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 abhor him with

strutting around as if he has it all figured out. But in reality, he's

bond better, but no - Mr. I-am-always-busy-because-I-am-the-true-alpha had yet another

could possibly be more important than

left his oh-so-dear Xanthea all alone as well, and then I had to be with

doesn't care.

Damn him!

Screw him!

up

burn half the blood in

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

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

Ezra a

would cheer him

butterfly surveillance from my phone

oblivion, stirred the moment Xanthea's voice filled the room. It was like watching a spark reignite in him - a flicker of

candidates?" Xanthea's voice wavered as she

lowered her gaze when Nesryn affirmed with a nod. Her brows tensed as she blinked fast,

she fidgeted with

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

is why I'll train you for the meeting while

Xanthea to them. Once she completed the paperworks required to

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

ask the omega to be your Luna candidate directly before the jury," I

on the spot. You'll make a fool

For a moment, the silence stretched until his

just be a formality for the jury, but for me, it's important.

my eyes,

remained expressionless and her eyes blank

Who is she texting?

about to ask him to hack her phone, but it looks like

Ezra asked, busy on his

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"Squirrels?"

his phone and looked at the Lana's first

worry. I got

Lana. I'll be there asap.' Xanthea's reply was brief, and then it was

squinted, trying to make sense of

healers

not squirrels," I said, handing him his

Ezra

I said, and Ezra silently peered at Xanthea's

healing partner," Ezra

"What about her?"

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

out a sigh. "How much did that omega pay

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

get all sentimental again. Asher's not here and I am not hugging you, even if it's

to Xanthea, Ezra's gaze lingered on

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

as she peered out of the

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

powerful, but until she learns to control her powers, I'll not

He nodded. "I suppose."

This is where the world's top designers come together to create history through their dresses, curated exclusively for the Luna candidates." Nesryn and Xanthea were now in

just fashion, Xanthea. It's a statement of the candidate's elite status, a

I had seen when she visited the Glass

dress from here? They might find it

let out a sigh, shaking

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

want to outshine the other candidates

an omega can outshine two alpha demonesses! She's

landed a quick glare at

I am just stating facts!" I

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