The Rise Of The Betrayed Luna (Amorah and Holmes) novel Chapter 105

Chapter 105

Conrad POV

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I stared at the intelligence report spread across my desk while the council chamber recording continued playing silently on the wall screen behind me.

The names attached to the succession factions were worse than I expected because several older Alpha familjes had finally stopped hiding their intentions toward the Supreme Alpha line.

Amorah stepped into the office carrying two cups of coffee before shutting the door quietly behind her. She studied my expression for only a second before setting one cup beside my hand and moving closer to the desk.

“They are pushing harder again,” she murmured.

I leaned back in my chair and rubbed a hand across my jaw slowly. “Holmes stopped being the main problem the moment the older families realized my instability gave them an opening.”

Amorah crossed her arms while scanning the report in front of me carefully. “They do not only want to weaken you anymore.”

“They want to weaken the position itself,” I replied.

The room fell quiet for several seconds while she continued reading through the intelligence updates.

I watched her expression sharpen as she reached the section discussing succession restructuring proposals already moving quietly through council channels.

“They are trying to divide Supreme Alpha authority between territories,” she said finally. “If they succeed, your bloodline loses control permanently.”

I nodded in agreement. “That is the real objective now.”

Amorah exhaled slowly before pulling the chair beside mine closer and sitting down beside me instead of across from me.

“We stop them before it reaches formal council voting,” she replied.

I looked at her for a moment longer than necessary.

“You sound very certain,” I murmured.

Her eyes lifted toward mine immediately. “I am.”

Something tightened quietly in my chest at the certainty in her voice.

The office door opened again before I could respond further. Darius stepped inside carrying another stack of council reports before stopping respectfully near the desk.

“Several Alpha representatives requested private discussions before tomorrow’s session,” he reported. “Most of them specifically asked whether Lady Amorah would attend beside you.”

Amorah glanced toward me briefly after hearing the title.

“Schedule the meetings,” I answered. “She will be there.”

Darius nodded once before leaving quietly again.

Amorah stayed silent until the door shut fully behind him. “They are approaching me directly now.”

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“They already see you standing beside me publicly,” I replied. “That stopped being a rumor after the hearing.”

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Her fingers brushed lightly against the edge of the report while she processed that quietly. I reached for her hand without thinking and rested it against my lap.

“You are calm about this,” she observed softly.

“I am calmer because you are involved,” I admitted.

The confession left my mouth naturally before I could reconsider it. Amorah’s expression changed slightly, and her thumb brushed slowly against my hand.

“You used to carry everything alone,” she said quietly.

“I was used to it.”

“And now?”

I held her gaze for several seconds. “Now I do not want to.”

Her eyes softened immediately after that answer. The pressure inside the room eased slightly, and for a moment the council problems felt farther away than they really were.

A loud argument echoed faintly from the hallway outside the office seconds later. Amorah blinked before looking toward the door in confusion.

“That sounds like Zane,” she muttered.

I stood up from the chair and opened the office door. Zane stood several feet down the hallway arguing heatedly with one of the training supervisors while Kyra lingered nearby looking exhausted from trying to stop him.

“I told you I can handle advanced combat drills,” Zane snapped. “I am not a child.”

“You are still recovering from your last session,” the trainer argued.

Zane noticed me standing there and immediately straightened slightly. His expression remained stubborn, but the anger changed into frustration instead.

“I need stronger training,” he insisted. “If something happens again, I need to protect everyone properly.”

Amorah stepped into the hallway beside me and folded her arms carefully. “You protect people by surviving long enough to think clearly first.”

Zane opened his mouth to argue before stopping himself halfway. He looked between both of us silently for a second before exhaling sharply.

“I just do not want to stand uselessly again,” he muttered.

I walked toward him slowly before placing a hand on his shoulder/“Strength without control gets people killed.”

His jaw tightened slightly. “I know.”

“Then train properly,” I answered. “Not recklessly.”

Zane finally nodded once after several seconds. The trainer looked relieved immediately.

Kyra moved closer to Amorah quietly afterward and slipped her hand into hers. Her eyes moved carefully between everyone in the hallway.

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“The territory feels tense again,” she murmured softly.

Amorah crouched slightly beside her. “We are handling it.”

Kyra looked toward me next. “You look tired too.”

I almost smiled despite myself. Kyra noticed things most adults missed entirely.

“I will survive it,” I replied.

She studied me carefully before nodding once like she was accepting the answer for now.

Later that night, Amorah and I remained inside my private quarters reviewing council projections while the twins slept nearby.

She leaned comfortably against my side while reading through another report tablet, and eventually I realized I had stopped focusing on the documents completely.

“You have been staring at me for the last minute,” she murmured without looking up.

“You noticed.”

“I always notice.”

I rested my hand lightly against her stomach before leaning my head back against the couch. The quiet inside the room felt different lately because it no longer felt temporary or fragile.

“They are going to keep pushing harder,” I admitted quietly.

Amorah finally lowered the tablet onto her lap before turning toward me fully. “Then we push back harder.”

I studied her face carefully. “You are not afraid?”

“I am,” she answered honestly. “But I am more afraid of letting them decide who we are supposed to be.”

Before I could answer, my phone vibrated sharply against the table beside me. I picked it up immediately after seeing Darius‘ priority clearance attached to the message.

My expression darkened as I finished reading the report.

Amorah straightened beside me instantly. “What happened?”

I lowered the phone slowly while anger settled in my chest.

“One council faction plans to challenge your legal status as the heir’s mother,” I said coldly. “They want to argue that the child belongs to the Supreme Alpha line before it belongs to you.”