said Danny.


    “You mean Chasity‘s parents,” corrected Alex.


    “And yours,” said Danny, frowning.


    “What?” Asked Felix sharply.


    “They double dated there from time to time seeing as your mom and Chasity‘s dad were step siblings wh


    actually got along,” said Danny, reaching into his briefcase.


    ? He took out a photo and showed it to


    the triplets. Two girls in embroidered bellbottom jeans and crops tops with billowing fishtail sleeves were


    versions of their parents as one of the couples. The other coupleprised of a blond man with wavy lo


    hair. Chasity‘s parents. All four youngsters were smiling for the camera and huddled together.


    “But, they hated each other? My parents all but admitted it. My mom said she had a problem with Chalic


    “Not right away,” said Danny. “They grew apart after Chasity‘s parents became


    more heavily involved in the Furina Ornata.”


    “The group wasn‘t supposed to be about partying an drugs,” said Chance, defending the group. “But the


    Felix


    sighed. So his parents had even liked Chasity‘s parents once upon a time including Chasity‘s mother. Th


    made his parents‘ mistreatment of Chasity even worse. He wished she were sitting right here, between h


    snap at him for trying to order for her. Then she would feel guilty


    and be sweet to him. He missed her sassiness.


    “Felix!” Said Alex.


    “We‘re going!” Said Calix.


    “Where?” Asked Felix.


    “To the Serpent‘s Tongue!” Said Danny,


    i


    The serpent‘s tongue was a hole in the wall of a bar. It was on the outskirts of the parnds, not the idea


    The triplets were shocked to see a graffiti painting on the side of the bar depicting the full moon with the


    “What does that mean?” Asked Danny, snapping a picture of it. “Live again,” said Chance. “It‘stin for li


    The five walked


    into the cold bar. There were shabby wooden barstools at the bar and surrounding all the high tables. Th


    walls were stered with autographed framed photographs of celebrities. Many of the celebrities had al


    bar.


    How did the people who own this ce get all these high profile people toe here and lie on their au


    Calix and Alex nodded. It was suspicious. They all sat at the bar. The bartender was human to their surp


    of the ce kept all the bottles chilled. There was no need for a freezer really but there was one. Destiny


    of the most rxed people there as if she were quite at home in the freezing cold werewolf bar. She was


    “How are you not an icicle by now?” Asked Calix, sipping his beer.


    Sheughed and put her hand to cover her mouth. Calix glimpsed the snake around the moon tattoo ne


    Had moon snake venom made this human powerful enough to handle the same weather as werewolves


    “Dante!” Said Destiny. “What happened to you?