Fated to the Alpha–And His Triplet Brothers novel Chapter 61

Chapter 61: Turn it off

*~Hazel’s POV~*

I was still wallowing in my silence, folded in on myself like some broken doll, when I heard Leon’s voice slice through the room like a blade.

"It’s all your fault, isn’t it?"

His voice low, bitter, trembling with rage.

"Everybody was right. You’re bad luck. A curse. You killed her." He yelled at me. I looked up, confused, shattered, not sure if I even heard him right.

He was pointing at me. At me. "Leon..shut up!" Caspian barked, stepping between us.

But Leon shoved him back. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

"No! Let me say it! She killed her. Hazel killed Aurora!" tears pricked down his eyes as he dropped her dead body and came closer. My lungs collapsed. The walls began to spin.

"You knew she was weak!" he screamed. "You let her use the last of her power to help you...help your child!"

"I didn’t ask her to—" I whispered.

"You should’ve stopped her!"

"I—I tried," I choked out, but the words were barely mine.

"No, you didn’t try enough!" His voice cracked. His eyes bloodshot, red and raw.

"She’s dead! My Aurora is dead!"

"I tried to stop her.... I tried.. I really tried." my voice weakening then I heard another voice.

You’re an abomination.

The voice cold and chilling then another voice... You’re a disgrace. A weak, selfish human. My ears rang as the voices grew louder..

You killed her. You took and took and now she’s gone.

I stood up, trembling. I don’t even remember walking...I just moved. I pushed past Caspian when he tried to stop me. He called out, but I didn’t hear him anymore.

All I heard was them. The voices. The hatred. My own soul turning against me.

I ran.....ran even though I could barely move. My body hadn’t healed. I was still bleeding. Inside and out. But something inside me refused to stop.

I ran until I found somewhere quiet..an abandoned room tucked away in the high house. The mirror on the wall looked dusty, old, cracked in one corner.

I looked up at my reflection... it looked back. But not like me.

It was me, but crueler. Sharper. Smiling with something that wasn’t kindness.

"Turn it off," it whispered. I staggered back. "What?"..."Turn it off, Hazel. The pain. The noise. The guilt."

The voices in my head surged again. You’re a bastard child. An abomination. A mistake.

"Stop it," I whispered.

"You’re nothing. Not a mother. Not a mate. Not even a wolf."

"Leave me alone!"

"Just turn it off."

I placed my hand against the mirror, sobbing, breath shallow.

"Turn what off?" I asked the reflection.

It smiled. Tilted its head. "Everything... Your emotions."

"I don’t know how—" I whispered. My voice cracked. "I don’t know how to turn it off."

"Yes, you do."

No, I don’t. I don’t. I’m not strong. I’m not anything.

"You are a Crescent. You were born to break things."

My body shivered violently. My hand clenched at my chest.

No.

No sadness. No fear. No anger. Just... nothing.

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