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 plan actually

PRESENT..

The plan actually worked. Dahlia and O’Brien’s

instead of celebration, there

High House, while Caspian grabbed me by

to leave.

"Leave?" I asked, stunned.

she awakened him. And Cayden said he saw

cold.

word, Caspian lifted me into his arms—and in one

surprise, it was still intact. The walls weren’t

was calm—too calm. He wasn’t

me to the floor as he moved

We need Aurora to make another one immediately. Someone entered, pulled the dagger,

Aurora. We need

Caspian asked, panic seeping into his voice. "O’Brien must’ve known about Cyrius. I told

out there!" I

growled. "Only Mom, Dad, and Natasha are here—and none of them

them later," Cayden snapped. "Right now, we need to find a way to make another dagger and put it back

wakes up,

I

her like her

you’re here," I said quickly. "The dagger inside Cyrius is gone. We need a new

is alive? Dahlia was

His face dropped. "She knew," he said quietly, eyes shifting to Aurora. "And I

Aurora.

his gaze, saying

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.

thundered

known," he growled. "I kept it from everyone for a reason. Not

about to say more

Leon flinched.

Cayden turned to Aurora again. "We need to make

don’t know how to," Aurora said, her voice

worry. There’s a grimoire—the one used when the first dagger was created. I have it. I’ll

said softly—calling him by his name, not "Alpha" like

what?" Cayden snapped. "Aurora, I don’t think you understand how dangerous this

fired back. "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

seem to be trying hard enough,"

is urgent, but I can’t,"

forward. "Alpha, she

Cayden ignored him.

said she can’t. We need to care about

snapped. "The only thing I care about now is the dagger not a damn

betrayed my own kind. I worked beside you all—even when some of you growled at me like I didn’t