Golden Melody (Editing)

Chapter 150

Chapter 150

Wolves Headquarters — Private Office of the Alpha Wolf

The room was silent except for the soft turning of paper.

Margery's autopsy report lay open across Zaren's desk.

Cause of death: activated internal self-destruct mechanism.

The device had been embedded deep within her body — undetectable through normal scans, programmed to trigger under specific conditions.

Zaren's jaw tightened.

So the moment Margery began revealing something about his family...
Her life was taken from her.

Silenced permanently.

His eyes moved to the next page.

Species classification:
Zenip–Human Hybrid.

Genetic sequence comparison follows beneath it.

Maternal DNA — no match.

Zaren slowly leaned back in his chair.

Margery...
was not Anita's biological daughter.

Which meant only one thing.

The child he had raised...
The girl in his family laughed with...
celebrated birthdays with...
was not the real Margery.

Someone had replaced her long ago.

His fingers pressed lightly against his temple.

How could he tell his family?

Zatariel adored his sisters.

Zadriana followed Margery everywhere.

Anita...

Anita might break completely if she learned her daughter had been missing for years — perhaps dead.

First, he needed to know what happened to the real Margery.

Alive... or not.

Only then could he decide what truth the family could bear.

A soft knock interrupted his thoughts.

Before he could answer, the door opened.

Lia entered confidently.

She still wore the elegant uniform of a Wayne Academy teacher.

She walked directly toward him and, without hesitation, sat lightly on his lap, placing the black mask on the desk with quiet pride.

"I obtained it," she said, her voice carrying playful satisfaction.

Zaren gently held her arms and guided her to the chair across from him.

"My apologies," he said calmly.
"I am not in the mood today."

He gestured toward the towering stack of documents on his desk.

Corporate reports.

Presidential directives.

Wolf intelligence briefings.

Security updates regarding disturbances nationwide.

Children disappearing.
Ordinary citizens are turning into mindless husks.

Rift guardians are reporting unusual movements.

The weight of leadership pressed heavily on him from every direction.

Lia sighed dramatically, leaning back in her chair.

"I was rather looking forward to my reward," she said, her voice dripping with mock disappointment.
"Do you know how exhausting it was to compete against your wife... and your ex... in a bidding war?"