All Chapters of The Alpha’s Secret Triplets: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

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Kael is dead

Elena’s POVThe room was splitting apart. Black, oily swamp water was bubbling up through the floorboards, soaking into the moth-eaten rug under our feet.Caleb was still on his knees, his face was white and slick with sweat. His silver light was fading fast under the Shaman's heavy green glare. The Shaman tapped his iron staff, and each click sent a sickening wave of rot through the air."Help him!" I yelled to Colin and Cindy.They didn't need to be told twice. Colin lunged forward, his copper-veined arms glowed so bright they looked like hot coals. He grabbed Caleb’s shoulders, letting his own raw strength flow directly into his brother. Beside them, Cindy let out a sharp, high whistle. The air in the parlor began to spin, and a localized gale of wind caught the Shaman’s green smoke and whipped it back toward him.For a second, the triplets were perfectly synced, and the silver slammed into the Shaman’s staff all at once."Now!" Julian whispered in my ear.Kael was completely focu

The hunt

Elena’s POVThe thought of going back to the human city where we just fled from… where our safe place used to be made something shift inside of me.“Elena,” Julian called out as he tapped me.“Are you okay?” he asked, looking concerned and a little worried.“Yes, yes, why?” I asked as I turned back to face the road.“Are you sure? You seem buried in your thoughts.”“I can't help it, Julian. Our lives have been a mess since Zack came along, it’s annoying, but I’d rather have him around than miss him everyday. I’m scared of what those people have done to him. What if we don't get there in time to save him?” I said, trying to steady my breath.Julian remained quiet for a moment, staring at the small, dark stone tracking relic in his lap. It was still pulsing with a faint, steady light, pointing us straight north."We'll get him back," Julian said softly. "Zack is tough. He survived the mountain, and he survived losing his wolf. He won't let some corporate scientists break him."“How did

Caught

Elena’s POVThe elevator ride to the top floor was too quiet. The glass walls showed the city shrinking below us, which was a massive grid of stone and steel. Julian stood still, his hand resting near his coat pocket where his blade was hidden.Ding.The doors slid open to a sleek, white hallway. A man in a tailored charcoal suit stood waiting for us. He wasn't old, but his hair was shaved close, and his eyes had the flat, dead look of a shark."Dr. Willow," he said, offering a hand I did not take. "I am Director Fisher. We have been waiting a very long time for your call.""Let's skip the small talk, Fisher," I said, keeping my voice low behind my silver mask. "You want the biological sequence to stabilize your synthetic projects, and I want to talk about Zack."Fisher smiled, it was a slow, empty stretch of his lips. He turned and gestured for us to follow him into a massive office with floor-to-ceiling windows."Zack is no longer a man, Doctor. He is a very expensive piece of hardw

Trapped underground

Elena’s POVThe glass in Director Fisher’s office didn't just let the light in; it felt like it was holding the entire city hostage. Outside, the sky was a bruised, dusty orange as the sun crawled down toward the crooked line of skyscrapers.Two hours. That was all the time Zack’s body had left before the petrification took over his heart. And here I was, standing on the eighty-second floor, staring at a computer screen that showed my children trapped in the dark."They're very resilient," Fisher said, as his finger tapped his polished mahogany desk with his eyes fixed on the security feed. "But five tons of reinforced titanium is a mathematical certainty, Elena. Your boy's bones will crack in about four minutes. The human body wasn't designed to be a pillar."My hand was still in my coat pocket. My fingers were wrapped around my leather medical roll. Inside were the tools of Dr. Willow: silver-tipped needles, local anesthetics, scalpels, and three vials of concentrated paralytic sed

Reunited

Elena’s POV"Julian, did you find the override?" I demanded, as my hand trembled slightly as I kept the scalpel pressed against Fisher’s throat."The firewall is too thick," Julian muttered, his fingers flying across the glass keyboard. "It’s a corporate lock. They have a physical switch in the basement, but we can't get there. Fisher, what is the master bypass code? Speak, or I swear to God I’ll let her cut you."Fisher’s eyes darted to the computer screen. On the monitor, the water in the basement room was rising rapidly. My children were drowning. Colin was half-submerged, his head tilted back to keep his nose out of the dark water, and his arms still holding the massive steel door."It's... it's the Alpha's sequence," Fisher choked out."The code is the frequency of the mountain. We... we programmed the system to recognize the resonance of the North Ridge. It’s the only thing that can bypass the lock during a containment failure.""The frequency of the mountain," I repeated, my mi

Saved, but at what cost?

