After Severance,Alpha Fell in Love With Ex-Luna

Chapter 103: Fragments of Memory

Chapter 103: Fragments of Memory

(Marcus Blackwood’s POV)

Victoria Blackwood’s silence stretched between us like a chasm. I could see the conflict in her eyes, the way she weighed her words carefully

“Marcus,” she finally said, her voice heavy with reluctance. “Some things are better left forgotten.”

“But I need to know” I pressed, leaning forward in the uncomfortable hospital chair. “Something happened to me, didn’t it? Something significant enough that everyone was forbidden to speak of it.”

Victoria sighed deeply, her shoulders sagging with the weight of years of secrecy. She moved to sit beside me in the sterile corridor, her presence both comforting and unsettling.

“You were eight years old,” she began quietly. “It was a k********g incident that nearly destroyed our family.”

The words hit me like physical blows. Eight years old. The age when most of my early memories became hazy and fragmented.

“Every time you tried to remember what happened, you would suffer terrible headaches, Victoria continued. “The trauma was so severe that it was affecting your health, your ability to function normally.”

I closed my eyes, feeling the familiar pressure building behind my temples. Even now, trying to grasp those memories felt like reaching through thick fog.

“Elder Margaret was desperate to help you,” Victoria explained. “She found a Master Healer who specialized in memory work. The healing ritual was… extensive.”

“They erased my memories,” I said flatly.

“They helped you forget the trauma,” Victoria corrected gently. “And Elder Margaret made it cle was ever to speak of it again. She wanted to protect you from reliving that pain.”

I struggled with the fragmented images surfacing in my mind. Darkness. Fear. And something else – a presence that had felt safe in the midst of terror

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The sound of footsteps interrupted my thoughts. A doctor in surgical scrubs approached us, his expression professional but tired.

“I’m looking for the family member of Sophia Rivers,” he announced.

I stood immediately. “That’s me.”

Before I could explain the complexity of our relationship, Victoria interjected smoothly. “We’re distant

cousins. I’m her mother figure since her parents aren’t available.”

She lost a significant amount of blood,

me, followed immediately by confusion about why I cared so

sharp eyes. “Marcus, you have a mate. Why

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remained silent, unable to articulate the

I finally said, though the words felt hollow even to

mate being devoted to another female. Unless she doesn’t love

Victoria left, I clenched my fists, her

mind

truly love me? I had always assumed that since she was my fated mate, she

belonging and loving were different things

Elena loving someone else sent a chill

elsewhere made my chest tighten with

before I was allowed to see Sophia. She lay

when she

she whispered, her voice

awake,” I said, moving closer to her bedside. “How are

“Why did you

Sophia asked, tears gathering in her eyes.

answers I couldn’t quite grasp. “If you were truly innocent, you

tried to kill yourself.”

sob. “Everyone at the hospital is calling me a mistress who killed Elena’s parents. I was jealous of her, yes, but I never wanted to

warned her firmly. “You have Oliver to

future with a mother like me.” Sophia

started to leave, but her hand shot out, grasping my wrist with surprising

she begged. “I’m scared. I keep having nightmares about

depths of my fragmented memories, there was

that figure have been

a long silence, I carefully removed her hand from my wrist. “Contact the

anything”

don’t seem as happy as I expected, Sophia said quietly. “Don’t you

you?

and left

phone rang. Amber Stone’s

we found Heidi Cross,” she