Fated to the Alpha–And His Triplet Brothers

Chapter 69: Pregnant mother

Author’s POV...

The moment Caspian left the room, closing the door behind him, Lilith stepped forward and stood in front of Hazel, her eyes unreadable.

Hazel’s breath trembled, her hands curling into fists. "Hasn’t it sunk in yet?" she snapped. "I’m not turning it on. I’m not helping you find any damn babies."

Her voice cracked at the end, a mixture of fury and helplessness. But Lilith didn’t flinch. Instead, she offered a soft, almost broken smile.

"I no longer care whether you turn it on or not," she said quietly. "I just have some memories to show you."

"I don’t want the memories," Hazel shouted, her voice rising like a wave. "I just want to be free!"

Lilith didn’t respond with more words. Instead, she stepped forward, gently placing both hands on Hazel’s head.

"You’ll be free... after I show you this."

And then she began to chant.

The air snapped. The atmosphere shifted, thickening with magic and dread. Hazel’s world began to spin as the room blurred, folding in on itself. Light bled into shadow. Sound turned to silence.

And then...Crunch.

Hazel’s boots hit the floor of a strange, brittle landscape.

Dead leaves cracked beneath her feet.

She blinked. Everything around her was foreign—like she’d stepped into another dimension entirely. The trees were bare and the air unnaturally still, cold, and tinted in gray hues.

She turned and froze.

A girl stood by a large rock just a few feet away. No, not a girl...a woman. She was heavily pregnant, her body bent with pain, clutching her belly as she struggled to breathe. Her long dark hair stuck to her sweat-drenched forehead.

Hazel’s heart dropped.

The woman... looked exactly like her.

"What the hell..." Hazel whispered.

But this didn’t make sense. She had no memory of ever being here. When she gave birth, she was with Aurora. Not... this. Not alone in some cursed forest, crying out against stone.

Her body moved before her thoughts did she stepped closer to the woman, eyes wide, breath shallow.

As Hazel drew closer, the illusion cracked.

It was her mother. Lilith.

Pregnant. Groaning in agony. Writhing against the rock as if she was reliving something that should never have been remembered.

dread growing in her chest. "Damn it... I

But

trees. Endless trees. The same barren trunks repeating like a pattern etched

run. Left. Right. Through shadows.

where she went... she always ended up in the

same groaning woman...her mother, still

like thunder across the false world. "What are you

like she was

kept turning. Pacing. Wincing. Her body writhing with every contraction. The pain etched deep lines into her face as she cried out

Lilith was in agony.

still whispered to herself through clenched teeth, her voice

got this... You’ve got this. Push now. You can

adjusted her legs, preparing to deliver the baby herself. Alone. In the middle of a

breathe, watching the woman who birthed

watching a stranger wearing her

her head back and screamed as she

turned pale. Veins bulged from her neck. Her cries echoed across the

minute passed then two... then three but

baby wouldn’t come. "No..." Lilith sobbed, tears slipping down her

tighten. She stepped forward instinctively, as if to help...only for her hand to pass straight through Lilith’s

the...? She tried

as if Lilith’s body

the hell..." Hazel whispered. "You can’t hear me... and now I can’t even touch

was

had said she

View the

turned, her mind

she asked the wind. "Is this what you wanted me

voices—dark, sharp voices—cut through the forest

can see

Crescents. None of them

turned cold. Lilith froze, her eyes wide with terror. "No..." she

forced herself up from the ground, clutching her swollen belly, her breath ragged. She was still in labor, still bleeding, still in pain...but

with every step, but her mind only

to survive. My baby

out again but her hand went through her mother’s body

it!" she cursed. "I’m right

couldn’t....She couldn’t touch her. Couldn’t warn

in

crashing through the trees

"I see her!"