Chapter 152: The Truth Unvelled

Chapter 152: The Truth Unveiled

(Elena Blackwood’s POV)

William Parker walked to the bedside and was about to sit down when he suddenly froze. His entire body

went rigid as if struck by lightning.

After a long moment, he slowly sat on the edge of the bed with his back to me, remaining completely silent.

The silence stretched between us like a heavy curtain.

I approached him directly, my heart pounding with anticipation. “William, I need to ask you about the 322

child k********g case.”

His shoulders tensed visibly at my words.

“Did you see the two werewolf pups who escaped to your village?” I pressed on, my voice steady despite the

turmoil inside me.

I described what I remembered with painful clarity. “The girl was wearing a goose–yellow top with white

overalls.”

William remained silent for what felt like an eternity. Perhaps due to his daughter’s current situation, his

conscience was finally being tormented by guilt and unease.

He finally looked up at me, his eyes filled with anguish. “I should have guessed that girl was you.”

The admission hit me like a physical blow. My breath caught in my throat.

I took a deep breath, steadying myself for what I needed to know. “Were you the person I sought help from

before losing consciousness?”

William’s face crumpled with remorse. “Yes, it was me.”

He began apologizing with deep, overwhelming guilt. “I’m so sorry. Our family was in such dire financial

straits back then.”

His voice broke as he continued. “The temptation of that money was too great for us to resist.”

William wiped away tears with his scarred hands. “I agreed to let Sandy impersonate Marcus Blackwood’s

savior.”

“I thought once we got the money, we could escape poverty,” he confessed. “Buy a big house in the city and

live a peaceful life.”

never imagined my daughter would become like

recalled

help with my last remaining strength. I had given them my name and home

ore

Patricia Blackthorne and David Blackthorne were by my bedside. I had mentioned my missing moonstone bracelet

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dismissed it quickly. “You’re lucky to be alive. Don’t worry

forgotten about the

werewolf pups who had suffered together, only Marcus Blackwood had survived along with me. The memories came rushing back with vivid

how he had carried me when I sprained my ankle during

but never gave up

behind, he refused

pursued us relentlessly, we hid in thorn bushes. He protected me with

We survived by drinking morning dew and eating

I carried him despite my own injured foot. We struggled

weakly in my ear during that journey. “When you grow up, come find

I had indeed gone to the Blackwood family to find

our shared

the present, the full weight of my situation crashed down on me. The family I had desperately tried

been mated to for six years, based on his childhood promise to “protect me for

reddening with unshed

I hadn’t learned

him. But I turned away,

would lose complete control if

my vision blurred by tears. Hugo Ashworth called after

hear him through my emotional

the man was burying his face in his

Center Stairwell, crying softly. When

away my tears and

happened/forcing

a greeting with

noticed my red, swollen eyes despite my denial. “What’s wrong? You’ve

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haven’t been crying,”

genuine concern, “What

The

a hypothetical question, my voice shaking slightly. “If someone’s biological parents had mistaken another child for their

considered this carefully. “I would tell

I’d suggest

to realize something important. “Are you referring to the

“Perhaps

Whitmore family,” he continued thoughtfully. “Or even their

admitted quietly, “I’m not sure about my own identity

not mockingly. “The old Elena wouldn’t have

she would have taken action,” he

curiously. “What was

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