Elena’s POVJulian still had his dagger pressed against Fisher’s chest, but Fisher’s face had changed. The terror in his eyes had turned into something sinister."You think you’ve won because you broke my door," Fisher muttered, his teeth clicking together from the cold water. "You think you can just take him.""Quiet," Julian warned, pressing the point of the blade into Fisher's chest.But Fisher didn't seem affected by the threat. He looked past Julian, as his eyes locked onto a heavy, steel-covered box on the pillar behind us. It had a thick, red handle marked with yellow hazard paint. Before Julian could react, Fisher threw himself backward.He didn't try to run. He just let himself fall into the water, as his heavy leather boot swung upward in a wild, desperate kick. The heel of his shoe slammed directly into the red handle, tearing the safety glass off and driving the lever down into the floor.A loud, heavy clunk echoed through the pipes."Julian!" I screamed.The red emergenc

Back to the beginning

Elena’s POVThe water was so cold it felt like needles pressing into my skin.I lay flat on my back in the rising pool, and the dark water lapped against my chin. I couldn't move my fingers, every time I tried to draw a breath, my chest felt like it was wrapped in tight iron bands. The black, swollen veins on my arms throbbed with a slow, hot poison; the leftover heat of fifty thousand volts that had used my body as a bridge."Elena! Elena, look at me!"Hands grabbed my shoulders. Big, rough hands that I hadn't felt in what seemed like a lifetime.I blinked, clearing the wet hair and the red glare of the emergency lights from my eyes. Zack was kneeling in the water beside me. He was completely flesh and blood again. His chest was rising and falling in deep, ragged gasps, and his eyes; the piercing, icy blue eyes that I had missed every single day were staring down at me with absolute terror."Zack..." I choked out, a tiny splash of dirty water entering my mouth. "You're... you're war

Ask for help

Elena’s POVThe heater in the SUV was blowing a dry, dusty warmth, but I couldn't stop shivering.I leaned my head against the cold passenger window, watching the streetlights of the human city fade into the dark, empty highway. Under my skin, my veins felt like they were filled with hot grease. The black lines on my arms had crawled up to my neck now. Every time I breathed, the skin of my collarbone felt tight, like it was going to split open."Elena, stay with me," Julian said from the driver's seat. His hands were tight on the steering wheel, his yellow-green eyes darting to me every few seconds. "Don't close your eyes.""I'm trying," I whispered, but my voice sounded like dry paper.Whenever I closed my eyes, the highway disappeared. I was back in the damp, rotting cellar of Rashford Manor. I could smell the stagnant swamp water. I could hear Uncle Kael’s heavy leather boots scraping against the floorboards above my head. “You belong to the mud, Elena,” his ghost whispered in th

Healed?

Elena’s POVMarcus stood in the middle of the road for a long, quiet moment. He looked down at Zack, who was still kneeling in the cold mud, holding Caleb’s heavy stone body in his arms. The elder’s hand, which was very tight around his old iron spear, slowly relaxed."Get him up," Marcus said, his voice was softer now. He turned to the other wolves behind him. "We don't have much time. The corporate patrols from the city are already searching the highway. If they find us on the main road, we won't stand a chance."Julian hopped back into the driver's seat of the SUV, slowly following us as Marcus led our small group off the gravel road and into the thick, dead brush."There is an old trail," Marcus whispered, walking beside Zack. "It was used by the first Alphas before the high-tech gates were built. It leads directly to the peak of the mountain, it is still pure up there. The machines never reached it."The climb was brutal. The path was steep, and covered in loose rock that slippe

A new beginning?

Elena’s POVThe darkness wasn't quiet.At first, it felt like being underwater; it felt thick, cold, and heavy. But underneath the silence, there was a sound. It was a slow, deep thump.Thump. Thump.It was Zack's heart. It was the heavy, stubborn pulse of the mountain, beating inside his chest, keeping the mountain from swallowing our children. I wanted to reach out for it, I wanted to tell him I was sorry for the years we lost, but my hands were gone. I was just a ghost floating in the cold, black mud of my own mind.Suddenly, a sharp, loud voice rang in my ears."Mom! Mom, wake up!""She's not breathing, Colin! Her heart... It's too slow! It’s stopping!"Hands grabbed my shoulders, shaking me. I felt the sharp grass against my back, and the damp earth beneath my head. A sudden, heavy pressure slammed into my chest; once, twice, three times. Someone was pushing down on my ribs, trying to force my lungs to take the cold mountain air."Elena, breathe!" a cracked, desperate voice yell

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