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Chapter 71

His thumb brushed slowly against the back of my hand.“I had a daughter,” he said quietly.My breath stilled.“She was born with a weak heart.”His voice grew softer.“She only lived for one week.”The words settled heavily between us.“My wife…” he paused briefly, his gaze drifting toward the floor.“She couldn’t bear the loss.”His jaw tightened slightly.“She passed away a month later.”A deep silence filled the room.“I lost everything after that,” he continued.“Work. Purpose. The will to keep going.”His fingers tightened slightly around mine.“For an entire year, I barely survived.”His voice was steady, but the weight behind it was unmistakable.“And then my heart started failing again.”I looked up sharply.His eyes met mine.“I inherited the same weak heart,” he said quietly.“The same condition that took my daughter.”The room felt colder suddenly.“I thought that was it,” he said. “I thought my life would end there.”His gaze softened slightly.“But then your father found

Chapter 72

The road stretched endlessly ahead of us. For a long time, neither Uncle J nor I spoke. The steady hum of the engine filled the car, blending with the quiet rhythm of tires rolling over the pavement. Outside the window, the city slowly faded behind us. Tall buildings turned into smaller houses, and eventually even those disappeared, replaced by open land and scattered trees swaying gently in the wind. I rested my head against the cool glass of the window. My body still felt weak. Every movement reminded me of it. But the tightness in my chest wasn’t as unbearable as it had been before. It still lingered there. Just… softer. After what felt like hours, the car finally slowed. I lifted my head slightly. Ahead of us stood a large iron gate, surrounded by tall trees that formed a natural wall around the property. The gates slowly slid open. We drove through. The road inside curved gently, lined with trimmed hedges and flowering plants. Sunlight filtered through the trees, casti

Chapter 73

A few days passed.I didn’t realize how quickly they went until I tried to remember exactly what I had done each day.The mornings usually started the same way.Soft sunlight slipping through the balcony doors. The quiet sound of waves rolling endlessly against the rocks below. The faint scent of salt drifting in with the breeze.For the first time in a long time, waking up didn’t feel like a burden.My body still felt weak sometimes, but it wasn’t the suffocating kind of weakness that had wrapped itself around me back at Zander’s house. The heavy pressure in my chest had faded. My breathing came easier now, deeper, steadier.Most of my days were spent on the balcony.Maria had placed a small chair and table there, and it quickly became my favorite place in the house. I would sit there for hours with a book in my hands, the ocean stretching endlessly in front of me.The sound of the waves had a strange effect on my mind.It quieted things.Thoughts that once felt sharp and overwhelmin

Chapter 74

The afternoon settled quietly around me.I sat on the balcony the way I had every day since we arrived, curled into the cushioned chair Maria had placed near the small table. The ocean stretched endlessly in front of me, waves folding into one another in slow, rhythmic patterns. The sound had become familiar now—steady, constant, like breathing.The breeze carried the scent of salt and cool water. It brushed lightly against my arms, tugging strands of my hair across my face.In my hands was a book.A werewolf novel.Fake Dating My Ex Alpha Mate’s Rival Biker Stepbrother.The title alone would have made me laugh a few weeks ago.It was written by N-Victory, an author whose stories I had loved for years. I had found the book that morning in the small library room downstairs and had been hooked ever since the doctor left.My eyes moved across the pages quickly.The characters were dramatic. Emotional. Chaotic.Exactly the kind of romance stories I used to devour without thinking. But not

Chapter 75

The picture slipped from my hands.It didn’t fall loudly.Just a soft crack against the floor.But the sound felt like thunder inside my head.My fingers stayed suspended in the air where the frame had been seconds ago, trembling uncontrollably. My knees buckled before I even realized what was happening.The floor rushed up to meet me.My palms scraped against the cold surface as I collapsed.I couldn’t look at the photograph again.I couldn’t.But it was already burned into my mind.Her smile.The curve of her lips.The familiar softness in her eyes.My mother.My stomach twisted violently.“No…” I whispered.My hands flew to my ears as if I could block out the image still flashing behind my eyes.But it didn’t stop.It only grew louder.Her face appeared again.Not from the picture. From my memory.She was sitting in a wheelchair as they wheeled her into the hospital. Her thin hands rested calmly in her lap, her smile gentle despite the pain that had already been consuming her body.

