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.”

meeting his disappointed gaze. “B–But Magnus, I had no other choice. I had to

kind of

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

“He did believe me, brother. He got angry and let me take

you tell me about this? Why did you let

I could see the tension in his posture. Magnus had never spoken to him

wasn’t

hand, cutting me off. His stem

how you protect my sister? By sending her straight to

my chest. Because of me, Axel

Axel muttered, though his clenched fists and tense jaw made 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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his frustration evident. “I need to speak

a stiff nod, avoiding my gaze as he

as it closed behind him, guilt twisting

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me? Why do you always keep things from me?

in his eyes. Without thinking, I stepped forward

that you care about ‘me. I feel the same way. That’s why I didn’t want to drag

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