Bound To The Broken Alpha (Amy and Daniel) novel Chapter 145

Chapter 145 Never Mine By Blood

ELIAS

Amy’s voice didn’t shake when she spoke. “They matter to me.”

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Her calmness made the air in the room feel more tense. I stood just a few steps from the door, my hand still resting on the knob. I had heard every word before my name, my bond with her mother, the questions they had no business asking.

I stepped fully into the room, keeping my voice steady but sharp. “Then I suggest you stop before you find something you can’t handle.”

Amy turned toward me, her face pale but stubborn. Daniel tensed beside her, shoulders straightening like a soldier bracing for impact.

I looked directly at him. “You should know better, Daniel. Curiosity has a price.”

He opened his mouth to speak, probably to defend her, but I wasn’t in the mood to listen. So I turned my gaze back to Amy and said, “Since you’re so curious, I’ll tell you everything.”

She didn’t blink. “Then say it.”

I took a slow breath. “Years ago, I was mated to your mother. It wasn’t a perfect bond, but I respected it. I gave her everything she asked for. Then one night, I found out she had been seeing another man–an Alpha from the South.”

Her lips parted slightly, but she said nothing.

“When I confronted her, she didn’t deny it. She told me she loved him. I broke the bond that same night and sent her away. I thought that was the end of it.”

Amy’s fingers tightened around the file she was holding. Daniel’s jaw clenched, but he stayed silent.

I continued, forcing the words out before I could stop myself. “A few months later, I found out she was pregnant. I assumed it was mine–until I learned the truth. The child she carried wasn’t mine. It was his. The Alpha of the South.”

Amy went still. No sound came from her, no movement. Just silence.

“You’re that child,” I said, looking her straight in the eye. “You were never mine by blood.”

Daniel stepped forward slightly, as if to block her from me. “Elias-”

I raised my hand. “Don’t interrupt. You need to hear this too.”

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I turned back to Amy. “I sent you to a good foster home out of duty, not love. You were a responsibility I didn’t ask for. I could have sent you away with her to rot and be a rogue, but I didn’t. I did what I thought was right. But don’t ever think it was because you were my daughter.”

Her eyes became teary, but she didn’t let a tear fall. “So all this time,” she said quietly, “you knew?”

“Yes.”

“And you just let me grow up thinking I didn’t have anyone?”

I felt the question like a hit to the chest, but I didn’t flinch. “You had a home. That was enough.”

She took a shaky breath. “What about my real father?”

I looked away, just for a second. “He didn’t want you. He didn’t want her either when he found out the truth. When I told him she was pregnant, he said he had no interest in a bastard child born out of betrayal. His words, not mine.”

Daniel muttered under his breath, “That’s cruel.”

I turned to him. “Cruelty has its place when truth is involved. Sometimes the only way to end a lie is to burn it down.”

Amy pushed herself up from the chair. “You think telling me this fixes anything? You think it makes

you noble?”

“It makes me free,” I said quietly. “You wanted to know what I was hiding. Now you do.”

Her voice trembled, the first sign of emotion slipping through. “You didn’t have to hate me for what she did.”

“I don’t hate you,” I said, though the words felt strange in my mouth. “I hate what she turned us all into. I hate what that betrayal did to this family. But you–you’re not the cause. You’re just the reminder.”

She looked at me like she didn’t know whether to yell or cry. Daniel stepped beside her and placed a hand on her shoulder. “That’s enough,” he said firmly.

I let out a tired breath. “You can think whatever you want. I don’t owe either of you anything else.”

I turned toward the door, pausing for just a moment before I left. “Your mother’s name doesn’t deserve to be dragged through more dirt. Let her rest where she is. Stop digging before you find something worse.”

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