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?

all dots. And whenever I thought I was close to figuring things out, either the link disappeared or I found

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

be more important than Ezra right

alone as well, and

doesn't care. Just

Damn him!

Screw him!

picked up my

burn half the blood in my body

my butterfly surveillance, which was supposed to keep a close watch

monitor her first day at all. Then again, the

Ezra a

this would cheer

from my phone

been sitting limply on the couch with his soul lost in oblivion, stirred the moment Xanthea's voice filled the room. It was like watching a spark reignite in him - a

Luna candidates?" Xanthea's voice wavered as she looked

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

she fidgeted with her phone and

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

train you for the meeting

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

the council, he instructed her not

Luna candidate directly before the jury,"

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

eyes lingering on Xanthea's image on the screen. For a moment, the silence stretched until

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

my eyes,

silent for the rest of the drive. Her face remained

Who is she texting?

Ezra and was about to ask him to hack

is Lana?" Ezra asked, busy on

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"Squirrels?"

and looked at

are heading to the Aile castle. Don't worry. I got this. I'll

and then it was just Lana updating Xanthea with

make sense

"Do healers use squirrels for

with the beginners, not

Lana?" Ezra looked at

her healing partner," I said, and Ezra silently peered at Xanthea's

Ezra

"What about her?"

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

much did that omega pay you to threaten me to

request.

here 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 all of them a

I turned my attention to Xanthea, Ezra's

to help that cat even if I threatened to kill her 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 help some stray cat get control over her powers.

she peered out of the car

figure out how she can use

until she learns to control her powers, I'll not allow her to be Xanthea's healing

He nodded. "I suppose."

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It's a statement of the candidate's elite status, a clear mark of their superiority over all other

eyes that I had seen when she

dress from here? They might find it disrespectful..."

let out a sigh, shaking his

here. Isn't that what you are thinking right

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

her to think an omega can outshine

quick glare

I am just stating facts!"

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