The Alpha’s Hidden Heirs by Avery Rose

The Alpha’s Hidden Heirs

Chapter 19

FLASHBACK

“Feelings for him?” Selene whispered.

The answer was clear to her as memories flooded back, bringing tears to her eyes.

Eight months earlier…

“Selene, do you still love that man?” Luna Evelyn Hawthorne asked.

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Selene had been back at Iron Crown Pack for eight months now. Her mother Evelyn had been watching her daughter grow more depressed and pale each day.

When Evelyn and her husband, Alpha Malcolm Hawthorne, got their daughter back, they were overjoyed. Though her birth name was Avalon, they respected her wish to be called ‘Selene.‘

They tried giving her everything she deserved – the luxurious life she’d missed all these years. But all they wanted was to see her smile.

But Selene couldn’t forget her past. Every night, she cried alone in her room. Everyone knew it.

“No, Mom,” Selene said quietly.

She stood by her bedroom window, watching two birds in their nest. Their companionship fascinated

her.

Evelyn gently turned Selene around. “Stop thinking about that man. He doesn’t deserve you.”

Selene gave a sad smile. “Maybe I wasn’t meant for him after all.”

Evelyn was shocked by her daughter’s response. She cupped Selene’s face in her hands, trying to get through to her: “Don’t talk like that. Why are you always so down? You’re not alone here. Your family’s right beside you. And soon, your babies will be too.”

Selene gently placed her hand on her belly and let out a soft sigh. Her mother was right – just two more weeks. She wouldn’t be alone anymore.

hugged her mother, grateful for her

the room, Selene

tried to find her. If he’d

heartless, Kane?‘ Selene thought as tears rolled down her face.

she first left Nightfall Pack, she convinced herself she could live without Kane, that she

stayed in her thoughts every single day. She cried

she was hurting because of her past, but they didn’t know about

warned her that the pregnancy could kill her. The pain

her unborn babies too much. She suffered quietly, making

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that afternoon, Selene was walking down the hallway, wondering when these two weeks would

her brother Magnus’s angry voice coming from his bedroom.

dare he?” Magnus shouted.

it easy, Magnus,” said Beta Axel, Magnus’s best friend.

She moved closer to the door, which was slightly

sister, how dare he live such a happy life?” Magnus demanded.

exactly who they were talking

think this is for the best?”

best? My sister’s crying her eyes out over that jerk, while he’s living it up with

dropped when she

Does his family approve?‘ The questions raced thr ough her

and she backed away from

this what I wanted? I chose to leave him. He said he

with Kane flooded

pain shot through

“Aahh!”

the burning pain got worse. She thought

started shaking, and she lost her balance, collapsing to the floor.

saw blood pooling