《THE SLAVE THAT STOLE THE ALPHA'S HEART.》全部章節：第 111 章 - 第 120 章

Selena's POVFor several seconds, I could not hear anything except the pounding of my own heart.I was never your mother.The words kept repeating inside my head.I stared at the woman who had raised me, searching her face for the lie I desperately wanted to find."Say that again."Her lips trembled."Selena...""Say it."She lowered her eyes."I am not your birth mother."Something inside me went completely still.The woman on the throne watched me with a strange calmness, as though she had been waiting years to see this moment.I pointed my sword at her."You knew.""Of course.""Who is my real mother?"She smiled."Ask the woman who raised you."I turned back."Tell me."The woman who had always been my mother in every way that mattered began crying."I found you when you were only a few days old."My throat tightened."Where?""At the edge of the Shadowlands.""Why were you there?""Because your real mother gave you to me."I stared at her."Why?"She looked toward the throne."Be

POV: SELENAThe Queen's fear was the first thing that made me understand how dangerous the voice had become.She had faced my darkness without blinking. She had watched me destroy creatures born from shadows, listened while I challenged her, and spoken about death as though it were nothing more than another part of the prophecy.But now, she was afraid.And that meant the final words were important.Unless the heirs unite.I looked at Ian.The black veins had stopped spreading, but the mark on his chest was still glowing beneath his shirt. He was breathing heavily, one hand pressed against his heart as though he were trying to hold something inside.“Stay with me,” I whispered.His eyes found mine.“I am.”The creature stepped closer.“You cannot stop what has already begun.”I stood between it and Ian.“You keep calling him an heir. Heir to what?”“The Shadow King.”“My father is dead,” Ian said.The creature tilted its head.“Death is meaningless to those who rule the shadows.”A ch

POV: SELENAMy heart seemed to stop.The man standing beside my mother had Ian's face.Not similar.Not close.Exactly the same.For one terrifying second, I couldn't tell which one was real.Then the Ian beside me squeezed my hand.“Selena, don't look at him.”His voice was calm, but I felt the fear beneath it.The other Ian smiled.“You still trust him?”I looked at him carefully.He had the same eyes, the same voice, even the same small scar near his eyebrow.But something was wrong.I could feel it.Razor stirred inside me.Don't trust the copy.I stepped closer to the real Ian.“How do I know you're the real one?”His eyes met mine.“You don't.”The answer surprised me.He didn't try to convince me.He didn't swear that he was Ian.He simply held my gaze.“Then remember what you told me.”I frowned.“What?”“That you recognize me.”The words struck something inside me.A memory surfaced.Ian sitting beside my bed after I had awakened from the darkness. His fingers had been wrappe

POV: SELENAThe darkness crossed the threshold.It did not rush toward us.It walked.Every step shook the chamber, sending cracks through the ancient stone beneath our feet. The air became so cold that my breath turned white.Ian stood beside me, his fingers locked around mine.I could feel him trembling.Not from fear.From recognition.“You know him,” I whispered.Ian stared at the figure emerging from the darkness.“I don't know how.”The Shadow King stepped backward.For the first time, I saw genuine fear in his face.“My father.”The words barely left his mouth.The ancient figure stopped.His body was covered in black armor, but unlike the Shadow King, there was nothing human about his presence. His eyes glowed like dying stars, and a crown made entirely of darkness rested on his head.He looked at Ian.“My blood has awakened.”Then his gaze shifted to me.“And the light has finally returned.”I stepped forward.“You're the one behind the prophecy.”He smiled.“I created the fi

POV: SELENA“Hello, Mother.”The voice sounded exactly like Hope.The same gentle tone, the same little pause before calling me that name, yet everything about the figure standing beyond the gate felt wrong.I could not explain it, but a mother's heart did not need an explanation.That was not my daughter.I took a step forward anyway.The creature smiled wider.“Did you miss me?”Ian immediately moved in front of me.“Stay back.”The false Hope tilted her head.“Why are you protecting her from me?”“Because you're not Hope.”Her expression changed.For a second, the innocent face disappeared, replaced by something ancient and cold.Then it returned.“You don't know that.”“I know my daughter.”The creature looked at me.“Do you?”The question struck deeper than it should have.It began walking toward us.My mother grabbed my arm.“Don't let it touch you.”“Why?”“Because it can take memories.”I stared at the creature.It stopped.Then it laughed.“Your mother is afraid because she k