All Chapters of Craved By The Alpha Triplets : Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Morning sunlight crept through the heavy curtains, painting lines of gold across the stone floor. Raine stirred beneath the thick furs, her heartbeat still echoing in her ears from the dreams that had clawed their way into her sleep. In them, she had seen Kael’s eyes—burning, broken—and the faint whisper of her name carried on the wind like a warning.When she opened her eyes, the room was empty. The silence of the Alpha keep was wrong. Usually, Lucian’s laughter drifted from the courtyard, or Damon’s measured voice could be heard giving orders to the warriors. But now, even the wolves outside were still.She rose, slipping Kael’s dark tunic over her shoulders. It hung loose on her, the fabric soft but smelling faintly of smoke and cedar. She stepped into the corridor, her bare feet cold against the stone, following the murmur of voices from below.The great hall was lit only by the embers of the hearth. Around the long table, Kael, Damon, and Lucian stood with three unfamiliar figure

The fortress stood like a scar on the mountain.Stone walls, blackened by centuries of storms, rose high enough to touch the clouds. Raine had seen castles before, but this one felt alive—breathing frost and memory, humming with the power of wolves older than any pack.They dismounted at the outer gates where guards waited, cloaked in silver armor that caught the cold light of dawn. Kael’s hand rested lightly at her back. He didn’t speak, but she could feel the unease in him—an echo in the bond that made her chest tighten.Lucian offered his usual smirk, though his eyes were sharp. “Home sweet home.”“No one calls this place home,” Damon said flatly. He stepped forward, showing the sigil burned into his forearm. The guards bowed their heads and opened the gates without a word.Inside, the air grew heavy. The courtyard was vast and empty, lined with statues of wolves in different stances—some howling, some bowing, some chained. Raine could feel the weight of history pressing down on he

The night bled into silence.Raine lay awake, her pulse echoing with the rhythm of the bond. Every heartbeat felt shared — Kael’s fury, Lucian’s hunger, Damon’s restraint — all tangled in her chest like threads of fire and shadow.The Blackthorn fortress loomed beyond the window, silver towers etched in moonlight. It was ancient, powerful, built from stone that remembered blood. She could feel it whispering under her skin.Kael’s voice broke the quiet.“They’ll come for us soon.”He stood by the balcony, bare-chested, his scars catching the pale light like broken constellations. His golden eyes glowed faintly, a reminder of the beast that lived beneath his skin.Raine sat up slowly. “The Council?”He nodded once. “They can’t ignore what we did. The bond was never meant to cross bloodlines.”Damon stepped from the shadows, calm and deliberate as always. “They’ll see her as a threat — the human who holds three Alpha hearts. They’ll think she’s cursed us.”Lucian, sprawled lazily on the

The night was quiet again. The chaos, the screams, the storm of power that had shaken the mountains—gone. Only silence remained, thick and heavy, the kind that followed destruction or rebirth. I wasn’t sure which this was.The moon hung low, bleeding silver through the torn clouds. I lay in the circle of their warmth, my head resting against Kael’s chest, my hand caught between Lucian’s and Damon’s. The three of them surrounded me like walls of heat, unbreakable, alive. I could feel the faint tremor beneath their skin—the same pulse that echoed inside me.The bond.It wasn’t fire anymore. It was something deeper, slower, steadier—like an undercurrent of power threading through my veins, a heartbeat that didn’t belong entirely to me.Kael’s hand brushed my hair back, his fingers lingering at the base of my neck where his mark still glowed faintly in the dim light. His thumb traced the edges, soft, reverent. “You’re too quiet,” he murmured.I turned my face toward his chest, breathing h

The forest swallowed me whole.Branches clawed at my arms and legs as I ran, tearing thin lines across my skin. My breath came in ragged bursts that burned in my throat. My vision blurred from the tears I refused to let fall. Every heartbeat felt like a blow, each pulse echoing through the bond—Kael’s pain, Damon’s fury, Lucian’s fear.I wasn’t alone inside myself anymore.I could feel all three of them, as clearly as if their hands were on my skin.Kael’s wolf was clawing to break free, his rage spiraling violently every time I tripped or gasped. Damon’s focus wavered whenever my panic rose, though he fought to keep control. Lucian’s mind kept reaching for mine—touches of warmth, reassurance, desperation.Keep running, he pleaded through the bond. Don’t look back.But all I wanted was to look back.All I wanted was to turn around and throw myself into the fight, consequences be damned. Because every step I took felt like I was ripping out pieces of my heart and scattering them behind