The Witch and Her Four Dangerous Alphas

Chapter 44: Chapter 44: Tainted Ground

Author’s POV ~

They arrived in a breath, the three brothers...Kael, Lucian, and Luca, storming into the room with the urgency of men who already knew they were too late.

The sharp echo of boots against marble rang through the air, but it wasn’t the sound that struck first—it was the tension and thick aura radiating from Aeron.

Aeron paced inside the room like a caged beast. His figure rigid with fury, his hands clenched so tightly his knuckles had turned bone white.

Lucian and Kael were the first to step closer, and the moment they caught a glimpse of Aeron’s expression, guilt settled into their bones like a cold, unrelenting weight.

Their eyes avoided his not because they were afraid, but because they already knew. They didn’t need words. They had felt the line they crossed the second they made the decision to bring her here.

Kael’s shoulders were tense and unmoving, as if bracing for punishment, while Lucian’s jaw was tight with conflict. They weren’t just brothers; they were wolves who worshipped the ground Aeron walked on. To disappoint him was the same as betraying themselves.

And today the unspoken rule had been broken.

No one entered the alpha quarter. Not friends, not any lovers... Not even the guards who protected their lives. This was the last untouched part of their world—an inherited place of silence and safety, sacred by choice and instinct.

Aeron had made sure of that. He hadn’t needed to say it out loud; his brothers had always known it. And yet, she had been brought here. The moment had happened, and now there was no way to undo it.

distant thunder. "What the

weren’t shouted, but they hit with enough force to make Lucian flinch. He tried to speak, but no answer came. Kael looked like a child who had just realized the fire he started

Aeron valued this place, but still they brought her here, and the weight of their mistake

could be said, the storm

always quicker than the others, erupted like a

was already moving before any of them realized it, crossing the room with

reached the bathroom and tore the door from its hinges, the crash of wood splintering against tile echoing like

his name sharply, but

Luca was already inside.

figure that should not have been there. Selene. She was barely clothed, her body still damp from her rushed wash, the gown clinging to her like

eyes were wide and dazed, not fully registering what was happening as Luca dragged her into the open and tossed her forward without a shred of

of her

silence that followed was heavy and horrified, broken only by the faint

he glared down at her like she was something rotten that

to seduce him, didn’t you? You thought if you

speak. He also wanted to know why she was here in

trembling under the

his body didn’t move. His mind warred between fury and something far worse. The memory of his wolf’s voice whispering what he

was pale, her lips parted slightly as she