Chapter 2

DUSTIN

Her image continues to reflect in my mind as I walk off. I never wanted a woman who would come in and make my heart race, Louise doesn't need such a nanny. My brothers and I don't need a woman we will be tempted to have an affair with. One of the greatest mistakes I made was by not specifying the age range. Perhaps an older woman from forty years would've been better.

My brothers and I made a promise to our late mate that we would never give our heart to another woman after her death. This is what the pack members know but the secret is we don't want to endanger any woman that would decide to step in to be our next mate. She's sure to be killed by our first mate who is a Phoenix Vampire, prior to her dangerous nature we laid her down but her spirit still hovers in the estate. Once she detects we have someone else, she would definitely come for the person.

We specified that it would take a very long time before we bring another woman into our hearts but still we won't love her as we loved her. This was to calm her spirit before ending her life. We told our pack members and even our daughter that Lucy got diagnosed with cancer last year and died within that same year. She had Ovarian cancer which made it difficult for her to conceive but it was her endless dream to raise a baby with us. We went extreme to the point of adopting a baby from a foreign pack, a baby from a mother who wasn't capable of raising her child to make everyone believe. In this aspect, we could justify our action. She's a vampire and a cold breed one whose eggs were frozen, she couldn't bear a child.

As for the real mother of our baby girl, according to information from the hospital she gave birth at, she got impregnated after a one-night stand at a five-star club where she went to find a partner. The father of the child must be some wealthy bastard who knew how best to fuck a lady without protection, making her risk a pregnancy and eventually pulling her to suffer all alone.

Austin, Justin, Aaron, Baron, Cameron, Sharon and I loved Lucy so much, she was our only mate and at times I sit to think and conclude that it's a curse from the moon goddess. How can we be fated to a hundred year old vampire who was the woman our dad dated in his lifetime without knowing who she truly was until years later after marrying her.

We brought a curse directly on ourselves by taking in our dad's woman, even though she wasn't the one he later married but so far as they once dated, the curse of the moon goddess descended on us. I've never seen the moon goddess as unfair before, but I'm forced to say so here. With this curse, any other mate we would later have wouldn't stay to give us a pup, she will die.

If Lucy, originally Alexia, was a werewolf like us, I would say she died from the curse. Well, no one really knows what the issue is, or whether it's just fate. We choose to keep it a secret from everyone.

I shake my head to clear off this thought, each time I think of this, my wolf gets so weakened, he'd loved Lucy so much and now she's no more. Seeing Alexa, the new nanny trying to take my heart from my beloved wife and mate, I find myself slowly beginning to hate her.

I initially wanted to pick some document from the drawing room but seeing Alexa, I need to return as quickly as I can to talk to my brothers. This is just a mysterious fate, why will she bear a similar name with our first mate, as well as exert a deep sense of bond with me.

Something must be wrong somewhere!

I rush to the living room where we sat, waiting for Alexa's arrival before I left. I know Austin really well, after waiting for a while and not seeing Alexa, she would want to come down. When he comes down and sets eyes on Alexa, there's no way he won't want her. He loves women and then he will be able to convince the rest into accepting her.

I just guess I'm the one who loved Lucy more.

"Heyyy guys," I call out as usual. "Alexa is here but I just caught gossiping about us with Maurin, trying to get some information about us which is strictly prohibited." I lied. This should be like a second reason to reject her, I just decide to hide my main reason. I can't let her risk her life just to serve us. She might not understand me here but sure, I know what I'm saying. It's this first before we talk of her wanting to derive information about us from Maurin, our life and our fate ought to be a secret, if I let her in, she might go on to know more than what she deserves to know, even before the right time to know it. I also have to consider this.

"I've sent her away, I don't want a nanny with such personality. She might end up putting us in trouble." We need someone who's able to stick to the rules strictly.

Austin, Justin and I are celebrity actor, athlete and pop idol respectively. Coming to Aaron, Baron, Cameron and Sharon, they are public figures as well who ought to avoid scandals as much as possible.

Aaron is a celebrity author with millions of fans worldwide, Baron, a senator at the National Assembly, Cameron, a top model and our last born, Sharon who is a rocky cop. He looked most hot especially in his black and black uniform, always getting girls to throw themselves voluntarily at him during duty and off duty for an unwarranted arrest.

With this, we needed privacy, probably why we decided to keep our personal information from foreign packs.

