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.”

accepting the explanation without question. “Miss Rivers is out of danger. She lost a significant

flooded through me, followed immediately by confusion about why I cared

left, Victoria turned to me with sharp eyes. “Marcus, you have a mate.

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remained silent, unable to articulate the tangled emotions in my

finally said, though the words felt hollow even to

mate being devoted

After Victoria

mind

that since she was my fated mate, she

and loving were different things

chill through our mate bond. The possibility that

elsewhere made my chest tighten with an emotion I didn’t

see Sophia. She lay pale against the white hospital

when she saw

she whispered, her voice weak but filled with

awake,” I said, moving closer to her

“Why did you

her eyes. “You both see me as a sinner

searching for answers I couldn’t quite grasp.

tried to kill yourself.”

a sob. “Everyone at the hospital is calling me a mistress who killed Elena’s parents. I was jealous of

again, I warned her firmly. “You

mother like

leave, but her hand shot

“I’m scared. I keep having nightmares about the

the depths of my fragmented memories, there was a vague figure – someone who had been there during

figure

carefully removed her hand from

anything”

expected, Sophia said quietly.

you?

said nothing and

phone rang. Amber

Heidi Cross,”