Chapter 52: what the hell?
~Hazel’s POV~
My stomach clenched as everything unfolded right in front of me.
Cyrius... lying in a coffin, on the verge of waking up in the next thirty seconds.
Caspian lost for the first time, his usual calm demeanor is gone.
And Cayden spiraling out of control.
I took a deep breath. Something clung to me... like a whisper from inside.
"You are an abomination... bringing another abomination."
If I truly carried power inside me something witches feared then maybe... just maybe, I could do something. Maybe I could fix the dagger. Maybe I could be useful.
"Let me do it," I blurted out.
Their heads turned to me briefly, but their eyes flicked away like the words had slipped past them. Like I was invisible.
I turned to Caspian. He was the only one who might actually listen.
"Caspian," I pleaded. "Let me try. The witches are after me because they think I have powers. Whether it’s me or the child, there’s something. I might be a witch."
I clutched my gown, heart hammering in my chest. Caspian met my gaze with those bright, sea-blue eyes.
"Darling," he said gently, placing a hand on my shoulder, "I know you’re trying to help. But you touched the lantern that day—it didn’t glow. You’re not a witch."
"But..." I whispered, my voice breaking. "It vibrated. Remember? I felt something."
I squeezed his hand tightly, hoping he’d believe me.
"Just stay out of this, Hazel," Cayden cut in, chuckling as he ran a hand through his long hair. "You’re not what you’re claiming to be."
I scowled at him. "I’m only trying to help."
I turned back to Caspian. "Please. Let’s just try. We don’t have time to waste."
"Don’t involve yourself in this," he said, more carefully now. "We’ll wait until Aurora heals tomorrow "
"We don’t have till tomorrow!" Cayden roared. "He’s waking up! In less than five minutes he’ll stand up. Then we’ll be dealing with him."
"I guess we don’t have a choice," Caspian said quietly.
Cayden suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Cyrius’s unconscious body by the throat.
Caspian shouted, running
Cayden shoved him
body slammed into the wall,
"But he’s waking up. We have
create another dagger. If the witches are after my power, it means I have something. Witch blood. Witch power. Please, let me
at me, conflicted. Then Cyrius
We all froze.
veins had
it looked fresh. Like consciousness was
to us, panic
muttered. "I’ll have to take his life
we
coughed again. Louder this
out and returned with the dagger and
better not hurt yourself," he said,
snatching
dagger as I studied the grimoire. There
placing my hand on
then I began chanting the lines beneath
whispered the final word with hope
Nothing happened.
Not even a flicker.
me. Cayden stepped forward, took the dagger from my hand, and drove it into
Nothing.... My heart drooped.
shook. His eyes fluttered.
dagger across the
Useless! We just wasted our goddamn time!" he growled, both hands digging into his
nails, heart crumbling. Why did I
clawed
whispered.
even spoken to him. But if he woke
Alpha triplets. No matter how dark or twisted his
said, barely above a
me—just as Caspian’s eyes
turned immediately as our eyes fell
floor was glowing.
hesitation, and
BOOM.
dark veins burst back onto his body. His limbs twitched—and then slowly stilled. His consciousness
all released a shaky
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