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Chapter 31

NORA I picked Eli up from the blanket and carried him straight to the main building.My hands had stopped shaking.Well... almost.I kept trying not to think too much about what happened in the garden because every single time I did, my head started spinning again.Marcus knew about the birthmark.That was the only thing repeating inside my head right now.When I got to the Raphael study room, the door was closed.I knocked once before opening it immediately without waiting.Raphael was sitting behind his desk talking on the phone, but the moment he saw my face he stopped mid sentence.“Give me a minute,” he said quickly into the phone before hanging up.The room became quiet after that.I stood there holding Eli on my hip while Raphael kept looking at me like he already knew something was wrong.Honestly, I didn't even know how to start this conversation.“Marcus was in the garden just now,” I finally said.Raphael became motionless immediately.“He came alone. No guards. No staff.

Chapter 32

NORAI can't sleep, not when I have been thinking about everything that happened during the day and everything that is currently going on between me.With Marcus, the possibility of me being, what I don't wanna think about.I've been staring at the ceiling for what feels like forever now and honestly the ceiling is starting to annoy me because it has absolutely nothing useful to offer.So eventually I got up.I started pacing around the room instead.From the bed to the window.Window to the door.Then back again.Over and over again.The floor was cold beneath my feet but I barely noticed it.My head wouldn't stop replaying the photograph.That little girl's face.Those eyes.I pressed my fingers against my forehead and kept walking again.Because every single time I stopped moving, my thoughts got worse.I kept thinking about the past.Not the photograph anymore.Further back than that.Back to the beginning.The orphan girl left at the pack gates with no family, no history and nobo

Chapter 33

RAPHAEL Marcus was already sitting inside my study room when I walked in.It's 6 am in the morning and he's already here.That alone already told me this meeting wasn't casual.He got here before me on purpose too. I knew it immediately. Men like Marcus do things intentionally. Sitting there before I arrived was his own way of controlling the room before a single word was even spoken.I closed the door quietly behind me before taking the chair across from him.For a few seconds neither of us said anything.We just looked at each other.Marcus looked exhausted.Not physically.Something deeper than that, which I can't explain. It's more like the kind of exhaustion that stays in a person's face for years until eventually it becomes part of them.“How long?” I finally asked.“Twenty three years.”His voice remained calm when he said it. It was too calm to be very honest. I nodded once for him to continue.The attack happened in the middle of the night.Moonview pack never saw it comin

Chapter 34

NORAIt started on Monday.Serena showed up at the morning briefing.Which immediately caught my attention because she has never attended one before.Not once.The briefing happens every weekday with Raphael and the senior staff. I attend because my position requires it now and honestly after months here, everyone already got used to seeing me there.Then Monday morning Serena suddenly walked in like she belonged there too.She took the seat two chairs away from Raphael and opened a notebook calmly.Nobody questioned it.Nobody even looked surprised enough.I watched Raphael instead.His eyes moved toward her briefly when she entered.Just briefly.Then he continued the meeting normally without asking why she was there.I noticed that.Tuesday was worse.She stood outside Raphael's study waiting when he came out.Phone in hand.Perfect posture.Perfect smile.The type that looked effortless but probably took practice.I was standing farther down the corridor so I couldn't hear whatev

Chapter 35

NORAI find Damon in the east wing office a little after ten thirty.He’s behind his desk with a stack of documents spread in front of him and reading glasses that are low on his nose, which would almost be amusing if he didn’t treat being seen wearing them like classified information.He hears my knock.The glasses come off immediately.By the time he looks up, the expression is already there.Neutral. Professional. Carefully blank.I close the door behind me and sit across from him without waiting for permission.His pen settles onto the desk.For a second neither of us says anything.“I’m not here to complain,” I tell him.Something shifts behind his face at that.Small enough most people would miss it.Not relief exactly. More like recalculation.“Alright,” he says.“I want to ask you about Serena.”That gets his full attention.Still controlled. Still Damon. But present now in a sharper way.“Not the polished version everyone gives me,” I continue. “Not the alliance explanation.”

