Alpha's Regret After Putting Me In Jail novel Chapter 63

Chapter 63: A Brother’s Betrayal

Chapter 63: A Brother’s Betrayal

(Celeste’s POV)

Luna Victoria approached Lucas, her trembling hands reaching out to her son. Her wolf’s

distress saturated the air, sharp and mournful, as if sensing an irreversible fracture.

“Lucas, please,” she whispered, her voice cracking under the weight of her emotions. “There

must be some mistake. Tell your sister the truth. Tell her this isn’t what it seems.”

Lucas remained silent, his golden eyes stubbornly fixed on the polished floor beneath his

boots. He didn’t utter a single word or show even a flicker of acknowledgment at his mother’s

desperation.

The silence stretched unbearably. Victoria’s tears gathered momentum, spilling down her pale cheeks as her mental conflict played out for everyone to witness.

“Say something!” she pleaded, shaking his shoulders gently. Her strength faltered beneath the

tidal wave of emotions. “You wouldn’t do something like this! Not to your own sister!”

I stood motionless, observing the scene with the cold detachment I’d honed over years of

suffering. My wrist burned with relentless pain from the wolfsbane scars, but I refused to let my discomfort show.

Scarlett took that moment, as always, to insert herself into the center of attention. Swooping

forward, she wrapped a protective arm around Victoria’s trembling figure. Her emerald eyes,

glistening with crocodile tears, were a meticulously crafted performance.

“Mother, please calm down,” Scarlett implored softly, the strategic tremors in her voice

designed to amplify her victimhood. “You’re upsetting yourself. Lucas would never hurt

anyone, let alone his own family. He loves our pack too much.”

My silver–scarred wolf snarled internally. Scarlett’s words felt like barbs digging into my frayed

nerves.

“Everything Lucas does is always for the pack,” Scarlett continued, her voice laced with forced sweetness. She glanced at me briefly before returning her focus to Victoria. “We should trust his decisions, no matter how they might seem at first.”

Her words worked like clockwork. They always did. Scarlett had mastered the art of soothing Victoria’s nerves while simultaneously painting herself in a saintly glow.

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Lucas’s jaw clenched suddenly, just the faintest shift in his stony demeanor. The moment Scarlett defended him, something inside him cracked. His wolf bristled beneath his skin.

“Fine!” he growled, his voice cutting through the tension like a whip. Victoria flinched visibly at

his tone.

“You want the truth? Fine, here’s your truth!” he snarled, his golden eyes snapping up to meet

mine for the first time.

The room stilled as every wolf present held their breath. Even Scarlett, always poised, faltered

slightly, her hands unconsciously tightening around Victoria.

Lucas squared his shoulders even as frustration rippled through his wolf. “I arranged it,” he

admitted, unflinchingly. “Every single part of it.”

Victoria gasped sharply. The sound wrenched from her lips like it physically hurt her to

breathe. She staggered slightly, relying on Scarlett to steady her.

“You can’t mean that,” she whispered, her voice breaking as she searched his face desperately.

“Lucas, please tell me you didn’t…”

But Lucas ignored her. His focus now solely rested on me. And the venom in his gaze dared

me to challenge him.

“I intercepted Marcus’s mind–link,” he continued harshly. “I changed the meeting location.

Made sure my sister went to Silver Creek instead of the Northern tavern.”

My fingers itched to strike him again, but I held myself still. My wolf growled faintly in

agreement, clawing at the edges of my mind.

“And I hired the mercenaries,” Lucas confessed, delivering the statement like an unrepentant

warrior confessing a battlefield tactic. “Five moon–blessed crystals from the treasury–a small

price to pay to protect the pack’s interests.”

Victoria’s knees wobbled. Her hands flew to her mouth but couldn’t seem to conceal the

whimper that escaped. “Hired… mercenaries?” she repeated, voice visibly shaking. “You targeted your own sister? With wolves paid to harm her?”

“They weren’t supposed to harm her!” Lucas snapped, exasperation layering his voice. His wolf edged dangerously close to surfacing as his golden eyes blazed. “I specifically told them not

to! Whatever injuries she suffered, those are her doing, not mine!”

His gaze flicked downward for a brief moment, toward my wolfsbane–scarred wrists. A flicker

of guilt tried to surface before vanishing, smothered by his stubborn pride.

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“My reckless escape, you mean?” I asked icily, my tone sharper than silver. “You knew exactly what they were using to bind me, Lucas. Don’t act surprised now.”

Before he could respond, the chamber doors slammed open with brutal force, shaking in their hinges. Alpha James stormed into the room, his aura crashing over us like an unforgiving

wave.

Dominance radiated off him in suffocating pulses. Any weaker wolves present automatically dropped their eyes and shifted with unease, their wolves whimpering. Even Scarlett flinched and took a half–step backward, though her anchor–like grip kept Victoria upright.

But James had no patience for sympathy tonight. His golden eyes zeroed in on Lucas, narrowing with unbridled fury.

Without hesitation, he lunged.

The force of the Alpha–enhanced blow knocked Lucas clean off his feet. He hit the wall behind him with a sickening c***k, falling to the floor in a battered heap.

Scarlett screamed in practiced horror, rushing to shield Lucas with her body. Her trembling hands cupped his face protectively as fresh tears poured down her cheeks.

“Stop!” she cried, her wolf’s energy flaring uselessly against James’s crushing dominance.” Father, please! Have mercy! He’s your son!”

James’s wolf wasn’t interested in mercy. His golden eyes blazed with righteous indignation as he took a step closer to where Lucas sprawled. Every muscle in his body radiated barely–contained violence.