Fated Mate to the Triplet Alpha

Chapter 108: Chapter 108: The Impossible Choice

Two babies cried in the golden light. One sound pure as crystal. The other having an edge that made everyone’s skin crawl. Elara fell back against the cave wall, pale and exhausted.

Blood pooled beneath her, far too much blood. "She’s hemorrhaging," Luna Evelyn said sharply. "The twin birth was too much for her body."

Tobias pressed cloths against the bleeding, but they soaked through quickly. "I need medical goods. Real ones. Not cave cures."

"The pack hospital is twenty minutes away," Kael said, ice already building under his feet to carry her. "She doesn’t have twenty minutes," Luna Evelyn answered grimly. Darian’s shadows writhed as fear set in.

"There has to be something we can do." "There is." The original Alpha’s words cut through their desperation. "But you won’t like the price."

All three brothers spun toward the chained wolf. "Speak," Ronan growled. "I can save her. My power is old, ancient. Strong enough to heal even this." "In exchange for what?" Darian demanded. The original Alpha’s smile was pure evil.

"One of the children. Your choice which one." "Never," all three brothers said at once. "Then watch her die." The old wolf shrugged. "It’s no concern of mine." Elara’s breathing became more shallow.

Her golden light flickered like a burning candle. "There might be another way," Elder Vera said suddenly. "But it requires a sacrifice." "What kind of sacrifice?" Kael asked. "One of you must give up your mate bond to save her.

The power released could heal her completely." The cave went silent except for the babies’ cries and Elara’s hard breathing. "But there’s more," Elder Vera continued.

"The one who sacrifices their bond will also lose their link to the children. Forever." Darian felt his heart stop. Save Elara but never be able to touch her again. Never hold his children. Never be part of their family. "I’ll do it," Kael said instantly.

"No," Ronan snapped. "I will." "Both of you stop," Darian interrupted.

"This is exactly what the original Alpha wants. To split us again." "Is it?" The chained wolf laughed. "Or is it just reality? Someone has to lose. That’s how the world works." "Maybe," Luna Evelyn said slowly, "but not how family works." She knelt beside the kids.

One had stopped crying and was looking around with bright, interested eyes. The other continued wailing, and where its tears fell, the cave floor cracked.

"There’s something else you need to know," she said. "About the twins." "What now?" Ronan asked desperately. "The prophecy wasn’t perfect. There’s a finishing piece."

Luna Evelyn’s face was grave. "The destructive twin will grow stronger by feeding on negative feelings. Anger. Fear. Despair." As if reacting to her words, the crying baby’s wails grew louder. The cracks in the cave floor spread wider.

"And right now," she continued, "this entire cave is filled with those emotions." Elara’s eyes fluttered open. "The baby," she whispered. "It’s feeding on our panic." "How do we stop it?" Kael demanded. "You don’t," the original Alpha said happily.

"Every moment you waste choosing who to sacrifice, the child gets stronger. And your mate grows weaker." He was right. Elara’s face was turning ashen. Her breaths barely visible. "Choose!" the old wolf ordered. "Save her or save yourselves.

But choose now!" Darian looked at his brothers. Kael’s jaw was set with purpose. Ronan’s hands were clenched with barely controlled rage. Both were ready to give everything. Just like he was. "What if we all choose?"

Darian said suddenly. "What do you mean?" Kael asked. "What if all three of us give up our bonds? Triple the power to heal her." Elder Vera shook her head.

"That much power released at once could kill her instead of saving her." "Then we’re back where we started," Ronan said sadly. The crying baby’s wails reached a fever pitch. The cave walls began to shake.

"Wait," Elara whispered. Her voice was barely heard. "The other kid. It stopped crying when Luna Evelyn spoke about family." Everyone looked at the quiet twin. It was watching them with ancient eyes, far too wise for a baby.

"The good twin," Tobias breathed. "It’s trying to balance the other one." "But it’s not strong enough yet," Luna Evelyn realized. "It needs positive feelings to grow. Love. Hope. Unity."

