The Triplet Alphas' Secret Mate

Chapter 105: Her Choice

The air in the room was thick and heavy, making it hard to take a full breath. Liam and Leon stood like two stone walls; they bared their teeth at each other, neither one willing to move an inch. To them, stepping back felt like giving her up forever.

​"I am the eldest," Liam growled, his voice deep and vibrating with power. "I’m the one who decides. Move, Leon."

​"Being born first won’t save her life," Leon snapped back, his eyes flashing with possession. "She needs heat, and I’m burning hotter than you’ll ever be. Besides, you’re only older by six minutes. It doesn’t mean a damn thing right now."

​Between them, Leo stood silent, watching Scarlett shiver on the bed. His knuckles were white because he was squeezing his fists so hard they shook. The healer, Hecate, stood at the bedside, her hands glowing with a soft, flickering green light as she prepared to work.

​"She’s dying!" Hecate screamed, her voice cutting through their bickering. "The cold is reaching her heart! Stop acting like children!"

​At her shout, a tiny, broken sound escaped Scarlett’s throat. She looked white, frozen, and fragile. Then, her arm moved just a little. Her fingers dragged across the sheets, searching for any spark of warmth in the freezing dark.

​Her hand brushed against Leo’s sleeve. He was the one standing right there.

​For Liam and Leon, it felt like a physical blow. Liam froze, his jaw dropping as he stared at her small, pale hand resting on Leo’s arm. Leon’s growl died instantly, his face twisting with a look of pure betrayal. They didn’t see a dying girl reaching for the nearest person; all they saw was a choice.

​"She chose him," Leon whispered, the words sounding raw and painful.

​Leo didn’t waste time arguing. He just moved. He could feel the ice radiating off her skin, and it terrified him.

out of my way," Leo snapped. He sounded more like an Alpha in that

his skin already flushed and hot from his wolf’s frantic energy. With shaking hands,

tight, trying to be a furnace to melt away the death

screaming at him to rip Leo away and be the one to save her. Beside him, Leon looked like

with rage and grief, forced to stay and

beginning to sink into the girl’s skin. "It is working, Alpha Leo," she said

hands on Scarlett, the green light flowing steadily until the very last

from her forehead. "The toxin is out of her

steady now; her skin no longer felt like ice. She looked peaceful, tucked

packed her things but looked at Leo one last time. "She’s stable, but her body is exhausted. You have to keep holding her until she wakes up to keep her temperature up. But," she glanced at the two brothers standing in a corner, "you can switch

her even closer. The thought of letting Liam or Leon take his place—letting their skin touch hers while he sat in the corner—made his stomach turn.

the engine idling quietly. He had just finished taking Elara out for a fancy dinner, and now he was dropping her

have you had

even look at him. She rolled her eyes and sighed. "I’ve told you already, Alpha Ethan. I don’t want to

up everything for this woman. He’d ignored his pride and his duties just

for tomorrow night. I know you’re

for an answer. Ethan sat there, stunned. Tears pricked at his eyes, but he blinked them back, refusing to let them fall. He put the car in gear and drove