Fated Mate to the Triplet Alpha

Chapter 143: Chapter 143: The Ice Princess

Three months had passed since they’d chosen normal life. Elara thought the hardest part was over.

She was wrong. "Something’s happening," Elara gasped, falling over in the kitchen. "I think... I think I’m having another baby." "That’s impossible," Kael said, dropping his coffee mug.

"You just had Hope three months ago." "Tell that to my body," Elara said through tight teeth.

Another sharp pain hit her. "This baby is coming now." Ronan rushed to her side. "But you weren’t even showing. How can you be in labor?" "I don’t know," Elara said.

"Maybe giving up our powers messed with everything else too." Darian was already calling their mother. "She’s not answering," he said. "We’re on our own."

"I don’t know how to deliver a baby," Kael said, fear in his voice. "Neither do I," Ronan added. "Figure it out," Elara said.

"Because this baby isn’t waiting." Luna emerged in the doorway, holding baby Hope.

"I felt the disturbance," she said. "This isn’t a normal birth." "Nothing about our family is normal," Elara said.

"Even when we try to be." "This is different," Luna said.

"The baby that’s coming... she’s connected to Kael specifically." "What do you mean?" Kael asked.

"She’s only his," Luna said. "Not all three of yours. Just his." "How is that possible?" Darian asked.

"When you gave up your powers, they didn’t just disappear," Luna stated. "They went somewhere. Into the future children you might have." "Future children?" Ronan asked.

"Each of you will have a daughter," Luna said. "And each daughter will carry the power you gave up."

"That’s not fair," Elara said. "We chose normal to protect them." "The universe doesn’t care about fair," Luna said. "It cares about balance."

Another contraction hit Elara, stronger than before. "She’s coming," she said. "Right now." "Everyone get ready," Kael said, taking charge.

"Ronan, get towels. Darian, boil water. Luna, help me with Elara." "What about the other babies?" Ronan asked.

"They’re sleeping," Luna said. "And they’ll stay that way until this is over. This birth needs to happen in peace."

"Peace?" Elara asked. "It feels like war in my body." "That’s because she’s fighting to be born," Luna said.

"Your new girl... she’s powerful. More powerful than any of you realize." "I can feel her," Kael said suddenly. "She’s... cold. Like ice."

"That’s your power," Luna said. "You were always the coldest of the boys. The most managed. She’s inheriting that."

"I don’t want her to be cold," Kael said. "I want her to be warm. Happy." "She’ll be both," Luna said. "But she’ll also be the strongest."

"Here she comes," Elara said. "I can feel her head." "Push," Kael said. "I’ve got her." Elara pushed with everything she had.

The pain was intense, but underneath it, she felt something else. Something that made her gasp. "She’s freezing," Elara said.

"The baby is actually freezing." "That’s impossible," Ronan said. "Look," Darian said, pointing at the window.

"It’s snowing." Outside, in the middle of summer, snow was falling. Big, big flakes that covered the ground in minutes.

"She’s doing that," Luna said. "The baby is changing the weather." "From inside me?" Elara asked.

"She’s that powerful," Luna said. "And she’s not even born yet." "One more push," Kael said.

"I can see her shoulders." Elara pushed again, and suddenly the baby was out. Kael caught her, and everyone went silent.

The baby was beautiful. But she was also hard. Her hair was pure silver, like moonlight.

Her skin was pale as snow. And her eyes... Her eyes were ice-blue and sparkling. "She’s gorgeous," Ronan whispered. "She’s terrifying," Darian said.

"She’s mine," Kael said softly. "She’s my daughter." The baby opened her mouth and made a sound.

Not a cry, but something like wind through winter trees. "Why isn’t she crying?" Elara asked. "Because she’s not sad," Luna said.

"She’s home." "What’s her name?" Ronan asked. "Frost," Kael said without doubt. "Her name is Frost."

As soon as he said it, the baby’s eyes focused on him. She reached out one tiny hand and touched his face.

The moment she touched him, Kael’s eyes changed. They became the same ice-blue as hers. "Kael?" Elara asked.

"Are you okay?" "I’m... different," Kael said. "I can feel her thinking. She’s not just my daughter. She’s my replacement."

"Successor to what?" Ronan asked. "To the power I gave up," Kael said.

"But she’s going to use it differently than I did." "How?" Darian asked. "She’s going to use it to protect," Kael said. "Not to control. To shield, not to control."