"Then that’s our answer," Darian said. He looked at his brothers with sudden clarity. "We don’t choose who to sacrifice. We choose what to believe in." "I don’t understand," Kael said.

"The original Alpha wants us to act from fear. To make desperate choices that tear us apart." Darian’s shadows settled quietly around his feet. "But what if we choose love instead?" He knelt beside Elara and took her hand.

"I choose to trust that our bond is strong enough to save you without breaking." Kael joined him, ice crystals making protective barriers around Elara and the babies. "I choose to believe that love is more powerful than any ancient curse."

Ronan dropped down beside them, his berserker rage changing into fierce protectiveness. "I choose to have faith in our family." The moment all three spoke their choices, something incredible happened. The golden light around Elara blazed brighter than ever. noveldrama

But instead of draining her, it seemed to flow back into her. "Impossible," the original Alpha growled. "Choice requires sacrifice!"

"Not always," Luna Evelyn said with a proud smile. "Sometimes choice creates power instead of destroying it." The crying baby’s wails began to quiet. The cracks in the cave floor started to heal.

And Elara’s color began to return. "The twins are balancing each other," Elder Vera noted in wonder. "The good twin is using the love in this cave to calm the destructive one."

"For now," Luna Evelyn warned. "But as they grow, this balance will become harder to maintain." Elara sat up slowly, power returning to her voice.

"Then we’ll teach them together. All of us." "You can’t," the original Alpha spat. "The unruly child will turn on you eventually. It’s nature, not choice." "Maybe," Darian said, gathering both kids in his arms.

"But we’ll love it anyway." The quiet twin reached tiny fingers toward its crying sister. The moment they touched, both babies fell silent. "See?" Elara whispered.

"They need each other. Just like we do." The original Alpha’s chains began to glow red with anger. "This isn’t over. The child will grow. The darkness will call to it." "And when it does," Ronan said definitely, "we’ll be there to call it back."

But as he spoke, something cold brushed against Darian’s mind. A sound so quiet he almost missed it. Soon, the voice said. When they’re older. When they’re stronger.

When the balance tips. Darian looked down at the twins in his arms. The quiet one was sleeping peacefully. But the other one’s eyes were wide open, staring straight at him.

And for just a moment, those tiny eyes flashed pure black. "What is it?" Kael asked, noticing his face. Before Darian could answer, the cave began to shake fiercely.

Not from the baby’s cries this time, but from something else. Something outside. "The pack," Tobias said, his face pale. "They felt the power rush. They’re coming." Luna Evelyn’s face turned grim.

"And they won’t understand what they’re seeing. Twin kids. Ancient skills. A nearly dead Luna who’s suddenly healed." "They’ll think we’ve been corrupted," Elder Vera realized.

"They’ll try to separate the family." "Over my dead body," Ronan growled. "That might be exactly what they have in mind," Luna Evelyn said softly. The sound of running footsteps echoed from the cave mouth.

Angry sounds. The clash of weapons being pulled. "Alpha Marcus," Kael breathed. "Father’s coming." And with him, from the sound of it, half the pack. The original Alpha began laughing again. "Perfect time.

Nothing destroys a family faster than being forced to protect it against their own people." Darian looked at his brothers, at Elara, at the twins sleeping in his arms.

They’d overcome every trial. Defeated every enemy. United their ties and saved their mate. But now came the hardest test of all. Fighting the people they’d sworn to protect. The footsteps were getting closer.

Alpha Marcus’s voice boomed through the cave system. "Find them! And if they’ve been perverted by dark magic, you know what to do!" Elara struggled to her feet, still weak but determined.

"They’ll have to go through all of us." "Together?" Kael asked. "Together," they all answered. But as the first pack warriors appeared at the cave mouth, Darian noticed something that made his blood freeze.

The quiet twin had woken up. And both babies were staring at the coming threat with identical expressions. Not fear. Not confusion. Hunger.