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The word echoed in Kane''s mind as he nced past Wren, his eyes settling on the house behind her. His expression darkened.
It had been years since hest set foot inside. Time had passed, but the
memories remained. This house-once filled with warmth-had been the home he and Selene shared.
After she left, the ce became a hollow shell, suffocating in its emptiness. Unable to bear it, he had sworn never to return. Yet, here he was. Maybe he wanted to embrace that loneliness again.
But that wasn''t the full truth.
Because with the loneliness came the memories of Selene.
"How have you been, Wren?" His voice was steady, but the question startled her. Kane had never asked about her well-being before.
She had always expected he would return someday, but he never did. And when Selene left him, Wren had felt the loss too. She had watched that girl suffer in silence, waiting here night after night for a husband who never came home.
She remembered seeing Selen Chapter Unlocked, Enjoy Reading! ng Kane would walk through the door. And when he finally did-bringing another woman into this house-Selene had broken downpletely. Wren had witnessed every tear.
"I''m doing well, Alpha. And you?" she asked, stepping aside to let him in.
"Mm. Good." Kane stepped inside, his tone unreadable. She couldn''t tell if he was actually answering her or just acknowledging her response.
Then her eyes fell to the floor.
"Alpha-your hand!" she gasped, noticing the blood dripping onto the hardwood.
"It''s nothing," he dismissed, already heading upstairs.
Wren remained frozen for a moment, watching him disappear up the staircase. She was a few years younger than Kane''s mother and had seen him grow from a boy into the man he was now. His presence here after so many years unsettled her. Something wasn''t right.
Upstairs, Kane stopped in front of a door.
He stood there, motionless. His fingers hovered over the doorknob, hesitation gripping him.
The room had been locked for years.
Finally, he turned the knob, pushing the door open.
The moment he stepped inside, memories flooded back like a tidal wave.
He reached for the light switch, and as the room illuminated, his gaze swept across the space. Everything was as he had left it. His mind drifted back to the first night he and Selene spent here after
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That night, she had been full ofughter, satning andy as her day he goes
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existence
Was that enough to destroy everything?
His eyes drifted to the nightstand. Slowly, the pulled open the first drawe
Inside, a diamond ring glimmered under the dino in the same one Selene had aft behind. He aw clenched as another image burned into his mind Grayson sipping a new King onto te ingeste that night.
His blood boiled
Beside the ring was a card-the same one he had given her back then. He had only wanted her to have financial security. He never meant for it to be anything else
His fingers moved to the second drawer. This time, he relieved his own the the one he had ced there after their divorce. Without a second thought, he slipped it into his pocket
He needed to leave.
But just as he was about to close the nightstand, his gaze fell to thest drawer
He had never opened it before.
Curiosity flickered in his chest as he pulled it open.
Inside, he found an old photo album and a diary.
The album was filled with pictures of him and Selene-snapshots of a past he had tried to forget
But it was the diary that caught his attention.
His fingers brushed over the cover, a strange sensation creeping over him.
Selene kept a diary?
He had never known that about her. Had she always written in it?
And more importantly... what had she written inside?
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That night, she had been full ofughter, talking endlessly about her day, her voice light and cheerful.
At the time, he had found it irritating. He had snapped at her, telling her to stop talking.
He had hated her then-hated how she had disrupted his life.
Now, as he sat on the bed, those memories pressed down on him. This was where they had spent countless nights together. And yet, he couldn''t understand- what had he done to make her despise him so much?
In his mind, all he had ever done was avoiding home. He had ignored her presence, dismissed her
existence.
Was that enough to destroy everything?
His eyes drifted to the nightstand. Slowly, he pulled open the first drawer.
Inside, a diamond ring glimmered under the dim light-the same one Selene had left behind. His jaw clenched as another image burned into his mind: Grayson slipping a new ring onto her finger earlier that night.
His blood boiled.
Beside the ring was a card-the same one he had given her back then. He had only wanted her to have financial security. He never meant for it to be anything else.
His fingers moved to the second drawer. This time, he retrieved his own ring-the one he had ced there after their divorce. Without a second thought, he slipped
it into his pocket.
He needed to leave.
But just as he was about to close the nightstand, his gaze fell to thest drawer.
He had never opened it before.
Curiosity flickered in his chest as he pulled it open.
Inside, he found an old photo album and a diary.
The album was filled with pictures of him and Selene-snapshots of a past he had
tried to forget.
But it was the diary that caught his attention.
His fingers brushed over the cover, a strange sensation creeping over him.
Selene kept a diary?
He had never known that about her. Had she always written in it?
And more importantly... what had she written inside?