Chapter 58: Let it go...

Hazel’s POV

My breath hitched when his gaze swept across Aurora, lying motionless on the floor, and he stepped right past her like she was nothing but a rug. No pause, no flinch. The second his full face came into view, a shiver bolted through my spine.

Oh my God.

He looked exactly like Caspian..but with Cayden’s dangerous aura woven into every sharp angle of his body. His hair was long, dark, cascading over his shoulders like Cayden’s, but his facial structure was unmistakably Caspian’s... just a more hardened, haunting version. He had Cayden’s eyes, the shape, the intensity but his brows were arched with a wicked tilt, and his jawline was so sharp it could cut steel.

No.

No damn way this is real.

He wasn’t just handsome—he was ethereal. A sinful blend of every intoxicating thing about the Salvatore brothers, laced with perfection: goosebumps prickled over my skin as the air between us grew heavy.

And his eyes those glowing, electric yellow eyes were locked on me.

"Cy... Cyrius?" I stammered. My throat tightened.

How?

I saw that dagger in his chest. I saw it.

I clutched my babies tighter in my arms as he approached. Slowly. Unbothered. Like he had all the time in the world.

"You know about me..." he murmured, the corner of his mouth lifting. "Can’t believe they told you. That’s... nice."

His voice...God...it was Caspian’s smoothness laced with Cayden’s razor. Familiar but wrong in every way.

His fingers reached forward and gently traced the side of my face, feather-light. My skin recoiled on instinct, but his touch was oddly... reverent. His golden eyes searched mine, full of something I couldn’t name.

"Hello, mate," he whispered, and his voice sent a jolt down my spine. "I’m sorry we had to meet like this."

His features twisted for a second in barely restrained rage—then just as quickly melted into a soft, almost boyish smile. A dimple dipped into his cheek.

"Damn," he breathed, tucking a stray piece of hair behind my ear, "you are beautiful."

His fingertips brushed my lips.

Then both my babies let out a soft wail, and he immediately jerked back. His gaze snapped to them, pupils narrowing. Something unreadable flashed through his eyes.

And then, silence. They stopped crying the moment he stepped away.

His stare stayed on them.

"Which is the father?" he asked.

I said nothing. My arms tightened around my children.

"This one," he said, nodding at my daughter, "has Cayden’s face. This one..." he gestured to my son "has his eyes."

He gave a short, bitter laugh. "So... both are his."

flinched as his

to that bastard’s spawn might be the most foolish mistake you’ll ever make,"

my children like that!" I

surprise. Then chuckled. Running his finger through his hair like Cayden always did. I flinched at the

"I’m

monsters like him!" I screamed, fury ripping

broke in his expression—something

you do know what he is. The kind of monster who would

shook, twisted with something raw and bleeding...anger

will kill you if

breathing for a second. His yellow eyes flickered, and then he

front of me, mate," he said coldly. "So Caspian knows. Of course he does. For you to know about me, it means he must have told you." View the correct content

stepped back then, his face changed.. not in anger this time but

again... of course

let out a dry,

What a

And then he stopped.

like a flame snuffed out. His eyes, still glowing like the heart of a wildfire, locked back on mine. That smirk of his

said softly.

What?

voice smooth as silk but edged with steel. "I can’t keep calling you mate,

flinched, pulling my babies closer to my chest. My heart thudded, uneven and violent.

here?"

gorgeous. It’s only

throat went dry. I didn’t want to tell him. I didn’t want to

"...Hazel."

"Inspired by your eyes, no doubt. Hazel." He rolled the name on his tongue like it was something rare. "Moon bless whoever

stepped back, something unreadable shifting behind his

here is up," he announced quietly. "It’s time

He just stared again at the babies. My

said, voice low. "But you’ll need to forget this ever happened. The birth.

I blinked, frozen. "What...?"

Not to bond. Just to make sure you don’t get

No. No no

them so close I could feel their

said through clenched teeth, shaking. "Cayden will

if they

His gaze darkened.

ever

into hysteria. "Aurora....Aurora, stand up! He’s trying to take my babies!

toward her, limp on the floor. Her fingers, still smeared with

chest

dead, Hazel," Cyrius said softly, and for once, his voice didn’t sound mocking. It sounded... final. "Can’t you hear it?

no. She

were cold. "But this is how it has to go. For

then—he reached for

For my babies.

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