Chapter 36

NoraI found Raphael in his study room after dinner. The door is open and he is sitting at his desk with his jacket off and his sleeves rolled up. He is looking at something on his laptop. When I knock on the doorframe he looks up at me.The way I tilt my face makes him close his laptop."Come in, " he says to me.I slowly enter and I do not sit down. I close the door,stand in front of his desk with my hands by my sides. I look directly at Raphael."Serena, " I say. "What is she to you?"Raphael's face does not change. He leaned back in his chair and looked at me."She is a friend, " he says."That is not an answer,she seems closer to you than anyone else," I couldn't help, but mentioned with jealousy coursing through me."It is the truth, " he said, almost absentmindedly."Raphael " I called and I kept my voice a bit low. "She came here without being invited. She has been putting herself in every space between us for a week. She knows this place better than people who live here. She

Chapter 37

NORAI woke up to the sound of the chipping bird and the rays of the morning sun shining through the window. Everything seemed to be fine for about four seconds.Then I remember what happened and how the past weeks have been going. I got dressed and decided to go have breakfast. Raphael is already at the table when I walk in. He looks up when I come through the door. Our eyes met for a second and we both nodded our heads and looked away from each other, The air in the dining table was enormously thick, the atmosphere was somehow timid, everyone seemed to be going about breakfast in a way I don't understand.The room feels so surreal. I couldn't help but wonder what happened. I sat down and started looking at everybody. Wren is across from me and Caden is beside her. Damon is at the end of the table with his coffee cup. He is filling it slowly from the pot watching the pour with a lot of attention."Morning " Wren says, looking between me and Raphael with her eyes trying to rea

Chapter 38

NORAI heard a knock on the door but I didn't even bother looking up from the papers in front of me.“Come in"The door opened slowly and before I even saw her face, I already knew who it was. Those heels,the way it clicks against the floor slowly like she's measuring every single step she takes.Serena.She shuts the door behind her carefully.For a few seconds she didn't sit. She just stands there, looking around my office like she's studying everything. Meanwhile I keep pretending to read the files in front of me like my whole life depends on it.It doesn't.Finally she sat down.As I keep writing.“I won't take much of your time" She says calmly.I didn't answer her. I just flipped another page quietly.She leaned forward a little, folding her hands together on my desk. When I finally raised my eyes to look at her, I noticed something immediately.This time, I noticed the coldness in her eyes and how she glare at me “He won't choose you"She said, directly to me As my hands sto

Chapter 39

NORA The knock comes around eight.I wasn't expecting it. I was just sitting there with a cold cup of tea that I actually forgot to drink and a document I stopped reading a lot of minutes ago."Come in."I watch him open the door and stand close to the door for a second,he didn't come in straight away,he just stand there.I thought maybe something had happened in his study room. He finally comes in and closes the door."I wasn't honest with you about Serena," he says. "I should have been."That's it,no buildup,no explanation around it.I looked at him for a while then look away. "Okay," I says.He finally take a sit on the chair that is close to my desk. He puts his hands on his knees and looks at the desk between us and I can see him deciding how far to go with this.“I was the one who asked her to come, I let her,I thought it would be wise to have a discussion with her" he says. "Not this time actually,I didn't let her in this time . Over the years. I knew what she wanted

Chapter 40

NORAHe comes to the office in the morning.I was in the middle of reviewing the third file when the door opened and I looked up and his face already tells me this isn't about work.I put the pen down."Marcus is coming back," he says.I nodded. Waits."He's bringing his wife this time."He added. My hands go flat on the desk."Why."Raphael looks at me with a straight eyes."A DNA test has been arranged."The room goes quiet after that.I stared at him briefly, a DNA test?No one told me about it."When was this arranged," I asked.He doesn't look away. "A week ago."A week ago? A whole week ago and I wasn't even informed?This about my life, I should get to know.I don't say anything for a second. I just sit here with what Rapheal just said and let it settle wherever it wants to settle. My hands are still flat on the desk. I noticed that, the minute my eyes landed on them."You were waiting for the right moment to tell me,I guess yeah?" I asked."Yes.""And last night. When we wer

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