The cheers for Alyssa began to fade as the Alpha descended from the podium, his face impassive, betraying no emotion. As he neared Seraphine, his eyes flicked toward her—just for a moment, cold and devoid of warmth. To him, she was nothing more than a stranger.The Alpha’s mind wandered back to the day Seraphine was born, the same day her mother had died. He remembered standing outside the room, hearing his beloved take her last breath. When Seraphine, the crying newborn, was placed in his arms, he had felt nothing but emptiness.“This child,” he had thought bitterly, “took her life.”Since that moment, he had distanced himself from Seraphine, unable to love the daughter who had brought him so much pain. Over the years, his indifference only deepened, and now, as he passed her, he felt nothing.He turned away from her without a word, his focus once again on Alyssa, the pack’s favored daughter. As he returned to his seat, the pack’s anticipation shifted to the elder who stepped forward
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