Sacrificed To The Triplet Alpha Kings novel Chapter 3

Chapter 3: The Traitor’s Daughter

The crowd murmured around them. Whispers spreading like wildfire.

The Beta’s wife fainted. The mate bond broke her. She can’t even stand to look at what’s left of him.

Lilith knelt on the ground with her mother’s head in her lap and tried very hard not to fall apart herself.

The pack doctor arrived within minutes....a thin, severe-looking woman named Dr. Reeves. She knelt beside Cassandra, checked her pulse, her eyes, her breathing.

"Mate bond shock," she said shortly. "Combined with emotional trauma. She needs to be taken to the pack hospital immediately."

Two warriors moved forward without being asked, lifting Cassandra’s limp body with practiced efficiency.

"Wait..." Lilith started to stand. "I’m coming with her..."

"No." Garrett’s hand landed on her shoulder. "You’re staying here."

She looked at him. "That’s my mother....."

"And there are things we need to discuss." His voice was hard now. All traces of sympathy gone. "Things that can’t wait."

The warriors were already carrying Cassandra toward the medical building on the far side of the square. Lilith watched them go, her mother’s body limp and lifeless in their arms.

"She’ll be taken care of," Garrett said. "The pack doctors will do everything they can."

Lilith turned back to him slowly.

There was something in his voice. Something that made her stomach drop.

"What things," she said quietly.

Garrett looked at her for a long moment. Then he looked at the crowd still gathered around them, watching, listening to every word.

"The pack council met this morning," he said. Loud enough for everyone to hear. Official. "We’ve made a decision regarding your family’s status."

Lilith went very still.

"Your father has been branded a traitor," Garrett continued, his voice flat and emotionless. "Evidence has been presented to the council showing that Victor leaked the meeting location to the hunters. That he betrayed not only our pack, but also our allies. That his actions directly led to the death of the Blackwood Alpha and everyone else at that meeting site."

"That’s a lie," Lilith said. Her voice came out barely above a whisper. "My father would never...."

"The Blackwoods have provided proof," Garrett said over her. "Documents. Communication records. Testimony from their scouts." He paused. "The evidence is conclusive."

"It’s fabricated...."

"It doesn’t matter if it’s fabricated!" Garrett’s control cracked for just a second, frustration bleeding through. "Don’t you understand? The Blackwood triplets believe your father betrayed them. They believe Victor got their father killed. And they want blood for it."

The crowd was completely silent now. Everyone watching. Everyone listening.

Lilith felt their eyes on her like physical weight.

"The council’s decision is final," Garrett said. "Effective immediately, you and your mother are stripped of your Beta family status. You are no longer recognized as Victor’s daughter in any official capacity." He paused. "You are demoted to omega."

The word landed like a physical blow.

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