Fated to the Alpha–And His Triplet Brothers

Chapter 102: The blood has been taken!

*~Cayden’s POV~*

"Aurora... are you sure this is the route?" I asked tightly, my eyes darting across the dense forest that now looked unfamiliar. We had stopped in what felt like the middle of nowhere.

No direction to go further.

Aurora turned slowly, frowning. Her brows furrowed. "Oh my God..." she whispered. "We passed the wrong route."

My heart dropped. "What?!"

And then I shrieked. "Turn back!" I ordered.

Without hesitation, we shifted and tore through the forest, our paws slamming against the earth as we raced back—faster than before, furious with ourselves. My wolves moved behind us in formation.

I paused. Hazel.. Her scent was everywhere. I froze, nostrils flaring as I inhaled. She had been here. Not long ago.

I turned to Aurora, and she was already looking at me, her expression mirroring mine. Eyes wide. Breath caught. She smelled it too.

But then—why? Why did it feel so distant now?

"We just—left—for a few minutes," I whispered, more to myself than to her. "How could she have disappeared so fast?"

I growled lowly and flashed ahead, my wolves fanning out once more. We searched again every inch. Still... nothing. She was gone.

Gone, and then, from the shadows, a silhouette appeared. A figure, walking slowly, unsteady.

Aurora gasped and rushed forward, her voice trembling. "Hazel?"

But as the figure stepped into view, a voice broke through the silence.

"No" It wasn’t

through gritted teeth, her voice cracking with

but Lilith was already clinging to something— Something she hid quickly behind her back when she noticed us. I caught a glimpse of it, but it wasn’t Hazel. If it wasn’t the

was here," I murmured. "If we had walked together from the start... if

each other now. What matters is that she must still be

my wolves returned. One of them came

eyes solemn. "But... we found a human. Just one.

heart twisted. "Bring him

human stumbled out, covered in dirt and leaves, trembling from head to toe. He fell to his knees before me, tears streaking down his

"Talk," I barked.

quickly, "he had a woman with him... and she was carrying twins. Two babies. He

"Then what happened?"

think. I couldn’t move on my own. It was like... like he got into my head. And then..then I saw my car speeding away. And that’s when I came back to myself. I..I don’t know what he did

broken. I clenched my

muttered, voice low. "He can compel

thunder in my

those words settled heavily over all of

was gone with Hazel and the twins.. "Fuck!" I roared, slamming my hand into a nearby tree, splintering the

He had escaped. Again.

Lilith’s POV

going perfectly according to

step. Every twist. Every

on there. The babies—those precious, powerful little things—had been

why would I do

to the babies. That’s

drop of blood. Just enough to awaken

toward them slowly. A boy.

but