Fated to the Alpha–And His Triplet Brothers

Chapter 56: Scared

*~Caspian POV~*

Is the baby really happening?

What in the world kind of miracle baby is this?

Hazel writhed on the bed, her body soaked in sweat, her face twisted in agony. She twisted, arched, and rolled as if her bones were on fire. We all just stood there, watching in panic, unsure of what to do.

And then Cayden snapped.

"Everyone out. Now!"

His voice was steel. Instantly, the maids and lingering guards fled the room without question.

I turned to him. "What? Why are you clearing the room?"

He ran a hand through his hair, breathing hard, his jaw clenched tight. "We can’t trust anybody right now, Caspian. Think about it—someone snuck into the council room and left that damn message about the baby. Now suddenly, Hazel goes into labor? This isn’t random. This is planned."

His voice broke on the last word. He was spiraling.

"They wanted us to deliver the baby to the outskirts... and now Hazel’s body is doing that on its own. What if this is all connected? What if they did something to her?"

My chest tightened.

"Okay," I said, grabbing his shoulder. "Then we don’t give them what they want. We trick them. We take the fake baby. Use it as bait. Lure them out. And we end it."

Cayden’s eyes met mine. A plan was forming. We both felt it.

I turned to Aurora. "You in?"

She was leaning against the wall, pale and weak, but there was fire in her eyes. "I’m not fully recovered, but I can still cast. I’ll stay with Hazel. I won’t let anything..anything—happen to that child."

I nodded. "You’re the only one allowed in that room. No one else. Not even our wolves. Cast a cloaking spell. Lock it down. Understood?"

"Understood," she said, straightening up despite her trembling hands. "You have my word."

By the time Cayden and I descended the stairs, Leon had already prepared the fake baby..

Good.

woods until we reached the outskirts just as the message demanded. Cayden and I melted into the shadows, our

placed the baby where

And we waited.

thirty. Then sixty. Then

Still, no one came.

No shadows. No witch.

And then—

flash in

muttered

Gold and purple sparks exploded above the

the hell would

Hazel," I said immediately. "She’s in

not Aurora. She wouldn’t leave

the wolves guarding the house," I growled, panic spreading in my gut like

wrong...very, very

was... it was happening back

then, someone stepped into

the ground. Leon reacted

even make it

slashed across his

of pain, blood gushing through his fingers as he hit the

I shouted, but it was

the moonlight. Cayden and I both

Marcus.

"Impossible..." Cayden whispered.

off his shirt, as if he hadn’t

at

kicking the fake baby across the dirt. "Look at that. A doll. Tsk, tsk.

growled beside me, eyes

hell do you

twisted comedy. "Exactly what a grandfather should be

that

all," he said, stepping closer. "That baby... Hazel’s baby—is my grandchild. She came from me, and now she’s giving life to a being that could rewrite this entire world. Why would I not