Chapter 88

Magnus turned to me, his brows furrowed in confusion.

“It was Kane who took her, wasn’t it?”

His words hit me like a bolt of lightning. He knew the truth!

“Magnus, how do you know?”

He crossed his arms, his gaze sharp, “What do you take me for? I’m your brother–I can tell when something’s off. Now, tell me–why did he do it?”

I lowered my head, my voice barely above a whisper. “He wanted to know the truth

“That bastard! And what did you tell him?”

I remained silent. I couldn’t bring myself to say it. Not to him. Magnus was my older brother, and what I’d told Kane was too humiliating to admit to anyone else.

“She told him their father was dead,” Axel spoke up in my place, breaking the silence

Magnus narrowed his eyes. “And? Did he not want to know more about where he came from?”

Axel hesitated before continuing. “She told him it was just a one-night thing… that she didn’t know much about him,”

Magnus fell silent for a moment before exhaling heavily.

“That was a reckless move, Selene.”

my head, meeting his disappointed gaze. “B–But Magnus, I had no other

some kind

shook his head. “Kane isn’t just your former husband anymore–he’s Alpha Kane, leader of the Nightfall Pack. I hate to say it, but he’s not some naïve schoolboy who’d fall for a lie like that.”

believe me, brother. He

turned to Axel, his expression darkening. “And you? Why didn’t you tell me about this? Why did you let her go to that

his posture. Magnus had never spoken to him with

it wasn’t his fault-”

hand, cutting me off. His stem gaze

By sending her straight to her

chest. Because of me, Axel was now facing Magnus’s wrath.

clenched fists and tense jaw made it clear he didn’t

I pleaded. “Don’t take it out on him. He did nothing wrong. I was the one who begged him to let me go. I thought if

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sharply, his frustration evident. “I need to speak

gaze as he

it closed behind him,

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start confiding in me? Why do you always keep things from me? Am I not a good enough brother to you?”

I turned back to him, seeing the raw frustration in his eyes. Without thinking,

don’t be mad. I know you love me and that you care about ‘me. I feel

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