The Alpha’s Hidden Heirs by Avery Rose

Chapter 90

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Finn stared at Ruby, his expression unreadable, as if he hadn't expected her to show up and interrupt our

conversation.

“Why do you always feel the need to know everything?” he snapped at her, irritation lacing his voice.

Ruby frowned, clearly taken aback. “Why are you treatinglike this?, You didn’t even listen tothat night-

you just draggedback here against my will!”

From her words, | could tell that Ruby had wanted to stay with the Iron Crown Pack, but Finn had forced her to

return.

“It was my Alpha’s command,” Finn replied flatly.

“And I'm going to be your Alpha’s Luna.”

Her voice was steady, unwavering, as she spoke to Finn.

Hearing her say that unsettled me. | didn’t like it when she called herself my Luna. But why? Wasn't | the one

who had promised her that title years ago?

“Ru-"

“No, Kane!” she cutoff sharply, turning towith frustration. “You need to tell him who | am to you! He

treatslike I'm nothing. He has no respect forat all!”

She sounded like a child complaining to a parent.

Finn shot her a hard look. Ruby had always thought of him as composed and level-headed. He was my best

friend, and she was my girlfriend, so he had always tried to be polite to her.

“Enough,” he warned, his patience running thin. “I've got bigger things to worry about right now.”

Tears welled up in Ruby’s eyes as she clung to my arm. “See how he speaks to me? Even in front of you? He's

not even afraid of you!”

Finn rolled his eyes, clearly unimpressed, as if he thought she was putting on a show.

But | knew Ruby wasn’t the type to fake emotions. She was just... sensitive.

| sighed and patted her shoulder. “Don’t cry. He's just stressed about something.”

“Something? Kane, do you even realize what's at stake? This could change everything. I'm asking you one last

time-are you sure about this?” Finn pressed.

“Yes. I'm sure.”

Finn held my gaze for a moment, then gave a small nod before turning and walking out of my house.

Ruby, however, looked confused. As | headed toward my room to grab my phone, she followed closely

behind.

“Kane, what were you two talking about?”

“You don’t need to know,” | said flatly, brushing past her as | left the room, phone in hand.

As | made my way toward the door, she grabbed my arm.

“You always do this,” she said, her voice trembling with frustration. “Do you have any idea how

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humiliated | felt when you leftoutside the party hall that night? What am | to you, Kane? You neve

acknowledgein front of anyone!”

Her words pushedto the edge. My patience was already thin, and now her questions were just adding to the

noise in my head.

“If you can’t handle this, then leave,” | snapped, “I won't stop you.”

| reached for the door, but before | could open it, she suddenly threw her arms aroundfrom behind

“Why are you saying this, Kane?” she whispered, her voice breaking. “Don’t you loveanymore?

I had no answer.

She pulled away just enough to move in front of me, cupping my face in her hands, forcingto look

at her.

Her eyes shimmered with unshed tears, and for a moment, | felt a pang of sympathy. But it wasn’t the sas

when | saw Selene cry. That feeling had been... different.

“I have no one in this world except you, Kane,” she murmured. “If you're tellingto leave, you might as well

be tellingto die. Is that what you want?”

When | didn’t respond, she slowly dropped her hands from my face, wiping her tears as they fell. My eyes drifted

to a scar on her arm.

Memories from the past crushing back.

| closed my eyes, trying to push them away, but | couldn’t. | owed her too much. If it weren't for her, | wouldn't

be standing here today.

Taking a deep breath, | opened my eyes and looked at her. She seemed fragile... vulnerable.

| had to protect her.

“Don’t cry,” | said at last. “I'm not leaving you.”

The moment she heard those words, she threw herself back into my arms, clinging toas if they were the only

thing keeping her together.

After comforting her for a while, I left for work, throwing myself into my responsibilities to keep my

mind off Selene.

Two days passed. | stayed busy, but no matter how much | tried to distract myself, thoughts of Selene crept in.

Today was the day the doctor was supposed to sendthe reports. A strange sense of anticipation

settled insideas | waited.

The more | thought about them, the more | felt an unexpected sense of responsibility.

But no matter how hard | tried to focus on the reports, my thoughts kept drifting to Selene. More than the

children, it was her | couldn't stop thinking about.

Her new look. Her confidence. Everything about her was messing with my head.

Just as | was drowning in my thoughts, my phone buzzed with a message.

It was from my mother.

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She had gone to the pack hospital with my father for his checkup today.

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Nathan said your father is completely fine. Ruby was with us at the hospital. | think she really cares about you,

Kane. She's doing her best to win your father’s heart.

| locked my phone without responding. | couldn’t bring myself to care about what my mother was saying-l was

waiting for something far more important.

A knock on the door madelook up.

Before | could respond, Finn walked in.

He looked just as tense as | felt.

This was my best friend-the one person who had always stood by me. And right now, | could see the concern in

his eyes.

Then I noticed the white envelope in his hand.

Without a word, he walked over and placed it in front of me.

“Here's the report,” he said. “I didn’t open it. You should read it first.”

| gave him a nod before tearing open one corner of the envelope and pulling out the document inside.

For the first tin my life, | felt nervous to read something.

| unfolded the report, my eyes immediately landing on the bold red letters at the top.

My brows furrowed as a wave of anger surged through me.

“Negative?”