The Alpha's Secret Legacy

Chapter 20

Clifford's Pov

I never got the chance.

That's the thought that keeps replaying in my head.

Not even once.

Not a proper goodbye. Not a proper apology. Not even a final look that meant something real.

Just... silence.

Now I'm here.

Not alive.

Not fully gone either.

Stuck somewhere between everything.

Between Earth... and whatever comes after.

Watching.

Always watching.

I can see them.

I can see all of them.

Chrissy... the others... everyone I left behind.

And it hurts more than I thought it would.

Because I didn't just mess things up.

I destroyed something important.

Something I should've protected.

If I could speak to them now... I wouldn't even know where to start.

How do you apologize for something like this?

For betrayal?

For lies?

For blood spilled because of your mistakes?

I made a lot of wrong choices in my life.

A lot.

But the worst one...

Was pretending.

Pretending I didn't feel what I actually felt.

Pretending I didn't care.

Pretending I wasn't in love with her.

Chrissy.

My best friend.

The Alpha.

The one person I was never supposed to love.

A vampire and a wolf.

That bond was never allowed.

It was forbidden from the start.

But love doesn't care about rules.

It never did.

I ignored it for years.

Buried it.

Locked it away like it didn't exist.

But it was always there.

Waiting.

Growing.

Becoming something I couldn't control.

And by the time I realized the truth...

It was already too late.

I caused this mess.

All of it.

The chaos. The destruction. The pain.

It started with me.

And even now, I still don't fully understand how I let it go this far.

But at least...

At least they're safe now.