The wound that never healed

Zara’s pov“Zara, your mother is dead.”For several I refused to understand what I had just heard. The words entered my ears but refused to make sense.My eyes were fixed on Ryan, waiting for him to take back what he had just said; perhaps I had misunderstood him. But he just stood there, watching me, with that calm expression on his face that had infuriated me since the day I met him. he always ruined my reality with that same cold certainty.My mother was standing right beside me, her hand tightened around mine; I could still smell the flower in her hair. I could still remember the way her hands touched my face only a few moments ago. The way she had called me sunshine every chance she got. She was here. She was real. She was my mother, and she was very much alive. So what then gave Ryan the audacity to stand in front of me and tell me that she was dead?Something inside me snapped. “You are lying.” My voice sounded quieter than I expected it to be.Ryan’s expression did not change

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The first crack

Chapter 32Zara’s POV “Don’t talk to me like I am one of your guards.” The words had barely left Karl’s mouth before the atmosphere around suddenly became heavier. It was hard to notice at first. The fire burned softly behind me, and somewhere outside, the waves continued to crash against the shore. But inside the room, the warmth had seemed to disappear. It was the Ryan effect. I felt the way Ryan’s shoulder stiffened and the sudden silence that followed Karl’s word.Even Kira, who had been standing near the table, still holding her plate, staring at Ryan, waiting for his reaction. I looked between the two men. Ryan stood with his back fully turned to the door, one hand hanging loosely while the other clenched at his side. There was still a little blood on the corner of his mouth from where my mother had hit him, but he looked like he had already forgotten about it and all his attention was on Karl.Karl, on the other hand, looked…confused. As though he was trying to pick sides. H

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the pathways.

Zara’s POV “…but now, I don’t recognize you anymore.”Karl’s words lingered in my mind. For several seconds, I watched Ryan's face carefully; I expected him to get angry again, or maybe to punish Karl the way he had with everyone else who dared to challenge him… but instead, something changed in his expression, and it made me realize how close they actually were.Ryan's eyes remained fixed on Karl, the man who had just told him that he no longer recognized him.I didn’t know how to feel in that moment. Perhaps satisfaction, proof that I was not completely crazy. Karl had spent weeks treating me like an enemy, and now he was finally admitting that Ryan was not right. That should have brought satisfaction, but it didn’t.Ryan looked so wounded, but it disappeared after a few seconds. His jaw tightened, and the coldness returned to his face. “I did everything I did for the safety of the kingdom.”Karl didn’t answer and faced Kira, who moved closer to him, her fingers quietly wrapping ar

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บททั้งหมดของ Marked by the Wolf King: บทที่ 31 - บทที่ 33

The wound that never healed

The first crack

the pathways.