Chapter 199

He stopped. His voice cracked just slightly at the end. Then, silence. He exhaled slowly. “I didn’t tell you any of this before,” he said softly, “because I didn’t know how to bring up my brother in front of you.” Elyana’s expression didn’t change, but her hands tightened into fists at her sides. “You never knew about him,” Daimon continued as his fingers brushed on her cheeks. “After you came into my life, I just… never mentioned him. I thought it didn’t matter. And when Katrina came back… she brought the news of his death with her. I was devastated, Elyana. I didn’t know how to deal with it, let alone explain it to you.” His voice dropped a little, as if admitting something even he had never said out loud before. “At that time, I wasn’t thinking about how you felt. I just needed to confirm if what she said was true. Whether the child she carried was truly my brother’s. Because if that child was family… if he was really my brother’s son… I couldn’t let him be born outside, alone, unpr