Triplets for my mafia alpha

d tunnels, their small hands clutching hers, the air heavy with damp

en bleeding in the alley, and now he was here, chasing her, his scent,pine and blood,flooding her senses. The tunnels' walls glistened, lit by faint runes she'd carved years ago, her Celes

he's

hand. His gift,seeing the past of anyone he touched,made him too p

in the dark.

ow, K

voice shaky, pul

she clung to Amara's cloak. Soren trailed behind, his gray gaze distant, a cold breeze swirling around him, his

her voice trembling, her small hand gripping

a "bad thing" with red eyes were real now,

anything hurt you." Her voice was steady, but fear choked her. Lira's gift,erasing memories with a kiss,ha

s say we're close to something. A light." Amara's skin prickled, the air growing colder, whispers brus

s scent grew stronger, mixed with blood. Her heart leaped, torn between fear and longing. She'd loved him once, in the Oracl

The old ones. They want her." He nodded at Lira, and Amara's blood ran cold. Lira

mara said, her voice fie

se, the other to the underworld's heart. She chose the heart, needing

l asked, his silver eyes n

ren't the one chosen. You t

wn her crime,killing the surrogate under a full moon, her

breaking, her hands trembling. "

e pressed, his s

hy?" His voice cracked, and Amara's heart sh

e whispered, tears fal

it have you." She couldn't say it,the triplets' purpose, guar

said, her voice smal

lips puckering, and Amara pulled back, fear spiking. Lira'

voice, kissing Lira's forehead inste

ned, and Amara's chest a

ucien's scent, heavy and close. "Amara!" His roar shook the stone, raw and desperate, and her breat

amed, burying her face in Am

y," and the air grew

rce, shoving the triplets back. Her glow bu

his silhouette, blood dripping, his

s after you!" He lunged past her, slashing at the creature, blood spraying. Its scre

said, her voice cracking, s

"Not again. Who are you, Amara? What are you hiding?" His voice was a lover's t

ien. I wasn't chosen. I... took her place." The words s

led her? The surrogate?" The creature lunged, and he ta

l screamed, "Mama, he's here!" and a new figure stepped from the shadows-a scarred m

ing a hand. Lira whimpered, her green eyes flickering,