Fated To Three, Betrayed By All… Until She Rose.-Chapter 317: Three hot souls.

Zevran.

It was one thing to see Leilani all broken down and mourning. It was one thing to know her as the girl who hates the thought of us so much, you would never even find her batting her eyelashes around us...

And another... another thing entirely to see her so unabashed. So unruly and effortlessly funny all because she’s had a few cups of alcohol in her system.

Her purple eyes gleamed with excitement as she walked from one brother to the other, spewing things that I would’ve sworn with my liver that she would never be caught saying...

An example of this was when she walked up to me, all cutesy and soaked through and through by the rain. I had almost begun to think that she would snap at me for bringing my brothers here. I was afraid that she would accuse us of never letting her be whenever she needs it, until she opened her deliciously plump lips and asked;

"Do you think I am pretty?"

I gulped. My face burned despite the weather. My body thrummed with emotions I could barely contain as I whispered; "Yes... yes, you’re beautiful."

I had just said that when my eyes met my brothers’, and I had half expected them to make mockery of my very flustered state. But then I realized that they were just as flustered as I was.

Why?

Because Leilani was being sultry.

She was so hot... smoking hot. And all she had to do was be drunk.

"Ah yes! No wonder you’re always coming around even though I’ve told you times without numbers not to!" She drawled, smacking my upper arm playfully; But I didn’t feel pain. I felt a strange kind of warmth bloom in my chest instead.

"...don’t worry, Princesses! I think you’re beautiful too! Now, come on in, we’re soaked!" She finished, but at that moment, all I could think about was the fact that she had just called me beautiful too... that there was a high chance that she may find me attractive.

The thought made my cheeks burn so much, I was sure that I looked as red as a beetroot right now. But before I could process this, she turned around and ran to her door. And while she struggled with the locks, none of us moved. Not me nor my brothers.

We stood in place, battling with our inner demons and wondering if it would be a good idea to follow ’this kind of Leilani’ into her house; But the more we stood there, the more difficult it became to make a decision.

A few moments later and she finally pried the door open; and after she did that, she spun around quickly, beamed a beautiful beautiful smile at us and waved her bottle over her head, shouting; "Seek shelter now, your highnesses! Come with me!"

I had taken a step forward before realizing that I had moved against my will. That was how strong the hold this woman had on me was.

But before I could voice out this thought, I noticed that Caelum had long since left our side and now, he was marching to the door, almost walking in.

The sight made my heart race. But why?

I do not know.

So I found myself shouting out loud; "Stop!"

He stopped and turned around and I noticed to my dismay that he looked just as conflicted as I felt. His eyes darted from my face to the open door where Leilani still stood beckoning us in like the little devil that she was; and then he caved in to her.

And guys, it wasn’t that I didn’t trust myself around her. It wasn’t like I couldn’t control myself when the— her— temptation arises. The problem is just that... that I couldn’t control what the mate bond could do to us. I didn’t know the extent to which she was drunk and I didn’t want her to wake up tomorrow, regretting why she ever opened her door to us.

I tried to speak but my throat felt glued together. Even my legs on their own accord began to move towards the open door. I stepped in last and when I did, she shut the door quickly behind us and smiled, cleaning the water off her face as she said;

"Now that that’s been settled, I’d like you three to take off your clothes!"

And goddess, she said that so casually, so softly that I feared for a second that I hadn’t heard her correctly. I only realized that what I heard was what she’d said when I caught Caelum holding onto his shirt as if for dear life, his face so red, I would’ve laughed if we were in a different situation.

But we weren’t.

"No," he hissed, swallowing.

Kael on the other hand looked like he was about to combust with embarrassment. He was blushing so much and chewing on his bottom lip. I even noticed the way he trembled slightly... but even like this, his hands never left the hem of his shirt, so much so that he almost looked like he was battling with someone invisible over the ownership of his body.

"I do not want you three dripping water all over the house so take those clothes off or I’ll do it for you." She snapped, staggering a little; And I couldn’t help but wonder:

’Do it for us like we were three kids whom she could easily manhandle.’

—But come to think of it, she could easily do that if she wanted to. We were that weak around her...

This thought had my eyes widening and I slapped my hands over my chest in horror and shook my head. "No, we’re good just like this."

"Then you’ll stand there for the rest of the night!" She clapped back, sassily, her face flush in drunkenness.

Seeing her like this made me feel warm, but not warm enough that I would take off my clothes. I nodded. "Okay. We’ll stand here for the rest of the night. You do not have to worry about us."

At my words, she tilted her head to the side and stared at us for a moment too long; But she didn’t say anything.

A moment passed and several more... and after probably realizing that we were dead serious, she turned away and began to take off her clothes one after the other.

I froze.

"Wh-what are you doing?!" The words tumbled out of Kael’s mouth like a squeal and I didn’t even need to turn around to know that he was on the verge of passing out— I was too.

She shrugged; "I am taking off my clothes, Mr dumb, because I am wet too and I do not wish to drip water all over the house."

While she spoke, she continued to strip. And it wasn’t until she had stripped down to her panties and her bra that she stopped.

And her skin... goddess her skin was... flawless.

She looked like she was an angel that had fallen right through the sky and landed in front of us. And goddess... goddess, I wasn’t even looking at her body. I couldn’t bring myself to.

I didn’t dare to look past her shoulders. Yet here I was, dehydrated as fuck and trembling like a leaf in the wind. I gulped quietly, and before I could help myself, I asked;

"Don’t you feel cold? Do you not need to change into something warm?"

She turned to me then shrugged indifferently. "Cold? With you three hot souls standing there? Of course not!"

And with that, she sashayed away from us, leaving us panting like we’d just run a marathon.

Oh, dear heavens, join forces with the moon goddess and grant us strength... for tonight.