Alpha Daddies And Their Innocent Little Maid (18+) novel Chapter 131

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Lilith pov

She was furious.

Really, truly furious.

Theila, standing in front of me, her eyes brimming with tears, her voice trembling with each shaky breath, stared at me as I sat frozen, wide-eyed and trembling, my cheek still stinging from her slap. My breaths came slow, uneven, and I could barely comprehend it.

Theila had slapped me.

It was the first time she had ever been angry enough to hit me.

Like I said, she had always been like family. Back when Father was alive and Mother hadn’t drunk wolfsbane, she used to visit often, especially when she had breaks. With no family of her own, she had practically been part of mine since I was a child. But this… this was the first time I had ever seen her this angry at me.

Even when I had insisted on participating in the ritual, she had tried to stop me but eventually relented, knowing I wouldn’t be swayed. When I started working in the packhouse, it had been obvious she hadn’t wanted me to, but she hadn’t been this angry.

Yet now…

I couldn’t hide my shock as I watched her crumble. The woman who had been unshakable yesterday, while facing the rogues who had tortured her mentally by killing the maids to force her to confess about the golden dagger, was now breaking down in front of me.

I blinked out of my daze just as she collapsed to the ground with a soft thud, burying her hands in her face, her tears falling heavier, her body trembling uncontrollably.

Heart pounding, I rushed to her side, crouching down as I wrapped my arms around her. My eyes furrowed with worry, my voice low and urgent as I asked,

“T-Theila… are you okay? Why are you crying? Did something happen?

I held her close, feeling her sobs shake against me.

She lifted her head, her face streaked with tears, voice breaking as she met my gaze.

“What were you thinking, Lilith?” she whispered, her words raw and trembling. “How could you risk your life like that? Why didn’t you run yesterday, when you had the chance? Why didn’t you escape? Don’t you value your life anymore?”

My eyes widened at her words, and I blinked, realizing the reason she had hit me, the reason for this anger, was because of what had happened yesterday.

“Your father… he had always been like that,” she continued before I could speak, her voice thick with emotion. “ He would charge into danger without hesitation, without thinking. Always putting others before himself, always playing the hero.”

Her hands clenched tightly as she spoke, her eyes narrowing with a mix of anger and sorrow. “The late beta was a kind man. Everyone respected him. Everyone loved him. Even the previous Alpha said he was lucky to have a beta like him… your father was an angel.”

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A sad, bitter smile tilted the corners of her lips, her voice dropping lower, heavy with grief.

“However… what did that ever get him? He died protecting the pack during the war. People said he died taking the hit for the previous Alpha, but his remains were never found. Your mother… she drank wolfsbane from the pain to follow after him. And you… his daughter, mocked and hated by the very people he fought and died for.”

My grip on her loosened as her words sank in. My eyes widened, lips parting as my heart slammed painfully against my chest, each beat aching.

She was right.

That man had always played the hero. And when he died, I had hated him for it. Because even though he died as a hero, he had died as my father, the man I missed. As my mother’s husband, the man she couldn’t live without.

He had left his family behind to save others.

“Lilith…”

Theila reached out, taking my hands in hers. Her tears spilled freely as she leaned closer, her voice dropping into a whisper.

“Your father didn’t meet a good end… so don’t be like him. Don’t try to save everyone. Don’t give up your life for others like you did yesterday. To you, nothing should be more important than your mother’s life and your own.”

Her grip tightened, her hands trembling in mine.

“I don’t want you to end up like your father. You have such a good soul… you shouldn’t have to die while I—” Her voice cracked. “I should have died yesterday instead. I wish it had been me, not those poor maids. Because of me, they died, and I will carry that guilt for the rest of my life. And that’s fine… but I don’t think I could survive it if you died too.”

Her voice fell into a broken whisper.

“It would mean that I failed him.”

I watched her cry, each sob raw, each tear cutting deeper than any blade Before I realized it, a tear slipped down my own cheek. Then another. And another.

I was crying.

There was something I knew, something she didn’t know I knew.

Long before my father met his mate, my mother…

Theila had been his first love, and he had been hers.

