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

PRESENT..

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

there was only cold,

already run off toward the High House, while Caspian grabbed me by

need to

"Leave?" I asked, stunned.

urgently. "Cyrius is awake. She she awakened him. And Cayden said he

ran cold.

me into his arms—and

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

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

awake?" Caspian demanded, dropping me to the

in him is missing. We need Aurora to make another one immediately. Someone entered, pulled the dagger, and now the door—and the coffin—are

Aurora. We need her now!"

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

there!"

and Natasha are here—and none of them are even inside the High

find a way to make another dagger and put it back in him before he wakes

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

is Aurora?" I

her personal assistant. She playfully let him go and stepped

here," I said quickly. "The dagger inside Cyrius

is alive? Dahlia was

face dropped. "She knew," he

to Aurora. "Did you

avoided his

From the entire council?" Leon’s voice rose. "I’m the Gamma of this pack. I

Cayden’s voice thundered through the

known," he growled. "I

about to say more

Leon flinched.

turned to Aurora again. "We

how to," Aurora said, her voice

I’ll give it to you. You just need to follow the instructions and make

not "Alpha" like she usually

I don’t think you understand how dangerous this

back. "If I could, I would’ve. But I just tapped into a dark magic that no witch should ever touch. I

don’t seem to be trying

this is urgent,

stepped forward. "Alpha,

Cayden ignored him.

can’t. We need to care about

who?" 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