Let Me Go, My Mafia Husband by Paga Slayer

Chapter 661 Chapter 661 The Final Countdown

"No!" I shook my head in disbelief, my mind rejecting everything I had just heard. "No! Tell me you're lying," I said, trying to laugh it off as a cruel joke.

But her silence, paired with the helpless gloom in her eyes, told me otherwise. She wasn't lying. She had planned the day of my demise even before bringing me into this world.

"How could you do this to me, Mother?" I mumbled, my voice trembling as my lips quivered. A silent sob escaped me. I didn't even know if I should call her 'Mother' anymore-not after hearing how cruelly she had condemned her own child.

"I am sorry, my child," she said in a pleading voice. "I had no other choice but to sacrifice you to save the world.'

A tear escaped my eye as flashes of my life flickered before me like a relentless movie reel. Memories played on repeat, and I wanted so badly to rewind to the part before I met Zander-before I fell in love. Because now, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't imagine leaving him to bear the unbearable pain of my absence.

And... what about my son, Austin? My unborn baby? It hadn't even been given a chance to come into the world, yet it was fated to end with me all because my mother was selfish enough to sacrifice her own blood.

But I wasn't her.

my life for the world, but I cannot

Selena, and I'm not cruel enough to kill my own daughter," she said, her words freezing me

her voice softer now as her eyes darted away, unable to meet mine. "I thought I was strong enough to go through with the process. That's why I left you with your father and kept my distance. No contact, no emotional attachment... I thought it would make things easier -for

air. For the first time, I saw her vulnerability. I didn't blame her for what she did-if she'd chosen me for sacrifice, distancing herself might have been the

your family, seeing how happy you were... I became selfish." Her gaze finally found mine, her eyes shimmering with unshed tears. "I couldn't

breath caught in my throat as her words sank in.

bracing herself. "I made a deal with the God of Destruction. He agreed

hands reached

her gaze locked

her eyes filled

way, the world could still be saved, and you could live." Suddenly, everything clicked. That's why she was so insistent on me marrying the God of Destruction. It all made sense now-why she'd forced me to forget my family and mate, why she'd erased them from my life. She hadn't done it out of cruelty, she'd done it to ensure nothing and no one could stand in

child. I can't betray him by marrying another man." "No, Selena, don't be foolish!" she snapped, her voice sharp

overwhelmed by the situation,

feel angry at her for the choices she had made or pity