Chapter 416 - That was the kind of woman she was

Vladimir slowly lowered his head, his eyes growing distant as memories he had buried for decades came rushing back to the surface with painful, crystal-clear detail.

One after another, they replayed in his mind like a cruel movie he couldn’t stop watching.

If only he had listened. If only he had taken those warnings seriously instead of letting fear control him. None of them would be standing here today, drowning in all this heartbreak.

A bitter smile crossed his face. "So many people envy wolves with special gifts," he said, his voice quiet and almost empty. "They admire the power. They dream about having abilities no one else possesses."

He slowly shook his head. "But if they truly knew the terrible price that comes with those gifts, they wouldn’t wish for them at all."

The guilt weighing on Vladimir’s heart had been building up for more than thirty years. There had been signs, warnings. There had been questions that should have been asked.

As Alpha, he had all the authority in the world to uncover every single truth. No member of the pack would have dared lie to him if he had demanded real answers. But he hadn’t done any of that.

Not because he couldn’t, but because he was terrified. Terrified of losing the only woman he had ever truly loved.

So instead of searching for the truth, he chose to believe the comforting lie that was placed right in front of him.

finally looked at Voren. "When your mother became pregnant, the shaman examined her." Every word grew heavier and

people exchanged uneasy glances around

with emotion. "She said the Moon Goddess had chosen her, but she was also giving

frowned deeply. "What do you

us only one of you would survive. If she ended

deck like thunder. No one spoke. Even the air around them

connected to you, would slowly drain the

His hands trembled visibly. "I begged her, pleaded with her. I even got angry with her. I asked her...hell, I demanded, that

freely down his

brought it up. She would hold her

his eyes tightly. "That was the

his head, even he feeling his chest tighten with emotion. There wasn’t a single person

clear to her. The Moon

them the freedom to refuse. Oriana could have chosen life. She could have rejected her fate. Instead, she willingly embraced

be remembered with honor for generations, not forgotten, and

she gave birth." His confession stunned

how much I begged, she never changed her mind." His lips trembled. "The shaman told us

toward him, hanging on

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