Louise, our five year old daughter comes out of the inner room running towards us. I watch who she's going to meet among the seven of us. My heart was beating heavily, I feel like I'm in a competition with my brothers to gain Louise’ attention all the time.

"Daddy, who's that? My new nanny?" I gasp, pulling out a loud noise upon seeing her running up to me. It's evident, I'm her favorite dad.

"Yes baby, but she's not the right person for you." I didn't know she was eavesdropping on us. Nanny talks so far have been what had driven her interest so deep. After her mom's death, we'd always hired contract nannies from local agencies to take care of her. It seemed she didn't like them enough, so this time around we decided to bring a professional nanny with years of experience.

"Whyy?" She asks as she climbs on top of my laps. Justin who's sitting on the same couch with Austin reaches out to grab her hand. I pout my lips, folding my arms across my chest, turning to the back and back towards her, trying to figure out what best answer I should give her.

"She talks too much!" I let my tongue slip with this, out of the hatred I've incur for her without even thinking much. I blink my eyes in curiosity as I wait for Louise' reaction to this. I feel I made a mistake, I should've said something better.

"I like her!" I flare my eyes. Then I narrow it, wondering if she knows what she wants. "I want someone who will talk and play with me. Other nannies I had were too strict."

Before I get to respond to her, she's up from my laps and is running out of the room.

"Heyy, Louise. Wait!" I begin to chase after her but she's running at a fast speed. I believe she's a born athlete and might possibly take over from Justin. Besides we didn't even know what next she was up to.

"Hey wait! Daddy doesn't want you to go meet her now!" I shout after her, being the dad she loves most, I thought she's going to listen but she doesn't.

I stamp my feet in anger, still directed towards Alexa. Louise isn't stubborn this way, I get curious as to why she defied our calls to go see Alexa. What's so special about this lady that since she walked in, my wolf got excited. Now Louise is so eager to see her like there's some invisible force following her.

"We need to get that woman out of here as soon as possible. I perceive she has a bad influence, even on Louise who hasn't seen her before." I stress out to my brothers who follow me out of the living room to catch up with our daughter.

When we climb down the stairs, Louise is already heading through the entrance door. My heart seizes knowing next to our mansion is the road. I can't afford to lose her after losing her mother and our mate last year.

My eyes scanned over to Maurin's place behind the desk, her head was over the desk. Anger ripples in my chest.

"Why are you sleeping by this time when you're supposed to be awake?" I lash at her with my loud voice and a loud hit on the desk which forces her awake and really panting. I gesture to my brothers to go after Louise, I want to deal with this woman here who has let Alexa's influence catch her.

"Oh God, sir! I'm so sorry, Alpha." She stammers. She gets confused not knowing what to do.

"You're fired! Pack your things and go." I say, pointing to the door. "Our daughter just ran past here through the door to the road. What if something happens to her on the road and you're here sleeping, meanwhile you could have stopped her from going through if you were awake!" I say in between gnashing teeth, balling my fingers.

My anger still links to Alexa, I feel she's the cause of all this mishap. Maurin has never slept off at work before, talk less of this early morning, something must be wrong. I can't help but to let her go. If she wishes, when she has learnt her lesson, she can return to another job.

With this, I rush outside. My heart stops beating as I see Alexa holding Louise so high in the air and then clutching her so tight to her chest. My eyes trail over to my brothers, who stare at the scene with so much shock. My eyes slowly open to the truth, something I'd not noticed before now.

“Why do they look so similar?” Sharon, our last born who is claimed to be smartest asks.

“Could it be what I'm thinking?” Austin, our eldest, pokes his eyes out, freezing to the spot he stands. Tension ripples in my chest as I take a deeper look between Alexa and Louise.

“Goddess! This cannot be possible!”

—---------

Alexa’s POV

“Heyy, nanny. Hello!”

I heard a little girl's voice pull up behind me. I'd left the estate already but still praying deep inside of me for something to happen which will take my back. I couldn't afford to miss two great opportunities, working with my celebrity crush and raising funds for my surgery as well. Without having a health challenge, I'd still love to do this job.

I had to imagine how hard it must have been for seven dads to raise a child. No matter how many they were, the child still needed maternal care. Probably, this sensitive nature was aroused particularly after I'd lost my baby in adoption. I felt my breath going away for me as she was being taken off me but yet I couldn't take care of her either, I was helpless myself, without parents or support from anyone.

