Contract Marriage With Alpha Snow novel Chapter 170

Chapter 170: My Mother

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Chapter 170

~Zara’s POV~

Snow’s sharp glare silenced her complaint immediately. He was getting angry with her lack of emotion in such a touching scene.

"Tell me," Zade demanded, his tone icy, "what did she look like, this woman who handed over the child?"

Liam closed his eyes as if trying to conjure the image from memory. "She had long brown hair, delicate long eyelashes, and thin lips. Her eyes were a striking green, and she wore a ring shaped like a claw."

I froze, the description sparking a memory—fragmented and distant, but undeniably familiar.

"She was beautiful," Liam added softly, earning a sharp glare from Selene.

Zade exchanged a knowing glance with Snow before turning back to my father. "Did she tell you her name?"

"Yes," Liam replied. "Her name was Zaria. And after she passed, I insisted on naming the child after her—Zara."

My knees went cold at the mention of her name, and Snow was quick to hold me.

"Zaria?" I whispered, the word feeling foreign yet intimate.

Liam nodded, his eyes filled with regret.

Zade’s expression darkened, and he spoke slowly, his voice dripping with finality. "Zaria was the name of our beta’s wife—an incredible woman with brown hair, green eyes, and the beauty you described. She was my mother’s namesake, and she was my sister’s favorite."

Liam’s eyes widened in shock as he turned to look at me, then at Zade. "No wonder," he muttered. "I sensed something, but I didn’t know."

Selene, however, wasn’t catching on. "You said... your mother?" She stared at Zade, her confusion clear. "You’re saying Zara—"

"—is my sister," Zade finished for her, his tone resolute.

Selene shifted back, disbelief etched across her face. "That can’t be true. Her mother was Zaria!"

"Yes," Zade confirmed, "but not the Zaria you think. The woman who you saw with Zara was a traitor to the Golden Claw Pack. She stole my sister, believing she could protect her during the attack that ruined our pack. But she met her demise... in your hands."

Selene paled, her lips trembling as she struggled to process the revelation.

"And if you don’t believe me," Zade continued, his voice steely, "I have proof."

He pulled out a folded piece of paper—the DNA test results—and handed it to Liam, who opened it with shaking hands. His eyes scanned the document, widening with every word, before he passed it to Selene.

Selene shook her head violently. "This could be fake! How do we know it’s real?"

Snow’s fist slammed onto the table, rattling the room. "Enough!" he roared, his blue eyes glowing fiercely as they shifted to red. "What is wrong with you? Do you care so little about the truth?"

The room fell silent, the tension suffocating.

And then, as if on cue, the front door opened, accompanied by the sound of heels clicking against the floor from the entryway.

From her pocket, she pulled out a delicate golden necklace. The pendant was simple but elegant, engraved with the name Zia.