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.

should be here any minute,” he said. “In the meantime,

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

“We need a

with Lucas,” Percival said.

ground. Callum, you take Percival

something to focus on besides avoiding Kendra’s gaze. They would be in the same group, but at least the task would allow him some form of

are

unusual security, places with unusual chemical smells—anything that feels off. Let’s meet back here in

and Kendra to follow him

turned to his brother. “Where do

work our way from the south end. According to what those rogues told

their discussion could go any further, Levi froze. His nostrils flared as he caught a familiar scent on

“Hazel,” he whispered.

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

was mixed with something else. His eyes

Blood.

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

shouted behind

Levi couldn’t wait. Not when Hazel’s scent was growing stronger with each step, not when the metallic tang of blood was

colliding with a dumpster as he turned

of back streets, away from the main road. Small droplets of blood marked

out, his voice echoing off the brick

at a chain-link fence, and huddled against it, partially

scent of Hazel was strongest here, clinging to the figure like a second skin, but

It was a man.