After Severance,Alpha Fell in Love With Ex-Luna

Chapter 104: The Unraveling Truth

Chapter 104: The Unraveling Truth

(Marcus Blackwood’s POV)

Holding his coffee mug tightly, my voice was low and hoarse. “Do I look like I’m favoring her?”

Heidi Cross shifted uncomfortably in her chair, her eyes darting between me and Amber Stone. The fear in her expression was palpable.

“1… I thought you were,” she stammered. “Sophia always spoke as if she had your complete support.”

“What exactly did she tell you?” I demanded, setting the mug down with enough force to make her flinch.

Heidi’s hands trembled as she spoke. “She said you wouldn’t interfere with her affairs. That you disliked the Blackthorne family and wouldn’t blame anyone for targeting them.”

The words hit me like physical blows. Each syllable revealed the depth of Sophia’s manipulation,

“She told me Elena was just a political arrangement, Heidi continued desperately. “That you were only waiting for the right moment to sever the bond and be with her instead.”

My jaw clenched so tightly I thought it might c***k. The coffee mug in my hands began to show hairline fractures from my grip.

“She made it sound like I was doing you a favor,” Heidi whispered. “Like you wanted the Blackthorne family gone but couldn’t act directly because of pack politics.”

The silence that followed was deathly. I could hear Amber Stone’s careful breathing, the distant hum of the building’s ventilation system, even Heidi’s rapid heartbeat.

After several minutes that felt like hours, I finally spoke. “Leave.”

was visible as she practically fled from the command

they faded

face clouded with gloom and a hint of weariness. The weight of Heidi’s revelations pressed down on

the

who indulged Sophia Rivers? Had my guilt over

also see me that way sent a sharp pain through my chest. No wonder she hated me. No

the pain was from the knife wound on my waist or from my

unison.

called out, my voice rough with

her tablet, her expression carefully

think others

glanced at me, her usual diplomatic mask slipping

your indulgence of

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blunt honesty in her words was like a slop to the face.

it except you,” she continued. “The way you protected her, made

her to undermine your mate’s

becoming clear. How many times

humiliation because of your misplaced loyalty,” Amber added quietly “Six years of being

drive back to Moonhaven Estate felt endless. Every mile stretched like an eternity as I wrestled with the truth of what

Great Hall shrouded in darkness. The familiar space

my way to the Master

door, it was locked.