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."

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

for a long second before slowly kneeling and retrieving

A cloaked trail. I can try to find her,

I said firmly. "Please. I need you to

"Okay. Start from the

swallowed thickly and

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 that witch we saw

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

Said I was bringing more abomination into

hands instinctively

throat tightened. "But now, I do. And this time... the dream was

eyes widened as she sat beside me on the bed, the

gave me that," I said, motioning to the spell. "Told me to find her. Said if I didn’t, I’d be the one to pay. That everything depends on

She went still.

and Cayden,"

grabbed her wrist so fast she gasped. "Don’t tell them. Please. I have a bad feeling. If we tell them... they’ll ruin everything. They’ll scare her off.

protest, but I

a witch, Aurora. You can do this. You and I—we can go alone. Or you can just tell me where the location leads. I’ll

she snapped, her voice hardening. "You want me to let you go alone to some cursed place, chasing some dream woman, and not tell the two alphas who will literally burn

stinging my eyes. "Because they won’t understand. They’ll treat this like a threat. But it’s not. I felt it, Aurora. She wasn’t hurting me. She summoned me.

I paused.

I

changed

who?" she asked

don’t know. But I need to find out. Something’s wrong with me. Something deep. And I have to

was silent for a moment. Then she stood up and took a deep breath, her fingers tightening around

said. "But give

me a small nod and rushed out