Chapter 98: "Pack Claims and Bitter Choices"
(Grace's POV)
The silence in the medical wing felt suffocating as my father, Alpha Marcus Silver, remained on his knees before me. His submissive posture made my stomach turn.
"Please, Grace," he begged, his voice cracking. "You must dissolve your mate bond with Alexander."
The pregnancy hormones amplified my hurt and anger. This man had abandoned me after mother's death, choosing Victoria and Rachel over his firstborn daughter.
"Why now?" I asked quietly. "You didn't kneel when mother was dying. You didn't kneel when I needed a father."
Marcus flinched but maintained his position. "Victoria will die without Alexander. She can't survive this separation."
"And I could?" The words escaped before I could stop them. "When you left us f
