Rejected and Pregnant Claimed By The Dark Alpha Prince novel Chapter 743

Chapter 743: What I was born to be

Karmen’s face lit up the moment he saw him. "Carlos!" he exclaimed warmly as the two men stepped forward and embraced each other.

"Finally, I get to see you again," Karmen said as they pulled apart. "How have you been? And tell me, did you find the answers you were searching for when you left so suddenly?"

Carlos turned his gaze toward the neatly trimmed bushes lining the garden. "Yes," he replied.

Karmen nodded slowly, as if sensing that there was much more behind that simple answer. Then a small smile returned to his face.

"There’s something I wanted to tell you as well," he said, shifting slightly to Carlos’s left. "I finally asked Aisha out. We’re dating now."

Carlos turned his head toward him, the corner of his lips lifting faintly. "So you finally did what you should have done a long time ago."

Karmen chuckled softly and nodded. "You’re right. And honestly... I should thank you for pushing me to take that step." His voice softened as he spoke about her. "I’ve never been in love before, so this feeling is completely new to me. But every day I see her, it’s like feeling butterflies. I keep thinking about her constantly, about how to make her smile, how to make her happy. I feel... lighter all the time."

Carlos listened quietly, a faint smile resting on his face as he watched his friend talk so openly.

After a moment, Karmen’s curiosity returned. "Now tell me," he said. "What exactly were you searching for? Did you truly find what you were looking for? And if you need help, you know I’m always ready."

Before Carlos could respond, a hand suddenly landed on his shoulder.

Gabriel had appeared behind them.

"He’s not planning to take help from any of us," Gabriel said with mild annoyance in his voice. "He doesn’t even bother telling us what’s going on in his head or his heart."

He stepped forward to stand beside Carlos, Noah resting comfortably in the baby carrier strapped to his chest.

Karmen glanced at the little boy and then back at Gabriel with a curious smile. "Are you going somewhere?"

Carlos also looked at Gabriel with mild amusement.

"Yeah," Gabriel replied casually. "Noah is growing fast. Keeping him inside the house all the time isn’t good for him." He adjusted the carrier slightly. "So Amelie and I are taking him out for a while. Tomorrow we’ll have to head back to the palace anyway."

Gabriel’s gaze remained fixed on Carlos as he spoke again, his tone more serious now.

"Are you still not going to tell me what’s going on?" he asked. "You weren’t in the house the entire night, and then you came back late in the morning."

Karmen turned toward Carlos as well, the smile fading from his face. It was clear now that something far more serious was weighing on him.

For a moment, Carlos remained silent. His eyes drifted toward the garden path before he finally spoke.

"If I don’t follow the path I was chosen for... I will die."

Both Gabriel and Karmen froze at his words.

Shock spread across their faces as they tried to process what he had just said.

Noah, however, remained blissfully unaware of the tension around him. He was happily playing with the pendant that hung loosely from Gabriel’s shirt, tugging at it with tiny curious fingers.

Carlos continued speaking, his voice calm but heavy with the weight of long-hidden truths.

"I was born into the Ashfall family," he said. "The family destined to lead the witches, the sorcerers... all those who belong to our kind. But I’ve been defying that destiny ever since my powers began to appear."

His eyes darkened slightly at the memory.

"The visions... They were something I could never stop. I studied everything I could about them for the sake of my parents." He paused briefly. "But they died too soon."

Carlos swallowed before continuing.

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