Evaline:
For a mont, I almost forgot how to breathe.
Ever since I took on the identity of a Rogue, it had been simple. Rogues were invisible. Unwanted. Unquestioned. No one ever bothered digging into their pasts because no one cared enough to.
Over the last several decades, Silver Wolf Bloodline had completely disappeared from the mories of our world. Very few still knew about it and even they didn’t know much.
So when people ca across my silver hair, they either dismiss it as colored instead of being natural, or they just admire the rare and beautiful color. But that was all. No one ever thought these rare silver hair had anything to do with one of the most rare and powerful wolf Bloodline to ever exist in our world.
And I had relied on that.
And also relied on the fact that the world had already buried Evaline Greystone of Shadowfang Pack.
But Elion Grey was not the world. He was one of those few who shared my bloodline.
And that changed everything.
I stayed silent, my fingers digging into my palms hard enough that I was sure they would leave marks. My heartbeat thundered in my ears, but my face remained composed.
Elion watched closely, missing nothing. I wasn’t sure what kind of reaction he wanted from , but I refused to give him any.
"In the previous generation," he continued evenly, "there were only three Silver Wolves left."
His voice was steady, almost conversational... as if he wasn’t dismantling the carefully built walls around my identity brick by brick.
"My father," he said. "Elder Will. And Marialle."
I knew the na. Too well.
"Elder Will never had children," he went on. "And I am my father’s only son."
His jaw tightened briefly before he continued.
"That left Marialle."
My throat felt tight.
"When I looked into her," he said, "I found that she married Alpha Greystone of Shadowfang Pack. And that she gave birth to only one child before her death."
I already knew what was coming. Still, my heart slamd painfully against my ribs.
"A daughter," Elion said. " nad Evaline Greystone."
The na echoed in the room like a spell being spoken aloud.
He leaned back, a faint smile curving his lips... not mocking, not cruel. Calculated.
"See? Such a coincidence."
I forced myself to speak before the silence swallowed whole. "Evaline isn’t exactly a rare na," I said calmly. Too calmly.
Elion’s smile widened just a fraction.
"No," he agreed. "But silver hair is. Amber eyes are. Being wolfless is."
His gaze sharpened.
"Evaline Greystone had all three."
My breath hitched.
"And so do you."
I said nothing.
"You are the sa age," he continued. "Both wolfless. Both silver-haired. Both amber eyed. One disappeared the night of Shadowfang Pack’s annihilation only for another to appear shortly after at Silver Moon Academy."
His eyes darkened.
"Logically," he continued, "this left no possibility of a Silver Wolf heir appearing among the rogues. And when I put all this information and incidents together..."
The room felt smaller. Heavier.
"...my doubts were erased."
I finally looked up at him.
"You are Evaline Greystone of Shadowfang Pack," he said quietly. "The one who went missing the night her pack was destroyed."
The words didn’t feel like an accusation.
They felt like a verdict.
For several long seconds, neither of us spoke.
I could hear my own breathing - slow, controlled, deliberate. I refused to let him see break. I had survived too much to crumble now.
"You are very confident," I said at last.
Elion studied . "You haven’t denied it."
Because denying it would be pointless.
Because so truths were too heavy to lie about.
"There’s no record of Evaline Greystone death in the official docunts. Similarly, there’s no record of her getting exiled like her step-family. No record of her being settled in so other Pack like the rest of Shadowfang Pack mbers. She just disappeared completely."
Elion went silent and watched , as if he was waiting for to say sothing... but I didn’t. I just watched him back in silence until he chose to continue.
"At first, I was surprised how could a young girl like you with no power managed to hide her information so well. There’s clearly soone who made sure your information was well hidden. If not for the fact that I’m one of the five ruling Alphas on the council, even I might have never been able to find information about the Shadowfang Pack and what happened to Greystone family mbers."
He tilted his head a little and that spark returned in his eyes which told he’s about to reveal sothing he found really interesting.
"But when you confessed to you are dating Draven Thorne... things finally started making sense. I guessed that instead of just being your boyfriend, he’s actually your mate."
I stopped breathing this ti. It was just impossible to pretend otherwise as my ears registered his words.
And a smile of satisfaction blood on his lips.
"It finally made sense why Evaline Greystone wasn’t exiled, but instead given a new identity and even allowed to enter Silver Moon Academy. And why there’s soone keeping all her information hidden. Thornes are more than capable of doing so... hiding information... even from the council."
I inhaled deeply and fixed my gaze on him. When I spoke, my voice was even more calm and controlled than I expected.
"You have talked so much, and yet, you haven’t answered either of my questions, Alpha Grey."
Elion chuckled, not in mockery but in genuine humor. Despite letting know just how many of my secrets he held, he still didn’t seem like he had any plans of revealing them to a third party.
And this... only confused further.
What was his actual purpose behind all this?
"Both your questions are related. I guessed you have healing power after I looked into your past and confird your identity. As for why only healing... because it’s the most sacred secret of our bloodline."
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