The Alpha’s Hidden Heirs by Avery Rose

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Chapter 60

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Kane kept his eyes on the road as he followed Selene’s car. He wasn’t sure why he was tailing her, but when his

mom said she was leaving, something inside him wouldn't let her go.

How dare she leave his pack without his permission?

The first few raindrops hit his windshield without warning. Looking up, he saw dark clouds gathering overhead.

“Great, rain,” he muttered.

Water slicked the asphalt, and thunder cracked across the sky. Kane fixed his eyes on the red taillights of

Selene’s car ahead.

While driving, he tried calling her. He needed answers - needed to understand why she was leaving. Something

felt wrong about all this.

Each tshe rejected his call, his anxiety grew. This woman was driving him crazy.

“Why won't she pick up the damn phone?” His knuckles went white as he gripped the steering wheel harder.

The winter rain created a thick blanket of fog, turning the road into a hazardous maze of limited visibility.

Every argument they'd had this week played through his mind. Her harsh words hung in his thoughts like the

heavy clouds above.

“Does she really think | can’t stop her?” He growled, pressing down on the gas.

Meanwhile, Selene stared at her phone screen, watching Kane's calls cin one after another.

She couldn't figure out what he wanted, but she didn’t owe him anything anymore. She wasn’t part of his pack,

and he wasn’t her Alpha.

She turned off her phone and shoved it in her bag. The last thing she wanted was to talk to him.

“Please gethquickly,” she told her driver.

He caught her eye in the rearview mirror. “Yes, Miss. I'm going as fast as | safely can.”

She nodded and turned to watch the rain-streaked window.

From the backseat, Selene watched the world blur past. The events of the past week flooded her mind,

strengthening her resolve never to return to this pack.

The raindrops tracking down the window mirrored her mood. The sudden storm seemed fitting - as chaotic as

her life had become.

Like this gloomy weather, her life was full of fog and uncertainty.

She'd cto help Alpha Garrett, and she'd succeeded. Now it was tto return h- to her children.

Her twins‘ behavior toward their father troubled her.

One question kept nagging at her: “What happens when they learn the truth about their relationship?

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The engine’s hum and rhythmic swish of wipers were making her drowsy. The rain’s steady drumming on the roof

pulled at old memories, like each drop carried a piece of her past.

Her driver's panicked voice shattered the calm.

“Miss, the brakes aren't working!”

Her eyes snapped wide.

“What?”

Terror gripped her chest, making it hard to breathe. Any sense of safety vanished instantly.

She looked at her driver in disbelief, then at the road ahead.

He wasn’t wrong - the brakes were completely dead.

The driver wrestled with the wheel, but the car wouldn't respond. The rain-slicked road made it impossible to

control. Without brakes, they were helpless.

As they approached a steep slope, tseemed to slow down for Selene. Each second stretched into eternity.

Pure fear coursed through her veins.

“LOOK OU-"

Her warning cut off as the car lurched violently.

The vehicle started spinning.

Panic overwhelmed Selene’s thoughts. This couldn’t be happening. She was going to die.

Kane, still following behind, could see everything unfold in his headlights.

His heart nearly stopped when he saw Selene’s car start to spin out of control.

The scene before him was straight out of his worst nightmares. His whole body shook with denial, refusing to

accept what he was seeing.

Kane acted on pure instinct - no tto think. Despite knowing he was risking his life, he didn’t hesitate.

He steered his car toward Selene’s.

Though his heart was racing, he directed his vehicle with precision, a silent prayer on his lips.

With calculated force, Kane's car connected with Selene’s.

The impact halted the deadly spin.

Metal screamed against metal as the collision brought both cars to a stop mere inches from disaster.

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Kane didn’t waste a second catching his breath. He bolted out of the car without hesitation.

Adrenaline pushed him forward. The sound of rain faded against his thundering heartbeat.

In his desperate rush to reach Selene’s car, he barely registered the wet pavement beneath his feet.

The world blurred around him, his pounding heart making everything seem unreal.

With each step closer, his heart shattered more, dread creeping through his veins and chilling him to the core.

Selene’s car sat silent in the rain like a dark omen, and Kane was desperate to uncover its secrets.

“Selene, can you hear me?” he called out.

His voice reached her like a lifeline pulling her from darkness.

Inside the car, Selene was drowning in a storm of emotions.

Her world, as fragile as spun glass and nearly shattered by the crash, suddenly found stillness.

Kane's voice, though clear and steady, seemed to echo from far away, from a place she struggled to reach.

The pain from her injuries had numbed her mind, but his voice promised salvation.

Her reality had flipped upside down, her mind a battlefield between the present and flashes of the crash.

Sharp fragments of memory kept cutting through her thoughts, each one a painful reminder of what she'd

survived.

How had it happened? Hadn't she just been thinking about the weather and her past? Everything had been fine

moments ago.

Then cthe screech of tires, the explosion of glass, the violent spin - moments that had nearly stolen her life.

His voice slowly pulled her back to consciousness. His face appeared through the shattered window, etched with

concern.

When Selene’s eyes found him, she startled. The sight of him felt both familiar and dreamlike, jolting her back to

reality.

Their eyes met, his filled with unspoken fears and worry.

“Selene? Stay with me. Don’t close your eyes,” he called through the broken window.

He reached for her hand. The moment their fingers touched, their mate bond surged between them like

an electric current.

The connection reminded her that he was still her mate - something she’d almost forgotten.

Kane let out a fierce growl when he saw her blood-covered, trembling hand - clear evidence of her pain.

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Ignoring the bite of broken glass, Kane reached through the window to unlock the door.

As it opened, Selene slumped sideways, and he immediately gathered her into his arms.

Her eyes reflected her ordeal, showing both vulnerability and resilience.

“You're going to be okay. I've got you,” he assured her, his voice steady despite his fear.

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His heart nearly stopped when he saw the blood streaming down her face from a head wound.

The feeling that gripped him was foreign the realization that the accident had nearly stolen everyt hing from

him.

He gently patted her cheek. “Selene.”

She started to drift off, but his voice anchored her to consciousness.

When she finally processed what had happened, she weakly shook her head as Kane started toward his car. His

vehicle looked as damaged as hers.

Kane moved on autopilot, thinking only of getting her to a hospital, forgetting his car wouldn't start either.

“N-no,” she mumbled, shaking her head again. “Help my driver... he’s still in the car.”

Kane ignored her protests and opened his car door, cursing when smoke billowed out - proof of total damage.

His phone rang, reminding him he’d thrown it in anger earlier. Somehow managing to hold Selene while

searching, he found it on the ground.

“Kan-"

Kane cut Finn off mid-word, “Get to Shadow Creek Road. Now.”

“Shadow Creek? I'm nearby. What's wrong?”

Kane glanced at the other car where Selene’s driver remained trapped.

“Call an ambulance and hurry,” he barked before hanging up, not wasting ton explanations.

He looked down at Selene, who was taking deep, labored breaths.

“I can walk,” she insisted through the pain. “My legs are fine.”

He ignored her, holding her closer, refusing to let go.

The rain had finally stopped. It had washed away sof the blood staining Selene’s skin.

Suddenly, Kane noticed something on her right hand - a burn scar.

His heart rate spiked as he remembered the girl who'd saved him years ago.

He stared at her hand, confusion flooding his mind.

“Where did you get this scar?”