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.

looked at me for a long moment, his

chasm.

he finally said to Rachel. “If I stay to look after

wakes up tomorrow.”

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

left the

sat up. The movement startled Rachel,

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thought you were

intoxicated,” I explained, my voice hoarse

grew thoughtful. “Marcus seemed genuinely

heard everything he said,” I

his heart now. But

The damage had been

Marcus as soon as I left the

immediately focusing

I said politely, pretending the previous night’s events were a drunken

began, stepping

night,” I interrupted,

leva

path to the elevator, his expression intense. “Do

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

dismissive tone. We stared at each other

with a soft chime. I pushed past

(God’s POV)

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

results about

the phone closer to

weren’t connected to Sophia Rivers or the Sterling family,” Amber Stone explained. “They work for a beauty salon

Marcus frowned. “Hazel Green?”

A

in the Southern Territory’s upper circles,”

likely has significant backing.”

Marcus instructed, his voice cold with

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

seat, his amber eyes fixed on the envelope.

handed over the file with barely contained excitement. “Young Master, you should

yourself.”

the envelope, his eyes scanning the DNA analysis report. The numbers seemed to blur together until one

paper in shock, his hands growing cold. This should have been the moment he’d

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for years.

Master!” Jacob Hayes exclaimed, having glimpsed the results.

his phone eagerly. “I must inform your

Instead of joy,

disappointment.

his real sister. Something fundamental was missing from

(Elena Blackwood’s POV)

I met Adrian at the Crimson Rose Tavern near

quiet conversation

I asked, cutting into my grilled

expression darkened. “I

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