Chapter 3

Jade's POV

"Oops, I'm sorry I didn't mean to direct that at you" Linda said dramatically.

Of course. Sure it was a mistake.

"Why are you apologizing" Ronan butted in. "She's no more useful than a bin so she is meant to take all our shit"

Linda laughed hysterically, "You are right Ronan."

Then she stood up and began to wear her clothes.

"You know my mating ceremony is tomorrow so I have to go out with my Dad to finalize the dress I'll be wearing." She said and suddenly looked at me. "Oh wait, your eighteenth birthday is tomorrow too isn't it?" she stated her voice dripping with sweetness and mockery.

"I wonder who will be cursed enough to be mated to you" Ryder muttered and even though I didn't want to admit it, it hurt hearing that from him.

I used to like these boys, and they liked me too. Up until my father was framed, everyone thought one of them was going to be my mate, if not all three.

But ever since my Dad was taking out of the picture, I returned to school and they had all changed.

They barely spared Linda a glance before but now Linda parades herself everywhere as their "soon to be mate". And they are all over her too, protecting her and being her knights in shining armor.

I hated to admit it but it hurts to see.

"I can't wait to be officially announced as your mate you guys" Linda squealed happily as she bent over the sofa to get her purse and I noticed her grab something shine from the table.

"See you for our big day tomorrow guys." Linda said happily and then she turned to me, her smiles now disappearing "And I hope you have a fun time cleaning."

The boys tenderly wished her goodbye, standing up to hug and kiss her before she finally left.

"And you? What are you looking at? You should be halfway through cleaning by now" Ronan said turning to me, his face filled with disgust.

Ronan is the youngest of the triplets, he has always been loud and outspoken. He used to always proclaim how he was the one that adored me the most amongst his brothers, and now.... I guess he seemed to be the one that hates me the most.

Renzo is the eldest, usually quiet and composed with a cold stare. He is the most mature, always trying to keep his brothers in line. But this time around, he didn't try to keep them in line, he followed suit instead.

Ryder is the second twin and the playful one, or was, because ever since they started this hateful parade towards me, he seemed to have lost his goofiness and everything about him now points at one thing, his hatred for me.

"I need to clean my body" I said to them. My hair and dress was still dripping off Linda's squirt.

"You have the audacity to...." Ronan was saying but Renzo stopped him and looked at me.

"Go and clean yourself up, you can trash your dress too, I'll get someone to get you some new clothes" Renzo stated.

"You mean that?!" The surprise was written all over my face.

"Go into the bathroom before I change my mind" He said and I quickly waltz off to the bathroom.

I made sure I locked the bathroom door before removing my dress, dropping it on the floor and stepping under the shower.

I let the water wash Linda's filth off me.

My mind drifted back to Renzo, that was the softest tone he has ever spoke to me in almost a year. Is he slowly turning back to the Renzo I used to know? I hope so.

I was done washing my body and I stepped out of the shower.

I noticed my dress was wet on the floor and I looked around, the only thing I could use to cover my body is a small towel that barely covered my bum.

Renzo said he was going to get me new clothes, I should ask him for it.

I grabbed the short towel, tied it, opened the bathroom door and peeped out into the room.

Renzo was on the study table, his attention focused on a book.

Ronan was on the couch watching TV.

And Ryder was on the bed, his attention on his phone.

I cleared my throat nervously before I spoke.

"I'm done cleaning up Renzo, please if I could have the clothes you said you would get for me"

"I couldn't find any cloth befitting of a low and disgusting person like you to wear." Renzo said not even looking up from his book and I heard Ryder chuckle.

"What?!" I stepped out of the bathroom doors forgetting I was only on a short towel.

"You promised to get me clothes, how could you go back on your words like that?!"

Renzo finally tore his eyes from his book and looked at me.

The hatred on his face disappeared for a moment as his gaze lingered on my body.

It seemed he had to remind himself that he hated as he shook his head and stood up.

Ronan and Ryder looked at me too.

"Is this your flimsy attempt to seduce us and try to get us back on your side?" Ronan said and I realized he was talking about the short towel I tied on.

"What? No, this was the only towel I could find in the bathroom."

Renzo brushed past me and walked into the bathroom. I watched as he opened one of the drawers below the mirror and big towels were neatly folded inside.

"You saw all these and you decided to take the short hair towel didn't you?" Renzo said

"You keep proving that you really are a slut" Ryder stated, his voice dripping with disgust.

"No, I swear on my father's life, I didn't see those towels, I didn't know they were there" I tried to explain but they were barely listening.

"You disgust me Jade" Ronan said.

"But I didn't do anything..."

"Since you like to act like a slut, you'll be treated like one. It's time for your punishment don't you think? Go to the bed and bend over it with your slutty ass up in the air." Renzo commanded as he came to stand in front of me.

"No, I'm not doing that"

"Don't start acting holy now cause we all know that you are not." Ronan said

"What are you talking about?!"

"Do as I've said Jade, or suffer the consequence of disobeying us" Renzo said and I immediately knew he was talking about my mother. They will make her life a living hell if I dared to go against their words.

I slowly moved towards the bed, where Ryder laid, his never leaving mine.

I bent over the edge of the bed frame. My bare ass up in air. Ryder held my gaze in front while I could feel Ronan and Renzo's piercing gaze from behind.

They were staring at my naked ass, and that realization did something to me.

My stomach clenched and I could feel the heat between my legs.

Ryder finally stood up and went to join his brothers behind me.

"Get the ruler" Renzo said and I saw Ronan moving forward to get a long thick ruler on the table across the room.

"What is going on? What are you guys doing?" I was starting to panic.

"We are punishing you, you slut." Ryder stated.

Slut? Why the hell do they keep calling me that.

Before I could even think, the ruler landed hard on my bum producing a smacking hard sound.

The pain immediately spread through my ass. I couldn't even make out exactly who was hitting my bum. All I knew was that they took turns and then continued. Spanking my ass cheeks harder and harder.

Each spank made me stand on my toes, trying to lean forward to lessen the impact. But it never worked.

Each hit was harder than the last. My ass tingled. It was painful. But.....

.... It felt a little nice too.

I don't know exactly why. They were spanking my bum with a ruler, it is supposed to be painful, and it was but the sensation didn't come with pain alone. The tingles on my ass migrated from there to my core. I can literally feel my vagina throbbing.

This spanking thing, my body liked it, and I hated that my body liked it.

My ass was in pain at the back, and in the front, my folds were wet and I was trying hard to fight back a fucking moan.

They finally stopped and I was able to relax my toes.

I made to stand up but Renzo pushed my head back to the bed, forcing my ass to still be up in the air.

"Remain still in this position, one movement without our permission and your punishment will not end here." Renzo warned.

"Are those her pussy juice flowing down her legs?. Were you turned on by us spanking you Jade? Is that how horny you are now?" I heard Ryder say.

"You really are a slut" Ronan said from behind me and I immediately turned around and met their eyes.

"A slut?"

Renzo moved a step closer to me and the other two followed suit, closing in on me.

"What did we say about moving without permission?" Ryder said and I realized that I had actually broken that rule.

"I'm.... I'm sorry" I tried to apologize.

Ronan grabbed my hair and pulled it up in an attempt to move me up with it. But the motion of my hair being pulled and my body moving so fast sent a splitting pain across my skull again, the pain was so intense that my vision became disoriented, dizzy and.... I was losing my balance, I was falling.

"Jade!!!" I heard their voices scream my name in unison, but this time, their voices were not filled with hatred and disgust, it was filled something that sounded like panic, horror, dread.