The Alpha’s Hidden Heirs by Avery Rose

Chapter 285

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He pushed himself up from the couch, his eyes locked on the photograph in his hands.

Alpha Malcolm observed his reaction, his voice low as he murmured, "That picture was sent to me years ago by one of my border guards, back when I was still Alpha of the Iron Crown Pack."

Kane's fingers trembled as he fixated on the image. “This is..."

The words caught in his throat, his chest tightening with an ache so deep it nearly crushed him.

Malcolm let out a slow breath, glancing at the photo. "My guard took this the night my son brought a rogue girl to the pack hospital. Her clothes were torn, filthy with dirt and blood. She was so badly injured that she lost consciousness. It took weeks for her to recover, to even find the strength to stand again. She was shattered after her divorce... because she still loved the man who had cast her aside."

curled into fists, unable

image. Her body was covered in wounds so deep that her blood had soaked through the fabric of her clothes. The sight of her like

his grip on the photo unrelenting. The walls of the room seemed to close in, suffocating him beneath the weight of what he had done. This was his fault. His choices had led

something between sorrow and anger. "I don't know how she managed to survive. She wouldn't talk for months. She barely ate. If it hadn't

that name. Magnus. The man who had

who had picked up Selene's

never told me," Kane muttered, almost to himself. "She never said a word

wanted to relive it? Do you think she wanted to remember the man who destroyed her?" His voice was tight with restrained fury. "She was born an Alpha's daughter, yet she was tossed aside

He had seen Selene so many times

softer this time. "I'm not telling you this to make you feel guilty,

meeting the older man's gaze.

you love her,

words struck like a

lips parted, but no sound came