Chapter 80: Find them

**~ Hazel’s POV ~**

But first... I needed my mother.

Without thinking, I bolted from the room. The second I stepped into the hallway, I was met by Caspian and Aurora. Caspian reached out, gently grabbing my arm.

"Where are you going?" he asked, brows furrowed. "You should be resting. We gave you time so you could—"

"Rest?" I snapped, turning to face him. "You expect me to rest while my babies are still missing? No. No, Caspian. We need to find my mother. Right now. She’s the only one who can help us. We have to wake her up—before it’s too late."

I shook his hand off mine and started down the stairs, Aurora and Caspian trailing behind me with worried eyes.

And then I saw her. Cayden stood at the bottom of the staircase, cradling her in his arms.

My mother. She was slowly waking up.

Thank the goddess.

A flash of hope jolted through me like lightning. If she was waking, then maybe—maybe—there was still time to bring her back emotionally. To undo what I’d done.

I rushed toward her, my feet barely touching the steps. When I reached Cayden, I reached for her, holding her hands and looking up at him.

He looked startled, blinking at me with a mix of shock and confusion. I didn’t blame him. Just minutes ago, I had been curled up and shattered. He wasn’t expecting me to be this alert, this driven.

He hesitated, then slowly handed her over.

Her body slumped into my arms. Her skin was warm. Her breath was steady. But her eyes... they were void and empty like there were not emotions in them.

"Mom?" I whispered, gently cupping her face. "Mom, it’s me. Hazel." No response. No flicker of recognition.

Tears welled in my eyes, but I pushed them back.

"I’m sorry," I breathed, pressing my forehead to hers. "I’m so sorry. I need you to turn it back on. Please. I didn’t mean to do it. I didn’t know what would happen. I just needed you to help me. You’re the only one who can help me now."

But still—nothing.

didn’t know what else to do. I hadn’t learned the spells. I hadn’t mastered magic. I didn’t know how to call on a wolf I wasn’t even sure existed. But still... I had something..I

she had show me so

That feeling. I let it bloom, full and raw and honest, in

And I prayed.

this. Let it reach you. Let it bring you back. Then something changed. A flicker in her

"Hazel?" she

cracked open. "Mom?" I gasped, and then smiled through the tears. "Yes. It’s me. It’s Hazel." And then

mine, slow and steady. And the air changed. Everyone in the room—every wolf—froze,

Cayden let out a

But now... now it’s about my

still looked like she needed rest, but I immediately rushed to her side and

need to find my babies. Please—we need to find them

nod and tried to straighten up, but her

rest,"

out there—possibly suffering, possibly in danger! We

fatigue, she nodded once

right," Cayden said softly. "We can’t waste any

to Leon. "Have the wolves at the

head. "Nothing yet. No signs of anyone crossing with children.

herself, then rose to her full height. "It’s

she looked back at me. "I just

the long silence she left behind echoing through the room. I sank into the nearest seat, my chest still rising and falling with panic. Cayden remained across the room, keeping his distance,

No one spoke.

It Then Lilith returned.

a necklace of raw stones pulsing faintly around her throat. She looked stronger already, more certain. She

she promised. "But I need your blood... and your

I nodded without hesitation.

memory you had of them," she instructed. "That moment is your lifeline to them. Don’t

last thing I remembered was holding them... barely. My vision had been blurry from the pain of childbirth, but I remembered the weight of their

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