Offered to the Triplet Alphas

Chapter 124: Chapter 124: Finally Over

I felt his arms tighten around me, his body tensing as something heavy struck his back. His grunt of pain was muffled against my hair as dust and chunks of debris rained down on us.

“Leo!” I gasped, trying to look up at him. His face was twisted in a grimace, sweat beading on his forehead. Blood trickled from a gash near his temple where a piece of concrete had struck him.

“I’m fine,” he growled, though his breathing was ragged. “Just stay down.”

The building continued to shake violently around us. Cracks spread across the walls like lightning bolts, and the floor beneath us tilted at an alarming angle. The automated voice continued its countdown.

Leo lifted his head slightly, quickly assessing our situation. “We need to move. Now.”

He grabbed my hand and pulled me to my feet, his grip surprisingly gentle despite the urgency. We stumbled into the hallway, which was barely recognizable now. It was filled with debris, exposed wiring, and thick dust that made it hard to breathe.

“This way,” Leo urged, tugging me along.

He navigated the crumbling corridors with impressive speed and precision, pulling me close whenever a new tremor shook the building. The emergency lights flickered, casting eerie red shadows across his face.

“How much farther?” I coughed, my lungs burning from the dust.

“Two more floors down,” he replied tersely. “There’s a side exit there that goes down from outside the building. It will be safer than staying inside.”

We rounded a corner and came face to face with a massive gap where part of the floor had given way. Leo didn’t hesitate. He scooped me up and leapt across the chasm, landing with perfect balance on the other side.

“Show-off,” I muttered against his chest. It didn’t stop my heart from skipping a beat. Hopefully, Leo couldn’t hear it with all the commotion around us.

The ghost of a smile crossed his face before he set me down. “Feel free to repeat that when we’re not on the brink of death.”

Another explosion rocked the building, this one closer than the last. The force of it knocked us both against the wall.

“Two minutes remaining,” the automated voice announced calmly, as if commenting on the weather.

Leo grabbed my hand again, pulling me toward a stairwell that was

it down one flight when familiar

deep voice

flooding through

Lucas’s expression was a mixture of anger and relief, while Liam seemed ready

you thinking?” he demanded, but there was no real heat behind his words. He grabbed my shoulders and scanned me up and

cut in. “This place is about to

with Esther. We

and I stumbled. Lucas caught me effortlessly, his strong arms steadying me

asked quickly. “We’d

when I tried, I felt a wave

admitted, frustration coloring

seconds remaining,” the

cursed. “Run.

four of us moving as one group.

Leo directed, pointing to a narrow

hanging wires and jumping over debris. The exit appeared

us like a blessing. We burst out

nine... eight...” The countdown was audible even from

“Shift!” Lucas yelled.

three wolves stood where they

at me, and instantly, I knew he was signaling for me to climb on his back. I didn’t argue, quickly mounting him and

took off, racing away from the building with supernatural speed. We’d

center of the facility, followed by a shock wave that rippled through the ground. The wolves staggered but kept running as the building collapsed in on itself,

stop until we reached a safe distance, a small clearing in the woods that surrounded the now-destroyed facility. As I slid off Lucas’s back, a familiar wolf with black fur bounded toward

to human form, hastily pulling on the clothes he’d

his voice. “I was starting to think

Esther?” I asked, my throat dry from dust