Mated to the Triplet Alphas
Chapter 122: Mates Reunited

Chapter 122: Chapter 122: Mates Reunited

Third POV

Leo, Lucas, Liam, and Levi arrived at the research facility. Leo led them in, only to see that the alarms were blaring. Instantly, he frowned.

“Something’s wrong,” he said urgently.

“Yeah, no shit,” Levi snapped. “As if the alarms aren’t already a clue.”

“Do you think Hazel managed to escape?” Liam asked.

“That’s highly possible,” Leo said.

He highly doubted he was important enough for them to blare the alarms. Besides, it had been a hot minute since he left the building. It would be too little too late to start searching now.

“Come on. It’s this way.”

Without saying anything else, he carefully led the others through a series of corridors, carefully avoiding the patrol hot spots. Whenever footsteps could be heard, they would dodge into empty rooms to hide.

It should be easy enough for three alphas to fight their way through, but it wouldn’t be great to attract the attention of more guards.

Or worse, Perry’s attention.

“Wait...” Liam suddenly said. He clutched his chest where his heart was. His chin tilted up as he surveyed their surroundings. “It’s Hazel. I can feel her.”

Now that he had said it, Lucas and Levi exchanged a glance of realization. Once they were inside the building, Lucas, Liam, and Levi could feel Hazel’s presence much more strongly than before. The sensation was like a sudden jolt of electricity through their bodies.

Beforehand, there seemed to be a cavern in their bodies, though they weren’t sure of the sensation. Now that they had a comparison, everything seemed so obvious.

“Why can we feel her now when we couldn’t before?” Lucas demanded.

Leo grimaced. “The whole building is lined with a thin layer of silver—enough to block mindlinks and dampen mate bonds without affecting the werewolves’ daily tasks. It acts like a barrier. But now that you’re inside...”

“We can feel her,” Liam finished, his face lighting up with hope.

Lucas suddenly froze, his instincts taking over. Without saying a word, he darted forward down a corridor, his brothers following closely behind.

“This way,” he said with complete certainty, despite never having been in the building before.

They raced through the hallways, ignoring the shocked faces of lab technicians and security personnel. Most of them couldn’t react in time. They merely stared with their eyes wide and their jaws slacked when four identical faces rushed past them.

Finally, they arrived at a door. Through it, they could hear a familiar voice. Levi’s hand immediately found the handle. He jiggled it with force, only to realize it had been locked.

Inside the room, the argument merely got louder.

“...I would’ve sent the rogues after you instead of your brat of a twin!”

The triplets looked at each other in alarm before Leo growled, pushing Levi out of the way.

“Move!” he barked, before he slammed his foot against the door, kicking it clean off its hinges with one swift movement.

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Hazel’s POV

The door splintered with a deafening crack. I whirled around just as Esther lunged for something on her desk. Without warning, four nearly identical faces burst into the room. It took me half a second to realize that it was none other than the triplets and Leo.

“Hazel!” Levi shouted.

My heart soared at the sight of them. Without thinking, I rushed toward them, pushing past Leo to throw myself into their arms. The familiar scent of the three men I loved enveloped me as they encircled me in a protective embrace.

“You came,” I breathed, my voice cracking with emotion. “You really came for me.”

“Always,” Lucas murmured against my hair, his arms tightening around me.

Liam’s hand cupped my cheek. “Are you hurt? Did they do anything to you?”

Before I could answer, a shrill alarm blasted through the room. Esther had pressed a button on her desk, a malicious smile twisting her lips.

“How touching,” she sneered, her eyes fixed on Leo. “You brought the cavalry, I see.”

Leo stepped forward, placing himself between us and Esther. “Just give it up, Perry. It’s over.”

Esther laughed, the sound cold and brittle. “Oh, Leo. You of all people should know our work is never over.” Her eyes flicked to me. “Not when there’s still so much to learn from our little test subject.”

Leo lunged at her, but Esther was faster than she looked. She dodged to the side, reaching into her lab coat to pull out a syringe filled with amber liquid.

“You know what this is, don’t you?” she taunted, holding it up. “All those years of research, culminating in this. One injection, and all established bonds are severed forever.”

The triplets tensed around me. I could feel their fear, and I mirrored it.

“Don’t you dare,” Levi growled, stepping forward.

The door behind us burst open again as guards flooded the room. The triplets immediately shifted their attention, forming a protective circle around me as they engaged with the attackers.

“Hazel, stay behind us!” Lucas ordered, his fist connecting with a guard’s jaw.

The room erupted into chaos. Liam and Levi worked in perfect unison, their movements fluid and deadly as they took down guard after guard. Lucas stayed closest to me, his powerful form a shield between me and danger.

Over their shoulders, I kept my eyes on Esther and Leo. They circled each other like predators, each looking for an opening.

“You’re a fool, Leo,” Esther spat. “You could have had everything—a new mate, a new chance. But you threw it away for what? Sentimentality?”

“I wouldn’t have needed a second chance if you hadn’t been a meddlesome fuck,” Leo spat, hatred in his eyes.

Esther’s eyes narrowed with confusion. It took her a while before her eyes widened and her lips curled into a smirk. I could practically see it clicking into place when she realized what Leo was referring to.

“Eavesdropping isn’t polite, Leo, didn’t I teach you that?” she said.

“You killed her!” He yelled.

Unable to contain his anger any further, Leo stepped forward and threw a punch. Esther barely dodged in time, staggering back with Leo’s fist just a hair’s breadth away from her cheek.

As they fought, I noticed more guards streaming in. The triplets were holding their own, but they were outnumbered. Liam had a gash on his arm, and Levi’s lip was split and bleeding. Lucas was breathing heavily, his knuckles raw.

I needed to do something. My eyes landed on a fire extinguisher mounted on the wall. I darted toward it, yanking it free from its bracket.

“Lucas!” I shouted, tossing it to him.

He caught it one-handed, immediately understanding my intention. With a powerful swing, he unleashed a cloud of white foam, temporarily blinding several guards and giving us a brief advantage.

In the confusion, I spotted Esther making her move. She’d circled around and was coming straight for me, the syringe raised high.

I didn’t have the time to react. My body felt rooted to the spot in fear. Through the commotion, somehow, she had managed to worm towards me.

Everything happened in slow motion. I saw the needle descending toward my arm. Then there was a blur of movement. Leo threw himself between us, his body colliding with Esther’s. At the same time, a hiss of pain echoed.

“Leo!”