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.

motionless. His fingers hovered over the doorknob, hesitation

had been locked for

knob, pushing the door

memories flooded back like

for the light switch, and as the room illuminated, his gaze swept across the space. Everything was as he had left it. His mind

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their wedang

had been full of laughter, satning andlady as her

time, he had found in incearing red scapped her

her Mandard kw

as he sat 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 he don ch him

was ausis coming frome a ked

existence

that enough to destroy

eyes drifted to the nightstand. Slowly,

aw clenched as another image burned

His blood boiled

was a card-the same one he had given her back then. He had only wanted her

to the second drawer. This time, he relieved his own the the one he had placed there after their divorce. Without

He needed to leave.

the nightstand, his gaze fell to

had never opened it

flickered in his chest as he pulled

old photo album

pictures of him and Selene-snapshots of a past he

the diary that caught

the cover, a strange sensation

Selene kept a diary?

known that about her. Had she always written

importantly... what had she written

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full of laughter, talking endlessly about

He had snapped at her, telling her to