Chapter 204

LIAM’S POV Zane continued talking, “I spoke to a few older wolves from Natalie’s former pack. Weird thing is… no one remembers ever seeing her before she turned one.” I narrowed my eyes. “What do you mean?” “I mean,” he exhaled, “there were whispers. Rumors. They say she just… appeared one day. There was no scent of her as a newborn. No memory of her running around as a toddler. Nothing.” I frowned. I could feel my stomach tightening. “And?” Zane hesitated. “Some believe she’s not Alpha Angus’s biological daughter. That he adopted her. But there’s no proof. Nothing concrete. No records. Just gaps and strange silences.” I clenched my jaw. “And Violet?” “Violet was born a year later. After that, everything shifted. Angus started treating Natalie like an afterthought. Like a burden. He started favoring Violet. It’s like Natalie went from daughter to... stranger overnight.” My fists curled slowly. That explained so much—the sadness in her eyes, the loneliness that she had even when she smi