I was eighteen then, just graduated from college and was looking for some rich, handsome guy to mingle with, someone who would foot my bills. This probably led me into gathering the little money I had to attend a luxury dinner party at an exquisite bar with the hope of landing with a wealthy guy. This was the greatest mistake I made, I only landed with an unplanned pregnancy.

Right after losing my baby, the only soul I had on earth to comfort me, I realized I'd made a great mistake, worse than engaging in a one-night stand. I was determined to find her as far as she lives on this earth, no matter what it took me.

Well, nobody knows but this was my secret reason for enrolling in a Nanny Care Agency, a prestigious one. Thank God I passed my tests and became one of the best nannies over the years. In each family I went to look after the kid, I dreamt of seeing my baby. There's no way I wouldn't know her if I saw her.

So when I heard this little voice call me, I stopped, turning around slowly. “Maybe God wants to use her to call me back,” I say inside of me. My eyes lowers slowly to look at her.

I stumble backward, nearly falling if not that I take a good stance. My eyes blink up and down as I gaze at her. “Am I dreaming?” What? She looks so much like me, could this be a coincidence of what I just had in mind or she's–

My daughter?

My eyes nearly falls out of their sockets seeing this cute little girl with the same face as me. When my daughter was taken away from me, her adopters represented by their legal delegates didn't let me have any information of where they will be taking her to or who she will be with. I was only told she's wanted in a foreign elite family who can't make a kid. Foreign because they didn't want an after connection between my daughter and I, the parent, later on in the future so they took her somewhere so far away.

“Why do I look so much like you?” The little girl mutters, looking up at me with pretty, dull eyes. My lips are wide open as I stare at her without being able to provide her with an answer. She just said exactly what I was about to ask.

It's at this point, I see seven hot men, all identical, same height and faces, muscular, hot and sexy stepping out of the estate. I pull the little girl into my arms, holding her so tight.

Gosh!

Here is another mighty distraction. My eyes settle on them without being able to lift off them. I feel ripples in my stomach, my eyes start to go blur like some white film is settling over it. My legs tremble and I feel some sweat in my palms.

“Who are these?” I mutter, asking the little girl.

“They are my daddies. Seven Alphas raised me up after the death of my mom. That's why I'm asking "why do I look so much like you?” She repeats her question but still I wonder what to tell her, even I, myself, am confused. What then can I say? So for the second time, I'm pretending as though I didn't hear her ask this.

“What's your name?” I choose to bring up another question to take off the pressure from thinking about this.

“Louise.”

“Louise? Woww!” I smile.

“What a lovely name.” I try to cheer her up, acting happy but only I know what I'm feeling inside. As the confusion in me heightens, the seven Alphas are coming closer. It hits me deep to realize that they all have the same scent. My wolf, which has always been calm, immediately leaps up, growling so loud that I can feel my lungs vibrating, my heartbeat triples. My head and mind at this moment seems to be clouded with a white film as they walk closer. Slowly I feel sparks rolling over me, tingles climbing up with the riot of the hormones inside of me.

“What's really going on?”

“Mates! Mates!! Mates!!!”

I hear my wolf leap and screaming, I stamp my feet on the ground, refusing to accept this. All my life, especially after I was abandoned after my one-night stand, which is often so, I yearned for a fated mate who would love me and care for me, well I also knew it's so hard seeing one as a single mother. Even after I gave my daughter up for adoption, I thought I'll find one shielding this part of my life from the public and pretending to be a single young woman, yet I found no one.

I need one man, not seven Alphas. How can all these cute, charming, sexy young men be mates with such a lowly girl as I? I'm sure the moon goddess made a pretty big mistake by doing this.

“Come on, these are Alphas and one of them is an idol. Why will they even look at me twice?” I question my wolf. Or is it my wolf that's making this mistake.

“But they are looking at you?” My wolf retorts. I swallow the lump in my throat.

“What do you mean?”

As I look straight for the first time into the Alphas’ eyes, I realize they are doing the same to me right now. Gosh!

“Good morning, Alphas.” I force a smile, bowing in respect. The environment isn't conducive especially with this set of bosses I'm seeing, commanding and possessive but I really need this job, I wish to work for my celebrity idol, even if it's for free. This little girl here is a new mystery I've been saddled to uncover.

How can I leave now?

I now have a thousand and one reasons to stay and accept this job. Louise, first of all, my health and then Dustin, my celebrity crush whom I only wished to meet but never really thought of meeting.

