Zelene Sallow:"My sister?" I frowned, and Axel looked deeply disturbed. The two of us stood face to face, staring at the letter in bewilderment. Just moments ago, we were talking about someone Axel had met, someone he claimed was me, and now I was holding a letter from my sister.Something was trying to click, but I couldn't say for sure until I had read the letter."You never had a sister, right? This is some sort of ploy, right?" Axel smiled awkwardly, his eyes filling with tears of realization."We should return home," I mumbled under my breath as I held the letter tightly and decided to read it in the car. We were still out in the wild, and the Frosters might be planning something. To wrap someone else's child in Yuna's blanket and then leave her here seemed like a ploy.Axel nodded, and together we rushed towards the car. Both of us remained silent throughout the car ride. I knew he wanted me to read the letter as soon as possible. So when he parked the car in the mansion's park
Axel Leon:Shane finished reading the letter, and I couldn't stop thinking about what I had done. My mind was blank from all the thoughts racing through my head. Was it possible that everything that had happened wasn't Zelene's fault? We accused her of something so significant without realizing that the truth was quite different. How did we not question if something was amiss? It was evident that Zelene wasn't a wicked person. Why didn't we investigate further?"Oh, my goodness!" Oscar's sigh brought me back to reality.I shook my head and blinked hard, trying to hide the tears. All this time, I was accusing her when it was a completely different person I had first fallen in love with. Zel had truly touched my heart, but when Zelene came along, I felt a genuine and innocent attraction towards her. My anger and all the false evidence against us had prevented me from pursuing her.She stopped crying and let go of the hug with Oscar. I noticed the brothers avoiding eye contact with her,
Axel Leon:I entered through the large window and found the room completely empty. I could still hear the others fighting, and the chilling screams were echoing off the walls.I started using my wolf's help to track the scents around. I tried to calm my rapid breaths so that I could hear my surroundings clearly. It seemed like there weren't many people in this house; maybe everyone had gone to secure the main door for safety.However, despite not hearing anyone nearby, I just couldn't shake the feeling that my daughter was somewhere close. Once I was in the long hallway, I finally heard footsteps. I hid behind a wall and paid close attention to who it was."Keep an eye on the basement. Make sure no one gets their hands on them," I recognized the voice as Remi, Zelene's adoptive mother. She was giving instructions to the guard about the basement.Whoever they had in the basement was crucial.My daughter!I remembered Zel's letter, and it was pretty clear that I was on the right track.
Zelene Sallow:I had been crying beside my sister's lifeless body for a few minutes before I decided it was time to bid her farewell and hold onto Yuna. Rising to my feet, I gently took Yuna from Axel's grasp and held her so tightly that no one could ever take her away from me."Did you find Yuna?" Shane rushed in from outside in a state of panic but couldn't finish his sentence as he witnessed the heart-wrenching scene."Oh," he sighed and embraced me, allowing me to bury my face in his chest and cry for a moment. I eventually pulled away when I noticed Remi stirring awake once more.I had harbored anger inside me since the last encounter with her, and now, knowing she had taken my sister's life, I couldn't contain it any longer. Shane held onto Yuna and stepped aside to check on Axel, leaving me to confront her myself.She coughed and gently touched the bump on her forehead, trying to regain her composure."Zelene?" She realized I was glaring at her. As she raised her head and our e
Zelene Sallow:"Tell me, are you gonna punish your own mother?" she yelled when I didn't answer her right away."Just give me one good reason why I shouldn't," I asked, and her face went blank for a moment. She was really expecting me to say something comforting to her."I'm your mother, Zelene. I understand you're mad at me right now. But you can't deny or reject the truth that I'm your mother. You've already lost your sister and your adoptive mother. Are you sure you wanna lose your birth mother too?" The way her eyes filled with tears puzzled me. She genuinely seemed to lack the understanding that she's never been a mother to me and that the reason I lost my sister was because of her."My mother? Since when did you start calling yourself my mother?" I scoffed as I made blunt eye contact with her. The fact that she was trying to manipulate me after revealing her true self to me made me wonder if she thought everybody else was foolish in this world."Whatever I was doing, I was doing
Zelene Sallow:"There, there!" I hugged my daughter after feeding her in the car. It felt so wonderful to have her back with me, which made my heart ache for Zel even more. All she wanted was to be with her daughter, and those wicked people took that away from her."How is she?" Ray opened the passenger side door to ask me."She's doing well," I smiled, observing her gaze shifting toward Ray. I noticed that the blue in her eyes had become more prominent.Could it be that now she will be able to see? I had noticed that she was responding somewhat to voices, or perhaps I was just being overly observant."Can I hold her?" Ray asked in a gentle tone. I knew he felt responsible for not being there for her, but now things had changed. I knew he wasn't to blame."Sure," I got out of the car and let him hold her. The way his face lit up when he held her close to his chest and then kissed her cheek was heartwarming."My daughter," he whispered in her ear, holding her tightly. We were still at
Zelene Sallow:It's been a few days since that unfortunate event, but the clouds of sorrow had not yet dispersed. Everyone remained upset. In fact, arranging a suitable funeral for Hannah and Zel proved to be difficult due to Lady Jewel's objections.She didn't attend the funeral, refusing to pay her respects to a froster. I'm relieved she decided not to come. Her presence would have only added to our stress."We've summoned Jessica," Ray informed as he entered my bedroom. "Her trial will begin very soon, and she'll face the consequences for everything she's done."I finally had a bedroom to myself, which I appreciated for the privacy it offered. The brothers had been behaving strangely, seemingly in competition to spend more time with Yuna and me. I wasn't entirely sure how that would play out, but for now, I was leaving everything up to fate."I'm feeling really nervous," I admitted, getting up from beside the crib after putting Yuna to sleep."Nervous? Why's that?" Shane entered th
Zelene Sallow:"Wait, what are you trying to say?" Jessica asked, her voice trembling, her hands shaking, and her body leaning forward as if she feared someone might attack her."Stop lying; we already know the truth," Axel yelled, further unsettling her. She started glancing between me and him, feigning ignorance."Why would I drug you to sleep with her?" She finally came up with an excuse and wasted no time in using it to her advantage."You didn't know I was staying at the hotel that night. That's why you were always angry at Zelene because you couldn't believe you made such a huge mistake by drugging me accidentally too," Axel shouted at her. His yelling had attracted the attention of the brothers, and they rushed upstairs. Hans and Jerome followed suit after hearing the commotion."Daddy! Look what they're saying. They're accusing me of such a disgusting thing. I would never do that to anyone," she cried, hugging her father tightly. He gazed at me, convinced that I was the one tu