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.

demanded. Cayden and I melted into the shadows, our warriors scattered

placed the baby where the

And we waited.

turned into thirty. Then

Still, no one came.

shadows. No witch. No beast.

And then—

flash in the

Cayden muttered

above the distant hill the direction of the High

the hell would be lighting fireworks

Hazel," I said

not Aurora. She wouldn’t leave

sure as hell isn’t the wolves guarding the house," I growled,

wrong...very, very

it was happening back at the

someone stepped into

the fake baby on the ground.

didn’t even make it

sharp blade slashed across his

of pain, blood gushing through his

was

then... the attacker stepped into the moonlight. Cayden and I

Marcus.

"Impossible..." Cayden whispered.

casually brushing invisible dust off his shirt, as if he hadn’t just stabbed someone in cold

up at us and

mock disappointment, kicking the fake baby across the dirt. "Look at that. A doll. Tsk, tsk. Did you think

beside me, eyes flickering with

"What the hell do

twisted comedy. "Exactly what a grandfather should be doing... reclaiming what’s

touching that

She came from me, and now she’s giving life to a being that could rewrite this entire world. Why would