Bound to the Triplet Alphas
Chapter 106: Liberation

Chapter 106: Chapter 106: Liberation

ARIA POV

The Moon Goddess’s voice speaking through Luna broke every window in the stone building.

"RELEASE MY CHILDREN."

The controlled wolves collapsed quickly, their blue eyes flickering back to normal colors as they gasped for air. Varro’s huge wolf form was thrown backward like he weighed nothing. Even the human troops dropped their weapons and fell to their knees.

But the power running through my three-year-old daughter was too much for her small body. Blood dripped from her nose as she swayed on her feet.

"Luna!" I forced myself up despite the poison still burning in my veins.

Her golden eyes rolled back, and she started falling. I caught her just in time, her tiny body limp in my arms. When I looked down, her eyes had returned to silver, but she wasn’t breathing.

"No, no, no," I whispered, putting my ear to her chest. There—a pulse, but so weak it was barely there.

"Move aside," Lucien said, falling to his knees beside us. His hands glowed with soft healing light as he put them on Luna’s forehead. "The Moon Goddess’s power is too strong for a child. Her human body can’t handle it."

"Fix her," I begged. "Please, Lucien. Fix my baby."

His healing light pulsed brighter, but Luna remained unconscious. "I’m trying, but this is beyond normal healing. She needs—"

"She needs others like her," Elder Malin interrupted. He stood over one of the freed Stone River wolves, helping the confused male sit up. "The silver-eyed dogs can share power burdens. That’s why Silas wanted to collect them all."

I looked around the destroyed room. Lyra was helping the other freed wolves, her new Alpha power making them listen despite their confusion. Selene sat against a wall, her hands covering her belly as she fought off the last of Silas’s mental attacks. Mira held Felix and Aiden close, both boys crying but unhurt.

"There are more," I realized. "Silas said he had collected others. If we can find them—"

A new voice cut through the noise. "You won’t have to find us."

A young man stepped through the broken doorway. His silver eyes glowed with power, and three other silver-eyed dogs followed him. But these weren’t managed by Silas. They moved with purpose and ease.

"I’m Marcus," he said, nodding to me politely. "We fled from Silas’s main laboratory two days ago. We’ve been following his soldiers ever since."

"How many of you are there?" I asked, hope growing in my chest.

"Eight of us got free," a girl behind Marcus answered. "But Silas still has at least twelve others in his mountain facility."

"Twenty silver-eyed wolves total," Elder Malin breathed. "The predictions spoke of this number. When twenty meet, the Moon Goddess can work through them to reshape the werewolf world."

Marcus knelt beside Luna and put his hand on her arm. Immediately, some color returned to her face. "She’s the one, isn’t she? The Moon Wolf the old stories mention."

"What stories?" I asked.

"Every thousand years, the Moon Goddess chooses one child to be her direct voice on earth," Marcus explained, his hand still glowing as he helped heal Luna. "But the power generally kills them before they reach adulthood. Unless..."

"Unless what?" Lucien pressed.

"Unless the other silver-eyed wolves form a circle of safety around them. We can absorb some of the goddess’s power, making it safe for the Moon Wolf to live."

Luna’s eyes fluttered open. "Mama?" she whispered.

"I’m here, baby," I said, tears running down my face. "I’m right here."

She sat up slowly, looking around at all the silver-eyed dogs surrounding us. "They’re like us," she said with wonder. "But different too. Some are scared, some are angry, and some are..." She paused, tilting her head. "Some are hurt really bad."

Marcus nodded grimly. "Silas has been experimenting on the ones he caught first. Trying to make them stronger, but also trying to break their link to the Moon Goddess. Some of them might not be saveable."

"Everyone is saveable," I said strongly. "We just have to find them first."

That’s when Varro stepped forward. The beaten Alpha looked older somehow, his face full of shame. "I know where Silas’s main laboratory is," he said quietly. "I can take you there."

"Why would we trust you?" Lyra growled, her new Alpha instincts making her protective and suspicious. "You betrayed us!"

"Because I was wrong," Varro said simply. "When the Moon Goddess spoke through the child, I felt something I haven’t felt in forty years. Fear. Not fear of losing power, but fear of the goddess’s judgment. I’ve spent my life thinking strength comes from keeping others weak. But true strength..." He looked at me with respect. "True strength comes from lifting others up."

