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.

screamed in frustration. Aurora glanced at my body,

spell to bring the baby, I can give you my energy. It’ll

still recovering. You

said. "This baby

flew, then held

my chest, like fire and sunlight wrapped into one. My eyes widened at

"Push," she commanded.

something shift. Aurora leaned down, her voice

with everything in me—my will, her energy, the pain, the fear. I pushed until blood ran from my

I was breaking.

I

about me," Aurora said weakly.

color. Her hands were shaking. But she stayed by me, holding

filled the

with a nearby cloth.

him in my

My baby.

A boy.

open at the sight of him. Tiny. Red-faced.

felt

Her smile was tired, but it glowed with pride. "You did

expression

eyes locked on

smile faded. Replaced with a

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

"What?" I blinked.

another one. Another

I froze. "What?"

slowly. "It’s

reached for my hand again.

Aurora was right.

There was another.

Twins.

mine again, less steady than before, but still fierce, still determined. Her lips were cracked. Her voice trembled. "You’ve got one more push left in you, Hazel. I know it. One more.

a second, but the weight of the baby in my arms reminded me: I had to fight. For

beside me. Then, with one hand on my stomach and

And pushed.

had before. Until my bones felt like they were grinding against each other. Until the veins in my neck pulsed

A girl.

girl.

too much. "She’s here," she whispered, wiping the child down, her voice caught

gently placed the baby girl in

was crying until the tears splashed onto their tiny faces. I held them both, shaking, laughing, overwhelmed. "I have

Two little miracles.