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?

thousands of such questions, but never found a link that could connect all dots. And whenever I thought I was

it all figured out. But in reality, he's just

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

could possibly be more important than Ezra

Xanthea all alone as well,

seriously doesn't

Damn him!

Screw him!

picked up

thinking about Asher, I'd burn half the blood in my

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

I couldn't monitor her first day at all. Then again, the

gave Ezra a quick

would cheer

butterfly surveillance from my phone onto

his soul lost in oblivion, stirred the moment Xanthea's voice filled the room. It was

she looked at Nesryn,

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

she fidgeted with her phone

and Alpha Ezra's

why I'll train you for the meeting while you

officially introduce Xanthea to them. Once she completed the paperworks required to

council, he instructed her not to disclose that Xanthea was his

omega to be your Luna candidate directly before

panic on the

image on the screen. For a moment, the silence stretched

made a fool of myself 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

eyes, I

remained expressionless and her eyes blank as she looked at her phone

Who is she texting?

him to hack her phone,

is Lana?" Ezra asked, busy on his phone. "And what's with the

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"Squirrels?"

his phone and looked at

to the Aile castle. Don't worry.

brief, and then

squinted, trying to make sense of

healers use squirrels

use rats with the beginners, not

Lana?" Ezra

healing partner," I said, and Ezra

Xanthea's healing partner," Ezra said after some

"What about her?"

I know she's dangerous, but Xanthea wants

did that omega pay you to

not threatening you. It's a request. Give weak

you, even if it's the end of the world. So give it a rest. As for a chance, I have already given all

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

did. So I taught Lana the way to protect Xanthea from Zosha.

looked at Xanthea as she

is 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

He nodded. "I suppose."

top designers come together to create history through their dresses, curated exclusively for the Luna candidates." Nesryn and Xanthea

of the candidate's elite status, a clear mark of

the boutique. I expected to see the same spark 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 were struggling with

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

let out a

wear some damn dress and get your ass here. Isn't that what you are thinking right now?"

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

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

a quick

am just stating facts!" I raised

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