The Alpha Who Never Loved Me (Serena and Kieran) novel Chapter 87

Chapter 87

Kieran

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My phone was in my hand before the taillights turned the corner. I dialed Mark.

“I need you to dig into Sophie’s life,” I said. “Everything from the day she left six years ago to the day she came back. Every detail. Don’t leave anything out.”

“Yes, Alpha.”

The call ended and I drove to the Alpha house.

Mother and Jenna sat in the living room when I walked in; Jenna’s face was red and Mother’s eyes were swollen and the temperature in the room dropped the second they saw me.

Jenna spoke first. “You already proved that Sophie means more to you than your own family.” She crossed her arms. “So why are you coming back?”

The heat crawled up my neck and settled behind my jaw. “You’ve grown, Jenna, but you’re stepping out a line 2139

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that way.”

She shrank behind Mother; her shoulder tucked behind

Mother’s arm.

Mother rose to her feet. “You can dismiss your own mother and fight with her in public, but you cannot handle your sister talking back to you?”

My temples throbbed and the pressure behind my eyes from my built with every word that hit me. “Stay away business,” I said. “Stop interfering. I know what I’m doing.” I exhaled. “Sophie is Ethan’s mother. If my own mother lowers herself to fight Sophie on the street, what would the public say about us? You are the family of the Alpha and we should not be embarrassing ourselves outside.”

Mother laughed; the sound was bitter and sharp. “Let them talk. It’s their words and I don’t care.”

Father stood from his chair. “Women always let emotions dictate their judgment.” He turned to Mother. “Did you even think about Kieran’s future or this family’s standing when you acted that way in public?” His voice hardened. “Kieran is the Alpha of this pack and every decision he makes must put the interest of the pack first. He gave

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Serena a chance and she decided to leave. What do you expect him to do, beg her to stay?”

Mother’s mouth opened and then closed; the words stayed trapped behind her teeth.

Grandfather stepped forward. “You are the matriarch of this family. Luna. Why are you allowing yourself to be dragged into street fights?” He shook his head. “You are supposed to be upright and proper, not an embarrassment.”

Mother looked at each of them and her face held every emotion she was not permitted to speak. Then she turned and walked out of the room.

Something turned in my chest as I watched her go.

Father cheated on Mother and she swallowed the humiliation and stayed. She remained in the marriage and raised her children and she never once went after the other woman in public.

Until Sophie.

Mother attacked Sophie on a street corner and screamed

12:39 and hit and lost every ounce of composure she built over

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a lifetime, and I wanted to know why. What made Sophie different from every other woman Father brought home? What made Mother break now, after decades of silence?

I drove home.

Trevor showed up within the hour. He let himself in and poured two glasses and set one in front of me.

“It’s already too messy,” he said. “Just divorce Serena and let her be.” He drank and set the glass down. “Sophie is in the way and she will always be in the way. If you divorce Serena, everyone gets what they want.’

“My grandfather pushed Sophie out years ago.” I gripped the glass but did not drink. “If he had not done that, she would not be living this way now and Ethan’s identity would not be hidden.”

“And?”

“Sophie is a mother before anything else and she needs to take care of her child.”

“If Sophie is so good,” Trevor said; his glass paused halfway to his mouth, “then how is it that one person 2:40 after another dislikes her? Is every other person wrong

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and she’s the only one who’s right?”

“They all prefer Serena,” I said. “That’s why they assume. Sophie has bad motives.”

vor set his glass down and looked at me. “So everyone O prefers Serena sees Sophie as a bad person, but you see Serena as a bad person and you think Sophie is a good person.” He tilted his head. “Does that mean the person you care for is Sophie, not Serena?”

My teeth clenched; the nerve he struck sent a jolt through my jaw.

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now about love?” My voice filled y one thing and then the other. Talk Dout feelings, go on and on. What even does everyone waste their time and energy nonsense?”

Trevor leaned back. “You agreed to date Sophie in the first place. You agreed to be with her. Was that not about feelings?” He held my stare. “When the two of you were together, did you just sit and stare into space?”

dated Sophie because I cared about her.” My grip op2:40 the glass tightened. “She was the only woman I ever cared

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