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I struggled to sit up, and he helped me, his strong hands supporting my back. The ritual chamber had been transformed into a recovery area, with several cots now occupied by wounded warriors receiving treatment. Lucious still slept on the cot across from mine, his chest slept on the cot across from mine, his chest rising and falling in the deep rhythm of exhausted sleep. Through our bond, I could sense Apollo's depleted presence, much like Diamond's within me."The others?" I asked, scanning the room for my other mates."Fin's helping coordinate the integration of the freed captives. Brent and Liam are with Alpha Maxwell, debriefing the allied pack leaders," Kane explained, his voice kept low to avoid disturbing the other recovering wolves. "Everyone made it back alive, though we have some injuries."I squeezed his hand, relief washing through me. "And the facilities?""All three successfully neutralised," he confirmed. "We found over a hundred captives between them, mostly wolves who

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Clara nodded, her expression softening as she continued her examination. "Three distinct energies, Luna. You're carrying triplets." The room spun around me, and if I hadn't already been sitting, I might have collapsed. Triplets. Three babies are growing inside me. Diamond's protective presence surged despite her exhaustion, wrapping more tightly around the precious lives we carried. "Three?" Kane repeated, his normally composed voice cracking slightly. "Yes," Clara confirmed, her hands still resting gently on my abdomen. "Strong, healthy energies, all of them. Though," she added with a pointed look at me, "they need their mother to rest and recover after today's exertions." I nodded numbly, still trying to process this revelation. One child had seemed miraculous enough, but three felt impossible, overwhelming. My head began to swim at the knowledge. I looked up at my mates, seeing my own shock mirrored in their expressions. "Is this... normal?" Fin asked, his voice cracking as h

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“Stopped at least for now.”I nodded, “So, Mr Big Bad Alpha, as the eldest of the four of you, how are you feeling about all of this? I mean, I asked Brent when we only thought it was one pup. I wanted to talk to each of you, but there wasn’t really the time before we had to go into battle.”Fin's expression softened, a rare vulnerability crossing his usually analytical face. He took my hand, his thumb tracing gentle circles against my palm."Terrified," he admitted quietly. "And in complete awe. Three lives, Seraphina. Three little beings who will be part mine." He shook his head, wonder replacing the momentary fear in his eyes. "I've always approached life with careful planning, with strategies and contingencies. But this..."I squeezed his hand, understanding his struggle to articulate feelings so profound."I keep thinking about what they'll be like," he continued, his voice low and intimate. "Will one have your silver eyes? Will another inherit Kane's leadership or Brent's passio

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"Indeed," the Priestess nodded, her weathered face softening. "Even in their earliest form, they carry the Blackthorne power. Three children of your bloodline, born to four mates, it's unprecedented in our recorded history. Their combined energies created a protective cocoon around your spirit during the projection."I placed my hand over my stomach, feeling a surge of love and wonder. These tiny lives were already protecting me, even as I sought to protect them."Three?" Lucious echoed, his eyes widening as he looked from me to the Priestess. "You're carrying triplets?"I nodded, still processing the reality myself. "We just found out yesterday, after the ritual."My brother's face transformed with joy as he reached out tentatively. "May I?"I guided his hand to my stomach, where the slightest curve was beginning to show. Through our bond, I felt Apollo's golden energy reaching gently toward the tiny sparks Diamond guarded so fiercely."I'm going to be an uncle to three," he whispere

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"It's good to be vertical," I replied with a small smile, taking the chair Kane pulled out for me. Diamond was fully awake now, her silver energy flowing through me with renewed vigour, though still not at full strength. The triplets' presence created a strange warmth within me, three tiny flames Diamond was nurturing carefully."We've mapped the remaining Northern Alliance strongholds," Alpha Maxwell explained, gesturing to the locations marked in red. "Based on interrogations of captured members, we believe their leadership has scattered to these five locations."I studied the map, noting how the marked points formed a rough circle around our territory. "They're positioning themselves strategically.""For the eclipse," Margaret Chen agreed, her sharp eyes meeting mine. "The Priestess believes they'll attempt a coordinated ritual from multiple sites.""Creating a convergence of dark energy," Liam added, pointing to the centre of their circle, which happened to be alarmingly close to

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“Think about it, yes, he is a dark soul, but she would have grounded him, just as I have with you four, my Alphas.” I paused as if letting them process my words, “Everyone has light and dark in them, it's human nature. Before you knew who I was to you four, none of you was the nicest to me. Remember, our bond only started to snap into place when Liam accidentally kissed me. Ancient history, but still, maybe that’s why he’s trying to break through, but then maybe if she’s calling to him, perhaps she would go to him and join him on the other side, sealing it for good light on one side of the veil and dark on the other. I’m just throwing ideas around, but in saying that, what if the Northern Alliance is misunderstanding the messages they have been getting?”The Priestess stared at me with wide eyes, her weathered hands trembling slightly as she reached for the ancient text before her. "That's... a possibility I hadn't considered," she whispered. "The rebirth of souls is rare, but not unhe