"Protect from what?" Elara asked. Before anyone could answer, the room got colder. Much cooler.

"She’s responding to danger," Luna said. "Something’s coming." "What kind of danger?" Ronan asked.

"The kind that requires ice to stop," Kael said. "The kind that only she can handle." "She’s just a baby," Elara said. "She’s a baby now," Luna said.

"But she won’t always be. And when she grows up, she’ll be the guardian this world needs." "Guardian against what?" Darian asked.

"Against the fire," baby Frost said. Everyone stared. The baby had spoken. In a voice like winter wind, clear and cold and certain.

"What fire?" Elara asked. "The fire that’s coming," Frost said. "The fire that wants to burn everything."

"When?" Kael asked. "Soon," Frost said. "Very soon." "How soon?" Ronan asked. "When her sisters are born," Frost said.

"When all three powers are in the world again." "Three powers?" Elara asked. "Ice, fire, and lightning," Frost said.

"The three forces that keep the world balanced." "Fire and lightning?" Darian asked.

"You mean..." "Ronan and Darian will each have a daughter too," Luna said. "And their daughters will have the powers they gave up."

"When?" Elara asked. "Ronan’s daughter will be born when the fire starts," Frost said.

"Darian’s daughter will be born when the lightning strikes." "What fire?" Ronan asked. "What lightning?"

"The war," Frost said bluntly. "The war that’s coming to destroy everything we love." "What war?" Kael asked.

"The war between the normal world and the supernatural world," Frost said. "Humans have found that werewolves exist. They want to destroy all of us."

"That’s impossible," Elara said. "We hid our existence perfectly."

"Someone betrayed us," Frost said. "Someone who wants to see the supernatural world burn." "Who?" Darian asked.

"Someone we trust," Frost said. "Someone close to us." "That’s impossible," Ronan said.

"Everyone we trust is here." "Are they?" Frost asked. As she spoke, they heard footsteps outside.

Heavy boots. Lots of them. "They’re here," Luna said. "The humans. They found us." "How?" Kael asked.

"Because someone told them where to look," Frost said. "Who?" Elara asked. "Someone who’s been watching us," Frost said.

"Someone who knows all our secrets." "That’s impossible," Darian said. "We don’t have any secrets left." "Don’t we?" Frost asked.

The footsteps got closer. They could hear voices now. Angry sounds. "They’re surrounding the house," Luna said.

"What do they want?" Elara asked. "They want to take the babies," Frost said. "They want to study us. To learn our weaknesses."

"Over my dead body," Kael said. "That’s exactly what they’re planning," Frost said.

"They think if they kill the adults, they can raise the children to be weapons." "They’re wrong," Ronan said.

"Are they?" Frost asked. "Without your powers, how will you stop them?" "We’ll find a way," Elara said. "There is no way," Frost said.

"Unless..." "Unless what?" Darian asked. "Unless you let me protect you," Frost said. "Let me use my power."

"You’re a baby," Elara said. "You can’t fight soldiers." "I’m not just a baby," Frost said.

"I’m winter itself. I’m the cold that stops everything." "But using your power could hurt you," Kael said. "Not using it will hurt everyone," Frost said.

The footsteps stopped. They were right outside the door now. "They’re going to break in," Luna said. "Let them," Frost said.

"Let them come into my winter." "What are you going to do?" Elara asked. "What winter does," Frost said.

"I’m going to freeze everything that threatens my family." "Will you be okay?" Kael asked. "I’ll be what I need to be," Frost said.

"But after this, everything changes." "How?" Ronan asked. "After this, we can’t pretend to be normal anymore," Frost said.

"After this, we have to be what we really are." "What are we?" Elara asked.

"We’re the guardians," Frost said. "The ones who protect both worlds." "Both worlds?" Darian asked. noveldrama

"The human world and the supernatural world," Frost said. "Someone has to keep the peace." "And that someone is us?" Kael asked.

"That someone is your daughters," Frost said. "We’re the bridge between worlds."

The door handle turned. Someone was coming in. "Ready?" Frost asked. "Ready," Kael said. "Then let winter begin," Frost said.

And as the door opened, the temperature in the room dropped so fast that everyone’s breath became visible.

But it wasn’t the cold that made them gasp.

It was the guy standing in the doorway. Someone they’d trusted. Someone who’d been lying to them all along.

Someone who smiled as they raised a gun and

pointed it straight at baby Frost. "Hello, family," the liar said. "Miss me?"