Bound to the Triplet Alphas
Chapter 93: Battle Lines

Chapter 93: Chapter 93: Battle Lines

ARIA POV

"Breathe, push, breathe!" Elder Malin pushed as I screamed, my body feeling like it was being torn apart.

The first baby slid into the world with a cry that cut the air like a wolf’s howl. A boy.

"One more big push," Lucien urged, his eyes filled with tears as he held our son.

With a final, painful effort, I pushed our second baby into the world. Another boy.

"Where’s the third?" I gasped, knowing there should be three. I could still feel something inside me.

Elder Malin put her hands on my stomach, her expression changing to concern. "The third baby isn’t moving."

"No!" I cried, reaching for my link to the Moon Goddess. "Please, save my baby!"

The silver light I’d used to cleanse wolf spirits now flowed through me into my womb. I would not lose a child, not now, not after everything we’d been through.

"There!" Elder Malin exclaimed. "Movement!"

With one final push, my daughter entered the world, silent at first, then letting out a cry so fierce it surprised everyone in the room.

"Three healthy babies," Lucien whispered in awe. "Two boys and a girl."

Despite the joy of holding my children, I couldn’t forget what was going outside. The blood moon hung low and strangely bright in the sky, Elira’s power somehow controlling it. Our teams had left hours ago to attack the three buildings. And time was running out to stop the poisoned blood tests.

"Status report," I demanded as Kael and Jaxon entered the room, their faces grim with fear.

"The northern mountain team is in position," Kael said. "Alpha Helena’s forces have infiltrated the Silver Moon territory."

"And our team?" I asked, knowing they were targeting the biggest lab beneath our sacred cave.

"Ready," Jaxon confirmed. "But there’s a problem. Elira’s acceleration of the blood moon has sparked early activation of the creatures. They’re already appearing."

I fought to sit up, wincing at the pain. My body had healed faster than a human’s would, but I was still weak from childbirth.

"Help me up," I insisted. "I need to be with the pack."

"You just had three babies," Lucien argued. "You need rest."

"What I need is to make sure these babies have a world to grow up in," I replied, my voice leaving no room for argument.

Twenty minutes later, I stood in our pack’s training grounds, leaning slightly on Lucien for support. Around me, werewolves from six different packs practiced fighting skills against mock creatures.

"Remember," I called out, "aim for the chest! That’s where the perverted wolf spirit is. Damage that, and they’ll be weakened enough to defeat!"

Mira approached, carrying my daughter while wet nurses tended to the boys inside. "She’s strong," my friend said. "Already trying to shift."

I smiled despite everything. "What else would you expect from a triple-Alpha’s daughter?"

"We got word from Dr. Marcus," Kael reported, joining us. " He’s managed to stall some shipments of the blood tests, but not all. And our spies inside the Pure Blood Alliance confirm that Elira plans to broadcast proof of werewolves’ presence at dawn."

"Six hours," I whispered, looking at the blood-red moon. "That’s all the time we have left."

Jaxon approached with a small group of young wolves—teenagers who looked both frightened and determined. "Our newest fighters," he stated. "They’ve volunteered to help defend the pack while the main forces attack the labs."

I looked at their young faces and felt my heart break. They should be enjoying their youth, not planning for war.

"I wish there was another way," I told them honestly. "You’re brave to stand with us."

"You were younger than us when you took on the Alpha triplets," one girl pointed out shyly. "If you could do that, we can do this."

I wasn’t sure if that was a compliment, but I smiled anyway. "Just stay safe. That’s an order from your Luna."

As training continued, I pulled the triplets away. "There has to be a peaceful solution," I insisted. "Some way to reach Elira."

"She’s gone too far," Kael protested. "She’s controlling the moon itself. That kind of power corrupts."

"Everyone deserves a chance at redemption," I replied. "Even her. Especially after her mother’s sacrifice for our children."

Lucien considered this. "What did you have in mind?"

"A direct exchange. Me to her. Luna to former pack member."

"Absolutely not," all three triplets said in agreement.

"It’s too dangerous," Lucien added.

"We have a connection to the Moon Goddess that Elira can’t match," I argued. "If I could just talk to her—"

"And if she gets you? Uses you against us? Uses the babies against us?" Jaxon pointed out.

