Fated to the Triplet Alphas-Chapter 98: Found Her

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Chapter 98

~Drake’s POV~

The house was unusually quiet that evening. Normally, the calm atmosphere of the house was something I appreciated after long days away, a place where I could finally breathe and think.

Tonight, however, the quiet only made the restless tension inside me worse.

Ever since I gave my sister all the information she needed, I had been restless, hoping she would give me good news soon.

My footsteps echoed faintly across the living room floor as I paced slowly back and forth near the large windows.

Outside, the city lights shimmered softly through the glass, painting the night in distant hues of gold and white.

Everything beyond the walls of this house looked peaceful and ordinary, yet my mind refused to settle into that same calm.

Since I returned from school and asked about the progress, Daisy told me to wait a second; she would be with me.

Now, it’s been over an hour waiting for Daisy.

My phone rested on the coffee table nearby, but I had already checked it more times than I cared to admit. There were no new messages and no missed calls. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

Nothing.

Which meant Daisy was still digging.

A frustrated breath left me as I ran a hand through my hair and turned toward the hallway again.

Earlier, she had walked into the house and headed straight for the dining room with her laptop and a stack of files without even bothering to greet me. That alone had been enough to make my instincts tighten.

Daisy never ignored me unless she had something interesting to say or something dangerous.

My pacing slowed when I finally heard movement.

The faint sound of footsteps reached me from the dining room, followed by the quiet scrape of a chair shifting across the floor. A moment later Daisy appeared fully in view.

She looked exactly the way she always did when she was in the middle of uncovering something important — focused and confident.

And just a little too amused.

She placed her laptop down on the dining table before sliding into one of the chairs with an ease that suggested she had all the time in the world.

I stopped pacing immediately. "Well?" I asked. The word came out sharper than I intended.

Daisy glanced up at me slowly, one eyebrow lifting slightly as though she found my impatience entertaining.

"You could at least say hello first," she said casually.

"Daisy."

That was all I said, but the tone in my voice made it clear that I was not in the mood for games tonight.

Her smirk widened. "Alright, alright," she murmured before flipping the laptop open.

The soft glow of the screen illuminated her face as her fingers moved across the keyboard. After a moment she leaned back slightly in her chair.

"I found quite a lot, actually."

My body stilled at once. Every muscle in my frame tightened as I watched her. Daisy adjusted the laptop slightly so she could read more comfortably.

"Her name is Jade Snow."

The moment the name left her mouth, something deep inside my chest twisted. Hearing it spoken aloud again felt strangely personal, in a way I did not quite understand.

"Single known parent," Daisy continued while scrolling through the information. "Alanna Snow." Her eyes scanned the screen briefly. "She attends Prestige Lunar Academy."

I nodded slowly. Most of that matched the little information I had already gathered on my own, but Daisy was not finished.

She leaned back further in her chair and crossed one leg over the other while glancing up at me.

"Oh," she added lightly, "and guess what the spicy part is about this girl." My brows pulled together slightly. Daisy’s smirk deepened. "She has had more than one sighting with the famous Alpha Triplets."

The room suddenly felt colder. For a moment, I did not move, breathe or say a single word.

Daisy studied my reaction carefully. Her voice softened slightly as she continued. "Looks like she might be their—"

The word never fully left her mouth, because in that exact moment, something inside me snapped.

My hand slammed down against the dining chair beside me with sudden force.

The wood cracked violently beneath my grip, the sharp sound echoing through the room as the backrest splintered under the pressure.

The entire chair shook beneath my hand before the damaged wood finally gave way. My jaw clenched so tightly that a muscle ticked visibly along the side of my face.

A dark heat surged through my chest, rising from somewhere deep inside me before I could stop it.

Drew roared deeply in my head. "Mine."

The thought struck my mind so violently that it startled even me.

Across the table, Daisy slowly closed her laptop. Rather than feeling scared with my sudden outburst, the amused expression she had worn earlier had vanished completely. In its place was a far more observant look as her sharp eyes narrowed slightly while studying me.

The broken chair creaked softly beneath my grip before I finally released it. And when I did, all that filled the room again was silence.

Daisy leaned back slowly in her chair, her fingers resting lightly on top of the closed laptop as she continued watching me.

Then she spoke again in a much quieter and more serious voice. "Tell me something, Drake."

I didn’t answer because I didn’t fully understand what had just happened.

I could not explain why the thought of Jade belonging to someone else had triggered something this violent inside me.

Daisy tilted her head slightly, her eyes never leaving my face.

"Who the hell is this girl..." she asked slowly. A brief pause followed before she finished the question. "...and why has the thought of her being another man’s affected you this way?"

She let the words settle in while watching me closely.

And for the first time since this whole situation began... I did not have the perfect answer.

"I am not going to take no for an answer," Daisy pushed. "She’s your mate, isn’t she?"