#No_Escape (Book 1) [Editing as of 10/2024]

Chapter 9

"What doesn't kill you makes you.... Stranger."

My sliced palm incident was a few days ago and my palm has healed with the help of Aphrodite. She took my stitches out and done a spell to heal my wound. She asked how it happened, so I had to tell her the entire truth... Including how Dimitri messed with my thinking and how I grabbed the knife wrong. All she did was laugh but when I said Dimitri chased me down against my will and stitched my hand up, she was quite surprised. Apparently, Dimitri doesn't use his magic unless it's extremely important and apparently this stupid tribrid doesn't just help any person. Let alone stitch their wound up. He normally calls for the doctor. She wasn't the only one surprised over his actions. Because I sure was that night.

What is this game he is trying to play?

What ever it is I don't want any part of it.

Today is my off day. Do I take my off days? Mostly no. I tend to always be around the children just in case. Today is the only exception because Thanos has banned me from even going near them. Said I quote "Take your off-day Brielle. We'll have the children today."

So, I grab a book and walk out the library. I become so fascinated with my book I don't even realize I was walking and reading at the same time again. Until I have face plant into a wall yet again.

What is up with these brick walls every time I turn around...

Yet it wasn't a wall...

Again...

Ocean scent hit my face and I landed straight on my backside. Looking at the outfit choice and shoes I knew it was only one person....

Dimitri.

He goes and walks completely around me and acts like I'm invisible. This makes my blood boil and my skin crawl.

"Thanks for being a gentleman and helping a female up." I mumble still sitting in the hall on my rear.
I am yanked off the ground roughly and my back is slammed against the wall knocking the wind out of my soul.

"Just because I helped you the other day doesn't mean shit." He growls low.

"Just when I thought we were making progress." I growled out. Rolling my eyes in the process.
He pulls me off the wall and slams me back into it with a lot more force. His hands have let my body go and somehow, I have managed to stay on my feet.

"It was a moment of weakness. My wolf... You are not my...." He said but I interrupted him.

"Mate. I get it." My voice is stranded and it sounds heartbroken as I repeated the words he has said plenty of times.

"Just stay out my way." He says in a low barely audible voice. I scurry around his tall frame and head down the hall. Once I'm a safe distance away I turn around, do my salute and yell.

"Aye aye captain."

I turn back around and head back down the hall. I can hear him mumbling and it has me in a fit of giggles.

"Stupid mate bond. Stupid human. Why her? She's going to be the death of me."

I mumble back knowing his wolf hearing could hear.

"No Dimi. You're going to start to love me or you're going to be the death of me. Quite literally."

I make it to my room and sat in my "office" that Hendrix and Paxton have helped me set it up for school. This room is a deep shade of purple. The color is so dark, it almost looks black. I have accents of light purple around the room to break up the darkness. I sit on my windowsill where they have made a bench seat for me. So, I can enjoy nature and a book from the window. I see Hendrix, Thanos, and Paxton in their wolf forms playing with the children. I watch as Eskimo has Roe dangling in his mouth by his shorts. Shaking my head, I turn my attention back to my book and begin to read.

Tribrids if they are twins, triples, quadruples etc will have the two scents. One will be the same scent as their sibling(s) while the other will be their own scent. If one smells like lavender to their mate the others will smell the exact same way. But if close enough one might smell strongly of lavender while having a hint of lets say peach scent. The other one will smell like lavender and lets say a hint of lilies. It is like this so the mate can actually tell what mate is which. Humans if mated to any creature will feel heart broken for an unknown reason when their mate does something to hurt them. Humans won't understand why they feel attracted to one since they aren't a werewolf, hyrid, or tribrid. If a human has witch in their blood. They are considered a half breed. They too will feel like humans when they are mated to a werewolf, tribrid, vampire, etc... Supernatural creatures must be considerate of their mate if human.

I stopped reading and look out the window to spot all 3 of the 4 quadruples outside. So, I'm all their mates? Is that even possible? Is that even legal? How do you have children with all of them? How do you even marry them? What?

Questions are swirling through my head, and I end up falling asleep with my head against my windowsill. A commotion outside my bedroom wakes me up from my sleep. The ocean scent make me realize that I am safe. Well, I was 80 percent safe. So I close my eyes again and slowly drift off to my slumber.

"Where is she?"

"She isn't in her room?"

"Her scents coming from her school office."

"I swear she better be in there Dimitri!"

"I can hear her heartbeat shut up!"

My eyes peek open when I hear the door open realizing it is these three, I close my eyes back.

"Found her!"

"I told you she was in here."

"What is she reading?"

I feel my book get lifted off my lap.

"Tribrid's and Their Mates."

"Why would she....? "

I can feel myself getting lifted off my bench and when I peek my one eye open, I noticed it was??...

Dimitri?!

"I know you're awake. I'll come for you when dinner is done." He whispered beside my ear.

Damn Tribrid and his phenomenal senses.

I am gently placed under my blanket and covered back up. I don't know how long I slept but I am woken up by Paxton. I believe he could read the hurt in my eyes. Dimitri didn't come to wake me up like he had promised. Paxton squeezes my hand and has compassion shining through his eyes. He ruffles my hair and helps me out of bed.

"Dinner will be done in an hour Mi Reina."

You see we always go to the dining room an hour before dinner to talk about our days. I lace my arm around his and we go down the hall skipping along the way. He starts off by telling corny jokes and I know he was only doing so to get me to smile and laugh. All of his efforts go out the door when we step into the dining room. Dimitri is preoccupied with an unknown female on his lap. Hendrix looks like he's ready to kill those two, the children each have an adorable death glare, and Thanos and Aphrodite aren't in here yet or Dimitri would be in a grave by now. Paxton is ready to speak but I already cut him off with my own words. I give his arm a squeeze before let go of his arm.

"It's okay I wasn't hungry anyways." I said with the saddest voice I have ever sounded. Hendrix goes to say something and I cut him off too.

"I'm going outside for a walk." I said with a single tear falling from my eye. I walk away from the table and mutter.

"Posticum apertum."

The back door slams opened against the wall.

"Sella movere posticum ."

The seat those two are in is moving out the back door. The unknown girl is screaming like a Banshee and all I can do walk towards the door wiping tears from my eyes. I walk by Dimitri and the unknown woman on his lap as I pass by the dining room chair on the back porch.

"Did she?"

"I believe so?"

"Are we sure she's human?"

"Hell, if I know!"

Stupid heart.

Stupid Tribrid.

Edited: 1/28/24