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Chapter Forty: The Mother's Choice
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MY STEPBROTHER ALPHA'S DIRTY OBSESSION Chapter Forty: The Mother's Choice
Serena’s POVThe paper shakes in my hand, not because of the words. Because of the handwriting. I know it; I've seen it on birthday cards. On grocery lists stuck to the fridge. On the note she left beside my bed the morning she told me we were moving. My mother wrote this."That's her handwriting," I say.” The room goes silent.Kael takes the paper from me gently and studies it. Then looks at Damien. "Where exactly did you find this?""On her dressing table. Folded once. Placed on top of a silver pendant I've never seen before." "What pendant?"Damien reaches into his pocket and produces a chain. A thin silver chain with a small crescent moon hanging from it. My legs almost give out."That's my father's," I whisper. Every head in the room turns to me. "My birth father." My voice sounds far away. "He wore it every day. My mother kept it after he died. She never took it out. Never showed it to anyone."Kael's expression shifts. "She left it deliberately.""She left it for me." I take th
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