A Mate To Three Alpha Heirs novel Chapter 213

{Elira}

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The infirmary smelled of herbs and clean linen.

It was quiet in the way only healing places were—soft footsteps, low voices, the faint hum of magic woven into the walls. When I woke properly this time, it wasn’t to blinding light or pain pounding behind my eyes.

It was to laughter.

“Careful,” Cambria said warmly. “If I peel this too fast, she’ll scold me when she’s stronger.”

“I would never,” I murmured, a smile tugging at my lips.

Four familiar faces swam into my vision, and for a moment my chest tightened so hard it almost hurt.

They were here.

I hadn’t realized how afraid I’d been of waking up alone until that moment.

Nari was perched on the edge of a chair, practically vibrating with energy. Juniper sat at my feet, her hands warm as she gently massaged my ankles. Tamryn occupied the corner chair with a book open on her lap, pretending to read while glancing up every few seconds. Cambria stood beside my bed, peeling an apple with careful, deliberate motions, as if it were something precious.

“You scared us,” Nari blurted out. “Do you know how long they didn’t let us see you? We were banned like criminals.”

I blinked. “Banned?”

Juniper nodded, her fingers never stopping. “While you were unconscious. Healers’ orders.”

“I was in a coma longer than I thought,” I whispered.

Cambria’s eyes softened. “We tried every day.”

Something warm settled in my chest. I lay there quietly, listening—Nari filling the room with noise, Tamryn occasionally correcting her, Juniper grounding everything with her calm presence.

Nari launched straight into it. “Anyway, Regina got destroyed. Publicly. Completely. Expelled. Records wiped. The King got involved. Lady Maren fainted—actually fainted. It was glorious.”

I closed my eyes briefly.

Not out of guilt.

Out of relief.

“If I hadn’t been saved in time…” My voice trailed off.

Cambria stopped peeling the apple. “You don’t need to finish that sentence.”

I nodded. I felt satisfied—not because Regina fell, but because I lived.

A comfortable silence followed.

Then Cambria cleared her throat.

“So,” she said, far too casually, “the triplet professors.”

I opened one eye. “What about them?”

“They were… troubled,” she said carefully. “When you collapsed.”

Nari snorted. “Troubled? They were feral.”

Juniper hummed thoughtfully. “It was strange.”

Tamryn finally lowered her book. “Everyone else was forbidden from entering. But those three?” She raised a brow. “They went in and out like the infirmary belonged to them.”

Cambria nodded. “Barking orders at healers. Arguing about treatments. Sitting by your bed for hours.”

My lips curved into a small smile.

My heart felt full—and suddenly heavy.

“I think,” I said softly, “it’s time I told you something.”

They all went quiet.

I swallowed. “Zenon. Lennon. Rennon.” I took a steady breath. “They’re my fated mates.”

Silence followed.

Absolute, stunned silence.

Then—

“WHAT?!” Nari screamed.

Tamryn lunged across the space and clamped a hand over her mouth. “Lower. Your. Voice.”

Nari’s eyes were wild above Tamryn’s fingers.

Juniper stared at me like I’d just rewritten the laws of existence. Cambria’s mouth opened, closed, then she slowly sat down.

“All three?” Juniper asked at last.

I nodded.

Nari yanked Tamryn’s hand away. “Do you know how unfair that is? Three handsome, powerful professors and you don’t even have to choose?”

“Nari,” Cambria warned.

“I said what I said.”

I laughed—weak, but real.

Shock gave way to awe, then to happiness.

“That explains everything,” Tamryn muttered. “The protectiveness. The panic.”

Juniper smiled softly. “You’re safe with them.”

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