Offered to the Triplet Alphas

Chapter 119: Chapter 119: Familiar Stranger

Third POV

‘Save me...’

Levi’s head snapped up suddenly, his body tensing. He could have sworn he heard Hazel’s voice. It sounded super soft and weak, but it was unmistakable. She was calling out for help.

“What was that?” he asked, his eyes darting around the car. “Lucas, did you hear that?”

Lucas frowned, his jaw tightening as he glanced at his brother. “Hear what exactly?”

“I thought I heard Hazel,” Levi said, his voice dropping to a whisper. “She was calling for help.”

Lucas immediately pursed his lips, his eyes darkening. “I thought I hallucinated it.”

Callum leaned forward from the backseat. “What’s going on?”

“We heard Hazel’s voice,” Lucas explained, his knuckles turning white as he gripped the steering wheel. “We don’t know how.”

The SUV fell into an uncomfortable silence.

The seating arrangement was awkward at best—Callum had deliberately taken the seat furthest from Kendra, pressed against the door as if trying to melt into it. He hadn’t made eye contact with her since they’d all gotten into the car. Percival sat between them, either unaware of or choosing to ignore the tension.

No one commented on it outwardly, but even a blind man could see that Callum was avoiding Kendra. Thankfully, she didn’t make any comments about it and let him have his space.

“We’re here,” Lucas announced as he pulled the car into a spot on Moonbite Lane. The street was eerily empty for midday, with only a few pedestrians hurrying past shuttered storefronts.

They all climbed out of the vehicle, stretching their legs after the tense drive. Lucas checked his phone for the time, then looked up at the others.

the

we need to wait,” Levi argued, pacing back and forth on the sidewalk. His whole body

him a stern look. “We need a plan, Levi. We can’t just rush

said. “This

man. “We should split into two groups to cover more ground. Callum, you take Percival and Kendra. Levi and

Kendra’s gaze. They would be in the same group, but at least the task would

are we looking

as normal businesses, unusual security, places with unusual chemical smells—anything that feels off. Let’s meet

nod. He gestured for Percival and Kendra to follow him down the street. “We’ll take the

to his brother. “Where do we even

pulled out his phone, studying a map. “We should work our way from the south end. According to what

nostrils flared as he

“Hazel,” he whispered.

night at The Shattered Fang when he’d caught Annie. The same unmistakable

mixed with something else.

Blood.

Levi bolted down the street, following the scent trail. His heart hammered against his

shouted behind him.

when Hazel’s scent was growing stronger with each step, not when the metallic tang of

skidded around a corner, nearly colliding with a dumpster as he turned

the main road. Small droplets of

voice echoing off

rounded another corner and stopped short. The alley dead-ended at a chain-link fence, and huddled against it, partially hidden behind a trash

Hazel was strongest here,

It was a man.