Fated to the Alpha–And His Triplet Brothers

Chapter 100: Help her please!

**~ Hazel’s POV ~**

My heart—my entire soul—shivered when I heard the words slip from Cyrius’s mouth.

"You’ll climb that tree. You’ll stay there. You’ll watch them look for you. And you won’t say a word."

"No... no, please don’t do this," I whispered, my voice already cracking under the weight of disbelief. My fingers reached for his hand, desperate, trembling, pleading—but he snatched it away like I was some venomous thing. Like touching me would corrupt him.

"No," he hissed, and that single syllable split me open.

Then it happened. My body—it betrayed me. The compulsion surged beneath my skin, and I started to move without control, my legs guiding me toward the tree he pointed at. I turned back once—just once—and my eyes landed on Ada.

She was crying. Tiny, frail arms outstretched toward me, her baby fingers twitching in the air, reaching for a mother she could no longer touch.

I wanted to scream. I wanted to grab her. But my voice was already gone. I turned back to the tree, teeth clenched so tightly they ached.

I climbed.

Each branch bit into my palms. The bark tore into my skin. But I kept going, compelled, possessed, robbed of my will. I reached a high perch and crouched there like some cursed bird, trapped in my own skin, a silent observer to my own nightmare.

I turned back once more. I mouthed his name. Please. Just once more.

But Cyrius—he stood there, still and cold and unmoving, like a statue carved from cruelty. His eyes betrayed him for just a second, the faintest glint of pain... or was it satisfaction?

And then he turned away.

I watched him walk off, cradling the babies. I screamed..Or tried to.

Nothing. No voice. No sound. Not even a whimper. Just silence. That cursed, suffocating silence.

tightly I thought my nails might crack. God—please—if I could just

and then... a whisper. "Shhh... I think

recognize that

lost balance right then and there, slipping from the branch but my reflexes

part of me that could

couldn’t even fake a fall if

Leaves rustled below. Footsteps.

then Aurora emerged from the trees, her fiery hair catching the light like a flame. Her face was tear-streaked, raw. Hope and

eyes tracking the

were so close. I

Damn Cyrius.

this curse. Damn this

up. I’m right here.

Aurora whispered.

was the first to step forward. His body moved like a storm was inside him, barely held

them?" Aurora asked

"No. I can’t see anyone. The

furrowed. "They should be here. I can still smell them. They haven’t gone

behind her. "They’re close. Go this direction," she said, pointing toward

No.

up straighter

no! That’s the wrong way! Cyrius didn’t go right...he went

LEFT! THEY’RE ON THE LEFT! I’M IN THE

it with everything I had. But again,

Aurora turned...Cayden hesitated.

all left. Walking straight into the trees to the right. The wrong direction.

go as i sat there powerless. My heart dropped into the

But then...Cayden stopped.