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| tried to shake my head, but his grip on my jaw tightened, sending sharp pain through my face. It felt like he
was moments away from breaking it.
“Don’t do this,” | pleaded, my voice strained. “Where will my parents go?”
He releasedwith a dark, humorless laugh. His expression was wild, almost unhinged, like a completely
different person had taken over him.
This wasn’t the sman | had married. Back then, he had always been dangerous-but now, he looked far
worse. It was as if the truth had broken him. He'd been composed before he learned it, but
after... this was what he had become.
Kane took another sip of his drink and turned his back to me. | stood frozen, staring at the scars on his back. One
of them, just below his shoulder, was a mark | had left during a fight in the forest when he had been trying to
help me. The memory filledwith guilt, though | wouldn't dare voice it.
He moved to the bed and grabbed a pack of cigarettes. Setting his glass down on the nightstand, he pulled one
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“So,” he began, his voice low, “you're an Alpha. All this time, you played the role of a weak Omega. | have to
admit-1'm impressed by your acting skills.”
| said nothing, keeping my gaze locked on him. The war was over, and he had won. There was nothing left for me
to say. He held all the power now.
When he realized | wasn’t going to respond, his expression darkened further. His eyes glinted with irritation, and
the silence between us grew heavier. Finally, | broke it.
“I'm sorry,” | said softly, looking away. “I misunderstood you during the war. | thought you had declared war
against us. | thought-"
“So you were ready to kill me?” he cut in sharply.
His words forcedto look at him again. | shook my head firmly. “It wasn’t my decision. | thought you were
trying to kill my brother.”
“And you chose your brother over me.” His tone was cold, sharp as a blade.
| frowned, my frustration rising. “Of course | did! | will always choose my family over you. Why would | pick you
over them? Who are you to me? No one. So don’t expectto change my mind.”
The anger | had been holding back broke free, spilling out in harsh words. But as soon as | saw his eyes flash red
with fury, | realized | had gone too far. | had said more than I should have.
In an instant, he closed the distance between us and grabbedby the neck. My breath caught as his hand
tightened, cutting off my air supply. His cigarette fell to the floor, forgotten, as he leaned closer, his face mere
inches from mine.
“How dare you speak to your head Alpha like that?” His voice was low, dangerous. “Maybe you don’t know the
full story of what happened during the war. While your brother feared for his life, he submitted to me. He begged
Even through the pain in my throat, | glared at him. “My brother would never beg to save his life,” |
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croaked. “If he were a coward, he wouldn't have gone to war in the first place.”
Kane's lips curled into a cruel smirk. “Still so arrogant?” he muttered, his voice dark. “Do | need to break that
pride again?”
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He leaned in closer, his grip tightening. My throat burned, and | could feel my strength slipping away. Was he
really going to kill me? | couldn’t entirely blhim-I had tried to kill him during the war. Perhaps this was his
way of exacting justice.
“There's one thing | never forgive,” he said, his voice a low growl. “And that’s betrayal. For all these ye ars,
you've been a traitor to me, Selene Hawthorne. How could you lie toabout my children?”
His words hitlike a blow. | knew exactly what he meant, but before I could respond, | felt something warm
and wet on my neck. Blood. The wound on my neck, which had yet to heal completely, had reopened. Kane had
been the one to savefrom the poison in that wound, and now it was bleeding again.
“You lied toabout my children,” he repeated, his voice trembling with rage. “How could you?”
Desperation surged throughas | struggled to break free. My eyes turned blue, a sign of my growing anger
and fear. Summoning my strength, | pushed hard against his chest. His body jerked back as pain flashed across
his face-the pressure had hit one of his wounds.
He let go of my neck, and | staggered back, coughing and gasping for air. My hands instinctively reached for my
throat, which ached from his grip.
After a moment, | looked back at him, my breathing still uneven. | glared at him, my voice filled with defiance.
“They're only my children,” | growled.
His eyes narrowed dangerously, and his next words shookto my very core.
“You don’t deserve to stay with them,” he said coldly. “From now on, they'll live with me. With their father.”
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