Chapter 17: A Secret Daughter
Chapter 17: A Secret Daughter
(Olivia’s POV)
“Of course I’m not joking, I handled the procedures myself. Her name is Rosalie Thorne,” Another doctor’s voice came through the phone, followed by a warning. “But please don’t spread this news around.”
The phone slipped from my trembling hands and clattered to the ground. Theodore had another pup
Clara.
My world shattered completely.
in with
Rosalie. The name echoed in my mind like a death knell. Theodore had given his secret daughter the exact
name we had chosen for our lost child.
Memories flooded back like a torrent, each one more painful than the last.
During our early mating, under Eleonora’s expectations, I began preparing for pregnancy. But Theodore had
been reluctant.
“Isn’t it good to have just the two of us?” he had asked, his hands gentle on my shoulders.
“Mating isn’t about having pups,” he had insisted when I pressed him about starting a family.
When I asked him about the purpose of our mate bond, he had looked at me with seemingly deep affection. To never be separated from you, to make you belong only to me.”
Memories of Leo’s birth came flooding back. My wolf, Zoe’s, psychic abilities went haywire during the delivery. The voices of everyone in the hospital flooded my mind, causing Zoe to fall into a deep slumber.
The pain of losing my wolf, coupled with three full days and nights of labor pains, led to a difficult birth. Theodore knelt outside the delivery room all night.
After giving birth, having lost my wolf, I also lost my self–healing abilities. I was sent to the intensive care unit due to complications. Not only did Theodore refuse to hold our newborn son, he wouldn’t even look at him.
He had even sworn that “if Olivia has an accident because of him, let him get out of the Redgrave family.”
Despite Eleonora’s pressure for more pups and my own desire for a daughter, Theodore adamantly refused to let me get pregnant again. “Your health is poor, no one is worth you consuming yourself,” he had claimed.
But I had persisted, and Theodore eventually found the best pack healer to ensure my safety. A year later, I did become pregnant again
1 remembered the tender moment when I nestled in his arms as he touched my belly. He had sternly warned
our unborn pup. If you’re mischievous like your brother and bother your mother, I’ll discipline you when you’re
born
Those moments had felt like pure happiness, everything I had ever wished for.
The memory of narning our unborn pup cut deepest of all. When I had asked him to choose a name, he had Immediately suggested “Olivia Rose”
I had laughed, saying “I’m Olivia, and she’s also Olivia–how can mother and daughter have the same name?
He had gazed at me tenderly, his fingers tracing my features before kissing my lips. “Thope this pup is as clever and sharp as my Olivia, so let’s call her Rosalie.”
We had kissed passionately, lost in what I believed was genuine love and tenderness.
The cruel irony struck me with full force. While similar things and identical names could be coincidences,
having the exact same father and pup information was impossible to explain away.
Theodore had another pup – the very name he had chosen for our lost daughter now belonged to his secret
pup with Clara
The realization hit me like a physical blow. My vision blurred as basketball courts, bushes, and approaching figures spun around me.
I collapsed
(Killian’s POV)
My arms shot out, catching Olivia just as her legs gave way. I held her tight, her scent of rain and sorrow
filling my senses as I stared down at her pale, tear–streaked face
A breath ghosted past her lips, a broken murmur that pierced the silence. “My daughter.” Then, she was
gone, a dead weight in my arms.
The second time. The second time I’d found her this broken. My jaw clenched. What in the hell had Theodore
done to her?
“Daddy?” a small voice whispered beside me. Elara, my own little pup, stared up with wide, worried eyes. “It’s the pretty lady. Why is she so sad? Can we take her home?”
Every instinct screamed at me to do just that, to carry her away from all this. But I can’t. I have another mission to carry out, and we are strangers now. Establishing contact would be dangerous, not just for me,
but for her as well.
“We’ll take her to the pack enforcers, sweetie,” I said, my voice low and grim. They can help her.” I then knelt to look my daughter in the eye, my tone turning deadly serious. “Listen to me, Elara. You never saw us here. You never speak of this to anyone, not even to her. Understand? This is for everyone’s safety.”
(Olivia’s POV)
When I regained consciousness at the pack enforcement station, my rescuer had already left, with no time to express gratitude, I urgently approached Pack Enforcer Kade.
“I need help booking a flight ticket, but I don’t have my ID with me. Could you please issue me a temporary identification document?” I requested.
Kade nodded, processing my request efficiently. Before leaving, I bought three bottles of perfume at a shop, hoping to slightly alter my scent trail and buy some time.
At The Redgrave Airstrip, just before boarding, I sent my final messages. First, I forwarded Theodore the salacious photos and other content Clara had sent me.
Then came my own three messages, brutally direct: “I already know about your five–year affair with Clara and your secret daughter. I will never forgive you, Theodore. I give up custody of Leo, I want nothing of yours, and I want to sever our mate bond!”
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With the messages sent, I threw my phone into a trash can, boarded the plane, and didn’t look back
As the plane lifted off and soared through the clouds, I watched the rainbow bloom across the sky. I laughed through my tears, realizing that ten years ago I had come to Stonehaven City with my mother.
I never imagined I would leave under such circumstances.
My mate, pup, former Luna, and best friend had all betrayed me, leaving me completely alone. But as the plane climbed higher, I whispered my final goodbyes.
“Goodbye, Theodore. Goodbye, Leo. I’m free!”
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