The Alpha’s Hidden Heirs by Avery Rose

Chapter 269

Third POV

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The word echoed in Kane's mind as he glanced past Wren, his eyes settling on the house behind her. His expression darkened.

It had been years since he last set foot inside. Time had passed, but the

memories remained. This house-once filled with warmth-had been the home he and Selene shared.

After she left, the place became a hollow shell, suffocating in its emptiness. Unable to bear it, he had sworn never to return. Yet, here he was. Maybe he wanted to embrace that loneliness again.

But that wasn't the full truth.

Because with the loneliness came the memories of Selene.

"How have you been, Wren?" His voice was steady, but the question startled her. Kane had never asked about her well-being before.

She had always expected he would return someday, but he never did. And when Selene left him, Wren had felt the loss too. She had watched that girl suffer in silence, waiting here night after night for a husband who never came home.

She remembered seeing Selen Chapter Unlocked, Enjoy Reading! ng Kane would walk through the door. And when he finally did-bringing another woman into this house-Selene had broken down completely. Wren had witnessed every tear.

"I'm doing well, Alpha. And you?" she asked, stepping aside to let him in.

"Mm. Good." Kane stepped inside, his tone unreadable. She couldn't tell if he was actually answering her or just acknowledging her response.

Then her eyes fell to the floor.

"Alpha-your hand!" she gasped, noticing the blood dripping onto the hardwood.

"It's nothing," he dismissed, already heading upstairs.

Wren remained frozen for a moment, watching him disappear up the staircase. She was a few years younger than Kane's mother and had seen him grow from a boy into the man he was now. His presence here after so many years unsettled her. Something wasn't right.

Upstairs, Kane stopped in front of a door.

His fingers hovered over the doorknob,

room had been locked for

knob, pushing

stepped inside, memories flooded back like

Everything was as he had left it. His mind drifted back to

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their wedang

full of laughter, satning andlady as her

in incearing red scapped her wing her

Mandard kw she had died

on the bad, those mamanan graded down on him the pot where they tot oper countless nights together. And yet, he couldn't anderstand what

had ever done was ausis coming frome

existence

enough to destroy

drifted to the nightstand. Slowly, the pulled

Selene had aft behind. He aw clenched as another image burned into

His blood boiled

one he had given her back then. He had

the one he had placed there after their

He needed to leave.

as he was about to close the

had never

flickered in his chest as he pulled it

old photo album

him and Selene-snapshots of a past he had tried

was the diary that caught

fingers brushed over the cover, a strange sensation creeping over

Selene kept a diary?

never known that about her. Had she always written

more importantly... what had

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their wedding.

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talking endlessly about her day, her

had found it irritating. He had snapped at her, telling her