All Chapters of Dumped By The Alpha, I Married His Stepbrother: Chapter 111 - Chapter 114

"The window won't remain open indefinitely." I felt the weight of those words settle heavy across the room, everyone's careful, unhurried composure suddenly cracking under fresh urgency. "How long do we have," Lucien asked. Iris's brow furrowed, concentrating further on whatever remained of the delicate connection she'd just described. "She says by sunset. If Victoria doesn't accept before then, the opportunity passes, possibly for generations." "That's not enough time to properly explain something this significant," Marcus said, his old protective instincts flaring despite everything peaceful we'd built this past year. "Victoria deserves genuine understanding, not a rushed decision made under pressure." "I agree," I said. "But we don't control the timeline. We can only control how honestly we present it to her." We found Victoria in the estate's kitchen garden, kneeling among the herbs she'd taken to tending in the quiet years since severing her guardian connection, Dam

"Exactly what I've needed all along."The words hung heavy in the chamber, and every instinct in my body screamed to grab my children and run."What do you actually want," I demanded, forcing steadiness into my voice despite the primal fear coiling through my chest."You," the voice said, patient and unhurried, as though it had all the time in existence to properly explain itself. "Not your death. Not your suffering. Simply your understanding, freely offered, of exactly what I am.""We know what you are," Lucien said sharply, stepping protectively in front of the twins. "Something the original founders sealed away deliberately, for good reason.""Sealed, yes," the voice agreed. "Though I wonder if any of you have ever considered why, rather than simply accepting the assumption that sealing automatically implies malice.""Explain it, then," I said, wariness warring against genuine curiosity despite everything.The pulsing light within the chamber's center intensified slightly, and the