My voice was barely audible as I spoke. “But why… Why did you never say anything?”
“Because I was a coward back then,” Waylon replied. His voice was low, as if the weight of a long–buried secret had finally come crashing down.
Waylon was the Alpha’s heir to the Nocterra pack. He had been strictly trained since childhood, and even sneaking out to see me was a huge risk.
His father had warned him, “Emotions are a weakness for a pack’s Alpha.”
So, he had no choice but to wear a mask and be a nameless shadow.
I had mistakenly thought Jackson was the boy, all because he wore a similar mask as an adult.
Later, once Waylon had grown strong, he had wanted to tell me the truth. But by then, I had already risked everything–even sacrificed my wolf–to save Jackson.
During that year I lay in a coma, it was Waylon who stayed by my bedside every night.
But when I finally woke, the first person I asked about was Jackson–which led Waylon to believe I had fallen in love with him.
Later, I married Jackson, and I never found the right time to bring up those childhood memories, so the misunderstanding persisted all this time.
“Do you know how happy I was when I saw Jackson wearing that mask?” I asked as my nails dug deep into my palms. “I thought… I had finally found you.”
Waylon was stunned as he listened to my story. “I’m sorry. I didn’t know it was because of me that you…
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“It’s okay. I I wrapped my arms around him, who looked at a loss.
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In truth, his tenderness these past days
wooden mask… I would’ve still fallen for
had already caused the door
you,” I said.
to my heart
to open.
“Even if you weren’t the boy in the
