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 whispered.

The words shattered him.


as if the ground had disappeared beneath his feet. His chest collapsed. He wanted to drown, to vanish. The memory of that night from twenty years ago rushed back into his mind. The night he had lost control. The night that

now... this

daughter. His daughter. Their

blood was in her veins. His heart knew the truth the

but when his eyes fell on the girl, they softened. His cold heart, locked for years, melted at her presence. A strange warmth spread inside him,

daughter. But he also had

She had grown up without a father. And now suddenly, a man appeared. A man who looked exactly like her. She

he come now? Why after so

at her mother. Elaria

baby. I need to speak with

truth herself. But she had never been able to deny her mother anything. Slowly, she nodded and stepped back. Without another word, she walked into the other

left behind

to Elarliya with a pale


could you do this? How could you hide her from me all these years? Why didn’t you

but

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

words hit like knives.

He knew she was right. Back then, his heart had been chained to Elara. He had seen nothing else, wanted

could never become a good mate and now he

silver hair, her eyes so much like his own. His heart

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