Bound to the Triplet Alphas
Chapter 151: Lucien’s Discovery

Chapter 151: Chapter 151: Lucien’s Discovery

LUCIEN POV

The old book burned my hands.

I dropped it on the stone floor of the hidden library so quickly, with my heart pounding. My hands smoking from the magical fire that had erupted from its pages. The pain shot up my arms so fast like lightning, but I barely noticed. What I’d just read changed everything.

"There’s another way," I whispered to the empty room, with a mysterious glint in my eyes.

I’d been searching through the Elder Council’s secret files for three hours, ever since their message reached us. The Ancient Pact. The condition for all supernatural leaders to die. The horrible truth that we’d have to be killed by the people we loved the most; the same people we are mated to.

But buried in this lost book, I’d found something else; something that changes everything completely. It is a modification to the Pact that the Elders had never found.

I picked up the book again, ignoring the burning feeling in my hands. The words on the page glowed with ancient power: "The Pact may be altered by one who carries the blood of three, but only through the severing of bonds that cannot be remade."

Three families. I had them. Alpha blood from my father, Beta blood from my mother’s secret lineage, and something else—something no one else knew, not even my parent. I stumbled upon the knowledge by chance. Witch blood from my great-grandmother, hidden for generations.

The triplet tie I shared with Kael and Jaxon had always made me different. Stronger. But also more exposed. The bond linked our souls, our magic, our very lives.

And according to this book, breaking that link was the key to saving everyone.

I heard footsteps running down the hallway. Someone was coming to the library.

"Lucien!" Aria’s voice bounced off the stone walls. "Lucien, where are you?"

I quickly closed the book and hid it under a pile of other texts. Aria burst through the library door, her face streaked with tears and dirt from the fight.

"Thank the Goddess you’re safe," she said, running to me and looking for any signs of injury when she was satisfied she hugged me, "I’ve been looking everywhere for you. The Elders’ word... did you hear it?" She searched my face.

I nodded, pulling her into my arms, again. "I heard it."

"We’re going to die," she whispered against my chest. "And Kael or Jaxon will have to kill me. How can they ask us to do that?"

"They can’t," I said strongly. "There has to be another way."

"But the Elders said—"

"The Elders don’t know everything," I interrupted. "I’ve been studying. There might be a way to change the Pact."

Aria pulled back to look at me. "What do you mean?"

Before I could answer, Kael and Jaxon appeared in the doorway. Both looked exhausted and angry.

"The Shadow Lords are regrouping," Kael said without greeting. "They’ll attack again at dawn. We have maybe six hours before they overwhelm our defenses totally."

"Six hours to decide which one of us murders our mate," Jaxon added bitterly.

I felt the triplet bond pulse with their anger and pain. Ever since we were children, I’d been able to feel their feelings like they were my own. Kael’s cold anger, Jaxon’s desperate rage, and underneath it all, their love for Aria.

"What if we didn’t have to choose?" I said quietly.

All three of them stared at me.

"What are you talking about?" Kael asked.

I walked over to the secret book and pulled it out. "I found this in the deep files. It’s a modification to the Ancient Pact that the Elders never found."

"What kind of modification?" Aria asked.

"The Pact requires the death of supernatural leaders to power the spell that destroys the Shadow Lords," I said. "But there’s another way to generate that power."

I opened the book to the page that had burned me. The words were still glowing with magical fire.

"Instead of killing the leaders, we can sever the magical ties that connect them to their power. Break the mate bonds, destroy the pack links, cut the family ties. The magical energy released would be enough to power the spell."

"That’s... that’s brilliant," Jaxon said. "No one has to die."

"But they’d lose everything," Kael pointed out. "Alphas would become common wolves. Mates would forget they ever loved each other. Families would become strangers."

"It’s better than death," Aria said quickly.

I shook my head. "There’s more. The spell needs someone to channel all that broken bond energy. Someone who can handle the magical overload without dying."

"Who?" Kael asked.

I looked at my brothers, feeling the triplet tie pulse between us. "Someone who carries the blood of three different magical lines. Someone connected to various types of magic."

"You," Aria breathed.

"Me," I confirmed. "But I can’t do it while I’m still connected to you two. The triplet link would interfere with the channeling. It would kill all three of us."

The room fell silent. I could feel Kael and Jaxon’s shock through our bond.

"You want to break the triplet bond," Kael said slowly.

"It’s the only way," I said. "I break our bond, channel the energy from all the other severed connections, and use it to power the modified Pact."

"What happens to us?" Jaxon asked. "After the bond breaks?"

I swallowed hard. "We become strangers. We won’t remember being brothers. We won’t remember thinking about each other. We’ll just be three different people who happened to be born at the same time."

"No," Aria said instantly. "There has to be another way."

"There isn’t," I said. "I’ve read every book in this library. This is our only choice."

Kael was looking at me with an expression I’d never seen before. "You’re willing to give up everything? Your memories of us, your link to us, your family?"

"To save everyone? Yes."

"But you won’t remember why you did it," Jaxon said. "After the link breaks, you won’t remember loving us. You won’t remember Aria. You’ll just be alone."

I felt tears burning my eyes. "I know."

"There has to be a way to preserve some of the memories," Aria said desperately. "Some way to keep the important parts."

I shook my head. "The bond severance has to be full. Any remaining link would contaminate the spell."

"How long do we have to decide?" Kael asked.

"The attack comes at dawn," I said. "The spell has to be cast before then, or it won’t work."

Jaxon slammed his fist against the wall. "This is crazy! We’re talking about breaking our family to save everyone else’s!"

"We’re talking about surviving," I said. "About giving everyone a chance at life, even if it means we can’t remember why we fought for it."

Through the triplet bond, I felt Kael’s internal battle. He was the sensible one, the one who always made the hard choices. But this was asking him to choose between his family and the world. _{\n(o)v.e\l.com}

"How do we do it?" he asked softly.

I pulled out another book, this one filled with ritual images. "There’s a ceremony. It requires all three of us to engage willingly. We stand in a circle, speak the words of separation, and..."

"And?" Aria prompted.

"And we forget we were ever brothers," I ended.

The silence stretched between us. I could feel the triplet bond humming with shared pain and love and fear.

"I need time to think," Kael said.

"We don’t have time," I said. "The ritual takes three hours to finish. If we’re going to do this, we need to start now."

"Now?" Jaxon asked.

"Now," I confirmed.

I opened the routine book to the first page. The words seemed to glow with determination.

"So what’s it going to be?" I asked. "Do we save the world and lose each other? Or do we stay together and watch everyone die?"

Before anyone could answer, a new voice spoke from the opening.

"Actually, there’s a third option."

We all spun around to see Lady Vex standing in the door, her eyes glowing with dark magic.

"Hello, boys," she said with a wicked smile. "I couldn’t help but overhear your little family talk. And I have an offer for you."

She held up a black rock that pulsed with evil energy.

"Give me the modification spell, and I’ll let your sweet Aria live. Refuse, and I’ll make sure she dies slowly while you watch."

My heart stopped. "How did you get past our defenses?"

"Oh, I had help," Lady Vex said. "Didn’t I, Marcus?"

Marcus stepped out from behind her, his eyes sparkling with the same dark magic.

"I’m sorry," he said, but his voice sounded wrong. Empty. "She made me an offer I couldn’t refuse."

"What kind of offer?" Kael growled.

Lady Vex laughed. "I gave him his mate back. Sarah is alive and well and fully under my control. Just like Marcus is now."

She gestured, and Marcus raised his hand. Dark energy began to spin around his fingers.

"Now," Lady Vex said. "About that spell modification..."