I studied his face, looking for lies. But all I saw was real regret. "If you’re lying to us—"

"Then may the Moon Goddess strike me down," he said gravely. "I swear on my pack’s honor, I will help you free the others."

"We’ll need more than just directions," Lucien pointed out. "Silas’s facility will be heavily guarded."

"Not just guarded," Marcus said grimly. "Booby-trapped with metal nets, poisoned darts, and worse. He’s been preparing for an attack by silver-eyed wolves for months."

"Then we don’t attack," I decided. "We infiltrate."

"How?" Mira asked, rocking Aiden to keep him calm.

I looked at the eight escaped silver-eyed wolves, then at Lyra and Selene. Eleven of us total, plus Luna. "We pretend to be caught. Walk right in the front door."

"That’s insane," Lucien argued. "If something goes wrong—" "Then we fight our way out together," I said. "But think about it. Silas wants to collect all the silver-eyed wolves anyway. If we show up at his door, he’ll be so excited about finishing his collection that he might lower his guard."

Elder Malin stroked his beard thoughtfully. "It could work. But you’d need someone on the inside to help free you once you’re in."

"I’ll do it," Varro offered. "I can tell Silas I’ve caught more silver-eyed wolves. He trusts me."

"Not anymore, he doesn’t," a cold voice said from the doorway.

My blood froze. Silas stood there in person, not just speaking through a computer. He was younger than I’d expected, maybe thirty years old, with pale skin and eyes like winter ice. Behind him stood six more controlled dogs, their blue eyes glowing with unnatural light.

"Hello, Aria," he said cheerfully. "Thank you for gathering so many of my subjects in one place. It saves me considerable time."

"Run," I whispered to the others.

But Silas raised his hand, and suddenly none of us could move. Some kind of unseen force held us frozen in place.

"I’ve developed new methods since our last encounter," he explained casually. "Sonic waves that upset werewolf nervous systems. Much more efficient than darts and nets."

Luna fought against the paralysis, her eyes beginning to glow golden again. "Let my mama go!"

"Ah, the Moon Wolf awakens," Silas said with joy. "Perfect time. You see, I’ve found something fascinating about your kind, little one. The Moon Goddess’s power doesn’t just flow through you—it flows through all silver-eyed wolves linked to you. Which means..."

He pulled out a strange device wrapped in wires and crystals. "If I can catch and contain that power, I can become the most powerful being on earth. Gods and wolves alike will bow to me."

The device started humming, and I felt something awful happening. The warmth of the mate bond, the link to Luna, the power that made me an Alpha—all of it was being pulled out of me like blood from a wound.

Around me, the other silver-eyed wolves cried out in pain as their power was sucked away too.

"Stop!" Luna screamed, her golden eyes blazing. "You’re hurting them!"

"I know," Silas said with a smile. "Isn’t it wonderful?"

But then something unexpected happened. Instead of getting weaker, Luna’s power started growing stronger. The golden light in her eyes spread to her whole body, and the unseen force holding us broke apart.

"Impossible," Silas breathed. "The device should be draining her too."

"You can’t drain the Moon Goddess herself," Elder Malin said, getting to his feet. "And that’s what’s happening. The more you try to steal her power, the more the goddess fights back through Luna."

Luna stood up, her small body projecting enough power to make the stone walls crack. When she spoke, her voice echoed with divine power.

"You have hurt my children for the last time."

The controlled dogs behind Silas suddenly turned on him, their blue eyes flickering back to normal as Luna’s power broke Silas’s hold over them.

"Kill him," Luna ordered.

But as the freed wolves leaped toward Silas, he pressed a button on his device and disappeared in a flash of light.

His voice rang through the room even though he was gone: "Enjoy your win, Moon Wolf. But know this—I now have a sample of your power saved in my machine. Soon, I’ll have enough to make my own goddess. One who serves me instead of weak little wolves."

Luna slumped again, the golden light fading from her eyes. This time, even with Marcus and the other silver-eyed dogs helping, Lucien couldn’t wake her up.

"What’s wrong with her?" I asked desperately.

Lucien’s face was pale with worry. "She used too much power. Her body is shutting down to protect itself. She’s..." He paused, checking her pulse again. "She’s in some kind of coma."

"How long?" I whispered.

"I don’t know," he revealed. "Maybe days. Maybe weeks. Maybe..."

He didn’t finish the sentence, but I heard what he wasn’t saying.

Maybe never.

And somewhere out there, Silas was using my daughter’s stolen power to become something that could destroy us all.

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