Offered to the Triplet Alphas

Chapter 136

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?”

leaning against the

pressed, standing up from my

thick with unspoken words. Outside, I

to know you,” Leo finally said, his voice so quiet I barely heard

tightened at his admission. I took a step toward

doesn’t matter anyway,” he continued. “Your mates

that,” I argued, though doubt crept into my

eyebrow arched skeptically. “Really? You think Lucas, Liam, and Levi Sullivan, Alphas of the Emberfang Pack, would be willing to share their

coldly and shook his

I am

Leo’s every movement when he

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

moment before his usual sarcastic mask slipped back

I said, frustration building. “Stop hiding behind sarcasm. Just

composure. He pushed off the

to you instantly. I thought

sank, but he wasn’t

terrified. How fiercely you protect the people you care about. Your stubbornness, your compassion

mark on his neck, a gesture that seemed unconscious. “And that scared the hell out of me, because it meant

in

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

aloof Leo I knew. This was a

said softly. “Sometimes I wonder if it’s unfair to the triplets that they

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