Fated to the Alpha–And His Triplet Brothers

Chapter 13: Brave Hazel

~ Cayden’s POV ~

Impossible.

This is wrong. This should not be right. My heart pounded in my chest, an erratic beat no longer matched my breath or logic. A human can’t be mated to me. The gods must have made a mistake.

I rejected her. I said the words. I felt the bond snap sharply, painfully but my wolf didn’t. He hadn’t accepted the rejection. In fact, he had done the opposite. He’d been snarling ever since, clawing at the inside of my chest like he wanted to rip himself out of me. Correct content is on NovelFire)

"She’s mine," he kept repeating. Over. And over.

But I refused.

I’d said it once and would say it again—I reject you. I could still see the way her eyes widened when I said those words. The way her lips quivered just before she pressed them shut. She didn’t beg. She didn’t scream. She just stood there and took it.

Like she had taken everything else in her life.

And that—that right there is what shattered me.

Caspian had accepted her. Marked her. She left with him, with my uncle, with her father. She had walked out of that hall and out of my life... only not really. Because soon, she would be moving into the High House. As Caspian’s mate. As Beta’s Luna.

And I would see her every day.

Every damn day.

I could already feel the torment inching closer. My wolf paced, growled, and whimpered when I dared think of her. Hazel. That soft skin. The warm brown eyes that watered but never spilled over. The way she had shivered when I’d pinned her to the wall. Her scent still lingered on my fingers. Her breath still played against my cheek in memory. Her soft breathing pattern... I studied everything.

But I couldn’t do it. I wouldn’t.

What would the world say? The Alpha of the great Blue Moon pack... mated to a human? What would the council think? What would our enemies say? I had a duty. A legacy. A bloodline.

I’d saved the pack from scandal by rejecting her—but I’d damned myself in the process.

I couldn’t sleep. I couldn’t eat. I sat in the same spot on my bedroom couch since last night, still in the clothes I’d worn to the mating ceremony. My jaw clenched so tightly it ached. My hands curled into fists until my knuckles turned white. I hated myself for thinking of her. For needing her.

And then—my door creaked open.

I didn’t move.

I didn’t need to turn. I could smell her.

"Cayden," Natasha said softly, stepping into the room. My wolf instantly turned and growled, his hatred for her never hidden. I swallowed it down. I was Alpha. I was in control.

arms around my neck and pressed herself into me. I responded like a machine.

to be the

been written since childhood. Our parents agreed. The council approved.

But she wasn’t Her.

meet my eyes. "She’s your mate. But you rejected

a

what happens now?" she asked, voice sharper now. "Are you going to throw me away?

you listening to yourself?" I snapped. "I would never pick a human. I rejected

expression didn’t change.

But you-you will have me.

at her words. I shoved it down.

She smiled.

were some kind of spell, she started undressing—right

pooling on the floor. Then her bra. Then the rest. Her body,

I felt

belt. She reached for me and I flinched—but let her. She sank to her knees and

eyes

even then—I saw

Her lips. Her scent haunted me even

forcing down the moan that nearly

It was Hazel’s name.

going to be

pleasure—but in pain. I kept going anyway, my hands rougher than they should’ve been, my mouth landing on her skin that

a scent—the door clicked

And everything stopped.

room fell into silence so thick it choked me.

And there she stood.

Hazel.

Wide. Unblinking. Shimmering with disbelief. Hurt. Rage. Her lips trembled but she

inside another woman. My arms stiffened. Natasha turned slowly, and when she saw Hazel standing there, her smirk only

But I—I felt cold.

My insides were burning.

stepped through that damn door, Ragnar howled so loud in my skull I nearly fell

her! Mate

clawed against the walls of my mind, wild and desperate and echoing louder

But I didn’t move.