Fated to the Alpha–And His Triplet Brothers

Chapter 64: The rise of the crescent

*~Lilith’s POV~*

I had set a timer on myself..,one that would awaken me the moment that child was born.

But I wasn’t expecting it to be so soon.

I rose from the graveyard where I had buried myself, cloaked in soil and silence, and immediately reached for the Dreamer. The child had arrived.

I needed to get to the High House. Now.

But... why so soon? I expected months—at least. Not this sudden.

Something’s wrong. The child must remain intact, untouched, whole, for me to complete the ritual. To lay my hands on it. To awaken my crescents.

It should be there. In the High House. The exact place the prophecy promised.

So I moved. And when I arrived at the gates of the High House... my jaw dropped.

This wasn’t the scene I expected.

No celebration. No music. No roaring joy of a Luna giving birth.

Only death. The front doors were wide open...careless, ominous. As if chaos had walked right in and taken residence. I stepped inside.

And froze.

The floor was littered with wolves. Some bloodied. Some groaning. Others lying too still. From upstairs and downstairs, I could feel the vibrating tension of hundreds of wolves shifting, growling, surrounding hazel..

She stood in the center of it all, dagger in hand. Her stance? Like a goddess of war. Her aura? Like nothing I had felt in decades.

I immediately looked to her stomach. Flat. No signs of recent birth. What?

Where is the child?

My eyes darted to Cayden, crumpled on the floor, held back by his parents. Caspian, too, was on his feet, watching Hazel with something between heartbreak and terror.

What the hell happened here? And then—it hit me.

Her power had awakened.

That would explain the immense strengthfrom her. The storm in her gaze. And the dominance she holds.

But how?

What could’ve triggered her crescent?

She was mid-step, about to attack rage shimmering in every part of her being...when I moved without thought.

I fired the arrow. It struck her straight in the chest.

She stumbled.

Collapsed to her knees.

And Caspian ran to her, cradling her body in his arms. His voice shook as he tried to wake her.

Cayden’s head whipped toward me, eyes wide.

I stepped forward, pulled off my wide-brimmed hat, and watched the recognition dawn on every face in that room.

"Hazel?" Cayden whispered.

House, cloak still dragging

calmly. "It’s time I

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immediately stood in front of me, growling, their bodies tense..sensing the danger that I am. Their instincts weren’t

didn’t come to fight. Not yet. Raising my hands, I took a slow step

threat," I

moment. But it was enough. They moved back slightly,

crossed the threshold, the past crashed down around us

Claus. Anna.

didn’t recognize me...just as I had

of me... just in case. Just in case Hazel turned

both and snapped my fingers. A surge of magic

then

breathed. "Oh

Hazel’s unconscious body—and the realization hit her like a strike of lightning. Claus beside her went pale, stunned into

your side," I said, my voice low, calm. "I didn’t come here for

on him told me Hazel or whoever she is now...had truly snapped

he spat. "You look exactly like her. Are you playing some sick game? Wearing her face

all give me five minutes, I’d explain. But first, I want

tell us..who are you? Why are

my voice soft but firm. "Well... I’m simply

body, snapped his head toward me. His eyes were

through clenched teeth. "You’re just another witch coming here to take the child.

in sharply. "The baby... it’s

"What?"

baby," Caspian said, his voice almost cracking, "has been

That’s impossible. I timed it perfectly. I awakened the moment the

took it? Who took my

we tell you anything?" Cayden growled, his wolves now surrounding me again. They

"Versa."

every wolf’s mind. They dropped to their knees, clutching

it stop," I said sweetly, "if you let

face twisted in horror.

nodded desperately. I released

Silence fell.

spoke, my voice steady and grave.

"I am Hazel’s mother."

room went still. For a heartbeat, no one breathed. And then Cayden laughed, dry and

be a joke right? Dahlia didn’t teach you how to lie better

your children who am I..." Anna didn’t speak. She just...

me now. Go ahead, tell your sons who I

I swear, I forgot. I didn’t remember her

said. "You had to have noticed the

didn’t know," Claus whispered. "I

wiped your memories. Just in case. But now I’ve restored them because I need

My voice hardened.

if you trust me. But that baby...Hazel’s baby must be found. Whoever took it must

demanded. "What happens after

room, pulled my grimoire from beneath my cloak, and slammed it down onto the table. Dust scattered. Power

we find that child," I

"Because if we don’t..."

up. My

live to

stepped forward, still

us you’re Hazel’s mother! Where have you been all these years?