Hiding My Twin Pups From their Alpha Dad novel Chapter 73

Eva had barely slept the night before, her mind a storm of confusion and anger. She couldn’t shake the unease that had settled deep in her bones. Every time she tried to focus, her thoughts drifted back to that pendant. The truth was now clear: Valen knows Danielle, but how?

The sound of footsteps echoed through the hall, and Eva’s heart skipped a beat. She turned to see Valen standing in the doorway, his face an unreadable mask. His usual confident demeanor had faltered, replaced by something more guarded.

“I need to talk to you,” he said quietly, his voice soft yet insistent.

Eva’s jaw clenched as she crossed her arms. “I think it’s time you told me the truth, Valen.”

Valen hesitated for a moment, then stepped into the room, closing the door behind him. The weight of his silence hung between them, thick and suffocating. Eva took a deep breath, forcing herself to stay calm despite the storm of emotions threatening to break free.

“I know you’ve been hiding something from me,” Eva began, her voice low but firm. “I found the pendant in your room. Who are you really?”

Valen’s eyes flickered with something she couldn’t quite place. Guilt? Fear? He quickly composed himself, offering her a smile that didn’t quite reach his eyes. “I am a hybrid, Eva. I don’t have a pack. I am a lone hybrid.”

Eva’s stomach turned at his words. “A what?”

Valen looked at her straight in the eye. “I’m half-vampire, half-wof. I never had a pack.”

That explanation sounded too rehearsed, too convenient. She had trusted him, believed every word he said. But now, standing here, she could see the cracks in his story, the lies he was desperately trying to cover up.

“So what the hell really brought you to my pack,” Eva said, her voice rising slightly.

Valen’s gaze hardened, and he took a step closer to her, his voice growing colder. “I have nowhere to go. Every vampire clan I go to, every pack…they turn me down. Because I’m… weird.”

Her frustration bubbled to the surface, and she reached out, grabbing his wrist. “If anyone finds out about it, you’re a dead meat here, Valen. And you will compromise me as a Queen.”

Before Valen could respond, the door to the room opened abruptly, and Max stepped inside, his presence commanding and unmistakable. Eva turned her head, startled, as Max’s eyes locked onto Valen with a fierce intensity. He didn’t speak, but his posture said everything—he wasn’t going to let this go.

“What’s going on here?” Max’s voice was low, his tone tight with restrained anger.

Before she could ask further, Max stepped forward, his eyes fierce with anger. “I knew it,” he growled, his voice shaking with emotion. “I told you not to trust him. I told you he was hiding something.”

Eva flinched at his words, but she couldn’t deny the truth in them. The more she heard, the more she realized that Max had been right all along.

Valen seemed to shrink under Max’s gaze, but his voice was firm as he finally spoke. “I didn’t want you to be a part of this, Eva. I didn’t want you to get involved in the mess that I am. But now, I don’t know how to fix it.”

Max’s growl intensified, and Eva stepped between them, her hands outstretched. “Enough,” she said, her voice shaking. “This isn’t the way we’re going to figure this out.”

She turned to Valen, her heart pounding. “You need to tell me everything. It’s the only way I can help you. I deserve to know.”