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."

hands curled into fists, unable to

covered in wounds so deep that her blood had soaked through the

to close in, suffocating him beneath the weight of what he had done. This was his fault. His choices had led to this. His cruelty had left

she managed to survive. She wouldn't talk for months. She barely ate. If it hadn't been for Magnus watching over her, I don't think

rigid at that name. Magnus. The

Selene's shattered pieces and given her a

muttered, almost to himself. "She never said a word about what happened

a dry, bitter scoff. "Do you really think she wanted to relive it? Do you think she wanted to remember the man who destroyed her?" His voice

grip on the photograph tightened until his knuckles turned white. Something inside him cracked, something raw and irreparable. He had seen Selene so many times since then, spoken

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

forced himself to look up, meeting the

love her,

struck like a blade straight to his

parted, but no