Fated to the Alpha–And His Triplet Brothers novel Chapter 266

Chapter 266: Tighter security.

*~Aurora’s POV~*

I looked at Leon and blinked hard, my stomach howling loud enough to echo in my ears. My heart was hammering so fast it felt like it would burst. I mouthed one word to him—run. And then my legs took off before my mind caught up, sprinting faster than my small body should ever be able to move. Leon cursed and took off after me, his footsteps pounding behind mine while the people around us simply watched, stunned, as if this was a show.

That was when I noticed them—the cute forest creatures from the other day. Except now, up close, they didn’t look cute at all. Their eyes were glowing. Their claws were out. And they were chasing us.

My foot caught on a stone and I went down hard. Pain shot up my shin as my knee scraped the ground, and I tried to stand but my body would not obey. "Eric—!" I gasped before correcting myself. "Leon!"

He was already there, scooping me off the ground without slowing. But I felt it. He wasn’t fast enough. He knew it too.

"Why are you not fast enough?" I whispered, panic strangling my voice.

"Because I need to shift if I want real speed," he snapped. "And I can’t shift while carrying you!"

"Damn it," he muttered under his breath. "They’ll catch us in seconds."

I could see the white-haired figures closing in—swift, silent, terrifying. My chest squeezed tight. Is this how I’m going to die? I haven’t even lived yet. I’m only seven! Leon shot me a look like I’d lost my mind.

"You are nineteen," he groaned.

"I know, but emotionally I haven’t lived!" I cried. That didn’t make sense, but fear never does.

"If you had stayed home like I told you, we wouldn’t be in this mess," he growled.

"I’m sorry, husband."

"It’s a little late for that, Aurora."

The white-haired demons surrounded us—two in front, one right behind. Leon set me down gently and stepped in front of me with a low growl rumbling in his chest.

"So we’ve finally caught you, Leon," the closest one said, his voice sharp like cracked ice.

"Surprising, isn’t it?" Leon replied with a smirk that didn’t match the fear in his eyes.

"Where is Aurora?" another demanded.

"I don’t know." Leon’s voice was too even—too smooth. I wasn’t sure if he meant me... or the other Aurora.

The demon’s eyes narrowed. "So you left Aurora just to be running around with a man now? Wolves from New Orleans are really something else."

Leon shrugged, almost bored. "Like I said, I don’t know where she is. Now can you let us go?"

The leader stepped closer, lips peeling back into a sharp-toothed smile. "She escaped with you the night you barged into the wedding. So tell me where she is—before I tear off both your head and your husband’s."

I said it with a laugh creeping onto my lips. I was about to speak again when Leon suddenly slapped his hand over my mouth. He turned to them quickly.

"I don’t know why he—why she—rose," he said. "If I knew, I wouldn’t still be hiding her."

"Well, you would," one demon hissed. "Or perhaps it’s her disguising herself as this man."

He looked at me closely, too closely. His eyes narrowed. "They both have red hair... and the same color of eyes." His expression shifted. "It seems this is Aurora."

They finally realized.

I instinctively stepped back, but strangely, I wasn’t as terrified anymore. Leon cracked his knuckles—long and loud enough to echo. They were both about to pounce when Kovu leaped out of nowhere, a sudden blur of movement. As he landed with a growl, I screamed, the force of the clash brushing past me like a gust of violent wind.

Kovu planted himself in front of me protectively while Leon stood at my side, nearly shifting into his wolfhound form.

"Oh, so you call a lion to help you?" the demon mocked. He snarled and barked orders to the others. "Kill Leon. Kill the damn lion. Bring Aurora with us."

They charged. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Leon tensed, ready to leap, but he hesitated—because he didn’t need to.

Kovu dissolved into a huge cloud of dark smoke, swirling violently around the demons. The air sizzled with heat. When the smoke finally gathered itself and formed back into Kovu’s body, the two demons were already on the ground, their bodies melting as if the smoke had burned them alive.

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