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.”

nodded. “I’ll send someone up with

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

reached for him, grasping his arm to help. His body

him.

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

down on

a moment, I thought he might finally reveal whatever my brother had meant to tell me before the war.

my mate,” Axel murmured, his voice barely

blinked in shock. “Your

him. Axel had once harbored feelings for me–feelings I could never reciprocate.

I asked, curiosity creeping into my voice.

looked… unsettled. Did he not like his mate? Or

else?

is she? Is she from

giving him space to speak when

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

“Hello?”

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