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.”

nodded, accepting the explanation without question. “Miss Rivers is out of danger. She lost a significant amount of blood, but we were able to stabilize her condition. She’ll need

flooded through me, followed immediately by

sharp eyes. “Marcus, you

Chapter 101 Fragment

articulate

understand,” I finally said, though the words

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

blow. After Victoria left, I

mind

since she was my fated mate, she belonged

loving

someone else sent a chill through our mate bond. The possibility that

with an emotion I didn’t

allowed to see Sophia. She lay pale against

when she

whispered, her voice weak but filled with

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

“Why did you

save me?” Sophia asked, tears gathering in her

quite grasp. “If you were truly innocent, you wouldn’t

tried to kill yourself.”

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

I warned her firmly. “You have

future with a mother like

started to leave, but her hand shot out,

leave me alone,” she begged. “I’m scared. I keep having nightmares

cold. I stood perfectly still, my mother’s words echoing in my mind. In the depths of my fragmented memories, there was a vague figure – someone who had been there during

that figure have been

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

anything”

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

you?

said nothing and left

the hospital, my phone rang. Amber Stone’s name flashed on

found Heidi