The Rise Of The Betrayed Luna (Amorah and Holmes) novel Chapter 119

Chapter 119

Amorah POV

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The room went completely silent around me after Bethany’s warning settled between us. I stared at her across the table and realized something inside me had finally stopped hurting.

Holmes was no longer a wound I kept reopening every time I remembered the betrayal. He was simply a man who chose ambition over loyalty and expected everyone else to carry the damage afterward.

“You look different,” Bethany said quietly,

I grabbed my bag from the chair beside me. “That’s because I finally understand him.”

“And?”

“And I don’t feel sorry for myself anymore.”

Her eyes narrowed slightly.

For years, I had compared myself to her without meaning to. Bethany was colder, sharper, more manipulative, and somehow powerful enough to pull Holmes away from me publicly while I stood there humiliated.

Now I understood the truth.

Holmes had not betrayed me because Bethany was better than me. He betrayed me because power mattered more to him than love ever did.

That realization stripped something ugly out of me completely.

When I returned to the territory later that night, Conrad was already waiting outside the private wing. The second I stepped out of the vehicle, his expression tightened carefully while security wolves moved away to give us space.

“You’re late,” he said quietly.

“Bethany talks too much.”

His eyes searched my face immediately. “What happened?”

I walked toward him slowly instead of answering right away.

For the first time in years, thinking about Holmes did not make me feel small. It made me angry.

Conrad stepped closer the second I stopped in front of him. “Amorah.”

“He never loved me enough to betray me accidentally,” I said quietly. “He planned it.”

Conrad’s jaw hardened instantly.

I looked away briefly toward the dark courtyard lights. “Bethany admitted Holmes pursued her because of political

connections and bloodline influence.”

Silence seuled heavily between us.

“He traded our relationship for power.” I finished.

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onrad exhaled slowly through his nose. “I’m sorry.”

The strange thing was that I no longer wanted pity.

“I’m not.” I admitted.

His brows knitted together slightly.

“I think I spent too long mourning someone who never deserved it,” I said honestly.

Something in Conrad’s expression softened immediately.

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He reached for my hand carefully and squeezed it once before guiding me toward the private quarters. Neither of us spoke again until we reached the bedroom.

The exhaustion hit me hard the second the door closed behind us.

Conrad loosened his tie while watching me quietly. “You’re angry.”

“Yes.”

“Good.”

I looked at him properly then.

“I’m serious,” he continued. “You stopped blaming yourself.”

The words landed harder than I expected.

I sat slowly on the edge of the bed and rested my hands over my stomach. Conrad crossed the room before kneeling in front of me carefully.

“I need to tell you something honestly,” I admitted.

“You can tell me anything.”

I swallowed once before forcing the words out. “Holmes made me question myself for years.”

Conrad stayed silent.

“I kept wondering why I wasn’t enough,” I continued quietly. “Why he chose someone else publicly and humiliated me like I

୮ meant nothing.”

His eyes darkened immediately.

“I started thinking there was something weak about me,” I admitted softly. “Something easy to abandon.”

Conrad’s expression tightened painfully.

“Amorah.”

“I know better now,” I interrupted gently. “But that damage stayed with me longer than I wanted to admit.”

Instead of trying to interrupt or reassure me immediately, Conrad simply listened.

That mattered more than I expected.

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After several quiet–seconds, he lifted one hand slowly and rested it against my stomach. “Holmes‘ choices say everything about him and nothing about your worth.”

Emotion tightened painfully my throat.

“You don’t look at me like I’m difficult to love,” I whispered.

Conrad frowned immediately. “Because you’re not.”

The honesty in his voice almost broke me.

Later that night. I fell asleep against his chest after hours of hushed conversation neither of us tried rushing through. Conrad stayed awake longer than I did, his hand resting protectively over my stomach the entire time.

The next morning, I moved directly into work instead of grief. If Holmes wanted public destruction, I would give it to him first.

I spent most of the afternoon inside the intelligence wing reviewing old territory transactions, hidden council accounts, and private communications tied to Holmes‘ former alliances.

Several intelligence wolves worked around me carefully while I organized files across the long table.

“He moved money through shell territories,” one wolf explained quietly.

I scanned the documents quickly. “Before or after the affair?”

“Before.”

I looked up sharply.

The wolf nodded once. “Years before.”

Cold anger settled deeper inside me.

Holmes had already started building political ambitions while pretending to build a future with me. Every new file made the manipulation clearer.

By evening, younger female wolves had started approaching me openly inside the territory halls. At first, I assumed they needed council updates.

I was wrong.

“You embarrassed three senior elders last week,” one woman admitted nervously.

Another wolf smiled slightly. “People are talking about it everywhere.”

I blinked once.

“You challenged them publicly,” the first wolf continued. “Most women inside Alpha territories don’t even get allowed into those discussions.”

1 stared at them quietly for several seconds.

Not long ago, I barely trusted my own voice during council meetings. Now wolves approached me like I belonged there naturally.

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the realization unsettled me more than I expected.

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