“Who are you?” One of them emerges, coming closer than others. His eyes did scan me all round, I feel with his look he has already investigated about me and carried out all the necessary checks. He pulls his nose up, sniffing the air.

“Why am I feeling so tense?” He smirks, his tone being filled with a bit of mockery. In addition, he's stern and seems wicked. I gulp down saliva. I wanted to respond to him but I can't. My lips fumble but I don't say a word.

If looks could kill, I would probably die at this moment.

“Hey young woman,” he continues. “Don't joke with me lest I arrest you. I'm a police officer and you have no right to lie before an officer of the law.” I shiver as he walks even closer. My eyes are shaking in their sockets. I can't grab Louise as firmly as before.

“If you don't tell us the truth, I'll propose a new law at the Senate against you-” I turn to check out the one who's saying this. He doesn't show any difference from them. I want to know their names. I just want to memorize their names, I wish I could. I can't just address them all as Alpha since the particular one I'm referring to wouldn't get it, except I look too deep. I'm not ready to stare at them this way but yet, the next moment my eyes land with theirs, the gaze becomes even more overpowering.

“Baron, leave her to me. This isn't the senate.” The officer snaps.

It's at this point my crush walks forward with a rock-hard face. “I'll handle her.” He says to his brothers. My mind starts to form dirty thoughts being that one guy I'd always crushed on.

“Why is my wolf feeling so excited seeing you when I hate low class women like you?” He asks in a deep, cold voice filled with sarcasm. As I keep mute, not replying, he growls, making me quiver.

“Stop talking to mama like that.” Louise protests.

“What?” I gasp, raising my eyes up, wishing the Alphas didn't just hear that but they did. My heart nearly stopped hearing this little girl say this to Dustin. I take a deep breath, falling my shoulders.

They all eye me suspiciously, not saying a word. The next moment they are whispering among themselves, except Dustin who's right here in front of me. My breath goes heavier as seconds pass. This moment of silence leaves me wondering what my next fate will be, will they reject me or accept me?

“Hmm,” Dustin sighs. “Why do you look so similar like Louise?”

“No, there's something fishy somewhere. I wouldn't take you.” He shakes his head, throwing off a consulting gaze with his brothers. There's a frightening air of silence. Suspense overshadows me as I stand here, being drifted between wanting to take the job for my health and refusing because of these cold, possessive seven Alphas whom my wolf says I'm mates with.

My hands snap off Louise, I stumble back as my legs shake.

“What's wrong?” She asks. I shake my head, waving my hand.

“Nothing!” I mutter.

“Why don't you want to take her? I like her dad.” Louise protests.

“We can't take someone who has a similar face to you to avoid fan criticism. We are celebrities, you know that right? We don't want some scandal talks.”

“You mean she's likely to be my mom?” Louise raises a voice of concern.

“If so, who cares! You must take her!” She lashes back at Dustin.

“No darling,” I squat, grabbing her shoulders. “You don't talk to dad that way, whether I'm accepted or rejected, just that I really needed this job to save my life.”

“What? What do you mean?” Louise comes closer, staring deep into my eyes with curiosity.

I sighed, reluctant to say this but there's this strong force that keeps pulling me to say it. I really like Louise so much that I feel I can't just hide anything from her.

“You like me, right mama?”

“Why do you keep calling me mama?” I ask.

“Because you look so much like me.”

I blush, brushing her face with my fingers. My eyes get teary at the moment. Before saying this, I lift my eyes towards Dustin and his six brothers, they all have their eyes pointed at me. I feel probably they didn't really hate me that much but something stops them from accepting me right away.

“Well, I have a brain tumor and I agreed to do this job to raise money for my surgery. I have only two years left.” I swallow hard, trying to stop the tears from coming out of my eyes.

“Huh?” I hear as they all chorus in unison, coming closer. Their brows lowers as they stare at me curiously.

“Maybe we don't need to let her die after all?”

“Cameron, you can't say that? How do we know if she's lying or not, she must be lying. Look! She looks so healthy and no top agency will hire a sick person and send her overseas for work. She must have undergone her medicals. She's probably lying to get her way in.”

I ball my fist, rising up in anger. “I thought you were so kind and loving as the media did show you but all that I realize, you're just the most cool, arrogant and sarcastic person I've ever met.” I lash at him, not caring about what he'd do to me.

Grabbing my luggage, I pat Louise on the head. “I love you so much and wish I could stay to know more about you but I can't cope with your dad. Well, we'll meet again someday, if not here, beyond the skies.”

