Fated to the Alpha–And His Triplet Brothers
Chapter 61: Turn it off

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.

"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.

The air felt thin. My breath... hung like glass in my throat.

"I don’t want to do this anymore." My voice was hoarse, barely mine. "I want it all to stop."

"It will. Just turn it off, Hazel. No pain. No more betrayal. No more death."

My legs gave out, and I dropped to my knees, still staring at the mirror.

"I don’t know how to turn it off!" I screamed.

My voice shattered in the space.

Hazel, are you okay? Caspian’s voice rang out behind me.

No.

"Please... stay away from me," I whispered, hugging myself tighter. "The voices... they won’t stop."

"Hazel, calm down," he said, his steps cautious. "When we get the babies back, everything will go back to normal."

"Normal?" My voice cracked. "There’s no normal for me, Caspian. Nothing’s ever been normal. I don’t want to feel this anymore.I just want it to stop."

"Hazel..."

"Leave me!" I screamed, my voice raw, trembling. "I just want the voices to stop!"

He rushed to me, pulling me into his arms. My body collapsed into him. His scent...so familiar, so grounding wrapped around me. My fingers gripped his shirt as I buried my face in his chest.

"It’s okay," he whispered, "you’re safe now... I’m here. You’re not alone"

"I want it to end." The voice in my head screamed one final time:

"Turn it off." And I did.

Everything inside me... went still. The pain, the screaming, the helplessness—it all vanished. I felt nothing.

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

I pulled away from Caspian. He looked at me, stunned. "Hazel... your eyes... they changed."

He stepped toward me. "Don’t touch me," I said. My voice didn’t even sound like mine anymore. It was calm. Deadly.

He ignored it. Reached for me again. I grabbed his wrist. Twisted it till I heard bones crack..

He groaned. I twisted harder. Then, with a single lift of my arm, I flung him across the room. His body slammed against the wall, crashing into a table and shattering it to pieces.

"What... what are you?" he groaned, crawling. "Where’s Hazel?" I smiled. A cold, empty smirk.

"I am Hazel," I said. "Can’t you see me?"

I stepped toward him again, my fingers curling in anticipation.

"I don’t feel pain anymore, Caspian. I don’t feel anything. It’s all turned off. I’m fixed now."

He tried to stand. "You’re not fixed, you’re broken. Something’s wrong with you."

"No," I said. "Hazel was broken. I’m what comes after."

He tried to reach for me again. I grabbed his throat and threw him again harder. He crashed into a bookshelf, his body limp from the pain.

The door burst open. Wolves rushed in, drawn by the sounds of destruction. They stopped, frozen at the sight of Caspian on the floor... and me standing over him.

I took one step forward. They shifted. Fast. Teeth bared. They sensed something wrong in me.

They charged. And I... I didn’t hesitate. NovelFire

I moved like I had never moved before. My fingers...longer, sharper, tore through fur and flesh like paper. Blood sprayed. Growls turned into howls. Howls into screams. In less than a minute, they were all on the floor.

Dead.

I stood among them, breathing heavily. Their bodies lay in pieces.

I looked at my hand... Claws.. Covered with blood.

"What the hell am I?" I whispered.