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"

teeth, her voice cracking with

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 twins. Then it does not matter.. the only thing that mattered...

"If we had walked together from

shouldn’t be blaming each other now. What matters is that

wolves returned. One

said, eyes solemn. "But... we found a human. Just one. He was on

twisted. "Bring

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

"Talk," I barked.

said quickly, "he had a woman with him... and she was carrying twins. Two babies. He stopped my car—he came out of nowhere and just... made me stop. I didn’t want to but... I

"Then what happened?"

did. I don’t even know why. I just started walking. I couldn’t 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 to me. I just... he took

crying now, completely broken. I clenched my

muttered, voice low. "He

thunder in my

weight of those words settled

with Hazel and the twins.. "Fuck!" I roared, slamming my hand into a

He had escaped. Again.

Lilith’s POV

is going perfectly according

Every

or whatever romance was going on there. The babies—those precious, powerful little things—had been pushed aside in the chaos. I could’ve helped her. I could’ve struck Cyrius down and led them all home like some grand, noble mother

would I

to the babies. That’s all

to awaken the sleeping

toward them slowly. A

Hazel yes, but