My lips pull out into a sad smile, with my teary eyes, I turn around about to walk off but two hands grab me suddenly, on either side.

“Don't go!”

What? Did I just hear Dustin say this?

Chapter 3

AUSTIN

We stand to wonder, wondering what's going on. Where did Louise and Alexa meet? These two seem to have a great connection, from the way Alexa is looking at her and the way Louise is defending her, she has never done this for her previous nannies.

“Could they really be mother and daughter?” This is the first question that comes to my mind. Alexa is from Beline Pack while we reside here in Avelon Pack. Louise was adopted from Alexa's pack.

I walk up to Dustin and place my mouth close to his ear. “Let her stay so we can take both of their DNAs to verify.”

“What will we do even if we discover she's the mother, remember we went so far away to adopt a baby so we would never come in contact with the mother years later.”

I sigh, shaking my head. “Tell me, you have feelings for her. We all do. Seems there's something special about her, she's our second chance mate.”

“Huh?” Dustin gasps, blinking his eyes several times. His jaw drops, then he shakes his head. “No, no, no.”

“Stop lying! You like her.” I say it out aloud, he becomes speechless, I dislike the way he keeps on denying what he truly feels. It's his lifestyle but here it proves even more annoying. He sees no need for Alexa to stay but still he's the one that grabbed her as she was about to go.

As I say this, my brothers who are standing behind us folds their lips, trying hard to compose and keep a serious face. “And y’all, you wanna deny this feeling too?”

“Which feelings?” Cameron asks with a mischievous look.

“Don't mind him. He likes women so much and thinks we all are like him.” Dustin defends. I just smirk, wondering how long they are going to play with fate.

I immediately withdraw from Dustin seeing he isn't saying anything but just gazing at me with both hands in his pocket. Alexa turns as I walk up to her. Our eyes meet and my wolf seems to jump up in excitement, growling. I look down on myself, then back to her and my brothers.

"Who are you?" I mutter. "Why do you tend to have much effect over everything? How did you know Louise?" My mind worked out all these questions and it gets to be released at once.

Justin walks closer to us, staring at her with darkened eyes. Usually nothing interests him but seeing him look so intensely at Alexa, something is certainly going on in his heart.

"I have nothing to say about my life or who I am as I'm not getting to work with you guys," she says, staring at us boldly in the face while dropping Louise who's still clinging to her.

"How did you know her?" I ask Louise.

"My wolf feels so attached to her, I sense she's my birth mom.”

“Come on, you can't say what you aren't sure of. What makes you think that?” I scold her.

“Because I feel it.” She retorts with confidence, glaring directly into my eyes.

While talking with Louise, Alexa searches her luggage which she'd already opened. I wasn't so interested in what she was up to until she taps on me.

“Anywhere since you don't believe this. Take it!”

In her hand was a medical report, two as I look closer. My brothers rush closer, gathering around to take a closer look at it. I peer into it suspiciously, feeling she really wants to prove herself and work with us.

The first happens to be the result of Louise’ DNA and more details about her, exactly like the one we have ourselves. Our lips drift far apart as we turn to look at each other.

“Give me this! This can't be true.” Dustin snatches the first paper from my hands revealing the second which was a scan result, with the picture of the brain tumor captured.

Gosh!

I raise my index fingers to my lips, I raise my head to look at Alexa. In my eyes, she now appears like a pretty yet helpless maiden who needed help from us.

“I can't believe this!” Dustin mutters. Deep within me, I know this is out of shock rather than doubt. In fact none of us expected this, to meet with the real mother of our kid again.

"I can't believe we actually found her!" Justin rushes forward to hug her but she stops him.

"Wait!!"

I freeze on the spot. I've never found such a woman with great confidence who can look us straight in the eyes and refuse us. I can't really believe she stopped me before hugging her.

Dustin walks towards us, for a while he's been standing at a distance observing us. He holds a smirk on his face as his arms are still crossed over his chest.

“And you're showing this to us?”

What the hell! Why does Dustin keep being so stubborn, he can't even admit his feelings or keep his mouth shut. Right now, I feel like knocking that head off but he wouldn't take it seriously rather than me flirting.

“Don't you see me proving myself as begging you to give me this job. My integrity is my dignity and I wouldn't submit it to a mannerless Alpha like you. Worse than an enemy!”

"You sure know who you're talking to, right?" He targets Alexa who raises her eyes at him.

"Sure, I know and I don't care because I'm going!"

