Semua Bab The Triplet Alphas Are My Mates!: Bab 71 - Bab 80

AVABy the time we dragged ourselves back to the pack house, the sky was already starting to change. Dawn was coming in, and now the sky and clouds were washed in a soft orange color.My legs felt like lead, my body felt really heavy, and my head was pounding. But it wasn’t just the run back to the house that was making me weak. It was everything. The fighting. The fear. And the secrets I still didn’t know.When we walked in through the front doors, the sight that met us made my stomach twist.The foyer wasn’t empty. It was full of people. Alpha Thomas was standing at the front. His eyes were sharp and his face was hard as steel. Beside him were the council members, each one with their arms crossed, and their faces filled with anger.My body went still immediately, then I felt Roman’s hand in mine as he tried to reassure me, but even that small touch couldn’t stop the lump that rose in my throat.“You barely made it back before dawn,” Alpha Thomas said. His voice was low but we could

AVAThe morning of the challenge felt wrong right from the beginning.The whole pack house was quiet, but not in a normal way. It was the kind of silence that made everyone restless. Every step I took as I walked down the hall sounded too loud. Every breath I took echoed in my own ears.By the time I walked outside, the entire pack was already gathered. Some of them stood in groups, while some were just whispering and staring. Others stood stiffly, like statues, and their faces were full of nerves.The arena wasn’t far, but it looked so different today. The space was wide, and the snow had been trampled down by dozens of boots. The thick stone pillars that circled it were jagged and rough, like they’d been carved a very long time ago. And maybe they had.I pulled my jacket tighter around my body as soon as I felt the cold biting into my skin. But it wasn’t just the cold. No. It was him.The Bloodfang Alpha stood in the center of the arena, pacing like he wanted to get this over with a

AVAI couldn’t just stand there anymore. My wolf screamed at me to move, to do something before this monster would kill them all.My hand went to the dagger Blake had given me, which was hidden under my jacket. The metal felt cold against my palm as I pulled it out. My heart was pounding, and my throat was dry, but my legs were already moving.The Alpha was still pinned against the cracked pillar. Roman was holding him down, Zade was punching him, and Axel was now up, trying to keep him down. For once, it looked like we had the advantage.But my wolf didn’t care about waiting. So I rushed forward and slashed his stomach with the weapon.The sound that followed made my skin crawl. His blood wasn’t red. It was black and thick, and it hissed the moment it touched the dagger. A cloud of smoke rose, then the metal started burning and melting like acid was eating through it.The Alpha’s head snapped down to me. His reflexes were as fast as lightning, as his hand shot out and clamped around

AVAThe cold that seeped into the pack house after the challenge felt wrong.It wasn’t just the weather, though now that it was winter the glass of my window felt icy against my cheek. I knew it was something else.The chill slipped into my chest and sank into my bones. I kept replaying the fight, the way his blood had hissed against my blade, and the way his laughter echoed around us even after he vanished.I sat on the seat by my window with my knees tucked in and my chin resting on them. My hands wouldn’t stop trembling. They smelled faintly of him still; the stench of that black blood that no amount of washing seemed to get rid of. Every time I brought my hands too close to my face, it was there, and all it did was remind me that he wasn’t gone completely and he would be coming back for me.The dagger was hidden now. I’d locked it in a wooden box under my bed. But even though I’d put it away, I still felt as though it was calling to me.Suddenly, I heard a soft knock on my door.

AVAThe coin felt heavier than it should have as I carried it to Alpha Thomas’s office. My hands wouldn’t stop sweating, even though the metal felt cold on my palm. I didn’t bother knocking. I just pushed the door open and walked in.Alpha Thomas sat behind his desk with the usual mountain of papers in front of him. When he raised his eyes to look at me, his face was blank.I stepped closer. “I found this under my pillow,” I said. Then I placed the coin down in front of him.He didn’t speak right away. He leaned back, then forward, before he finally picked it up. As he turned it over slowly, his brow furrowed like the thing in his hand was a puzzle piece.When he finally spoke, his voice was low. “Bloodfangs used coins like this as a calling token. But those have long since been buried. No one should have one now.”My stomach dropped.He didn’t look at me when he said it. He was looking at the triplets who’d just come in.The room seemed to shrink, and the air felt too heavy. I open