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.

he said. “In the meantime,

on the sidewalk. His whole body thrummed with restless

shot him a stern look. “We need a plan, Levi.

agree with Lucas,” Percival said. “This

into two groups to cover more ground. Callum, you take Percival

besides avoiding Kendra’s gaze. They would be in

are we

suspicious,” Lucas replied. “Research facilities disguised as normal businesses, unusual security, places with unusual

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

them walked away, Levi turned to his brother.

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

His nostrils flared as he caught a

“Hazel,” he whispered.

just like that night at The Shattered Fang when he’d

when he realized the smell was mixed with something else. His eyes widened when

Blood.

down the street, following the scent trail. His

Lucas shouted behind him.

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

skidded around a corner, nearly colliding with a

scent led him deeper into the maze of back streets, away from the main road. Small droplets of blood marked

voice echoing off

at a chain-link fence, and huddled against it, partially hidden behind a trash can, was

senses on high alert. The scent of Hazel was strongest here, clinging to

It was a man.