From Betrayed Luna to Wolf Queen (Lillian) novel Chapter 175

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She had already been keeping her voice low during the phone call, so there was no way Julian could have made out her words from the hallway. If he’d heard anything at all, it would have been the last things her mother said before hanging up.

Right now, Iris was desperately trying to reinterpret those final words.

Tears streamed down her face. “He’s my own pup. I could never let him die.

“All of this… it’s my fate. From the moment my pups were born, they became my destiny.”

As she spoke, she clutched a pillow tightly against her chest, looking utterly broken.

Julian closed his eyes. “Why didn’t you call the authorities?”

It was the question that had been nagging at him the entire way over.

Both Iris and Eleanor claimed Lillian had taken the pups, yet neither had contacted law enforcement. But Lillian–the one they accused–was the one who had actually made the call.

So the ones who should have reported it didn’t, and the one who supposedly shouldn’t have dared… did.

Iris froze at his question. When her eyes met Julian’s, her tears fell even harder.

“If I called the police, could they promise my pup would come back alive?”

Julian stayed silent.

Iris sniffled, wiping her cheek. “I thought I understood Lillian before, but now…”

She trailed off, then broke into another wave of sobs. “I couldn’t take that risk.”

With that one line, she neatly shifted all suspicion back onto Lillian.

Her fear that Lillian might hurt the pups if the police got involved sounded just believable enough.

Seeing Julian’s hesitation, Iris pressed further. “No matter what, as long as Lillian returns my pup safely, I won’t press charges

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