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."

grip was frantic, desperate. "You’re a witch, right? You can figure out what’s in

for a long second before slowly kneeling and retrieving the slip. She squinted, her brows drawing

cloaked trail. I can try to find her, but

real," I said firmly. "Please. I

me again. "Okay. Start from the beginning. Tell me

thickly and

at my father’s house," I began, closing my eyes. "I was having a dream—a nightmare, maybe. I was being chased. And the figure chasing me looked like

a tense nod. "The one with the long, tattered

an abomination. Said I was bringing more abomination into the world, disrupting the balance of nature. That

instinctively

pregnant." My throat tightened. "But now, I do. And

me on the bed, the

the spell. "Told me to find her. Said if I didn’t, I’d be the one to

She went still.

go tell Caspian and Cayden," she

I have a bad feeling. If we tell them... they’ll ruin everything. They’ll scare her off. Or

in protest, but I

this. You and I—we can go alone. Or

you go alone to

I said, tears stinging my eyes. "Because they won’t understand. They’ll treat this like a threat. But it’s not. I

I paused.

said I look

changed slow, thoughtful

she

need to find out. Something’s wrong with me. Something deep. And

she stood up and took a deep breath, her fingers

location," she said. "But give

small nod and