Fated to the Alpha–And His Triplet Brothers

Chapter 65: Awaken

~Lilith’s POV~

Leon dropped Aurora’s wrapped body at my feet like a warning...like a threat. As if daring me to prove myself.

"No damn way we’re trusting you right now," he growled. "If you’re really who you say you are, wake her up."

I knelt slowly beside Aurora’s body, the chill of death clinging to her like frost on a winter grave. Her skin was pale too pale. Her lips had long lost their color. But there was something still whispering under her ribcage... a flicker... a sliver... life.

Good.

"She’s not gone yet," I murmured. "But she’s close. Very close."

I placed my palm over her heart, and with the other hand, I snapped my fingers in the air—sending an invisible pulse through the room. The wind shifted, circling us like a whispering serpent. My voice dropped low, ancient words slipping from my lips like silk-drenched poison:

"Mortem, redde quod non tulisti.

Vitae flamma, revertere.

Cordis pulsus, audi me.

In nomine matris magicae... Aurora, redi ad nos."

The air thickened. A low hum vibrated through the floor. The candles flickered though there was no wind. Shadows danced against the walls, and I felt the threads of the Otherworld tightening, answering my call.

I leaned closer, my fingers glowing a deep violet as I pressed two fingertips over her sternum.

"Your time was not now," I whispered into her soul. "Come back. Come back, child of magic."

A long moment passed.

Then her chest twitched. Her lips parted. But no breath came.

Then—a coughA weak, dry, hollow cough. The room held its breath.Aurora’s eyes fluttered. Correct content is on NovelFire.

and she coughed, her chest rising as if forced by

now. "Come on, little witch. You’ve fought harder battles.

Her fingers twitched.

forward, wide-eyed.

way back," I snapped. "But her spirit was already halfway through the veil. I need complete silence

time placing one at her forehead and one over her belly.

"Anima fracta, noli fugere.

Per matris amorem, renasceris.

In lumine lunae, redeas.

flammae, redi

from her body. Every single candle in

And then...Aurora gasped.

breaking the surface. Her eyes flew open white and glowing

She blinked. Once. Twice.

"...Caspian?" she croaked weakly.

room. Leon dropped to his knees beside her, eyes

with a weak

and said firmly, "You see? I’ve

swayed. His jaw was clenched, his

he said slowly, "but what

to explain it. So

still shut down emotionally. And no one can switch those emotions back on... except her. If Hazel doesn’t want to feel again, nothing and

frowned. "So what now? Just wait and hope she

to her enough to break through the

risky. She could kill someone before she

don’t like it either," I said plainly. "But that doesn’t mean

I cut to the point. "We don’t have time to wait for Hazel to decide what she

"Hazel in a prison? No.

him. "We have no

the shadows. "We can’t put