Chapter 147: Painful Confessions and Hidden Truths

Chapter 147: Painful Confessions and Hidden Truths

(Elena Blackwood’s POV)

Marcus rubbed his nose bridge, his golden eyes reflecting a helplessness I’d never seen before. His chest rose and fell sharply as he continued to gaze at my face.

made my breath catch.

our mate his voice carrying a weight that

“At least now I have you in my heart,” he declared I was momentarily stunned by his confession. The words ho

me like a physical blow, unexpected and raw.

Then the nausea returned with a vengeance. I turned my head and vomited again, he got

everything I’d consumed.

Marcus waited patiently until I finished retching. “Are you done being sick?”

my body rejecting

Before I could protest, he scooped me up in his arms. My feet left the ground as he carried

Shadow Moon Alpha’s Phantom Rolls–Royce.

“Put me down,” I demanded weakly, though my body had no strength to resist.

“We’ll talk more at the estate,” he said firmly, settling me into the passenger seat.

me toward the

The drive passed in a blur of streetlights and my own churning thoughts. His confession echoed in my mind, but my heart felt too damaged to process what it might mean.

Back at Moonhaven Estate, Marcus carried me upstairs to the Master Suite. Each step felt deliberate, as if he was afraid I might disappear if he moved too quickly.

Rachel opened the door, her eyes widening in surprise. “Elena! What happened?”

“She’s been drinking moonlight wine,” Marcus explained, his voice strained with concern.

Rachel nodded knowingly. “That explains the pále complexion.”

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Marcus brought me to our private chamber, gently placing me on the bed. I immediately turned away from him, facing the wall.

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Rachel hesitated in the doorway, clearly uncertain whether to ask questions about what had transpired.

at me for a long moment, his expression unreadable. The silence stretched between us like

chasm.

her,” he finally said to Rachel. “If I stay to look after her, she won’t

wakes up tomorrow.”

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blanket around me with surprising gentleness. His fingers brushed against my shoulder

he left the chamber

up. The movement startled Rachel, who had been quietly organizing

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you were completely drunk, she

dizzy, not severely intoxicated,” I explained, my

thoughtful. “Marcus seemed genuinely

he said,”

had been conscious enough to understand his confession about having me in his heart now. But my own heart was already riddled with holes from years of

came too late. The damage had

next morning, I encountered Marcus as soon as I left

immediately

said politely, pretending the previous night’s events were

began, stepping

for bringing me home last night,” I

leva

blocked my path to the elevator, his expression intense. “Do

gaze steadily. “It was meaningless alcohol–induced nonsense. Why are you taking it

tone. We

pushed past him to enter, feeling his eyes burning into

(God’s POV)

elevator doors closed, Marcus’s phone rang. Amber Stone’s

I have the investigation results about those two

closer to his

to Sophia Rivers or the Sterling family,” Amber Stone explained. “They work

Marcus frowned. “Hazel Green?”

A

extensive social connections in the Southern Territory’s upper circles,” Amber

likely has significant backing.”

the situation,” Marcus instructed,

Hayes emerged from a private identification agency, clutching a sealed envelope. His hands trembled

in the back seat, his amber eyes fixed on the

the file with barely contained excitement. “Young

yourself.”

his eyes scanning the DNA analysis report. The numbers seemed to

growing cold. This should have been the moment

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for years.

Hayes exclaimed, having glimpsed the

for his phone eagerly. “I

Instead of joy, he felt an unexpected

disappointment.

real sister. Something fundamental was missing

(Elena Blackwood’s POV)

met Adrian at the Crimson Rose Tavern near the Southern Territory Central Healing

restaurant buzzed with quiet

your sister search progressing?” I asked, cutting into my grilled

expression darkened. “I found

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