The Alpha’s Hidden Heirs by Avery Rose

The Alpher’s Hidden Heirs

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Chapter 227

(ICN) #Marsa

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.”

I nodded. “I’ll send someone up with your food.

for months. Give me something to do, Selene. I don’t want to waste away like this, lying around

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

him.

need to tell you,” Axel said, his eyes fixed on his own hands, which now appeared more

on the bed. “Go

whatever my brother had meant to tell me before the war. That cryptic warning still haunted me–telling me not to trust anyone,

murmured, his voice

blinked in shock. “Your mate?”

him. Axel had once harbored feelings for me–feelings I could never reciprocate. And now, fate had given him someone who was meant to be his. This was good. This was right.

I asked, curiosity creeping into my voice.

he not like his mate? Or

else?

“Where is she? Is she

giving him space to speak when

the quiet. I glanced at the screen–an unknown number. Hesitating for only

“Hello?”

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