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 wall and staring

I pressed, standing up from my

Outside,

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

I took a

mates would never

don’t know that,” I argued, though doubt

Pack, would be willing

laughed coldly and shook his

I am not one of them. You know

when he was

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

expression softened for a brief moment before his usual sarcastic mask slipped back into place. “How magnanimous

building. “Stop

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

drawn to you instantly. I thought it was

sank, but

when you’re terrified. How fiercely you protect the people you care about. Your stubbornness, your compassion even towards someone who

hell out of me, because it meant I wasn’t just trying to replace her. I

breath caught in my

chosen mate by feeling something real for someone else. Even if that someone else is her

the sarcastic, aloof Leo I knew. This was a man laid bare, his

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

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