Chapter 159: Chapter 159: A New Beginning ll

Elaria acted as if she had not heard him. She kissed the girl’s cheek gently, stroking her hair.

"Baby, you are here. Why did you not wait? I told you I would come back."

The girl smiled sweetly and kissed her back.

"Because I missed you, Mama. I couldn’t wait. I wanted to see you."

The two of them spoke like no one else existed in the room. Maximus was forgotten.

But after a while, the girl finally looked at him. Her bright smile froze. Her body stiffened. Her eyes widened as she stared. The resemblance struck her too.

Her heart pounded. An unwanted thought rose inside her, but it was impossible to ignore. Was this man... her father?

Her eyes trembled as she turned back to her mother, silent questions written all over her face.

Elarliya’s lips shook. She nodded stiffly. Tears rolled down her cheeks.

Maximus’s hands trembled as he looked at both of them. His voice cracked as he asked in a broken tone,

"She... is my daughter?"

Elarliya finally broke. Her face twisted with sorrow.

she

The words shattered him.


his feet. His chest collapsed. He wanted to drown, to vanish. The memory of that night from twenty years

now... this was the

His daughter.

The resemblance was too strong. His blood was in her

heart, locked for years, melted at her presence. A strange warmth spread inside him, mixed

had a daughter. But he also

mother. Her heart was racing. She had grown up without a father. And now suddenly,

had he come now? Why after so many

with questions as she looked at her mother. Elaria reached out

need to speak with

hear the truth herself. But she had never been able to deny her mother anything.

silence left behind was

Elarliya with a pale


her from me all these years? Why didn’t you ever tell

but her

what then? Would you have let me stay? Would you have let me keep her? No, Maximus. You would have dragged me away, or worse, cast me aside as shame. You and I both know what happened that night. You were lost in your madness for my sister, blind to anything else. How could I shamelessly stand before her and say I carried your

words hit

clenched his fists. Shame burned in his chest. He knew she was right. Back then, his heart had been chained to Elara. He had seen nothing else, wanted nothing else. And yet in his weakness, in his

as he realised that he could never become a good mate and

her silver hair, her eyes so much like

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