“I'm not ready to deal with your manners,” I hear her generalizing. “I only wanted to work here initially after I discovered that my celebrity crush is one of the seven. Little did I know you're worse than the devil's son!” She barks at him, rolling his eyes on him.

"Hmm," Dustin scoffs. "Am Omega like you showing us pride?"

“You, in particular!” She lashes back. “I mean you don't even have sympathy even af-” Her voice trails off and she starts to cough. I thought maybe it's something light but it persists, I drop the second file with Baron who's beside me, rushing over to the reception. Getting a bottle of water, no rush back, opening it and handing it over to her. She gulps it down, taking a heavy breath as she's done. Her eyes stare down at the water, then to me, she sighs.

“Thanks.” She hands the bottle with the remaining water back to me, what captures me more becomes her eyes as she steadies mine with a feel of profound gratitude. She nods her head gently, I just don't know what this means, probably she's touched by my kind gesture to her.

"Thanks once again for your kind gesture,” she bows, returning back to Dustin. “You’re the one showing too much pride here and I detest it. I'm done here, I don't have anything to do with where you are."

She gently pulls Alexa's hands off her body, arranging herself and gripping her handbag with her phone on the right and her luggage on the left, she proceeds to walk away.

"Mama!!!"

I hear Louise shout.

Alexa turns one last time, not looking at any of us but our daughter alone, waving to her with a smile.

"I might never see you again but take care of yourself baby, know that mama loves you!" Hearing her say this and with the way my wolf seems to go off me, I rush to her, swiftly turning in front of her and falling to my knees just before her. She looks confused with a gasp, turning to check on my brothers.

“I don't want you to leave. Stay with us!” I say, grabbing both of her hands.

“We don't want you to leave, at least you'll be a good nanny to Louise!” Cameron joins in.

“Yes, at least for your tumor surgery.” Baron says.

Dustin maintains his stance, speechless and looking at us all. He has his arms crossed over his chest.

My eyes darken in regret and deep desire. "I want you here with us, to take care of our daughter. See she really loves you--" I stammer, not knowing what further to say to her as her eyes are already firm with resolve to leave. I feel like a part of me which I'd always wanted for years now is going to depart once she leaves and there's no other chance of a true mate for us again. We had the first and now, the second which is her.

—-------

Alexa's POV

My body shakes and all the veins in my body trembles as Austin kneels right in front of me. As an Omega, this isn't supposed to happen. In his eyes shines affection and compassion, unlike Dustin who still remains stiff and arrogant, probably i'll switch my favorite Alpha to Austin and keep Dustin as the last. I can't really tell more about the rest but if I get to work with them, with time I'm supposed to know all of their characters.

Dustin walks up in front of me, still folding his arms before me. He releases a smirk. I give him a deep, hard stare. I'm not going to be soft with him in any way.

"What about you giving us three days and if we can't satisfy you, then you leave?" Austin asks in a deep and rich, seductive voice, ignoring his brother. My eyes look deep into his soul, I smirk.

"Who's talking about sex with you?" I think in my mind. "Do you just want to kill me with that?" I say it out loud. I take my chance to look at them again, seven tall, very handsome, charming and agile young men full of muscles and energy. I imagine myself falling into a trap of them all wanting sex at the same time from me.

"I'm here to work and take care of my daughter, not to be your mate in any way.” I breathe out. "I already have a lot going on in my life. I can't cope with seven seductive Alphas so as not to add to the stress." I say with boldness.

Austin, the one whom I've come to realize as the most jovial among them, rises up, resting both of his hands on my shoulders, staring deep into my eyes. I feel he can see into the window of my soul. My wolf leaps up in excitement having him too close with his brothers and gazing at me.

"Do you feel it?" He brings his face closer to me, just a little bit and our lips would be touching. Already feeling the throbbing heat under my core. I drop my handbag and the handle of my luggage as his face keeps coming closer, my eyes closing slowly. I'm getting swallowed up under the energy of his influence, I feel that his brothers are joining too and adding up to what really seems like a mate bond.

My breathing increases, I'm panting. Just as his lips are about to touch mine, I break up, panting heavily. The intense pressure was getting too much and I don't want to be seen as succumbing too early. My mind goes directly to Louise.

"Did they just allow Louise to watch this sort of adult thing?" I question myself, when I set my eyes on her with Justin who was kneeling, now on his feet covering her eyes. I grin, nodding my head in satisfaction.