Before I could answer, Elder Malin hurried toward us, her usually calm face twisted with worry.

"The sacred cave," she gasped. "It’s starting. Something’s coming out."

We rushed to the edge of our area that overlooked the ancient cave site. What I saw made my blood run cold.

The entrance to the sacred cave had expanded to ten times its regular size. From within, shadowy forms emerged—dozens of them, then hundreds. Not just the twisted wolf-human hybrids we’d fought before, but something worse. Larger monsters, with multiple wolf heads and distorted bodies. Abominations that should never have happened.

"She’s releasing them all at once," Kael breathed in horror.

"Get everyone to battle stations," I ordered. "Send the emergency signal to the other packs."

As the pack rushed to prepare, I noticed something else—a figure standing at the mouth of the cave. Even from this distance, I recognized her. Elira.

She looked different now. Her blonde hair had turned silver, and she seemed to glow with a strange blue light—the same color as the Moonfire serum the Shadow Division had used.

As if feeling my gaze, she looked directly at me. Then, to my shock, her voice repeated in my mind.

"I see you’ve met my army, Aria," she said, her mental voice cold and strong. "Impressive, aren’t they? The future of werewolf kind—controlled, refined, weaponized."

"This isn’t the way," I projected back, surprised I could converse with her like this. "You’re destroying everything the Moon Goddess created us to be."

"The Moon Goddess abandoned us!" Elira’s thought voice lashed out like a whip. "Left us hiding in shadows while people destroyed our world. I’m taking back control."

"By allying with human extremists? By killing your own kind?"

"By ensuring our survival," she replied. "The weak must be culled for the strong to thrive."

I felt her probing my mind, looking for something. "Your babies," she finally said. "They’ve been born. Good. That makes this easier."

Fear clutched my heart. "Leave my children out of this."

"They’re the key, Aria. Their blood holds the purest form of the Moon Goddess’s blessing. The right catalyst for my final transformation."

"You’ll never touch them," I vowed, my anger making the silver light flare around me.

Elira laughed, the sound ringing painfully in my mind. "Always so righteous. So sure you’re on the side of good."

Suddenly, multiple howls rose from all sides of our land. Not our pack, not our friends.

"My forces have you surrounded," Elira stated. "The creatures from all three labs, plus the traditional packs who know their place in the new order."

On the horizon, I could see them now—werewolves and creatures forming a ring around our area, closing in slowly.

"You have one hour to decide," Elira’s voice ordered. "Surrender yourself and your children to me, or watch everyone you love be destroyed. Your pack. Your friends. Every monster who stands with you."

Her presence withdrew from my mind, leaving me shaking. The triplets braced me as I swayed on my feet.

"What did she say?" Lucien asked quickly.

I told them everything, watching their faces grow darker with each word.

"We need to evacuate the pack," Kael said quickly.

"There’s no time," Jaxon replied. "They’ve surrounded us."

As we argued about what to do, a bright light flashed from the holy cave. Something was happening—something big. The very air seemed to crackle with power.

When the light faded, Elira stood changed. Twice her normal size, her body now half-human, half-wolf, glowing with blue fire. In her hand, she held what looked like an old stone tablet.

Her voice boomed across the valley, no longer just in my mind but audible to everyone.

"BEHOLD THE TRUE POWER OF THE MOON GODDESS!" she declared. "THE TABLET OF ORIGINAL TRANSFORMATION!"

Elder Malin gasped beside me. "The First Alpha’s tablet," she whispered in horror. "The starting stone of all werewolves. It was hidden in the holy cave all this time."

"What does it do?" I asked, fearing the answer.

"It can rewrite the laws of transformation," the Elder explained, her voice trembling. "Control who can shift, who cannot. Even force people to become werewolves against their will."

Elira raised the tablet high, the red moon reflecting off its surface.

"SURRENDER TO ME, ARIA," her voice thundered. "OR AT DAWN, I ACTIVATE THE TABLET AND EVERY HUMAN ON EARTH TRANSFORMS UNCONTROLLABLY. BILLIONS WILL DIE IN THE CHAOS. THE CHOICE IS YOURS."

I looked at my mates, at my pack preparing for war, at the tiny innocent babies I’d just brought into this world.

"One hour," I whispered. "We have one hour to save everyone."

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