Sacrificed To The Triplet Alpha Kings novel Chapter 372

Chapter 372: Zev Is Going Insane

But the curse pulsed in her chest like a second heartbeat. Dark and heavy and waiting.

The door opened again and Lucian entered.

He looked worse than Sebastian. More tense. More volatile. Like he was barely holding himself together.

The moment he saw Lilith awake, something in his expression cracked.

"You’re up," Lucian said.

"I’m up," Lilith confirmed.

Lucian crossed to the bed in three long strides and dropped to his knees beside it. He took Lilith’s free hand, the one Sebastian was not holding and pressed his forehead against her knuckles.

"I thought we lost you," Lucian said, his voice muffled. "When you collapsed after the battle. When the necklace failed. I thought..."

He stopped and Lilith felt his absolute terror through the bond.

"I’m still here," Lilith said gently.

"For now," Lucian said. "But in two days you’re going to attempt something that might kill you. And we’re all just supposed to sit there and watch and hope it works."

"What else can we do?" Lilith asked.

Lucian looked up at her with eyes that burned. "I don’t know. But standing by and doing nothing while you risk your life feels wrong. Feels like we’re failing you."

"You’re not failing me," Lilith said. "You’re supporting me. That’s what I need."

Lucian’s jaw clenched. "I hate this. I hate that you’re the one in danger. I hate that we can’t fight this for you. I hate that the curse transferred to you because of bonds we forced on you."

"You didn’t force all of them," Lilith reminded him. "I accepted Nicholas’s mark willingly. And Sebastian’s. Yours was....." She paused. "Complicated. But I forgave you. Remember?"

"I remember," Lucian said quietly. "But that doesn’t make this easier."

Sebastian stood from the bed. "I’ll give you two some time alone. Lilith needs to rest and you need..." He stopped. "You need to not pace holes in the floor downstairs."

He left, closing the door softly behind him.

Lilith and Lucian were alone.

Lucian climbed onto the bed and pulled Lilith carefully into his arms. She went willingly, letting herself sink into the safety of his presence.

"Zev is going insane," Lucian said quietly. "He can feel you through the bond but he knows you’re in danger and he doesn’t know how to protect you from something he can’t fight."

"I know," Lilith said. "I can feel him too. Feel both of you. It’s...." She paused. "The bonds are stronger now. More intense. I can feel all three of you constantly."

"Is it too much?" Lucian asked.

"No," Lilith said. "It’s just different. Like you’re all closer than you were before. Like the coma pulled the bonds tighter."

Lucian was quiet for a moment. "Elena said soul bonds do that. They strengthen in crisis. Trying to hold onto the person they’re connected to."

"She told you about the soul bonds?" Lilith asked.

"Victoria did," Lucian said. "After Selene left. She explained that what we have isn’t normal mate bonds. That they’re deeper. More permanent. That they persist even beyond death."

Lilith felt something cold settle in her stomach. "Beyond death?"

"If you die," Lucian said quietly, "the bonds don’t break. They just.....stretch. Hold you in the space between life and death. Trap you there."

The horror of it made Lilith’s breath catch.

"For how long?" she asked.

"Until we die too," Lucian said. "And then we’re all trapped together. Forever."

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