Tempted By My Ex's Brother-in-Law (Aria and Grayson) novel Chapter 208

Aria’s POV

My words hit the campsite like a thunderbolt.

For a second, it felt like the entire forest went silent. Even the wind seemed to freeze.

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The soldiers who had been roaring General Tasmin moments ago all stopped mid–chant, their mouths half- open, faces stiff with disbelief.

The guests–all the Alphas from other packs, nobles, warriors–stared at me like I’d just confessed to murdering the Moon Goddess herself.

And Tasmin’s proud smile vanished right away.

Then her eyes sharpened. Her whole body turned tense, as if a dagger had suddenly pressed against her throat.

And just like that, she snapped.

“What the fuck did you just say?!”

She shouted, her voice booming across the clearing. “You–You little whore! You’re funking insane!”

The crowd stirred.

Tasmin threw an accusing finger at me, her eyes blazing. “This is a lie! A filthy lie! She’s trying to replace me in pack. Everyone knows she’s fucking jealous of my influence in the army. She’s trying to seize power and overturn everything I built! Don’t get fooled by her!”

She turned toward the soldiers again, her voice rising into something almost hysterical:

“Soldiers! Don’t you understand what she’s doing? She wants my position! She wants to drag me down so she can climb up! Because she knows she doesn’t deserve it! She knows she’s nothing!”

Her words were sharp. Poisonous.

And for a moment, I could see her strategy clearly: turn the crowd back into an angry mob before they had time to think. Then she wouldn’t have to dirty her own hands killing me. Her soldiers would do the dirty work for her.

But this time, I wasn’t going to let her scream her way out of it.

I let out a short, cold laugh. Then I raised my voice. Calm and steady. Cutting right through her madness.

“You’re so confident it’s a lie?” I asked. “Then watch.”

Tasmin’s pupils narrowed. “What?”

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I reached into my pocket and pulled out my phone.

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The signal in this forest was terrible, but Red Stone Pack had their own satellite network. Grayson’s men had already connected it the moment we stepped back into camp.

I didn’t even look at Grayson. But I felt his presence behind me, solid and unshakable, like a mountain.

He was letting me handle this. Letting me burn her down with my own hands.

It’s kind of ironic that he was still the only one I felt safe with after everything that happened between us.

I tapped the screen twice.

Then I handed the phone to one of Grayson’s soldiers, who immediately connected it to the large projector the guests used earlier to announce scores.

A moment later, a shaky video flickered onto the screen.

Tasmin’s smug face faltered.

The crowd leaned forward instinctively.

The video was dark. Grainy. Clearly recorded in a hurry. A man’s breathing could be heard. Ragged, wet, as if his lungs were filling with blood.

Then a face appeared.

A young soldier. Frostpine uniform. His skin was pale as snow. His lips were blue. Blood dripped from the corner of his mouth.

He was dying.

“If… if anyone sees this…” he rasped. His voice came out broken. “Please… listen… please…”

The crowd fell into complete silence. Everyone started at the video with their mouth half–opened.

The soldier in the video swallowed hard, choking, then continued.

“We didn’t win… General Tasmin led us to death, not victory. We… we were sent into a trap. The rogues weren’t scattered. They were organized. Hundreds… no, thousands….And General Tasmin didn’t have what it takes to defeat them…”

His breath hitched. He coughed violently, blood splattering across the camera.

“The… battle was slaughter. We lost. We lost everything.”

A tremor went through the campsite. Tasmin’s face changed. It wasn’t rage first. Fear. Pure, ugly fear.

“TURN IT OFF!” She suddenly roared. “Someone shut this ridiculous thing off now!!!”

But nobody listened to her. All the guests and soldiers were caught up in it.

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The soldier’s eyes rolled, then focused again, filled with terror.

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“General Tasmin said…” he whispered. “She said… no one can know. If the pack finds out… the blame… will fall on her.”

“She ordered us to retreat. We survived–barely… But then…She executed everyone who came back.

The crowd erupted with yells and shouts:

“What?!”

“That’s impossible!”

“No freaking way!”

The soldier’s voice rose in desperation. “She… she is going to tell the pack it is a victory…she will accept praise… while our brothers were buried in the mud!”

He coughed again, choking. The camera shook wildly, and a different voice–panicked–could be heard faintly in the background.

“Stop talking! Stop it! They’ll find us!”

The dying soldier’s eyes filled with tears.

