Sold to Bastard Alpha after My Divorce! novel Chapter 177

Chapter 177: Chapter 177

Kael’s POV

Her voice was small at first.

Almost too quiet for the back rows to hear.

But the room was so silent that even the whisper carried.

"My name is Lilith Nightfang." She swallowed hard.

Someone in the crowd shifted. Just slightly. Like they were bracing themselves.

"My daddy is Finn Nightfang." Her eyes stayed fixed on the middle distance. "He used to be... he used to give me nice things. Pretty dresses. Toys. He took me to fancy parties and showed me off."

Her voice wavered.

"But that was before the money went away. Before Celestia had the baby."

The room was absolutely still.

"After that, they said I was expensive." The words came out flat. Like she’d repeated them so many times they’d lost meaning. "They said I ate too much. That I cost too much. That I wasn’t worth what they spent on me."

A murmur ran through the crowd. Low. Dangerous.

Finn’s jaw tightened.

"They told me my mother was bad." Lilith continued. Her voice steadier now. Like something was loosening inside her. Like the words were finally coming free. "That she was dirty. That she was worthless. That she didn’t love me."

She paused.

"They told me to be mean to her." Her throat worked. "When I was little. When I was little they told me to push her away. Said if I loved Mommy then I was bad. Said only stupid children loved Omegas."

Aria’s hands were clenched together in her lap. I could see the knuckles white from here.

"So I did what they said." Lilith’s voice cracked for the first time. "I was mean to her. I said terrible things. I told her she smelled bad. That I didn’t want her. That I didn’t need her."

The crack in her voice got worse.

"And all that time she was... she was just trying to love me. And I kept pushing her away because they TOLD me to."

Lilith looked down at her hands. Those small fingers twisted together in her lap.

"When they ran out of money, everything changed." Her voice dropped. "Daddy started getting angry a lot. Celestia would scream. They’d throw things. And if I said anything... if I got in the way..."

She pushed up her sleeve.

Showed the room the bruises that Aria had documented.

The murmur through the crowd turned sharp. Ugly.

Someone cursed. Loud enough to be heard.

Judge Orion didn’t call for silence. He just let the reaction ripple through the room. Let it settle.

"They told me Mommy was never coming back." Lilith’s voice was barely above a whisper now. "They said she forgot about me. That she had a new life and a new baby and she didn’t want me anymore."

Her eyes finally moved. Found Aria in the front row.

"But she wasn’t gone." Her chin wobbled. "She was always there. And when I went to her door she opened it. Even after everything I said. Even after how mean I was."

A tear slid down her cheek. She didn’t wipe it away.

"She took me in. She put medicine on my bruises. She let me sleep in a warm bed. She said..." Her voice broke completely. "She said I was still her daughter."

That was when the room broke.

Not loud. Not dramatic.

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