The Rise Of The Betrayed Luna (Amorah and Holmes) novel Chapter 115

Chapter 115: Alliance Built On Lies

Amorah POV

The footage kept replaying inside my head long after the meeting ended. Holmes had been standing behind the council platform years ago while the twins‘ biological mother argued with senior elders, and the look on his face told me he already knew exactly what was happening to her.

I stood beside Conrad’s desk while intelligence files remained spread across the table between us. My stomach tightened as I stared at the names connected to the erased bloodline records.

“This started long before Bethany,” I said quietly.

“I know,” he answered.

“She didn’t build this alone.”

“No.”

I folded my arms tightly across my chest as anger kept building inside me again. Holmes had spent months pretending Bethany manipulated him while evidence now proved he had been connected to the bloodline operations years before her public rise.

“He benefited from it,” I said.

Conrad nodded once. “That’s what it looks like.”

I moved closer to the table and picked up another report from the intelligence wolves. Several financial routes connected Holmes to old council operations that disappeared shortly after the twins‘ biological mother vanished from Alpha records.

“He knew exactly what happened to her,” I muttered.

“Yes.”

I looked at Conrad sharply. “Then why didn’t he stop it?”

Conrad stayed silent for several seconds before answering. “Because protecting the bloodline mattered more to those wolves than protecting people.”

The answer made my chest ache harder than I expected. I lowered the file slowly and looked away from him for a moment.

“That woman lost everything because powerful wolves wanted control,” I said quietly.

Conrad stood from his chair and walked toward me slowly. He stopped close enough that I felt his hand settle carefully against my waist.

“And now they’re trying to do the same thing again,” he said.

I rested my head briefly against his shoulder as exhaustion pressed into me again. The pregnancy had not made me weaker emotionally, but the constant pressure around the council kept draining me physically.

“We’re not letting them win,” I whispered.

“No,” Conrad replied firmly. “We aren’t.”

The next few days moved quickly after that. Instead of waiting for council elders to react first again, I started

building evidence connecting Holmes directly to the erased bloodline operations.

The intelligence wolves began bringing reports directly to me without hesitation now.

One younger wolf entered Conrad’s private office carrying another stack of records late that evening. He

handed them directly to me before glancing respectfully toward Conrad.

“We traced additional transfers tied to Holmes‘ private accounts,” he explained.

I opened the folder immediately. “How far back?”

“Almost twelve years.”

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Conrad’s jaw tightened beside me. “That’s before Bethany entered council politics publicly.”

“Yes, Supreme Alpha.”

The wolf left quietly afterward, leaving the room tense again. I sat down beside Conrad and scanned through the financial reports carefully while he reviewed the attached territory logs.

“He was involved from the beginning,” I said.

Conrad exhaled slowly beside me. “Looks that way.”

I looked over at him. “You really trusted him once, didn’t you?”

His expression darkened slightly. “I did.”

The honesty in his voice hurt more than anger would have. Holmes had not only betrayed Conrad politically. He had used years of trust to position himself close enough to attack the Supreme Alpha line directly.

I reached for Conrad’s hand under the table quietly. He looked down briefly before squeezing my fingers gently. “You’re not carrying this alone anymore,” I told him.

His eyes softened immediately. “I know.”

Later that night, we stayed in bed long after the twins finally fell asleep upstairs. Conrad rested beside me with one arm around my waist while I leaned against his chest listening to the quiet sounds of the territory outside.

“I keep thinking about that woman,” I admitted softly.

Conrad’s hand moved slowly over my stomach. “The twins‘ biological mother?”

“Yes.”

“She deserved better.”

I swallowed hard. “What if the same thing happens again someday?”

Conrad tightened his arm around me immediately. “It won’t.”

“You can’t promise that.”

“Yes, I can.”

I lifted my head slightly to look at him. The certainty in his expression caught me off guard again because Conrad rarely made promises lightly.

“I won’t let this system destroy you,” he said quietly. “Or any of our children.”

The words settled heavily inside my chest. Our children.

I pressed closer to him slowly. “You really mean that.”

“I do.”

The next morning, I joined Conrad during another council strategy meeting inside the territory conference hall. Several younger Alphas greeted me directly before the meeting even started, which would have shocked me weeks ago.

One Alpha from the eastern territories nodded respectfully toward me as he sat down. “Your arguments during the assembly shifted several neutral territories.”

I blinked slightly. “I didn’t realize they spread that far already.”

“They did.”

Conrad watched the exchange quietly beside me without interrupting. The calm pride in his expression affected me more than I wanted to admit.

The meeting continued for nearly two hours while we reviewed council pressure, financial exposure, and succession support. This time, though, the room no longer felt controlled entirely by older council wolves.

Several younger Alphas openly challenged the elder factions now. Bethany’s leaks and our investigations had exposed too much corruption for the council to bury again quietly.

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After the meeting ended, I found Kyra sitting inside the nursery space staring at folded baby clothes. She looked up immediately when I entered.

“Are you tired?” she asked softly.

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