Chapter 226 I Forgive You

• Crystal sat at her desk, the morning sun streaming through the large windows of her office, casting long, golden rays across the polished wood surface. Papers were scattered before her, reports and documents that she had been trying to focus on for the past few hours, but her thoughts kept drifting. The edges of the papers blurred as her mind wandered, pulling her away from the present and back to the words that had haunted her since last night. Agatha's voice, calm yet insistent, echoed in her mind, urging her to forgive, to let go of the past.
• She sighed deeply, leaning back in her chair, her gaze drifting to the family photo on her desk. It was taken years ago, before everything fell apart, when she, Logan, and their children were all smiles and laughter. Aidan was barely ten, standing proudly beside his father, while little Anna clung to her mother, her face half-hidden in Crystal's embrace. Those were simpler times, happier times. Times when love seemed unbreakable, when their family felt invincible. Crystal's heart ached at the memory, a dull, persistent pain that had become all too familiar.
• She longed to be at Aidan's ceremony, to see her son take his place as Alpha of the New Dawn Pack. But she knew the consequences if she attended. It would be seen as a betrayal by the Luna Wolf Union, a breach of the delicate balance she had worked so hard to maintain. Her loyalties were divided, her heart torn between the family she had helped to build and the pack she was sworn to protect.