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?”

didn’t answer, instead leaning against the

I pressed, standing up from my chair. “Before

with unspoken words. Outside, I could

voice so quiet I barely heard him. “Before I

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

matter anyway,” he continued. “Your mates would never

know that,” I argued,

be willing

coldly and shook his

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

how protective the triplets were, how their eyes tracked Leo’s every movement when he was near me.

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

usual sarcastic mask slipped back into place. “How

frustration building. “Stop hiding behind sarcasm. Just talk to

in Leo’s carefully maintained composure. He pushed off the wall, closing the

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

but he

you care about. Your stubbornness,

a gesture that seemed unconscious. “And that scared the hell out of me, because it meant I wasn’t just trying

caught in

I was betraying my chosen mate by

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

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

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