Offered to the Triplet Alphas

Chapter 123

Chapter 123: Chapter 123: Against the Clock

The moment Leo staggered back, I rushed to his side without thinking.

“Leo! Are you okay?” I grabbed his arm to steady him.

Instantly, a wave of perfume hit me, causing my breath to stutter in surprise. My heart skipped a beat unnaturally. This feeling. It was almost like—

“I’m fine,” he gritted out, though his face was contorted slightly in pain.

His ears had turned increasingly red, and his breathing was labored. The needle was still sticking out of his forearm where he’d intercepted it before it could pierce my skin. A thin trickle of amber liquid was dripping down his skin.

Behind us, Levi moved with lightning speed. Before Esther could retreat, he had her in a chokehold, his muscular arm wrapped around her throat. Her eyes bulged as she clawed at him.

“Tell your people to stand down,” Levi growled, tightening his grip just enough to make his point, “or I snap your neck right here.”

The guards hesitated, looking to Esther for direction. Her face was turning an alarming shade of red.

Leo winced as he looked at me. “Hazel, there’s a button under the desk. Press it. Now.”

“What?” I asked, confused by his sudden instruction.

“Just do it!” he barked.

I hesitated, meeting his intense gaze. Despite everything, I trusted him.

fingers found a small rectangular button

flashing throughout the room, and an automated

ALL PERSONNEL EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY. TEN MINUTES

in horror. “What have you done?!”

began to scatter, abandoning their posts and running for the exits. In the face of impending destruction, they couldn’t

need to get her out of

you?” Lucas demanded, already moving to

of,” Leo replied grimly.

against Lucas’s grip. “We can’t

hold of Esther, forcing her along with us, while Liam and

time to argue, Hazel,” Lucas said

countdown continuing its ominous announcement. We pushed our way through the throng,

and dust

exploding at random,” Liam shouted over the noise.

continued to shake. The second wave of explosions came just as we reached

broke free above us. Lucas shoved me forward just as it crashed down between us, creating an impassable barrier of rubble and

panicked voice from

I called back, my voice shaking.

commanded. “We’ll find

to find an alternate route. I stood there

had taken that needle for me. He’d sacrificed himself to protect me, and I couldn’t just leave him behind to die. Besides, I realized I was now on the same floor where I remembered his

thing Leo would stay in a self-destructing

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