Fated to the Alpha–And His Triplet Brothers

Chapter 57: A figure

*~Hazel’s POV~*

My baby is coming.

The child I got pregnant with barely two weeks ago... is on its way out of me like the universe is on fast-forward. I should be screaming for joy...or maybe not...but honestly? I’m terrified.

None of this makes sense. The timing. The pain. The urgency. The fear was crawling under my skin. What the hell is going on?

Aurora grabbed my hand, her palm cool but steady despite the tremor in her fingers. Her eyes met mine with a force that kept me grounded. "Don’t worry," she said, voice calm even though her face was pale. "I’ll handle it. But first—I need to seal this room. I need your blood."

"My... my blood?"

She didn’t wait for me to understand. A sharp prick bit into my finger and she caught the drop with a piece of cloth. "Only those connected by blood can pass through the barrier I’m about to cast Cayden, and by extension Caspian. That’ll keep everyone else out."

She moved to the front of the door and began muttering words I didn’t understand. Her voice wavered at first, then grew firm—commanding. I was sweating. Trembling. My whole body ached like it wasn’t mine anymore. My head throbbed. My vision blurred. I couldn’t breathe through the fear.

Why now?

Why is my child coming now? f.(r)eew ebnov\ll.com

Why did someone write a threat in the council room the same day I went into labor?

Why is it all happening so damn fast?

"Aurora," I whimpered. "Something’s wrong. This isn’t right. I’m scared. What if—what if someone tries to take the baby?"

"I won’t let them," she said firmly, running back to me. "But we have to deliver this child. Now."

"I don’t know how," I confessed, my voice shaking. "Neither do you."

"We’ll figure it out together." She gripped my hand tightly. "Hazel, I need you to push."

I tried. God, I tried. I pressed my legs into the sheets and curled my back, squeezing my eyes shut and pushing with every ounce of strength I had.

Nothing.

I whimpered again, curling in pain.

"I don’t know any spell to force a baby out," Aurora admitted. "But we don’t need magic. Just will. You can do this. Come on, Hazel—breathe. And try again."

"I can’t," I sobbed. "I can’t do this. My body’s too weak, Aurora. I’m going to lose the baby."

"You won’t. Look at me," she said. "Look. At. Me. You are stronger than this pain. You are not going to die, and neither is your child."

I stared at her. Her confidence. Her raw faith. And somehow, I believed her.

I nodded, gritted my teeth, clenched my fists—and pushed.

Still... nothing.

down my face, and I nearly screamed in frustration. Aurora glanced at my body, her

I can’t do a spell to bring the

no. You’re still recovering. You can barely

said. "This baby needs to

flew, then held them over

chest, like fire and sunlight wrapped into one. My eyes widened at the sensation, and I gasped, arching

"Push," she commanded.

I did. And this time—I felt something shift. Aurora leaned down, her voice trembling. "I see the head.

me—my will, her energy, the pain, the fear. I pushed until blood

I was breaking.

yet I

me," Aurora said

But she stayed by me, holding

filled

the child with a

placed him in my

My baby.

A boy.

chest broke open at the sight of him.

in what felt like hours. "You’re here," I whispered. "You’re...

dripping down her face. Her smile was tired, but it glowed with pride.

expression changed. She

locked on my

faded. Replaced with a

"H-Hazel... oh my God."

"What?" I blinked.

"There’s another one.

I froze. "What?"

slowly.

my hand

Aurora was right.

There was another.

Twins.

didn’t even have time to panic. Her hands found mine again, less steady than before, but still fierce, still determined. Her lips were cracked.

cheeks. My head lolled for a second, but the weight of the baby

him gently into a soft cloth beside me. Then, with one hand on my stomach and another gripping the

And pushed.

had before. Until my bones felt like they were grinding against each other. Until the veins in my neck pulsed like they’d burst. Until there was another

A girl.

little girl. My little

"She’s here," she whispered, wiping the child down, her voice

the baby girl

was crying until the tears splashed onto their tiny faces. I held them both, shaking, laughing, overwhelmed. "I have twins," I whispered, like saying it out loud would make it more

Two little miracles.