The Rise Of The Betrayed Luna (Amorah and Holmes) novel Chapter 106

Chapter 106

Ambrah POV

By morning, the anger remained. I stood beside the long conference table inside Conrad’s private strategy room while legal records filled the digital screens surrounding us.

Several trusted advisors sat around the table quietly reviewing succession laws while Conrad remained beside me with one hand resting against the back of my chair.

“The challenge relies on outdated bloodline clauses,” one older legal wolf explained carefully: “Most of them were written generations ago to protect Alpha inheritance control.”

“To protect men.” I corrected.

The room went silent for a second.

The legal advisor lowered his eyes briefly before nodding once. “In practice, yes.”

I crossed my arms while reading through another section of council law displayed on the screen.

“They are treating mothers like containers,” I said coldly.

*Conrad’s jaw tightened beside me immediately.

“They will regret making this argument publicly,” he replied

I glanced toward him briefly before looking back at the documents. A few months ago I would have relied entirely on Conrad to handle something like this, but now the anger felt personal enough that I wanted to destroy the argument myself.

“We are not only defending against the accusation.” I said firmly. “We expose the laws themselves.”

Several advisors looked surprised by that immediately.

One younger wolf leaned forward slightly. “You want to challenge the succession structure publicly?”

“I want to challenge the parts designed to humiliate women tied to powerful bloodlines,” I answered. “If they force this hearing into public Alpha politics, then we stop letting them control the narrative quietly.”

Conrad watched me silently for several seconds before the corner of his mouth shifted faintly upward. The look in his eyes made warmth spread through my chest despite the situation around us.

“You already know how to hit them where it hurts,” he murmured.

I looked back at the council projections calmly. “I learned from watching them.”

The meeting lasted another two hours while we prepared responses, legal counters, and intelligence reports tied to the elder factions supporting Holmes.

By the time the advisors finally left the room, exhaustion pressed heavily against my shoulders.

Conrad closed the office door behind the last advisor before walking back toward me slowly. I rubbed a hand against my forehead while staring down at the scattered reports covering the table.

“You need a break,” he said quietly.

1 need the council to stop acting like my child belongs to them.”

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Conrad stepped behind me before resting both hands gently against my waist. His chin lowered briefly near my shoulder while silence settled around us.

“They are attacking because they are losing control,” he murmured.

I leaned back against him slightly without thinking. “I know.”

His hand slid lower against my stomach carefully. The movement felt natural now because he touched me like that constantly without realizing it anymore.

“You are tense,” he observed softly.

“I am angry.”

“You are allowed to be.”

I closed my eyes briefly at the sound of his voice near my ear. Sometimes the calmest moments between us affected me more than the intense ones ever did.

A loud argument echoed from the hallway outside seconds later.

Conrad sighed quietly before stepping away from me. “That sounds familiar.”

I followed him out into the hallway and immediately spotted Zane standing near the staircase arguing with two younger wolves close to his age. Kyra lingered several feet away looking anxious.

“You do not know anything about her,” Zane snapped.

One of the younger wolves looked nervous after noticing Conrad and me approaching. “We were only repeating what people were saying.”

Zane shoved the wolf backward hard enough to make him stumble. “Then stop repeating it.”

“Zane,” I called sharply.

He froze immediately before turning toward me. Anger still burned across his face, but guilt appeared almost instantly afterward.

“They were mocking the baby,” Kyra said quietly from nearby.

The hallway fell silent.

I walked toward Zane slowly until I stood directly in front of him. His fists remained clenched tightly at his sides.

“You do not solve problems like this,” I told him gently.

“They were insulting you.”

“I know.”

His jaw tightened again. “I hate hearing them talk about you like that.”

Something painful pulled through my chest at the raw honesty in his voice.

I lifted a hand and brushed it lightly against his hair. “You protect family by staying smart first.”

The anger in his expression weakened slightly after that. He glanced away before muttering quietly, “I was being smart.”

Conrad almost looked amused beside me.

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Kyra walked closer next and wrapped both arms carefully around my waist. “Nobody is taking the baby away, right?”

The fear in her voice hit me harder than the council threats had.

I crouched carefully in front of her before brushing her hair back gently. “Nobody is taking anyone away.”

“But they keep talking about it.”

“I know,” I answered softly. “Adults say cruel things when they are afraid of losing power.”

Kyra studied my face carefully before nodding slowly. Zane moved closer afterward too, staying near enough that his shoulder brushed lightly against mine.

For a few seconds, the four of us remained standing quietly together in the hallway.

The thought settled heavily inside my chest now because I no longer knew how to separate myself from them emotionally

anymore.

Later that evening, I sat beside Conrad inside our private quarters while reviewing another intelligence file.

My legs rested across his lap while his fingers traced absent patterns against my ankle as he read over council projections beside me.

“I think half the territory knows when you are stressed now,” I muttered while watching him scan another document.

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