Chapter 306: The Shattering Truth

**Thelma Zane’s POV** Benard stared at my father, his face pale and his voice shaky. “Forgive me, Your Majesty, but I don’t understand what you’re referring to.” My father’s expression remained cold as he replied, “Oh, really? Benard, take a good look at me and your former playmate. Are you sure there’s nothing you’d like to say to either of us?” Benard’s face grew even paler, beads of sweat forming on his brow. He swallowed hard and muttered, “I don’t know what you mean.” My father let out a dry laugh. “You don’t know? Interesting. Perhaps the pressures of being an Alpha have dulled the sharp memory you were once so proud of.” The sharp edge in my father’s tone caused my adoptive parents and the Walter family to grow visibly uneasy. This was no warm reunion of old friends—it was something far more ominous. My adoptive mother, trying to calm the tension, spoke softly, “Thelma, please don’t be too harsh on Benard. He was very worried about you when you went missing. He