Fated to the Alpha–And His Triplet Brothers

Chapter 34: Doppelganger

~Hazel’s POV~

The dream still clung to me like wet fog... "

"She smirked, it is you who has to pay..." View the correct content at NovelFire

I jolted awake, heart slamming against my chest. A soft gasp escaped my lips as I sat up, breath hitching. For a split second, I didn’t even know where I was. The air was thick. My head buzzed. And then I saw her.

Aurora.

She was standing right beside me, her eyes wide and rimmed with tears, fear etched into every crease of her face.

"Oh my God," she exhaled shakily, pressing a hand to her chest as she leaned in. "Hazel, I was checking your temperature, your pulse—you weren’t breathing. You didn’t even look alive." Her voice cracked. "I thought you were" She shook her head. "No. No, no. What happened? Did you feel anything? Did you see anything?"

"I’m fine," I whispered, though my voice was anything but steady. "It’s just..."

My gaze drifted downward, and there it was.

Crumpled softly in my left hand.

The paper.

The same paper the woman had shoved into my palm before everything went blurry. My entire body shivered like something was on me. I flung it away like it burned.

Aurora turned sharply, following the motion. Her eyes landed on the discarded slip. "What was that?"

"She gave it to me," I said, voice shaking as the words tumbled out. "She said... she said to use it to find her."

"What? Who gave it to you?" Aurora asked, more confused by the second. Her brows furrowed as she stepped closer.

"I don’t know," I whispered, voice barely audible. "But we need to find her."

reached out, grabbing Aurora’s hand tightly. My grip was frantic, desperate. "You’re

kneeling and retrieving the slip. She squinted, her

she murmured. "A very old one. A cloaked trail. I

"Please. I need you to

again. "Okay. Start

swallowed thickly

house," I began, closing my eyes. "I was having a dream—a nightmare, maybe. I was being chased. And

gave a tense nod. "The one with the long, tattered cloak and eyes like

abomination into the world, disrupting the balance of nature. That night...

My hands instinctively pressed

now, I do. And this time... the dream was

beside me on the bed, the paper

said, motioning to the spell. "Told me to find her. Said if

She went still.

go tell Caspian and Cayden," she muttered, already moving

Please. I have a bad feeling. If we tell them... they’ll

protest,

can go alone. Or you can just

me to let you go alone to

like a threat. But it’s not. I felt it, Aurora. She wasn’t hurting me.

I paused.

I look

expression changed slow,

who?" she asked

know. But I need to find out. Something’s wrong with me. Something deep. And I have to

silent for a moment. Then she stood up and took a

location," she said.

small nod