Offered to the Triplet Alphas

Chapter 136: Chapter 136: I Release You

I stared at Leo, my heart hammering against my ribcage.

“I asked you first,” I finally said, my voice barely above a whisper.

Leo’s lips twitched into what might have been a smile, but it didn’t reach his eyes. He turned away from me, running a hand through his dark hair.

“Always deflecting,” he muttered.

“I’m not deflecting,” I insisted. “I just need to know where you stand.”

Leo paced the small confines of the cell, his movements reminding me of a caged wolf. When he finally spoke, his voice was tight with restrained emotion.

“Where I stand?” He let out a bitter laugh. “I stand nowhere, Hazel. I’m a rogue with a faded mate mark and feelings for a woman who already has three mates.”

I flinched at his harsh tone.

“Is that all I am to you?” I asked softly. “Just Helena’s replacement?”

Leo’s head snapped up, his eyes flashing with anger. “Is that what you think? After everything?”

“What am I supposed to think?” My own frustration bubbled to the surface. “You admitted you wanted me because I looked like her. You tried to use the Vox Solis to manipulate our bond.”

Only ironically, there wasn’t even a need for it.

“That was before—” He cut himself off, jaw clenching.

“Before what?”

against the wall

standing up from my chair.

unspoken words. Outside, I could hear one of the

Leo finally said, his voice so quiet

at his admission. I took a step toward him, but he held up

continued. “Your mates would never accept

argued, though doubt crept into

the Emberfang Pack, would be willing to share their mate with a rogue? That all three of those possessive wolves would welcome a

laughed coldly and

a Sullivan, but I am not one of them. You know

movement when he was near

what I want,” I said. “If we’re truly fated, they believe it’s the Moon

moment before his usual sarcastic mask slipped back

it,” I said, frustration building. “Stop hiding behind sarcasm. Just talk to

off the

drawn to you instantly. I thought it was because you looked like Helena, and yes, I thought maybe you

but he wasn’t

got to know you,” he continued. “The way you stand up for yourself even when you’re terrified. How fiercely you protect the people you care about. Your stubbornness, your compassion even towards someone who stole you away...” He trailed off, looking away. “You may look like Helena, but you’re nothing

that seemed unconscious. “And that scared the hell out of

in

that felt like betrayal,” he admitted, his voice cracking slightly. “Like I was betraying my chosen mate by feeling something real for someone

in his confession stunned me. This wasn’t the sarcastic, aloof Leo I knew.

I wonder if it’s unfair to the triplets that they have to share me among