Chapter 139

Shakira's face went pale, and Morpheus swallowed hard, clearly unsure how to respond.

They had once played the role of the perfect adoptive parents in front of Leo, pretending to be a loving and supportive family, all while whispering behind my back.

Alice, especially, had worked to turn Leo against me back then, feeding him lies that nearly ruined our relationship.

But now, with their fortunes reversed, they didn't dare show their true colors.

we." Shakira stammered, but Leo wasn't interested in their excuses.

you remember those days?" he asked, turning to me.

His voice had softened slightly, as if trying to draw me into his side, but there was still a dangerous edge to it.

"They acted like they cared about you, like they were your family. But we both know the truth."

I nodded, remembering all too well the façade they had put up, the lies and manipulations that had come between us. Now, though, the power dynamics had shifted, and they no longer had the upper hand.

Morpheus finally found his voice, though it trembled.

"We've made mistakes.... we know that. But we're asking for your forgiveness, for your help. Just one more time."

I felt a tug of sympathy, despite everything they had done.

There was a time when I would have done anything for them, even emptied my bank account to keep them afloat.

now. I was

I could respond, Shakira

her knees, grabbing

something about

hung in the air like a heavy cloud, and for a moment, I

casually spoken by Shakira, clung to the corners of my

revelation was something I had always suspected but

I let her speak.

one meant to inherit the Ghost Pack. But when she fell in

from the tribe. They eloped, and she lost everything-her title, her pack, her home. Eventually, hunters

swallowed hard, the name of my mother, Matira, reverberating in my

"What happened to her?"

'And?' hovering on my

brimmed with

She was desperate, and when the hunters

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face with her trembling hands. "She lost track of herself, she lost track of

in my

all of this," I whispered, my voice barely audible. "But

me through

but by

I staggered backward. "What?"

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