The Alpha King And His Chosen Luna novel Chapter 235

The Conspiracy

The Conspiracy

(Isla)

Everything vanished.

The chamber disappeared until nothingxemained except silence. Cold stone stretched beneath my feet and the light from several torches spread across walls I had never seen before. The air carried the scen of old parchment and burning oil.

I wasn’t standing in the present.

I was standing inside another vision.

A man stood with his back to me.

Even before he turned, I knew who it was.

Elder Evander.

He looked younger, but there was no mistaking him. His robes were simpler than the ones he wore now, and his face held none of the warmth he showed the Council. This was the man hidden beneath the mas

Another figure entered the chamber.

Rodan.

He stopped several steps away and lowered his head.

“You sent for me, Elder.”

Evander turned to face him.

“I did.”

His voice remained calm.

“The reports from Ashcrest concern me.”

Rodan frowned.

“The girl?”

Evander met his eyes.

“She is beginning to change.”

My breath caught.

They weren’t speaking about someone else.

They were speaking about me.

Rodan lowered his voice.

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“Why does one child concern the Council?”

Evander’s expression never changed.

“Because she is not simply a child.”

“What is she?”

Evander remained silent for several moments.

“Someone who must never become what she was born to be.”

Rodan studied him.

“You still haven’t answered my question.”

“You don’t need the answer.”

Rodan held Evander’s gaze.

“If I don’t know what she is, how am I supposed to stop her?”

“You will follow my instructions.”

“And if I refuse?”

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Evander’s eyes turned cold.

“You won’t.”

“You’re certain of that?”

“I know exactly the kind of man you are.”

He stepped closer.

“You value your position. Your pack. Your family’s future.”

A long silence passed between them.

“Do what I tell you,” Evander said.

“Ask no more questions.”

“You will be rewarded for your loyalty.”

A chill spread through me.

Rodan wasn’t leading this.

He was obeying.

Rodan lowered his eyes.

“What exactly do you want me to do?”

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Evander answered without hesitation

“You will watch her.”

“And when that is no longer enough?”

“You will increase the wolfsbane.”

Rodan remained silent.

“If she still continues to awaken?”

Evander’s face became unreadable.

“Then you will ensure she never completes her first shift.”

Rodan drew a breath.

“Even if she suffers?”

Evander didn’t blink.

“Her suffering is a small price to pay for preserving the future.”

A cold weight settled inside me.

He had known exactly what would happen to me.

He simply hadn’t cared.

Rodan didn’t answer immediately.

“What happens if someone discovers the truth?”

Evander gave a quiet laugh.

“No one will.”

“The King?”

“He has no reason to search for a nameless child.”

Rodan remained still.

“And if he does?”

Evander’s confidence never wavered.

“Then you will make certain he finds nothing.”

A knot formed in my chest.

This hadn’t been desperation.

It had been a carefully planned deception from the very beginning.

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Rodan looked at the floor.

“How long?”

Evander answered as though the question carried no weight.

“For as long as necessary.”

“Years?”

“If that is what it requires.”

Rodan lifted his eyes again.

“And if she never awakens?”

“Then she remains exactly where she is.”

A long silence settled between them.

“No one outside Ashcrest can ever learn she exists,” Evander said. “No records. No messages. No

witnesses.”

Rodan gave a slow nod.

“It will be done.”

My chest tightened.

He hadn’t imprisoned me because he feared me.

He had imprisoned me because Evander had ordered him to erase me from the world.

Evander turned away from Rodan.

“There is one more matter.”

Rodan waited.

“The child must never appear in your records.”

“My records?”

“Her name is to disappear.”

Rodan frowned.

“What if someone asks about her?”

“You tell them she was never worth recording.”

A silence followed.

“If another elder comes to inspect Ashcrest?”

Evander looked back at him.

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“Then they will see exactly what you choose for them to see.”

A cold feeling spread through me.

He hadn’t only hidden me.

He had planned to erase every trace that I had ever existed.

Rodan remained quiet for several moments.

“What if the child asks questions?”

Evander’s expression stayed calm.

“Then she is given no answers.”

“And if others begin to pity her?”