Fated to the Alpha–And His Triplet Brothers

Chapter 73

Chapter 73: Jab...

**~ Caspian’s POV ~**

What in the name of the Crescent is happening...?

I stood in the aftermath, heart pounding, eyes stuck on Hazel’s collapsed body like it had personally betrayed me. Lilith lay nearby unmoving. Not a sound. Not a single breath from her chest. I didn’t even know if she was dead or just passed out, but something inside me twisted at the thought that maybe she was gone.

But that wasn’t even the worst of it.

Hazel...,My mate. My everything. Cold. Unfeeling. Gone.

She wasn’t Hazel anymore. She was something else.

I turned toward Aurora, who was still steadying herself after stopping Hazel’s attack. She nodded. We didn’t need to speak. We knew what we had to do.

Cayden moved first, dropping to his knees beside Hazel, pressing his fingers to her neck. "Still breathing," he muttered. "She’s alive."

Alive—but barely holding on.

I reached down and scooped her up in my arms, her body limp like she’d been drained of everything. Her head lolled against my shoulder. For a moment, just one damn second, I thought I saw a flicker of recognition in her closed eyes...but no. Just more emptiness.

"She’s not gone," Cayden said.

"I know," I replied, tightening my grip. "Lily almost brought her back. That’s the only reason Hazel would’ve fought her. She was close. Too close. That means we’re getting somewhere."

Cayden didn’t argue. He just nodded, letting the idea become his own. I didn’t blame him. We didn’t have time for pride. We didn’t have time for anything but survival.

Aurora helped me steady Hazel as we moved fast, slipping through the High House halls, avoiding anyone who might question us. I chose our Her chamber Because if anything was going to wake her up, it was this room. The place where she spent most of her days in here in the high house.

She lived in this room. She loved in this room.

Maybe... maybe it could remind her of who she was.

We laid her down gently on the bed. I brushed a strand of hair from her face, just like I used to when she fell asleep in my arms. The softness was still there. Somewhere.

I just had to find it again.

"I brought some things," I said.

Cayden and Aurora turned to me. I pulled a small bag from the corner of the room and opened it carefully.

Inside—Ariel’s favorite toy.

with crooked button eyes and tangled red yarn

had been

at it for a second too long, and then placed it

holding funerals today," I said quietly.

looked down,

swallowed hard clenching his fingers

the rest of them. They’re all rotting in

bag again, this time pulling out one of Hazel’s old sweaters. Worn, faded, still smelling faintly like cinnamon and vanilla. She wore it back when she lived in her father’s house before all

life would break

I whispered. "Come back

across his chest. "We’ve already lost half

My jaw clenched.

I

wasn’t exaggerating. Between the witches’ ambush and Hazel’s outburst, dozens of wolves had

That

We’d be challenged.

softly. "Other packs will come. They’ll

turning toward him

was human or so we thought. They teamed up with

pointed toward the wall—the one still blackened with the blood

burned them. Tore them apart.

dare try again,"

said. "But if they do,

all looked

So still. So quiet.

reached down and took her hand, curling it

slap me across the face, and call me a dramatic

Cayden immediately vanished from the room, like he

to pull her back before

steps, lifting two gowns in my hands—one

eyes fluttered open, her expression unreadable. She pinched the bridge of her nose, then slammed her palm across her face in what looked like mock

on," she said with a dark chuckle. "Really? Holding up these two dresses,

darted to the

dress..?," she

wearing it

that

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