Victor's POV
My father, my own blood. The man who had raised me, trained me, shaped me into the Alpha I became. And now he was the one tearing everything apart.
Kael snarled inside me, wanting blood and justice. But I forced him down, forced myself to think clearly even though every instinct screamed for violence.
"No matter what he did to her," I said quietly to the empty room, my voice rough. "No matter how he changed her face or twisted her appearance, Mirella could never be Selene. She doesn't have Selene's kindness. She doesn't have her strength. She doesn't have anything that makes Selene who she is."
The words tasted bitter. True, but bitter.
I opened the mind link to Abel. "Don't move against Dimitri yet."
There was a pause. "Alpha, he is planning a coup. We need to act."
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