Fated to the Alpha–And His Triplet Brothers

Chapter 10: Mark of the Unthinkable

~Caspain’s POV~

Sophia’s claws nearly scraped my hand as she lunged forward, eyes gleaming with fury, her lips curled like a cornered wolf. "Why are you holding filthy Hazel?" she growled, venom dripping from her tongue. "Get her off you! She’ll stain you"

My ears barely registered the rest because one word caught and echoed in my mind: Hazel.

So that’s her name.

It suited her too well. The moment it landed in my brain, it was like a key turning inside my chest. Hazel. A name soft, natural, and radiant—just like her.

Then another scream.

"What!" Natasha’s shriek sliced through the air as she stormed to my side. She whirled toward Cayden, who stood just behind me, his face unreadable.

"Cayden! Why didn’t you come for me?" she cried, desperation thick in her voice. "The search is over! You were supposed to find me!"

Then her gaze dropped to my hands to Hazel in my arms and the world seemed to stop.

Her mouth hung open as if her soul had just been yanked out of her chest. "No. This cannot be!" she wailed. "Hazel is human! She shouldn’t be involved in our business! She should be dead!"

Her eyes darted wildly around the room, frenzied, unhinged.

"Dad promised to kill her!" she howled, practically foaming.

"Where is Dad? He should’ve taken care of his Moon-damned mistake!"

"Natasha!" I roared, my voice sharp and final.

She flinched. Her eyes met mine, and I let the fury in my gaze speak the words I couldn’t say aloud without tearing this house apart. Her mouth trembled. I didn’t need to say anything else.

She backed away, shoulders shaking, then darted to Cayden’s side. He wrapped his arms around her tightly, whispering in her ear as if to keep her from crumbling.

"It’ll be fine. Everything will be sorted out," he murmured, comforting her like she was the one whose entire existence had just shattered.

I didn’t stop walking.

I carried Hazel into the High House, the grand ancestral high-house of Blue Moon pack. Footsteps echoed behind me—some hesitant, others filled with disgust or awe. The silence of judgment weighed heavy in the air.

I laid her down gently at the center of the hall, in full view of the entire pack. Blood streaked across her skin, bruises forming like warnings. My jaw tightened.

"Pack healer," I commanded.

magic-infused touch moving over Hazel’s wounds. Light shimmered faintly across her skin as the bleeding began

my mother, our

should I say, the former

through the crowd, her lips parted in disbelief, her sharp, stately eyes

Then she collapsed.

hit the floor. His gaze snapped

But I wasn’t finished.

the coldest man I’ve ever known. "Father," I

A collective scream.

lost

growled low in my chest, anger

descended the grand stairs with his Luna at his side. She held a silver bow, —until she saw Hazel

Marcus thundered. "Why is she

moved fast, too fast, toward Hazel’s

blocked him. He stopped. Our eyes

dark grin tugged at my mouth as my wolf—Nizen—took

close, and whispered into his ear,

trembled. Sweat beaded on his forehead. He backed away, his cowardice on full display. Satisfaction bloomed in my

back to Hazel, my heart pulsing with a strange, quiet warmth I

Then Natasha broke again.

shrieked, scrambling across the floor. "This is wrong! She isn’t supposed to be the mate! I am! I’m the one

Her knees buckled.

the floor sobbing, shaking her head as

be the Luna,"

her in arms, Cayden joining them again,

Then Cayden exploded.

corner with a gleam in

Moon’s answers!

Dahlia smirked.

against the wall.

yanked him

can’t," Cayden snarled, voice breaking. "A human as our mate? This is a disgrace to the Blue Moon legacy. Everything I’ve built, everything we’ve fought for—it’s all going to collapse. We’ll be a joke. No longer the

hold him down. Then our

be

tall,

You’re still the most powerful alpha in existence. And

Hazel stirred.