The Alpha’s Hidden Heirs by Avery Rose

The Alpher’s Hidden Heirs

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Chapter 227

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I pressed my fingers against my forehead, trying to keep myself from unraveling completely.

“Selene, why can’t you just take a deep breath and start fresh?”

Axel’s words made me laugh bitterly at myself. Lowering my head, I murmured,

“When a mirror shatters, the sound is loud and sharp. But when a heart breaks, no one hears its cry. My need for love has wrecked me completely. The thought of being with another man terrifies me.”

Axel didn’t respond. He simply sat in silence, offering no argument, no words of comfort.

Slowly, I rose from the bed and glanced at him. “Have you eaten? Can you walk?” My gaze drifted toward his legs, still hidden beneath the blanket.

“I can,” he admitted. “But every time I try to move, pain spreads through my entire body.”

nodded. “I’ll send someone up with your food. Try to rest.”

all I’ve been doing for months. Give me something to do, Selene. I don’t

his arm to help. His body felt thinner, weaker than before, and it only reinforced how much

him.

you,” Axel said, his eyes fixed on his own hands, which now appeared more frail than

down on the

meant to tell me before the war. That

murmured, his voice barely

shock.

for him. Axel had once harbored feelings for me–feelings I

creeping into

excitement, Axel looked… unsettled. Did he not

else?

“Where is she? Is she from this pack or the

his face, giving him space to speak when he was ready.

he could answer, my phone buzzed loudly, breaking the quiet. I glanced at the screen–an unknown number. Hesitating for only a second, I picked up.

“Hello?”

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