The Alpha’s Hidden Heirs by Avery Rose

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Kane’s proposal to remarry Selene was as unexpected as it was unwelcome. At first, she was stunned. When she had stepped out of the bedroom earlier, she had already decided to treat him with cold indifference. But the instant he dropped to one knee, her heart betrayed her. It skipped a beat, leaving her momentarily disoriented.

In that fleeting moment of vulnerability, Selene forced herself to remember the pain of the past. She reminded herself why she had ended things with Kane and why her heart could never afford to beat for him again. She wasn’t a weak woman who could be swayed by a moment of sentiment.

Selene prided herself on being resolute. When she had loved Kane, she had loved him with everything she had, giving him her heart unconditionally. But that chapter of her life was closed the moment she made the painful decision to walk away. And she had no intention of reopening old wounds.

When she handed him the card, her intention wasn’t just to sever ties–it was to humiliate him, to make him feel the same sting of rejection and shame she had endured years ago. Only she knew how deeply broken she had been on the day Kane had tossed her aside like she was nothing.

But his reaction caught her off guard. Instead of being humiliated, Kane accepted the card with an unsettling calmness. His quiet acceptance offended her in a way she hadn’t anticipated. To her, it confirmed that Kane was the same man he had always been–someone who pursued what he wanted without regard for anyone else’s feelings.

Scoffing, she shook her head in disbelief at his parting words. “You said the same thing a few months ago,” she snapped. “And yet, here you are again, ruining my life.”

Her eyes burned into his, filled with anger and frustration. She didn’t try to hide it–she wanted him to see just how much she resented him.

“If you hadn’t engineered this little vacation, I wouldn’t have been forced to spend last night with you. I wouldn’t have to carry this guilt inside me now.” Her voice cracked slightly at the end, but she didn’t let

it show.

for a moment, she thought she saw pain flicker in his eyes. It unsettled her, but she quickly turned away, unwilling to

face

she asked,

all life. The emptiness in his eyes sent a small shiver down

a question,” she said, her frustration mounting. “Are you going to answer

the energy to respond. “They went back to the pack house,” he

thinking it over. Then, without another word, she began walking toward the door. But

you,” Kane said, his tone quiet but steady. “At least

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and she turned her head slightly to look at him. His words surprised her, and for a brief moment, she

replied curtly. “I’ll grab

alone in the

years. It wasn’t regret, exactly, but something close to it–a heaviness in her chest that Dominic, her wolf,

Selene,” Dominic said softly in

her wolf’s words. She didn’t have the strength to entertain such thoughts right now. Pushing the feelings aside, she walked toward the waiting

“Miss Hawthorne,” the driver said respectfully, “Alpha Kane has

she saw no point in arguing. She climbed

hard she tried, she couldn’t push the memories away. Her body still remembered his touch, and it made her skin burn with frustration. She spent the entire ride grappling with the question of how she would confess what had happened to