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?

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

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

been with Ezra. They somehow bond better, but no - Mr. I-am-always-busy-because-I-am-the-true-alpha

possibly be more important than Ezra

well, and then I had to

doesn't care.

Damn him!

Screw him!

picked up

I kept thinking about Asher, I'd burn half the

instead, almost out of habit, I activated my butterfly surveillance, which

all. Then again, the first days are mostly uneventful.

a quick side

this would cheer him

the butterfly surveillance from my phone onto the television

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 flicker of life returning to his eyes as he straightened

Xanthea's voice wavered as she looked at Nesryn, insecurity dominant in

a nod. Her brows tensed as she blinked fast, biting down on her lower

reluctance, she fidgeted with her phone

Alpha Ezra's candidates... they'll

that is why I'll train you for the meeting while you dress up," Nesryn

the special jury requested Ezra to officially introduce Xanthea to them. Once she completed the paperworks required to be

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

your Luna

with that!?" I raised my voice. "She'll panic on the

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

folly I ever commit. Getting her consent might just be a formality for the jury, but for me, it's

eyes, I

face remained expressionless and her eyes blank as

Who is she texting?

to hack her phone, but it looks like he

asked, busy on his phone.

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"Squirrels?"

and looked at the Lana's first

Don't worry. I got this. I'll keep your

was brief, and then it was just Lana

make sense of their

looked up, puzzled. "Do healers

rats with the beginners, not squirrels," I said,

Ezra looked

I said, and Ezra silently peered at Xanthea's chat

healing partner," Ezra

"What about her?"

want you to give the were-cat a chance. I know she's

a sigh. "How much did that

threatening you. It's a request.

I get it! No need to get all sentimental again. Asher's not here and I am not hugging you, even if it's the end of

turned my attention to Xanthea, Ezra's gaze lingered on me for

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

looked at Xanthea as she peered

on Xanthea to figure out how she can use the

cat is powerful, but until she learns to control her powers, I'll not allow her to be Xanthea's healing partner. Fair

He nodded. "I suppose."

top designers come together to create history through their dresses, curated exclusively for

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

when she visited the Glass Palace, but her gaze was

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

out a sigh,

ass here. Isn't that what you are thinking right now?" I

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

an omega can outshine two alpha demonesses! She's just

quick glare at

am just stating facts!" I raised

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