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."

to our shock,

PRESENT..

believe it. The plan actually worked. Dahlia and O’Brien’s bodies were decaying right in front of

of celebration, there was only cold, dead

toward the High House, while Caspian grabbed me

to leave.

"Leave?" I asked, stunned.

"Cyrius is awake. She she awakened him. And Cayden said he saw O’Brien in the

cold. "This

Caspian lifted me into his

to the High House. To my surprise, it was still intact. The walls weren’t caved in or upside down, like I had feared.

was calm—too calm. He wasn’t raging like he usually does when something’s

me to the floor as

the dagger in him is missing. We need Aurora to make another one immediately. Someone

need her now!" I

asked, panic seeping into his voice.

with Dahlia out there!" I shouted. "He

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

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

to Caspian, voice dropping. "Because if he wakes up, you know damn well what’s going to

Aurora?" I asked, heart

in, Leon trailing behind her like her personal

said quickly. "The dagger

"Cyrius is alive? Dahlia was

me. His face dropped. "She

to Aurora. "Did

avoided his gaze, saying

"I’m the Gamma of

voice thundered through the

the entire pack needed to know, you would have known," he growled. "I kept it from everyone for a reason. Not even my own mother or

say more when Caspian

Leon flinched.

Aurora again. "We

how to," Aurora said, her voice

one used when the first dagger was created. I have it. I’ll give it to

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

how dangerous this is. We

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

to be trying

urgent, but I

"Alpha, she said she

Cayden ignored him.

raised his voice. "She said she can’t. We need to care about her

who?" Cayden snapped. "The only thing I care about now is the dagger

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