The Alpha’s Hidden Heirs by Avery Rose

Chapter 86

Kane

Hearing Selene’s response, I scowled at her.

“Dead? How?” I demanded, stepping closer.

She didn’t flinch, showing no sign that my proximity unsettled her.

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The woman standing before me wasn’t broken. She wasn’t the same woman who used to stammer in my presence–she was strong now, unafraid, and defiant.

“You don’t need to know about him.”

I took another step forward, narrowing the space between us. Her gaze pierced through me, stirring something I couldn’t quite name.

How could she stand so confidently in front of me after everything she had done?

“You need to answer me before you leave. My mercy isn’t for everyone.”

I tried to intimidate her, hoping to pry the truth from her lips.

She glanced toward the room where Luna had just gone. I could see the fear flickering in her eyes–not for herself, but for her daughter.

What she didn’t realize was that I would never harm the girl. Something about her unsettled me all day. She was young but spoke with a striking confidence. And more than that, I felt a connection to her, just as I had with Leo. The thought that the boy didn’t like me irritated me more than I cared to admit. If it had been any other child, I wouldn’t have cared at all.

Lowering my voice, I murmured, “Could they be my children?”

“NO WAY,” Selene snapped, cutting me off.

But her expression betrayed her words.

A flicker of hope ignited in my chest. What if they were mine?

The thought alone sent a strange sensation through me.

“Are you hiding my children from me?” I studied her face, searching for the truth.

not yours, Kane. They’re mine.”

tell me who their father is.”

“He’s dead.”

“How?”

But

wasn’t even a good liar.

“Who was he?”

gaze and muttered under her breath, “I don’t

hot against her ear. “So what? You just slept with some stranger?

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pathetic.”

her

who couldn’t even satisfy his wife. You ignored me, abandoned me, and spent your nights with other women. What did you expect

by surprise. Was she telling the truth? Had she really been with a strange?

me. I grabbed her arms, gripping them tightly, “So that gave you

If you could do it, why couldn’t

I had been alone

that dared to touch my wife?

slap cut through the air, landing

first time she had done it. I had let it

But when I saw the shimmer

my heartbeat quickening. I barely registered the slap anymore–1 only wanted to know the reason behind her

not

hit me harder than her

you my answer. Now let me and my child

stepped aside. Without hesitation, she

looked at me as they passed. I didn’t like the feeling that settled in

leave.

me, clutching

they were gone.

through me, like a part of me had been

out of the

your pack. If Alpha Magnus finds

betray him, you could betray me, too. I despise

fate, I turned and walked out of

opened the car door for