Fated to the Alpha–And His Triplet Brothers

Chapter 51: A damn witch!

*~Hazel’s POV~*

Earlier that day....

"There is a way," Cayden whispered in my ear.

My face lit up instantly. "What? What do you mean?"

"Don’t worry," he said, his voice low and serious. "I have a plan. O’Brien is with Dahlia. I can feel it. He’s working with her, and that’s why he wants us to send you away. But I’ve come up with something. It might not work it’s risky—but at this point, I’m willing to take any chance."

My heart pounded. "Why do you think he’s working with Dahlia?"

"There’s no way he would have had access to the witch’s herbs unless it was for Aurora," Cayden said. "And even then... something’s not right. So I cracked my head trying to figure it out."

"So what’s the plan?" I asked. "I can’t leave, Cayden. I won’t."

"I know," he said. "That’s why I’m thinking what if we use a cloaking spell? We could create a clone of you and send that instead. As for Aurora, she can handle herself."

"You want to send a fake version of me?" I frowned, thinking it through.

"Exactly. We cast a cloaking spell on you so they can’t detect your real location. Meanwhile, the clone will distract them. I’ll stay close. All we need is for them to drop their guard. Then we strike."

"That plan won’t work," a voice cut in behind us.

We both turned. Aurora stood there, already packed and dressed, her bag slung over one shoulder. She walked closer, her eyes serious.

"What are you doing here?" Cayden asked.

"That plan," she said, "even if it buys a little time, they’ll realize too quickly. And what about me? You think they won’t expect me to be involved? Besides, they won’t drop their guard over something that small."

"Small plan, you say?" Cayden snapped.

Aurora held up a hand. "Relax. I have a better one."

She took a breath, then continued, her voice almost trembling with intensity. "There’s a power no witch should ever lay their hands on. It’s not just dark magic—it’s older, more dangerous. A power that can rot a witch from the inside, burn them alive from within their very bones."

My eyes widened. "What are you talking about?"

"If I can channel that power to create a clone of Hazel, we can bait Dahlia. She wants the power. She thinks the child Hazel carries is the source of it. So we let her think that."

"And then what?" Cayden asked.

"She absorbs the dark magic," Aurora said, her voice cold now. "Thinking it’s the child. But it’s not. And then—boom. She’s gone. Destroyed from within."

"What about O’Brien?" I asked.

"That’s the best part," she smirked. "The remnants of that same magic—I can use them to create new wolves under our control. If O’Brien tries to mark or convert them, even touches them with his mouth, he’ll decay instantly."

Cayden exhaled slowly, then nodded. "Good... then let’s proceed."

our shock, the

PRESENT..

Dahlia and O’Brien’s bodies were decaying right

celebration, there was

toward the High House, while Caspian grabbed me by

need to leave.

"Leave?" I asked, stunned.

awakened him. And Cayden said he saw O’Brien in the

ran cold. "This

Caspian lifted me into his arms—and in

still intact. The walls weren’t caved in or upside down, like I had feared. Everything looked...

Cayden came out. His expression was calm—too calm. He wasn’t raging like he usually

he awake?" Caspian demanded, dropping me to the floor as he moved

awake," Cayden replied. "But the dagger in him is missing. We need Aurora to make another one

Aurora. We need

into his voice. "O’Brien must’ve known about Cyrius.

there!" I

someone else must’ve pulled the dagger," Cayden growled. "Only Mom, Dad, and Natasha are here—and none of them are even inside the High House. No

"Right now, we need to find a way to make another dagger and put it back in him

to Caspian, voice dropping. "Because if he wakes up, you know

I asked,

her like her personal

I said quickly. "The dagger inside Cyrius is gone. We need a new

"Cyrius is alive? Dahlia

to Cayden, then to Caspian, and finally to me. His face dropped. "She knew," he said quietly, eyes shifting to

to Aurora.

avoided his

kept this from me? From the entire council?" Leon’s voice rose. "I’m the Gamma of this pack. I deserve to know if Cyrius is alive. And you

Cayden’s voice thundered through the

something the entire pack needed to know, you would have known," he growled. "I kept it from everyone for a reason.

was about to say more when

Leon flinched.

turned to Aurora again. "We need

Aurora said, her

I have it. I’ll give it to you. You just need to follow the

not "Alpha" like she usually does. "I don’t think I

don’t think you understand how dangerous this is. We need that dagger. And you’re the only

"If I could, I would’ve. But I just tapped into a dark magic that no witch should ever touch. I didn’t absorb it, but I toyed with it. It’s eating at me. I can barely stand. I don’t

seem to be

is urgent, but I

forward. "Alpha, she said she

Cayden ignored him.

need to care about

Cayden snapped. "The only thing I care about now is

kind. I worked beside you all—even when some of you growled at me like I didn’t belong. I’ve never been fully accepted, but I still gave everything. And