Fated to the Alpha–And His Triplet Brothers

Chapter 42: Go gentle

*~Hazel’s POV~*

I felt something I hadn’t felt before.

An unfamiliar feeling stirred inside me, dragging me from sleep. My eyes fluttered open slowly, and the room welcomed me with a breeze that hadn’t been there before.

A gust of wind... and a scent.

The smell had changed.

It wasn’t the usual warmth of Caspian’s cologne that lingered in my space like comfort. No, this was something more

Strong and smelled like forest trees

I sat up, my sheets pooling around my waist. My heart was already racing before I even saw it—the picture frame next to me on the bed. Ariel must have left it.

It was her. My mother.

I reached out with trembling fingers, brushing the glass surface like it could somehow let me touch her. See her again. Even just once. Hold her hand. Know what it feels like to have a mother.

My chest tightened.

Then, a wave of dizziness hit me hard. I grabbed my head, blinking fast.

Why am I so weak? Yesterday, I was strong. Yesterday, I felt... different. Especially after everything that happened during the full moon.

And now?

Now I felt like something had been drained from me.

The door creaked open.

Aurora stepped in quietly, holding a cup of tea. Her green eyes scanned me like a nurse, like a sister. Like someone who knew.

"Cayden is coming," she said softly. "You need this."

She handed over the tea just as he barged into the room.

And there he was.

Alpha Cayden, storming in like a hurricane—tension in every line of his body, his eyes locking onto mine with fire.

"Aurora, leave."

She didn’t argue. She just glanced at me and stepped out silently. The door clicked shut behind her, and the room felt colder.

"What were you thinking, Hazel?" His voice thundered across the room. "What the hell do you think you’re doing? Going around risking your life and risking my child’s life?"

My jaw clenched, but he didn’t stop.

"I don’t give a fuck if you run out there and get yourself killed," he growled. "But you are carrying my child. You can’t just make reckless decisions like this. You went to visit a witch based on a dream, Hazel? Because of what? What were you looking for? Can’t you think?"

"I’m sorry," I snapped back. "I needed clarity. I just— I needed to know something."

"And you couldn’t inform me? You couldn’t tell me—as the father of the child?"

I threw the covers off and stood, even though my limbs trembled and my body ached. My will was stronger than the weakness inside me.

"Oh," I hissed, "now you’re the father? Pardon me—I must’ve missed the memo. Because last I checked, this same father tried to kill the child inside me the second he found out I was pregnant."

His hair swung across his face as he stepped closer, his voice quieter now. "I wasn’t prepared then."

"And what, you’re prepared now?" I scoffed, tears burning behind my eyes. "No, Cayden. You failed that night. You called this child illegitimate. You gave me a punishment that nearly killed me and the baby. So no—you don’t get to walk in here and play ’father of the year.’" View the correct content at NovelFire

He stepped forward, his red eyes darkening, almost glowing. His hands gripped mine—firm, trembling, desperate. There was a growl low in his throat.

beneath the fury...

Fear.

Real, raw fear.

He swallowed hard.

anything without telling me. Or Caspian. No—damn it, not even Caspian. Only me. I can’t believe he even followed you. What were you both thinking? What if you

I stared at him.

rest," I said quietly. "And now, I’d like you

to say more. But then he turned—until the

Caspian stepped in.

leave

rest," Cayden

I raised my

gaze locked on Cayden. "Caspian can enter. You

tweaked in his

flickering in his

venomous. "But Caspian will help me

expression darkened. Something inside him flickered. Then

stepping past him

a dark aura that

gently, then glanced

a good day for you," he murmured. "I thought he was going to tear the

I

my hand, widening.

said quickly. "He didn’t. Not like that. It’s just—can you

to me and sat on

might not know how to show it, but I know him. And I know what fear

back against the

last night—it was dangerous. For all of us. And who told him he

But... he was worried. And whatever happens next, I

little

because his gaze dropped

smiling as his thumb rubbed slow circles over the swell. "Already performing

the warmth

can’t wait to see what this baby becomes," he said. "Stronger than Cayden, I’m sure of it.

He paused, then chuckled.

what if it’s

widened as I laughed softly. "Ariel

"then we’ll have the first female Alpha. Let’s

release. But the laughter faded when something pulled heavy in

"Caspian..."

He stilled.

to ask. But... is

he was trying to process if I’d truly said

are you talking about?"

And is it... is it the man in the casket? The one hidden beneath the

flew to my mouth in panic. He looked around the room, paranoid even though

whispered

attackers came, Aurora and I—we were running.

"You

No one else was

alive. But Hazel, promise me—swear to

needed the truth. I already saw him... I just needed light. You, Caspian. You’re the only

fingers twitching in mine. "You’re

to the triplet brothers, The least I deserve is the truth about the one

The silence

Cayden... Cayden daggered him. That’s why he’s down there. Frozen, until we

voice dropped lower,

would be the worst thing that could happen. We’re already overwhelmed. With the

voice softened.

reigned for a little while. Then he looked at me again, his expression shifting into something

"Do you mean it?"

I asked, sipping