The Witch and Her Four Dangerous Alphas

Chapter 196: Chapter 196: Her Real Father

Aeron’s POV~

I sat there in the quiet room, trying to look calm. On the outside, I probably did; I was still and silent...the perfect picture of control. But inside, my heart was beating too fast. It refused to calm down.

Kael’s words still echoed in my head.

"She’s here, Aeron. Selena...I saw her."

At first, I thought he had finally lost it. I was almost ready to mourn my brother for good. Kael was always reckless, but this... this was too much. I stared at him for a long time in the morning...waiting for the joke. But he didn’t laugh. His eyes were serious and bright, almost glowing with something I hadn’t seen in the entire year.

It was hope.

And that was the moment I couldn’t ignore it anymore.

I didn’t believe him at first. I didn’t want to. Because if he was wrong, if it turned out to be just another illusion or another cruel twist of fate... I wasn’t sure I could handle it again.

But when he said she had looked at him, that she had spoken, that she had gotten angry at him just like before ... something inside me broke loose.

That fire... only Selene had it.

Only she could make Kael grin like that even after nearly getting bitten.

I remember how I almost stood up that very moment. I was ready to go, to find her myself. To see if she was real. To make sure it wasn’t some trick my brothers were playing.

If Luca hadn’t stopped me, I probably would’ve kicked the door open and barged into her room like a fool.

But I didn’t.

Because deep down, I knew she’d hate that.

She must’ve been furious already... Kael had a way of doing that to people, and I could only imagine how she’d react if another one of us showed up uninvited.

So I waited.

With so much patience, I didn’t even know it existed in me.

I sat there quietly, pretending to think about something else, but my mind wasn’t on them. Every few seconds, I’d glance at the door, half-expecting someone to walk in and tell me it was all a lie.

But no one did.

And then... it happened.

The moment I sensed her presence in the hall, my whole body went still. It was like the air itself changed...softer, but heavier at the same time.

I didn’t even see her yet. I just knew.

My chest tightened, my breath caught, and before I even realized it, I was

step she took closer made

I

crowd, calm and graceful...but I could see the way her hands trembled slightly, the way her eyes flicked

and divine at the same

second, I couldn’t breathe. I just stood there, staring

fire that

but the moment my gaze found her, it all

And then I moved.

body was already reacting. My feet carried me toward

think. I

that she was there... in front of me, after everything, and I

she finally looked up and

flickering across her face, and I felt something sharp

should’ve said something. Anything. But all I could do

was trembling in my hands. I didn’t know whether she was as nervous as me or not, but just touching her sent a tingle down my entire spine, and I realized just how much I have missed

my lips to her skin, I felt it...that spark. The same one I used to pretend didn’t exist between

for a heartbeat,

crowd, or the whispers, or the

saw was

think was how close

my head, I met her eyes again.

quietly. My

me, eyes wide, lips

felt louder than

of her hand, it

But I had to.

her that I wasn’t like Kael. That I could be patient.

ached from how

Lucian, and Kael each took their turn...each one struggling in

And I realized something.

no matter what she’d gone through... None of

some time, we were all finally seated around the long table. The noise of the hall had quieted, replaced by

hear a word they said. My

that was when he

Lord Maximus.

had heard of him before... the man everyone called a legend, the one who disappeared years ago without a trace.

Until now.

entered the hall, the atmosphere shifted. Even the air seemed to straighten itself, like

him

second to place it... that feeling of familiarity. I’d seen him before. Once in that pack with Vaelen, I hadn’t known who he was back then. But now, looking at him... and then looking at her sitting not

They looked alike.