Chapter 12 — Bro Was In My Flashback??
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“I’ve seen you before.”
Silence.
Actual cinematic silence.
Everybody froze.
Even the tunnel stopped crumbling for dramatic effect.
Darius stared at me.
Golden eyes unreadable.
Then—
very slowly—
he smiled.
And girl?
That smile triggered every survival instinct I owned.
Kael stepped in front of me immediately.
“You’ll say nothing.”
Darius ignored him.
Interesting.
Very disrespectful.
“I wondered when your memories would return,” Darius said softly.
My heart started speed-running.
Return??
Nah because excuse me??
Kael’s voice turned deadly.
“Enough.”
Darius looked amused.
“Still lying to her?”
The Alpha King looked exhausted.
Honestly same.
I pointed aggressively.
“No. Nobody moves. Nobody growls. Nobody says mysterious villain lines. Start EXPLAINING.”
The silver glow beneath my skin flickered again.
Pain.
Hot and sharp.
The bond pulsed violently.
Kael looked worried instantly.
And somehow that annoyed me more.
Because WHY did this man keep looking at me like I was both treasure and emergency situation??
Darius finally spoke.
“You were a child when we met.”
My stomach twisted.
The memory flashed again.
Fire.
The silver-haired woman.
Golden eyes.
Fear.
“You were there,” I whispered.
He nodded once.
Kael growled.
“She doesn’t need this.”
“No,” Darius replied coldly. “She deserves it.”
Girl this tunnel was basically family trauma headquarters.
I crossed my arms.
“Continue before I start throwing rocks.”
Darius looked at me quietly.
“Your mother wasn’t killed by rogues.”
Silence.
My chest tightened.
No.
No no no.
“She was hunted.”
The words hit like ice.
Kael’s jaw clenched.
The Alpha King looked away again.
Interesting.
Suspicious behavior.
“Hunted by who?” I asked softly.
Nobody answered.
Then Darius said:
“The Crown.”
Everything stopped.
Actually stopped.
The Alpha King stiffened.
Kael’s expression darkened instantly.
And me?
Emotionally evaporated.
I looked at the King.
“You hunted my mother?”
His silver eyes met mine.
Pain lived there.
Old pain.
“We feared what she could become.”
BRO???
Nah because what kind of government response was THAT??
My anger exploded.
“So you killed her because you were scared?!”
“I did not kill her.”
The King’s voice sounded rough.
“But I failed to save her.”
The tunnel fell silent.
And suddenly—
I understood.
That guilt.
That grief.
The portrait.
The regret.
Oh.
OH.
This story had HISTORY history.
Then Darius dropped another nuclear bomb.
“She was his mate.”
I blinked.
Once.
Twice.
Then looked at the Alpha King.
Then back at Darius.
Then back again.
“…WHAT.”
The King closed his eyes.
And that silence?
Yeah.
CONFIRMED.
OH MY GOD.
The silver-haired woman.
The prophecy wolf.
The portrait.
She wasn’t just connected to him.
She was HIS mate.
BRO THIS LORE WAS ILLEGAL.
Everything clicked violently inside my head.
“That’s why you looked guilty.”
The King opened his eyes slowly.
“I loved her.”
Oh.
That hurt.
Not me personally.
But spiritually.
Kael suddenly stepped closer.
“This conversation ends now.”
Darius laughed.
“You still fear the truth.”
Kael’s eyes glowed dangerously.
“I fear what it does to her.”
Wait.
Her?
My brain froze.
A horrible thought crawled in.
Slowly.
Terrifyingly.
I looked at Kael.
Then at the King.
Then whispered:
“If she was the prophecy wolf…”
My voice cracked.
“…and she was his mate…”
Silence.
Nobody breathed.
Then I looked at Kael.
Heart pounding.
“…how are YOU connected to her?”
The tunnel went dead quiet.
Kael looked completely still.
And for the first time since meeting him—
he looked afraid.
Not angry.
Not dangerous.
Afraid.
Girl.
GIRL.
That was never a good sign.
Then—
a scream echoed from outside.
Blood-curdling.
Followed by explosions.
The ground shook violently.
A guard crashed into the tunnel entrance covered in blood.
“Alpha!”
Kael turned sharply.
The guard looked horrified.
“They breached the inner territory—”
He stopped.
Breathing hard.
Then said the sentence that instantly destroyed everyone’s peace:
“They found the Moon Temple.”
Silence.
The Alpha King went pale.
Darius’ smile disappeared.
And Kael?
His face looked absolutely deadly.
Because apparently—
whatever the Moon Temple was—
EVERYONE was terrified of it.
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