Bound To The Broken Alpha (Amy and Daniel) novel Chapter 161

Chapter 161 Someone New

CLARA

Mark shook his head. “I’ll tell you tomorrow. There’s mere to this than you think.”

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I stood up, still holding the envelope. I didn’t trust my voice to say anything else. When I walked out of the café, the sunlight hit my face, but I didn’t feel it because my head was spinning. I didn’t know if I was angry, scared, or both. I was just having issues processing all I just saw and heard.

I stopped at the end of the street and looked down at the envelope again. My name, my picture, the Alpha’s

crest.

I had spent my whole life wondering who I was. And now that I finally had an answer, I wasn’t sure I wanted it.

I opened the file again, hoping I’d read it wrong, but there it was – my photo printed beside the crest of the Alpha of the South.

Born in the South Pack. My mother is one of the Alpha’s household companions. A line written across the paper: Child transferred for protection. That was all. No explanation, no reasons. Just a decision someone made about me without asking, without caring what I might have wanted.

A wave of nausea hit me. I felt weak, my hands trembling as I let the file slip onto the table. All the anger I’d felt toward Amy, toward Selene, the loyalty I’d poured into following Selene’s ideas, felt empty. Like it had no weight at all. Everything I thought I understood about my life, my choices, my place in the world, was suddenly meaningless.

I and Mark the next day again and he sat across from me silently, but I could see the tension in his eyes. He’d always been calm, “Clara,” he said finally, his voice low. “You need to come with me. There’s someone I think you should meet.”

I right now, his hands were clenched together, knuckles,

I frowned, my stomach tightening. “Meet who?”

“Your mother,” he said, almost like it was impossible to say. “Her name is Marielle. She’s in Ontario. We can find her.”

I froze. Ontario? That was far away. I had no idea what I’d even say if I saw her. And why Marielle? Why now? My first instinct was to refuse. I’d already spent my whole life running, and now someone wanted me to chase a ghost from my past.

“I can’t,” I said quietly, shaking my head. “It doesn’t make sense. I shouldn’t go there. I don’t even know if it’s real.”

Mark leaned forward. “I know it’s hard to believe. I didnt believe it at first either. But I knew Marielle once. She asked me to watch over you from a distance. The Alpha got in the way, but she never stopped worrying. I can take you to her.”

I swallowed hard. My heart was pounding, though I didn’t want to admit it. Anger, disbelief, and a strange, gnawing curiosity all tangled together. I wanted answers I needed to see the woman who gave me life, who had apparently been forced to give me away.

“Fine,” I said finally, my voice tight. “We’ll go. But I don’t expect anything.

The drive was long and silent. Mark didn’t say much, and I didn’t either. The road stretched for hours, lined

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with forests and small towns I didn’t recognize. The tension in the car was heavy, each mile brought me closer to a part of myself I hadn’t known existed.

Eventually, Mark spoke again. “I didn’t tell you everything. Marielle begged me to keep an eye on you. She wanted to make sure you were safe. She never stopped thinking about you, Clara. But the South Alpha–he… he would have interfered. He didn’t want anyone helping her, or you, outside of his control.”

I stared out the window, my hands gripping the edge of the seat. Anger rose up, hot and bitter. Why had no one told me? Why had my life been shaped by people keeping secrets instead of letting me decide? And how could someone have controlled my mother’s life while she gave birth to me? Why in the goddess name is Mark affiliated to my past? Do I really know him? damn!

Mark glanced at me, noticing the tension in my jaw. “I didn’t lie to you. I wanted to tell you sooner, but I didn’t know how you’d react. You have a right to know now.”

I didn’t answer. I wanted to, but the words stuck in my throat. The anger, confusion, and the raw need to understand my own life all competed for dominance.

Finally, we arrived in Ontario. The town was quiet, smaller than I expected. Mark navigated through narrow streets and finally stopped in front of a building tucked deep in the woods. The structure was kind of weird

-no signs, no names. Just a small door at the edge of the forest.

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