Offered to the Triplet Alphas

Chapter 85

Chapter-85. Hormones

[Raven]

This was the first time Ezra had been this vulnerable with us, and now everything felt painfully awkward.

Honestly, I preferred it when Ezra would just lose his mind and burn down the world. The nauseating, smoky stench of boiling blood and burning flesh was far more tolerable than the suffocating silence in Asher's chamber. Before, disemboweling a conscious immortal was enough to lift his spirits. Now, I didn't have a clue what might work.

Food?

Rum?

Flowers?

Cannibalism?

Women?

Torture?

Poetry?

I am an alchemist, not a poet.

What am I even supposed to say?

Gold is yellow, Silver is blue, Oh, my dear brother, You've lost all your screws.

Instead of cheering him up, my poetry would torture him. And I didn't want him to crave death even more. So, poetry was clearly a bad idea. I let out a sigh and even that echoed. Maybe I'll just ask the obvious. I cleared my throat.

"You knew who posted that news blog online, didn't you?" I asked Ezra.

"Cedric." Ezra replied in a voice weaker than a whisper, almost lifeless.

"When you knew who it was, why didn't you reveal his identity before the council?" I asked, my frown deepening when he didn't react and just stared into nothingness silently.

I contemplated him closely, curling my fingers into a loose fist, feeling a restless frustration grow inside me. Something heavy in my chest wanted Ezra to react like the Ezra I knew instantly. Because this version of Ezra...

My fist tightened, nails biting into my palm.

It felt as though Ezra had already been consumed by some curse worse than death, leaving behind someone I barely recognized. The thought hit harder than I expected, tightening the ache in my chest.

I clenched my jaws, resisting the urge to smack some sense into him. To yell at him and tell him to get his shit together.

But his silence... his unnerving calm... this complete lack of action - it tested my patience to its breaking point.

But no. I couldn't lose my brother. Not because of two women.

"Ezra, I asked you a question," I demanded, my glare cutting through the silence.

He finally spoke, his voice hoarse and exhausted. "Cedric is our little brother."

The words hung in the air, but they didn't sit right with me. I mean, yeah, biologically Cedric was our half brother, but did we ever consider him as 'our' little brother?

"Not just that..." Ezra looked up at me, his gaze heavy. "If we fail to fight this curse, Cedric will succeed us. Isn't that why Asher is grooming him as the back-up Alpha?"

I ran my tongue across my inner cheek, my gaze drifting to Asher's empty chair behind the desk.

As much as I hated this idea, it was for the best. The generational curse affected only the legitimate offspring of the curse bearer.

That was why the curse didn't affect Nesryn and Cedric - they were the illegitimate children.

My father may have given his second and third concubines the status of wives, but he never formed a soul pact with them. That was why, when he finally succumbed to the curse, our mother was the only one who suffered due to the breaking of the soul pact.

I never understood my father. Even now, I can't make sense of his actions. Did he know about the curse? Was that the reason he took concubines, hoping his illegitimate children would survive?

Was it some twisted form of protection?

What was the origin of such a complex curse?

What words were used to forge its malignancy?

Who created this curse and why?

such questions, but never found a link that could connect all dots. And whenever I thought I was close to figuring things out, either the link disappeared or I found Asher blocking my path. Just another reason to

knows best, strutting around as if he has it all figured out. But in reality, he's just a self-centered bastard,

with Ezra. They somehow bond better, but no - Mr. I-am-always-busy-because-I-am-the-true-alpha had yet another oh-so-important meeting

could possibly be more

oh-so-dear Xanthea all alone as well,

seriously doesn't care.

Damn him!

Screw him!

picked up

Asher, I'd burn half the

instead, almost out of habit, I activated my butterfly surveillance, which was supposed to keep a close watch on

council shit, I couldn't monitor her first day at all. Then again, the first days are mostly uneventful. Nothing significant

a quick

would cheer

cast the butterfly surveillance from my

moment Xanthea's voice filled the room. It was like watching a

she looked at Nesryn, insecurity dominant in

Nesryn affirmed with a nod. Her brows tensed as she blinked fast,

her reluctance, she fidgeted with her phone

Alpha Ezra's candidates... they'll be

you for the meeting while you dress up," Nesryn

council was dismissed, but the special jury requested Ezra to officially introduce Xanthea to them. Once she completed the paperworks required to be a candidate, the jury would begin monitoring and judging her like the other

asked Nesryn to bring Xanthea to the council, he instructed her not to disclose

to be your Luna candidate directly before the jury," I said plainly. "What's

panic on the spot. You'll make a fool of yourself if

image on the screen. For a moment, the silence stretched until his low voice

over many things, Raven. This will be the wisest folly I ever commit. Getting her consent might just be a formality for the jury, but for me, it's important. And this is the best way to get her most unadulterated answer. So, if she says no... I'll respect her

eyes, I

remained silent for the rest of the drive. Her face remained expressionless and her eyes blank as she looked

Who is she texting?

to hack her phone, but it

on his

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"Squirrels?"

took his phone and looked at the Lana's

worry. I got this. I'll keep your squirrels

there asap.' Xanthea's reply was brief, and then it was just Lana updating Xanthea with

make sense of their

up, puzzled. "Do healers use squirrels for

the beginners, not squirrels," I

Ezra looked at

partner," I said, and Ezra silently

Xanthea's healing partner," Ezra said after some

"What about her?"

chance. I know she's dangerous, but Xanthea wants her as her healing

much did that

not threatening you. It's a request.

and I am not hugging you, even if it's the end of the world. So give it a rest. As for a chance, I have already given

Xanthea, Ezra's gaze

if she did. So I taught Lana the way to protect Xanthea from Zosha. I have forbidden her to help the cat, but aside from the exams, Lana will have plenty of free time to train or

at Xanthea as she peered out of

to figure out how she can use the resources you gave her to help

learns to control her powers, I'll not allow her to be Xanthea's healing partner. Fair

He nodded. "I suppose."

to create history through their dresses, curated exclusively for the Luna candidates."

status, a clear mark of their superiority over all other women in the

of excitement in her eyes that I had seen when she visited the Glass Palace, but her gaze was rather dull and heavy, as though she

offended if I wear a dress from here? They might find it disrespectful..." she

out a sigh, shaking his

here. Isn't that what you are thinking

She's calculative. She doesn't want to outshine the other

to think an omega can outshine two alpha demonesses! She's just overthinking stuff, like

a quick

stating facts!"

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