“Frostpine Pack’s soldiers, listen to me. If you… if you believe her…” he whispered. “You’re worshipping a monster…Please… don’t let… the truth die with us…”

Then the video cut off.

The screen went black.

For a full five seconds, no one spoke. It was like the entire world had frozen.

Then-

The campsite exploded.

The guests surged into frantic whispers, voices overlapping in a storm.

“That’s a Frostpine uniform. That’s real!”

“She executed her own soldiers? The survivors?! That’s fucking treason!”

“God I can’t believe such thing happened in Frostpine Pack. I thought the members here are all fucking patriots!”

The Frostpine soldiers had gone pale, staring at the screen like it had just ripped their faith apart. And then slowly, they all turned to look at Tasmin.

Tasmin looked like she’d been stabbed.

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She stared at the screen, shaking. Then suddenly, her face twisted into something horrifying.

“YOU-!”

She screamed, lunging forward like she wanted to rip my throat out. “YOU MADE THAT UP!”

I didn’t flinch. I watched her coldly and let out a cold laugh.

“Fabricated?” I repeated, my voice mocking. “Really? That’s the best excuse you can find?”

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Tasmin spun toward Alpha Thalira, her eyes wild. “Mother! Don’t listen to her! She’s lying! She’s using some fake video to frame me!”

Alpha Thalira clenched her fists. She didn’t say anything.

The other guests kept whispering, their eyes glued to Tasmin now. Not with admiration anymore, but with disgust, suspicion, fear.

Tasmin could feel it. Her kingdom was collapsing.

So she did what she always did–She screamed louder. Trying to drown out the reality.

“You think you’re clever?!” she shrieked at me. “Everyone knows you’re a bastard! You’re desperate! You want to take my honor because you’ve never earned anything in your life!”

I smiled. “Yelling doesn’t solve anything. I thought you are smart enough to know that by now…And since you insist it’s fabricated, I guess I’ll have to bring in someone who has no reason to lie.”

“What?” Tasmin froze.

I glanced at Rhye. He nodded once and snapped his fingers.

Next second, two soldiers brought forward someone from the edge of the crowd.

This man was handsome in a delicate, elegant way. Yet his face was bruised and pale. And his eyes were burning with cold hatred when he looked at Tasmin.

Tasmin’s face went dead.

“…Lance,” she whispered.

Lance clenched his fists and stared straight at Tasmin like she was a disease.

“What?” he said hoarsery. “Are you surprised that I choose to come forward and testify against you?”

Tasmin’s body was shaking with rage now. “You… Even you chose to revenge betray me?! I thought I thought we were in love!”

Lance let out a loud, mocking laugh. “IN LOVE? Are you fucking kidding me?! You killed my brother! I would never, NEVER love a monster like you!”

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The crowd’s whispers exploded again.

“Who is that?”

“Lance… I’ve heard that name.”

“Isn’t he ”

I raised my voice.

“This is Lance. Tasmin’s lover from the club. And also brother of that soldier in the video,” I said calmly.

A collective gasp swept through the campsite.

Tasmin’s jaw clenched so hard I thought her teeth might crack. “Shut up!” she snapped. “He’s nothing-”

But Lance laughed bitterly.

“Oh, I’m nothing now?” he spat. “I wasn’t nothing when you dragged me into your bed, were [?”

Tasmin’s eyes flashed with murderous intent. “SHUT UP NOW!”

Lance’s expression twisted. “My brother wasn’t lying.”

At that, the crowd went silent again. Lance’s voice cracked, but he forced the words out anyway, like he’d been holding them in for years:

“My brother….He followed you into that war like you were the Moon Goddess herself. And you came back without him. And then you started hunting down survivors. Anyone who knew the truth! Even me! You imprisoned me. You tortured me. You threatened everyone I cared about, including the girl I’m truly in love with-”

Tasmin screamed. “SHUT UP!”

But Lance didn’t stop.

He looked at Alpha Thalira now.

“Alpha Thalira,” he said, voice trembling with hatred. “Ask your precious war hero what she did after the battle. Ask her why every soldier who came back wounded disappeared within a week.”

The crowd erupted again.

Some guests covered their mouths. Some Alphas stared at Tasmin like she was a monster in human skin.

Tasmin backed up a step, chest heaving.

“Bullshit,” she hissed. “All bullshit. Aria bribed him. She-”

I cut in coolly, “Bribed him? With what? A promise of freedom?”