The Rise Of The Betrayed Luna (Amorah and Holmes) novel Chapter 109

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Chapter 109

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Chapter 109

Amorah POV

I stared at the DNA records until the words stopped looking real.

“No.” I whispered finally. “This has to be wrong

Conrad did not answer immediately.

That scared me more than the documents.

“Conrad.”

“I know.”

“That is not enough.”

His jaw tightened slightly before he looked toward me again. “I already contacted two medical wolves I trust personally.”

My chest tightened. “You already verified it?”

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“Not yet.”

“But you believe it.”

Conrad walked back toward the desk slowly before stopping directly across from me. “I believe Bethany lies carefully, not randomly.”

And now two children who had already suffered enough were sitting in the middle of another horrifying truth.

I lowered myself into the chair slowly before pressing trembling fingers against my forehead. “The twins do not even know.”

“They will not hear this from anyone except us.”

I looked up sharply. “You are certain?”

“Yes.”

Something shifted painfully inside my chest then because Conrad already sounded like a father protecting his children. Not politically.

Personally.

Hours later, the medical wolves arrived quietly through the private lower entrance beneath the territory compound.

Conrad refused to involve official council healers, which meant only a handful of people even knew the records existed.

I waited inside the office while additional bloodline scans ran across secured systems. Every second stretched painfully longer than the last.

Then the oldest healer finally removed his glasses slowly.

“The records are authentic,” he confirmed carefully. “Bethany and Holmes are not biologically connected to either child.”

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the roun went completely still.

I felt the air leave my lungs slowly as reality settled heavily over me. Conrad’s expression hardened instantly beside I caught the flicker of anger underneath it before he buried it again.

“How long would this have been hidden?” Conrad asked.

The healer hesitated. “Possibly since birth.”

My stomach turned.

Not because the twins lacked biological ties to Bethany or Holmes.

Because someone had used them.

Manipulated them.

Built entire lies around them.

but

I suddenly remembered every terrified look Kyra had given me since arriving here. Every defensive reaction from Zane whenever adults discussed his future around him.

None of it had started recently.

These children had been surviving manipulation long before I met them.

After the healers left, I remained sitting quietly beside the desk while Conrad locked every file personally into the secured system.

“They were tools to her,” I murmured eventually.

Conrad glanced toward me. “Amorah.”

“She never saw them as children.”

The anger in my voice surprised even me.

“She used them the same way she uses bloodlines, succession, and fear,” I continued. “Everything becomes leverage.”

Conrad walked toward me slowly afterward. “This is not your fault.”

“I know that.”

But it still hurt.

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Because somewhere along the way, these children had stopped feeling temporary to me. I no longer thought about protecting them because of duty.

I protected them because they mattered to me.

Deeply.

That realization settled heavily inside my chest.

The following morning, tension spread through the territory almost immediately after additional guards appeared near the family quarters. Conrad ordered increased security quietly, but Zane noticed the difference within minutes.

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Why are there more wolves outside again?” he demanded during breakfast.

Kyra looked between us nervously from her

seat.

“Did something happen?TM

Conrad calmly folded the report in his hand before answering. “There are political issues outside the territory right now.”

“That answer is getting old,” Zane muttered.

I exchanged a quick look with Conrad.

Zane pushed his plate away roughly before standing. “Every time something changes, hobody tells us anything.”

“You are children,” Conrad answered evenly.

“And everyone keeps using that as an excuse.”

The frustration in his voice filled the room.

Before either of us could respond again, Zane stormed toward the door. One guard immediately moved after him, which only made the boy angrier.

“I am not a prisoner!”

“You are protected,” Conrad corrected sharply.

Zane laughed bitterly. “That sounds exactly the same.”

Then he disappeared down the hallway.

Silence settled heavily around the table afterward.

Kyra stared down at her untouched breakfast quietly. “Is Zane mad at us?”

“No,” I answered gently. “He is scared.”

Kyra looked toward me slowly then. “Are you scared too?”

The question caught me off guard.

I reached across the table before brushing her hair back softly. “Sometimes.”

“Me too.”

Something inside me cracked slightly at the honesty in her voice.

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Later that evening, I found Kyra curled beside the nursery room doorway while holding one of the stuffed wolves Conrad bought weeks earlier. She looked exhausted.

“You should be sleeping,” I told her quietly.

Kyra glanced toward my stomach before speaking carefully. “Do babies know when people are upset?”

I crouched beside her slowly despite the ache in my lower back. “Maybe.”

She looked worried suddenly. “I do not want the baby sad.”

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My chest tightened painfully.

“The baby is okay.” I assured her gently.

Kyra hesitated before whispering, “Do you think real mothers always stay?”

The question stole the air from my lungs.

I understood immediately where it came from.

She heard enough conversation around the territory to know something about parents had changed. Even if she did not fully understand it yet, children always sensed cracks before adults admitted they existed.

I pulled her carefully into my arms. “A real mother is someone who stays when things are hard.”

Kyra wrapped her arms around me tightly after that.

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