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?

slowly kneeling and retrieving the slip.

trail. I can try to find her, but Hazel— Who is she?how do we even know she’s

said firmly. "Please. I

again. "Okay. Start from the beginning. Tell

swallowed thickly

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 when we escaped the High

"The one with the long, tattered cloak

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

paused. My hands instinctively pressed

it then. I didn’t even know I was pregnant." My throat tightened. "But now, I do. And this time... the dream was different. She said I’m the abomination. Not my

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

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

She went still.

Cayden,"

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

in protest, but I

this. You and I—we can go alone. Or you

alone to some cursed place, chasing some dream

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

I paused.

said I

changed slow, thoughtful

who?" she

Something’s wrong with me.

Then she stood up and took a deep breath,

location," she said. "But give me a

gave me a small nod and rushed