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?”

the wall and staring at

standing up from

unspoken words. Outside, I could hear one of

finally said, his voice so

admission. I took a step toward him, but he

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

don’t know that,” I argued, though doubt crept into my

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

coldly and

may also be a Sullivan, but I am not one of them. You know that

Leo’s every movement when he was near me. But I also remembered their words—that they wanted my happiness

want,” I said. “If we’re truly fated, they believe

brief moment before his usual sarcastic mask slipped back into place. “How magnanimous

building. “Stop hiding behind

pushed off the wall, closing the

was low, intense. “When I first saw you, I was drawn to you

heart sank, but

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

out of me, because it meant I wasn’t

breath caught in my

was betraying my chosen mate by feeling something real for someone

me. This wasn’t the sarcastic, aloof Leo I knew. This was a man laid bare, his walls

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