Alpha’s Rue: His Shunned Luna (Athena Enchanted) novel Chapter 322

Chapter 322

“What?”

“Gamma Cole, enlighten them.” He says, nodding at Audrey’s father.

Gamma Coles straightens in his seat, “I hear the man who died had been seeing the Luna.”

“He wasn’t seeing her,” Kingston snaps. “She is seeing no one. That bastard took advantage of my wife, he took advantage of a defenceless girl, and as for Gamma Hartley, he failed to protect that very girl.”

“Son, tone.” My husband warns, Kingston isn’t yelling, his tone just carries a certain chill to it, a chill that has the whole room silent.

My breath catches in my throat, “Explain yourself clearly.” I tell him, my mind running wild with possibilities.

“You all want to hear the truth, the blunt truth?” he shifts, straightening in his seat. “Fine, that bastard raped my wife, my mate,” his voice cracks. “He raped her years ago, and none of you did anything!” He growls.

I gasp, so that’s why she was hurt? Had she gotten hurt while trying to fight him off? I’m shocked beyond words, my heart is beating so fast it’s almost suffocating. “You,” he points at Gamma Hartley, who is just as shocked as everyone else in the room. “You are her father, but you didn’t have any faith in her, you believed her attacker, you let Aeliana feel she was at fault, all of you in this room did!”

“What?” Gamma Hartley swallows, “I–I–I didn’t know anything.”

“When did this happen?” I manage to ask.

“Eight years ago,” he says. Eight years? Eight years ago was around the time that Aeliana had that sex scandal that broke the pack. “He recorded himself doing it, and he never got punished, he made duplicates,” his face twists with disgust. “He made fake pictures of her, fake videos, and you all just took it! I don’t expect that there’s a way you’d have known, but you’re at fault for the way you treated her.”

“My daughter,” Gamma Hartley gasps, his voice broken.

“Yes, your daughter!” Kingston snaps. “Somehow you forget she’s your daughter when your reputation is at stake. You raised her, Gamma Bryan, and yet you have no idea what kind of person she is.” He swallows. “Aeliana has protected your reputation for years, and you thought she threw that away? Your approval was all she ever got, and you took that away.”

“Oh my goodness, poor Aeliana.” Beta Nicholas says, kissing his teeth. Everyone at the table is shocked, silent.

“You all at this table were the leaders,” he reminds us, his voice stern and scolding. He doesn’t yell, but his words are enough to put us in check. “The pack was counting on you, she was counting on you, but no one batted an eye, I was the one who made sure those videos and pictures never saw the light again, but that wasn’t enough. That bastard kept trying to assault my wife again.”

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