“We will ease your stress and treat you well!” Austin promises. Though I made up my mind to walk away, I find myself now drawing back to them, to this bond that's pulling us together.

So I decide to follow them to their mansion, passing through the reception, I see the young woman who was answering my questions packing her things. I stop, my brows narrows.

“Why are you leaving so early?" I ask. She raises her eyes pointing them at Dustin. We all turn, looking at him. He must have done something outrageous again. I ball my fist, twisting my lips.

Is this even the kind of person I fell for?

She doesn't say a word but rolls her luggage out of the reception ground. I stood for a while watching her. The other six Alphas stare at their brother with curiosity.

"What did you do?" They ask him.

"Let her go!" This, he responds, gesturing to us to move on.

When later I arrive at the reception floor thinking I have someone to talk to, I realize that person is gone and somehow she seems to have been angry with me. I try to reason out what she or I could have said which ended her in trouble.

“Hmm,” I sigh, not being able to say anything.

I got shown to my room by a different Alpha, one of them whom I haven't spoken to yet. I mutter a Thank you as I settle in, before he walks away. Then I shut my door, falling on the bed and sighing so loud.

“Such crazy, hot bastards!” I puff.

I know that Alphas are often cold, commanding and possessive but I didn't expect them to be this extreme. Must I cry and beg before they help me with this job? They certainly know I'm saying the truth about my tumor but they still let Dustin say trash.

I'm literally gonna spend the first three days mostly in my room without going out. I don't wanna meet them. Louise often comes into my room whenever she needs care and attention, at other times I'll go to our room. Austin turns out to be the one giving me orders on what is needed at a certain time.

As I have nothing to do, I lie in my room which almost feels like being in a semi-paradise, on the same floor with the seven dads and opposite Louise.

My heart can't stop thinking about them in fond and hate, both battling with each other, even as it seems I get into a trance trying to sleep for the little free hours I have to rest.

I rise from the bed, deciding to stroll around a bit, so I head to the living room. A piece of paper on the table captures my sight, I rush to have a look.

"It seems you have nothing really to do today!" It's a written note on the table of the living room, one of the Alphas must have written this.

“I'm not doing anything today, so what?” I lash back at whoever must have written this. “What do you expect me to do then, flirt with you?” I scoff, dropping the paper back. I look around, sniffing the air to see if anyone is home, I'm not actually sending anyone. I hold my chest realizing I'm the only one in the entire mansion. I want to wonder how the seven Alphas evade not feeling alone having to live here alone, how will they feel lonely when they are seven with a little daughter?

I suppose the workers here, like cleaning staff properly, have their own quarters faraway, because I don't see anyone around this side.

I turn the back of the paper, luckily a number is written. I pull out my phone quickly and dial the number. I wonder which of them is this. Well, I just need to call.

Chapter 4

Alexa’s POV

"Look how it's as though I'm missing them?" I scoff, crossing one of my arms against my chest, waiting for the line to be picked up.

"Hello," a deep, seductive voice comes up. I try to process it to see who it is by trying to remember the almost identical tones of each brother.

"Who is it?" I ask with a stern voice.

"Hahaha," he bursts into a sexy laugh which catches me off guard. My jaw drops as I imagine what to say next.

"Why the laugh?" I sound rude. I can't sound so simple to these crazy, wealthy and sexy bastards who believe they can get whatever they want with their beauty and charms.

"You don't have to sound rude to show that you're interested in us!"

"What!" I bark.

"Yes, nothing to hide!" He comes up firm on me. Then he scoffs. "There's nothing you can't hide from me. I can tell your mind from just hearing your tone!"

My lips shut tight, I can just listen but not able to say anything. Next thing I cut the call, breathing hard.

Now I know who he is, certainly he must be at work, Louise at school, and the rest are out too.

Louise returns later on in the afternoon after being dropped by her driver. I was thinking one of the Alphas would bring her back from school.

"When are your dads coming back?" I ask her. "Where do they work?" Even though I see her being too young to derive information about her dads which she might not know all, I've got no choice before curiosity kills me.

"They are coming back late in the evening." She replies as she stumps her legs playfully while on top of my laps.

"Wow, I can't wait!” I mutter without realizing.

I pull my thoughts immediately out, with a slight grin.

“I guess you have to marry them so you will become my official mom!" Louise spreads her hands so wide.

“Huh?” I gasp staring into her eyes with wide lips. “I'm here to work as your nanny, not to marry seven Alphas?”