Chapter 76

Darkness lifted slowly.Not all at once.Just a thin crack of awareness forcing its way through the heaviness wrapped around my head.Pain came first.A deep, pulsing ache that throbbed behind my eyes.My throat burned when I tried to swallow, dry and raw like I had been screaming for hours. My body felt heavy—too heavy—like someone had replaced my bones with wet sand.I tried to move.The effort alone made my head pound harder.My eyelids fluttered open.Bright white light stabbed into my eyes immediately.I sucked in a sharp breath and squeezed them shut again.Pain shot through my skull.My fingers twitched weakly against the sheets beneath them.Where…?My breathing came out shallow and uneven.Slowly, cautiously, I tried again.My eyes opened halfway this time.The ceiling above me was unfamiliar.White.Flat.Sterile.The faint smell of antiseptic floated through the air.Hospital.The realization settled in slowly, like cold water sinking into my skin.I blinked again, trying t

Chapter 77

The tension in the room felt thick and heavy.Like the air itself had become difficult to breathe.I looked at Zander, hoping—almost begging silently—that he would say something. Anything.But his jaw tightened.The muscle there flexed sharply.Then he looked away.My chest tightened.The doctor glanced down at the chart in his hands. He adjusted it slightly, clearing his throat.“You experienced a severe psychological episode.”My breath got stuck in my throat.For a second, I thought I had heard him wrong.A psychological… episode?The word echoed strangely inside my head.The doctor continued carefully.“During the episode, you experienced intense panic attacks. Something you saw triggered a severe emotional response.”His eyes briefly flicked toward Zander before returning to me.“You were trying to push the thought away. To make it stop. But you couldn’t.”His voice softened slightly.“So your body reacted.”A cold feeling crept into my stomach.“You hurt yourself without realizi

Chapter 78

My fingers curled slowly against the hospital gown.“It was my fault,” I whispered.My voice trembled.The words barely made it past my lips.But once they escaped, they wouldn’t stop.“I did this.”My shoulders began to shake.“I killed my child.”A broken sob tore out of my chest.My hands flew to my face as the tears came harder.Hot.Uncontrollable.My breathing became uneven as the guilt clawed its way through my chest.I couldn’t stop the thoughts.They kept coming.Relentless.I am a terrible person. I’m a murderer.Something inside me felt like it was collapsing.Like the pieces of me that were barely holding together had finally shattered.A hand suddenly touched my arm.Warm.Firm.I flinched violently.“Remi—”“Don’t!” I gasped, jerking away.My body recoiled toward the edge of the bed like his touch burned.Zander froze.His hand hovered in the air where my arm had been.My breathing grew faster.More frantic.“Don’t touch me,” I whispered.My voice cracked painfully.My e

Chapter 79

It had been a few days since I found out I had lost my baby.The day I discovered I was pregnant, the first thought that crossed my mind was to get rid of it.I didn’t want to carry an enemy’s child inside me.I didn’t want to give Zander another family.But then the thought had shifted.Slowly.Quietly.I had no one.No mother. No father. No place that truly belonged to me.For a brief moment, I had imagined what it would be like.Someone who was mine.Someone who wouldn’t betray me.Someone who might give me a reason to keep breathing.So I decided to keep it.And now…Now it was gone.The emptiness inside me felt deeper than anything I had ever known.And I felt more alone than I ever had before.When I woke up after that day in the hospital, I didn’t speak.Not a word.I didn’t cry either.I couldn’t.The tears had dried somewhere inside my chest.Everything inside me felt numb.Cold.Embarrassment burned quietly beneath my skin.Embarrassed that I had hurt myself without even rea

Chapter 80

Steam filled the bathroom as the hot water poured down from above.I stood beneath the shower with my head lowered, letting the water run through my hair and over my face.The heat spread across my skin.For a moment, it felt soothing.Like the water was rinsing something away. Washing off the heaviness clinging to my chest.But the feeling didn’t last.Uncle J’s voice pushed through my mind.“You blame yourself while you should be angry at the person who put you through this.”My fingers slid through my wet hair as the water streamed down my face.The words echoed again.“He stole everything from her. Take it back.”My hand dragged down my face.Water dripped from my chin and nose, splashing softly against the tiles.Take it back.The words sounded so simple.My throat tightened.My father took everything from my mom.But I took her life.The thought cut through me like a blade.My chest tightened as I pressed my palm against the wall of the shower.I’m no better than him.The words

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