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.

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

mother, our Luna,

I say,

in disbelief, her sharp, stately eyes widening as they landed on

Then she collapsed.

lunged and caught her just before she hit the

But I wasn’t finished.

Claus Salvatore, the former Alpha and the coldest man I’ve

A collective scream.

hall lost its

My wolf growled low in my chest, anger building. He could sense

Luna at his side. She held a silver bow, —until she saw Hazel on the floor.

Marcus thundered. "Why

fast, toward Hazel’s

him. He stopped. Our eyes locked. His fists

at my mouth as my wolf—Nizen—took over. My fangs

stepped in, leaned close, and whispered into

away, his cowardice on full display. Satisfaction bloomed in my

a strange, quiet warmth I hadn’t

Then Natasha broke again.

wrong! She isn’t supposed to be the

Her knees buckled.

sobbing, shaking her head as

to be the Luna," she whispered. "Not

her in arms, Cayden joining them again, his

Then Cayden exploded.

Dahlia—the witch—standing in the corner with a gleam in her eyes. His hands closed

manipulated the Moon’s answers! You

Dahlia smirked.

against the

yanked him back.

legacy. Everything I’ve

down. Then

to be ashamed

turned. Father stood tall, arms folded, eyes

most powerful alpha

Hazel stirred.