“But your work doesn't stop you from being my mom and it doesn't stop you from seeing your mates in them.”

I fold my lips, looking away briefly as I hear her say this. “What's this girl thinking in her mind?” Seven mates is more than I can handle, probably I will exclude one and that will be Dustin.

I'm puzzled by such great personalities of these cute charming men who are supposed to be in their mid or late twenties. We chatted till the evening, around 7 PM. I set her to sleep, then return to the living room waiting for her dads' return. I suspected it was 8 PM. I hoped to stay awake till then but till I slept off, I didn't realize.

As I feel a warm, gentle touch on my shoulder, I jerk up, slowly opening my eyes to meet six eight pack abs men, shirtless, only in shorts staring at me with their gorgeous eyes. One is standing by the wall, staring at me.

That must be Dustin!

I flare my eyes so wide, scanning through my environment.

"What's going on?" I ask, staring at them. Each holds a lustful smirk on their faces, I trail behind their gaze to my body. I rise in shock, attempting to run off their presence but one of the brothers grabs me firmly by the hand.

I trail my eyes slowly on my body, I can't just believe that I just returned from the bathroom. I didn't see a towel to use, so I just put on a loose linen gown which I have among my clothes collection. I didn't want my undies to get wet. This with the hope of going in to dress up once my body gets dried. I sat by the fan to blow myself dry, not knowing I was slowly drifting to sleep.

My nipples protrude against the light piece of cloth. I gaze down and to my hips and ass, it sticks to my body, showing some of my skin. Shyness wants to kill me at this point seeing the triplet Alphas say nothing but devor me with their hungry, lustful eyes.

Tension gradually builds up in my chest, my chest ripples with sensations mixed with varieties of feelings, which fear gets to be among as I observe their size should something happen between us.

I feel this throbbing sensation in my core, my veins pulsating. My bad, I didn't put on either a bra or panties. The gown I'm wearing just stops mid-hip.

How am I going to explain to these dads that I wasn't trying to seduce them but mistakenly fell asleep?

"Is there any need to do that?" My wolf, who has been excited since morning when she happened to meet them for the first time, says.

Austin gently pushes me to the couch and squats in between me, supporting his chin while staring at me. "Why are you afraid? We will be gentle on you!"

Hearing this, I know I'm finished. My breath begins to pour out heavily. My eyes scan between the two Alphas who suddenly sit beside me, one on each side with Justin in between me. Though I'm wearing a cloth, I feel so exposed with my wolf getting more excited each passing second.

"Let them touch you!" She says.

"Alexa," Dustin calls, walking up to me. Justin as well reaches out to me, his hand resting on my hip. I slowly lift my eyes from his hand on my lap to his eyes, I sense hunger, a burning desire for me which can't be quenched. When I thought it's only him, I shifted my gaze to his brothers. They each possess that fire in their eyes.

"Since our mate died, we haven't had anything to do with any woman both outside and inside this house.” Dustin says.

“I wonder why our wolves want you this much!" Justin replies to him. His tone alone carries me away, making me want to blush.

It's such a special thing hearing the controllers of the Avalon Pack, the largest pack in the world, want me. According to fashion model magazines, they were considered the three most eligible bachelors in the world for eight consecutive years.

I can't hold my blush forever, I finally blush slightly as the tickling effects of having such hot guys around me trying to seduce me overwhelm me.

Next second, their hands begin to roam, my heart wants to rip off my chest as loud and hasty beats can be heard from my chest. I really don't realize when the sweetness of their hands fondling my body got to my head and I got completely soaked in passion.

Austin grabbed my waist gently, Justin spread my legs wider slowly, the tension in my core triples. My eyes locked gaze with his, his darkened, dull eyes tells me he's really gone far in his urge. Slowly I felt a hand drool over my shoulders, dropping on my right breast and one of his fingers directly on top of my nipple, quite hardened and protruding from my wet linen gown.

I look at him in shock but he sends more shock across my veins as his other hand travels to my hip, trailing fingers to the inside just a little bit away from my core.

"Gosh!" I shake my head, no longer able to withstand the pleasure that's coming from these hot guys.

"I thought you hated me?" I murmur at Dustin remembering how he treated me when I first met him. "This, because you promised your late mate never to--"

"What if you replace her?"

I gasp at Dustin's response, narrowing my eyes in surprise. Will I be able to handle these seven hot Alphas forever? My look gets laced with surprise seeing the seriousness about this from their faces.