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.

spun around. But

trunks repeating like

run. Left. Right. Through shadows. Over roots. Between

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

same rock. The same groaning woman...her mother, still twisting in

echoing like thunder across the false world. "What are you doing

almost like she was

Her body writhing with every contraction. The pain etched deep lines into her face as

Lilith was in agony.

to herself through clenched teeth, her

You’ve got this. Push now.

her back arching as she adjusted her legs, preparing to deliver the baby herself. Alone. In the middle of a cursed forest. Her hands trembled as she

unable to breathe, watching the woman

watching a stranger

threw her head back and screamed as she began

effort was immense. Her face turned pale. Veins bulged from her neck. Her cries echoed across the empty woods, bouncing off tree trunks like

two... then three but

sobbed, tears

instinctively, as if to help...only for her

the...? She tried

as if Lilith’s body was

hear me... and now I can’t even touch

memory....This was

had said she wanted to show her a

memory? View the correct

her

I was born?" she asked the wind. "Is this what you wanted me to

voices—cut through

see a

None of

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

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

with every step, but her

survive. My baby has to

rushed to her side, reaching out again but her hand went through her mother’s body

it!" she cursed. "I’m right here!

her. Couldn’t warn her.

trapped in a vision. And

louder, crashing through the trees

"I see her!"