But from what I had learned, it had never been allowed to last. Theila was only a simple maid in the packhouse back then, and father was already the next Beta.

My grandfather hadn’t approved. He didn’t want father involved with her, and in the end, they were forced apart, left with nothing but unresolved feelings.

Father hadn’t wanted Theila dragged into danger, knowing how terrifying my grandfather could be. And Theila, in turn, hadn’t wanted him put in an tight position. So they let each other go.

Not long after, my father met mother, his mate, a woman of high social standing and they married. And even though mother hadn’t been his first love, he loved her deeply all the same. Still, she knew. She knew he cared for Theila, not romantically anymore, but with the weight of feelings that had never fully faded. Just as Theila still

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My mother had told me all of this with a gentle smile. She hadn’t been upset. She hadn’t been jealous. She’d only said that Theila was a good person, someone who loved me like her own.

And she was right.

Theila did love me like her own.

And I loved her too.

That was why I hadn’t hesitated yesterday, why I had run back to the packhouse to save her without a second thought.

And if I had to choose again…

I would do it all over, without hesitation.

“Father died doing what he wanted,” I whispered, my voice trembling through the tears as I leaned in and wrapped my arms around her, pulling her into a hug.

She stiffened slightly as I continued, my voice growing steadier despite the ache in my chest.

“Trust me, I know that man. If he had the chance to live again, he’d still live that way, playing the hero, even if it cost him his life. And I’ve accepted that. That’s what made him the beta he was.”

was.

My words only made her cry harder, because she knew I was right. I smiled faintly and patted her back.

“And what happened yesterday wasn’t your fault in any way. Don’t blame yourself, Theila. Even if you had told them, they would have still tried to kill us.”

I leaned back, reaching out to wipe her tears as she stared at me with trembling eyes.

“You’re the only other family I have other than mother. If something had happened to you too, I would truly be alone…”

I lowered my head and whispered the last words.

“I don’t want to be alone. I’m scared of being alone, scared of not having a reason to keep living. That’s why I couldn’t let anything happen to you too. I’m sorry, Theila. I know I’m selfish. That’s why I couldn’t let Mother go, and why I couldn’t let anything happen to you-”

Before I could finish, Theila pulled me back into a tight hug and whispered shakily,

“I understand… I understand, Lilith. It’s okay. Everything will be okay.”

And just like that, we both cried. I wasn’t sure for how long, but we did, we cried until everything spilled out, all of our grief, all of our ache.

After what felt like a long while, Theila leaned back and wiped her tears, as if she had suddenly remembered something. Her teary eyes met mine as she held my arms and asked quickly,

“I-I wanted to ask you something, Lilith.”

I sniffed back my tears as she leaned closer, her expression turning serious.

“Yesterday… that wasn’t you, right? No matter how much I think about it, I know that couldn’t have been you. You couldn’t kill like that a-and even though this is impossible, but…”

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Her voice dropped lower as she leaned in even closer.

“But do you have a wolf, Lilith? Was that your wolf yesterday?”

I blinked, surprised that she had figured it out. Then again, at this point, I guessed the Alphas must have realized it too. There was no point hiding it anymore, so I opened my mouth to answer but before I could, a sharp, quick growl cut through my mind.

“Don’t tell her. Don’t tell anyone yet.

I froze at Drevana’s voice, my body going rigid as the words died on my lips. I blinked in surprise and confusion, wondering why she didn’t want me to tell anyone. From the way she acted, I had thought she would want people to know.

But before I could dwell on it, the door suddenly burst open and Lora rushed in, her steps quick and frantic, like someone eager to share fresh gossip.

“Lilith! Lilith!”

I watched her dash inside and rush toward me, making both Theila and me jerk in her direction at the same time. She stopped and knelt to our level, leaning in close.

“Lilith, you wouldn’t believe it. The Alphas have asked for you.”

I raised a brow, confused. The Alphas have asked for me? That wasn’t surprising but before I could ask why, she leaned even closer and finished in a hushed, urgent tone.

“But that’s not all. The beta and his family are with them, and things aren’t looking good at all. There are talks of beta Kael being fired… and executed.”

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