The Alpha’s Hidden Heirs by Avery Rose

Chapter 121

Kane spun around and started walking toward the door. My heart raced as I glanced around, searching for somewhere to hide. Spotting a pillar nearby, I darted behind it and pressed myself against its cool, solid frame.

Peeking out cautiously, I noticed Kane’s officials storming out of the meeting hall, their faces twisted with anger. Thankfully, none of them seemed to notice me as they marched past the pillar. But then, I saw Kane emerge from the hall, and I instinctively held my breath.

‘Wait a second! Why am I even hiding?‘ The question popped into my head, leaving me momentarily frozen. Was it because earlier, I had confidently told Beta Finn that my brother would never humiliate anyone and would always make fair decisions? Yet, my brother had done the exact opposite.

My thoughts were interrupted when a hand suddenly grabbed mine and yanked me out from behind the pillar. I nearly gasped but quickly stifled the sound when I realized who it was.

Kane.

Without a word, he started dragging me in another direction. My brows furrowed as I frowned at him, but I didn’t pull away or yell. I was too worried about damaging my brother’s reputation.

Kane led me to a quiet corner, far enough from the meeting hall that no one could overhear us. “What are yo-” I began, but before I could finish, he shoved me against the wall, his dark eyes burning with fury.

“How could you just stand there and listen as I was humiliated?” he growled. “You didn’t even try to stop him.”

I stood there, stunned. How had he known I was there? My eyes widened as the realization hit me–he must have caught my scent. His heightened senses betrayed my presence.

“Why would I come?” I asked, forcing a shrug, though my heart was pounding.

why I held back while your brother kept spouting nonsense? It was because of you. I thought-” He stopped mid–sentence, shaking his head as if disappointed. “I thought you would step in. That you would say

me? Why would you expect

me in place. “So you don’t care about how I felt in that meeting

was he even talking

mind, Kane Thorne. Why would I care? Who are you to

in this conversation. I moved to leave, but he slammed his hands against the wall on either side of my head, trapping me just as he had that night at the Moonveil Pack party.

down my spine as I remembered what happened then. I didn’t want a repeat

something like that again, I’ll-”

he interrupted with a mocking

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his chest, and I was reminded of that night in the forest when I had clawed him out of

broke through my thoughts. “I wanted to make an alliance with your pack, to take the first step toward peace between us. But what did your brother do? He rejected me outright, publicly, as if

to meet his gaze. I looked away and

my head

divorce, they continued to treat you with kindness. But you and your brother? You mocked me. Taunted me. Treated me like I wasn’t an Alpha but some powerless outsider you could insult whenever you

words stung, but they also annoyed me. Without thinking, I pushed him back, forcing him to st

unyielding. “Everything my brother did was right. I’ve been waiting for this day. Your family treated me kindly, yes–but only because I earned their respect. You? You’ve never done anything to deserve mine.”