Chapter 168. When the Truth Bleeds

Alexander’s POV

I stare at my mother, stunned. Her words twist in my head, refusing to land. My brows pull together as confusion coils in my chest.

“What… are you even saying right now?”

This can’t be happening.

She shakes her head, her voice quiet, trembling. “Sophia… she’s not your child, Alexander.”

I scoff, my voice rising with disbelief. “Mom, do you even hear yourself? My daughter is in there fighting for her life, and this—this—is what you choose to say? Right now?”

My hand lifts in the air, trying to wave her words away like smoke. “Stop. I don’t want to hear any more of this. I’ll forgive you this once—for the nonsense you’re spitting—but if you keep talking this way about my child, I swear, I won’t take it lightly.”