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.

mother, grateful for her constant

mother left the room, Selene turned back to the

tried to find her. If he’d really cared, he would have sent someone

heartless, Kane?‘ Selene thought as

she convinced herself she could live without Kane, that she

forget him. He stayed in her thoughts every single day. She cried over him

but they didn’t know

the pregnancy could kill her. The

babies too much. She suffered

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hallway, wondering when

brother Magnus’s angry voice coming from his bedroom. She stopped walking, trying to hear what

he?” Magnus shouted.

it easy, Magnus,” said Beta Axel,

they were saying. She moved closer to the door, which

die. After what he did to my sister, how dare he live such a happy life?” Magnus

who they

you think this is for the best?” Beta Axel asked.

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

heart dropped when she heard

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

and she backed away from

am I even thinking about him? Isn’t this what I wanted? I chose to leave him. He said he didn’t love me. So why do I care? Why?” she

Kane flooded her mind, she broke down

a terrible pain shot through her

“Aahh!”

thought it was just the usual daily pain she’d been

then her legs started shaking, and she lost her

screamed when she saw blood