I Left Before He Learned My Worth novel Chapter 110

**TITLE: I Left Before He Learned My Worth**

**Chapter 110**

**KAEL**

58%

+10 Free Coins

“Regardless of your intentions,” I asserted, my tone steady despite the storm brewing inside me, “you can’t simply reassign yourself. If you wish to work alongside Ivory, that decision is hers to make, but it must be processed through the proper channels. Nina is the one who manages all staff assignments.”

“I can help,” Margo interjected, her determination palpable as she pivoted back to Ivory. “Your mother is alive today because of you. You saved her when everyone else had lost hope. I owe you everything. I want to delve into your food growth research as well. I want to contribute to the pack, not just serve someone who is actively harming it.”

Ivory fell silent, her expression contemplative as she absorbed Margo’s words. I could feel a subtle shift in her weight against me, an indication that she was weighing the offer carefully.

“What Margo said,” Ivory finally broke the silence, her voice measured and cautious. “About me being the one who should be Luna. About the Alpha being… interested in me. Is there any truth to that?”

At that moment, my stomach plummeted. This was the very conversation I had been dreading since the day Ivory lost her memory.

“It’s complicated,” I replied, choosing my words with care.

“That’s not an answer,” Ivory pressed, her gaze locking onto mine with a sharp intensity that belied her weakened state. “Margo also mentioned something else. About you ripping out someone’s heart. About you declaring that I was your woman. Did that actually happen?”

Damn Margo and her flair for the dramatic!

“Yes,” I conceded, knowing that deceit would only make matters worse. Five years ago, before the curse took hold, there was an Alpha visiting who was harassing you, making inappropriate advances. I challenged him.”

“And killed him?” Ivory’s expression was inscrutable, a mixture of curiosity and disbelief.

“Yes,” I confirmed, the weight of my admission heavy in the air.

“Why?”

The simplicity of her question belied the depth of its implications. Why had I killed for her? Why had I claimed her as mine? Why had I been driven to such violence?

“Because you mattered to me,” I said slowly, choosing my words with the utmost care. “Because no one had the right to treat you that way. Because…” I faltered, struggling to articulate the possessiveness I had felt then without complicating our current situation.

“Because I was yours,” Ivory interjected, her voice thick with emotion. “That’s what Margo said you declared. That I was your woman. Your possession.”

“It wasn’t like that—”

“Then what was it like?” Ivory pulled back slightly, creating a chasm between us despite her frail condition. “Were we together? Before the curse? During it? Is that the reason everyone seems to think Luna Aria is an interloper?”

I grappled with how to respond. The truth was a tangled web, messy and not easily distilled into simple terms. But she deserved honesty, even if it was uncomfortable.

VERIFYCAPTCHA_LABELVerify