Brken

Chapter 110: Abandonment

Astrid’s POV

Erika? That’s also my mother’s name. The bracelet…. Alpha Theron gave it to a woman named Erika, who then gave it to me.

My eyes slowly widened when Alpha Theron’s words sank in. The woman he had been involved with, the one he had abandoned while she was pregnant

that woman is my mother. Which meant…

My breath got caught in my throat as realization dawned upon me like a splash of cold water. Is the Alpha of the Shadowfang Pack my father?

How could that be? How could a powerful Alpha be my father who

abandoned us?

My heart hammered inside my chest, my pulse pounding in my ears. I curled my fingers into the bedsheets, knuckles turning white from my vice–like grip. as a storm of emotions clouded me.

“Don’t tell me…” Asha spoke, her eyes widening. “Tell me, is that the name of your mother?” she spoke directly to me,

My gaze flickered to Asha, my half–sister that I ever knew I had.

I opened my mouth, desperate to say something – anything, but the words. lodged in my throat, choking me. I could only nod my head in response to her question.

My answer hit Asha like a punch to the gut, knocking the wind from her lungs. Her eyes went wide, and her mouth agape as she struggled to process everything.

Shaking her head slowly, Asha took a step back as if distance could somehow make this truth disappear. Her gaze darted between Theron and me, but just like her, I was also equally caught off guard by Alpha Theron’s confession.

that she’s my half-

“There’s no way.” Asha blurted out. “There’s no sister!” Asha’s fingers curled into trembling fists at her sides, nails biting.

Every time I suffered every time I needed a father, I always wondered why he wasn’t there. I can’t believe that this is the reason that he will give me

“Astrid,” he began, voice low and thick

express how deeply sorry I am. When

th regret 1.. cannot begin to when I left your mother, I thought i

was making the right choice, the only office. But in doing so, i abandoned you – my own flesh and blood “He paused, swallowing the lump in his throat ” robbed you of a father, and forthat, I am truly sorry”

A resounding slap echoed inside the room after my palm made contact with his cheek. Everyone was surprised, not expecting that I would hit the Alpha of the Shadowfang Pack

My palm stung at the sharp contact, bure one said a word. I watched as Alpha Theron held his stinging cheeke

“That is for my mother” i spoke hard astears streamed down my face. “You don’t know how much pain and handshig she went through after you left her. “I pointed a finger at hum

*After you left, she took all the responsibility. Life was so hard on her that she died early “I spoke as i choked back tears

Alpha Theron fell silent. He couldn’t even look into my eyes. I’ve only mentioned my mother’s pan Mine was worse than hers because i had no father to protect the

I

“You’re right. You robbed me of a father but you also robbed me of a mother as well!” I shouted at tums

“What’s the point of you telling us all of this?” I asked him mockingly. “Didn’t you choose your Pack instead of us? Sace you’ve already made that choice, you should commit to your decision unt the end,” I spoke emptily

“You can’t choose your Pack and expect that you could also have me, Alpha Let’s just act like you said nothing.“1 added as I turned my back on bum,