bChapter /bb47/bb: /bShattered Bonds

Chapter 47: Shattered Bonds

(Elena’s POV)

My hand remained frozen on the door handle, unable to believe what Richard ckthorne had just said. bThe /b

words echoed in my mind like a death knell.

“Take her back.” Not “take her in.” Take her back.

Inside the Intensive Healing Ward, the conversation between my adoptive parents continued. Their voices

carried through the thin door, each word cutting deeper than thest.

“You’re ming me again!” Patricia’s voice cracked with years of suppressed pain. “You abandoned our biological daughter when she was born!”

My heart stopped. Biological daughter?

“I felt like a tool for producing heirs for the ckthorne family,” Patricia continued, her voice breaking. “When

I lost my daughter, I knew the feeling of losing a child. That’s why I agreed to take Elena back.”

Richard’s voice was cold. “That was different. Elena isn’t our blood.”

“She needed a family!” Patricia sobbed. “I couldn’t bear to see another child suffer like our daughter did.”

The world tilted around me. Everything I had suspected, every moment of feeling like an outsiderb, /bsuddenly made perfect sense.

Patricia’s outburst subsided as she noticed me standing in the doorway. Her face went pale.

“Elena,” she whispered.

I walked in, forcing my expression to remain calm while my heart shattered into pieces. “How is David’s

condition?b” /b

Patricia struggled to speak. “The surgery went well. He’s stable now.”

I nodded, then looked directly at both of them. “So I was right all these years. I’m not your biological child.”

The silence stretched between us like a chasm. Richard couldn’t meet my eyes.

“The doubts that umted in my heart for so many years are finally resolved,” I said quietly.

Patricia stepped forward, guilt written across her face. “Elena, I’m sorry. I always wanted to care for you properly.”

Her voice trembled. “It wasn’t intentional to neglect you. In the ckthorne family, I was also at a disadvantage. I couldn’t help myself.”

I stared at her, processing years of feeling like a burden. “At least now I understand why David always came first.”

(Marcus’s POV)

At the ckwood Consortium, Amber Stone escorted Chief Morrison to my Command Chamber. I stood by the window, overlooking the Northern Territory’s sprawlingndscape.

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The city lights twinkled below, but my mind was elsewhere. Elena’s usations echoed in my bthoughts/b.

bChief /bMorrison entered, his face pale with anxiety. “Alpha Marcus, you requested to see meb./bb” /b

I turned slowly, my golden eyes fixing on him. “A case of malicious injury within your jurisdiction has bbeen /b

neglected. Exin.”

His face went white. “Alpha, I was initially unaware of the incident.”

“Unaware?” My voice dropped dangerously low. “A suspect was beaten unconscious in your facilityb, /bband /bbyou /b

were unaware?b” /b

Chief Morrison swallowed hard. “When I discovered it, I attempted to conceal the incident. I feared

repercussions from higher authorities.”

I stepped closer, my Alpha presence filling the room. “Your dereliction of duty nearly cost a young wolf bhis /b

life.”

“I understand the severity-”

“You have two days,” I cut him off. “Provide me with aplete exnation of how this happened and who

was responsible.”

Chief Morrison nodded frantically. “Yes, Alpha. Two days.”

(Elena’s POV)

As night fell, I stepped out of the Intensive Healing Ward after relieving Patricia. The hallway was dimly blit/b, shadows dancing across the walls.

Marcus stood there with his Elite Guards, their imposing figures blocking the corridor. My heart clenched

with suspicion.

“What are you doing here?” I confronted him directly.

His golden eyes met mine. “I came to check on David’s condition.”

i“/iAnother scheme involving Sophia Rivers?b” /bI asked coldly.

Marcus’s jaw tightened. “I had nothing to do with David’s ident.”

Iughed bitterly. “Of course you’d deny it. But we both know who benefits from David’s suffering.”

“Elena-”

“Don’t.” I held up my hand. “Sophia wanted David punished, and somehow he ends up beaten unconscious.

Quite a coincidence.”

Marcus stepped forward. “I would never order such brutality.”

“I don’t trust you,” I stated tly.

As I moved to leave, Marcus grabbed my wrist and pulled me into his embrace. He pinned me against the

wall in the Shadow Passage.

Before I could protest, his lips crashed against mine. After six years of being mated, this was bthe /bfirst time bhe /b

had kissed me while sober.

I was caughtpletely off guard. His kiss was fierce, desperate, filled with emotions I couldn’t understand.

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I struggled against him, my hands pushing at his chest. Finally, I bit his lip hard enough to draw blood.

He pulled back with a sharp intake of breath. I raised my hand to p him, but he caught my wrist.

“My Elite Guards will watch over your brother,” he said quietly.

I stared at him, searching his face for deception. His golden eyes held something I’d never seen before.

“Go back first,” he said, releasing my wrist. “With them watching, nothing will happen.”

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