After Severance Alpha Fell in Love With Ex-Luna novel Chapter 104

Chapter 104: The Unraveling Truth

Chapter 104: The Unraveling Truth

(Marcus Blackwood’s POV)

Holding his coffee mug tightly, my voice was low and hoarse. “Do I look like I’m favoring her?”

Heidi Cross shifted uncomfortably in her chair, her eyes darting between me and Amber Stone. The fear in her expression was palpable.

“1… I thought you were,” she stammered. “Sophia always spoke as if she had your complete support.”

“What exactly did she tell you?” I demanded, setting the mug down with enough force to make her flinch.

Heidi’s hands trembled as she spoke. “She said you wouldn’t interfere with her affairs. That you disliked the Blackthorne family and wouldn’t blame anyone for targeting them.”

The words hit me like physical blows. Each syllable revealed the depth of Sophia’s manipulation,

“She told me Elena was just a political arrangement, Heidi continued desperately. “That you were only waiting for the right moment to sever the bond and be with her instead.”

My jaw clenched so tightly I thought it might c***k. The coffee mug in my hands began to show hairline fractures from my grip.

“She made it sound like I was doing you a favor,” Heidi whispered. “Like you wanted the Blackthorne family gone but couldn’t act directly because of pack politics.”

The silence that followed was deathly. I could hear Amber Stone’s careful breathing, the distant hum of the building’s ventilation system, even Heidi’s rapid heartbeat.

After several minutes that felt like hours, I finally spoke. “Leave.”

Heidi’s relief was visible as she practically fled from the command chamber. Her footsteps echoed

corridor until they faded completely.

I sat behind my desk for a long time, my face clouded with gloom and a hint of weariness. The weight of Heidi’s revelations pressed down on me like a physical burden.

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Did I really appear to others as someone who indulged Sophia Rivers? Had my guilt over our past relationship blinded me to the damage I was causing?

The thought that Elena must also see me that way sent a sharp pain through my chest. No wonder she hated me. No wonder she looked at me with such cold indifference.

I couldn’t tell if the pain was from the knife wound on my waist or from my heart. Both seemed to throb in

unison.

“Amber,” I called out, my voice rough with exhaustion.

She looked up from her tablet, her expression carefully neutral. “Yes, Alpha?”

“How do you think others see my relationship with Sophia?”

Amber Stone glanced at me, her usual diplomatic mask slipping slightly. “You’re finally realizing how

outrageous your indulgence of her was.”

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The blunt honesty in her words was like a slop to the face. But I needed to hear it.

“Everyone could see it except you,” she continued. “The way you protected her, made excuses for her behavior,

allowed her to undermine your mate’s authority”

I closed my eyes, the full scope of my failures becoming clear. How many times had I chosen Sophia’s comfort over Elena’s dignity?

“Your mate endured six years of humiliation because of your misplaced loyalty,” Amber added quietly “Six years of being treated like the other woman in her own mating bond.”

The drive back to Moonhaven Estate felt endless. Every mile stretched like an eternity as I wrestled with the truth of what I had become.

I returned to Moonhaven Estate late, finding the Great Hall shrouded in darkness. The familiar space felt cold and unwelcoming without Elena’s presence

I turned on the lights and made my way to the Master Suite, hoping to find her asleep. But when I tried the

door, it was locked.

I frowned, remembering the times Elena had locked me out before. She had always harbored resentment toward me, and I had assumed this was just another manifestation of that anger.

Rather than wake her, I decided to give her space. I made my way to the Shadow Wing Guest Suite, the unfamiliar bed feeling like a punishment I deserved.

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