The Rise Of The Betrayed Luna (Amorah and Holmes) novel Chapter 126

Chapter 126

Amorah POV

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1 stared at the recording screen long after Holmes‘ voice stopped playing. The room stayed silent around me while the words repeated inside my head again and again.

“I always said she would have made a better Luna than Bethany ever did.”

Years ago, hearing that would have destroyed me emotionally. I would have treated it like proof that I almost mattered enough for him to choose me.

Now it only made me tired.

Holmes knew exactly what I was worth the entire time. He just wanted power more than he wanted loyalty, love, or honesty.

Conrad watched my face carefully from across the room. He did not interrupt my thoughts or ask what I was feeling immediately.

“You’re quiet,” he said eventually.

I looked toward him slowly. “I thought hearing something like that would feel satisfying.”

“And it doesn’t?”

I shook my head once. “No.”

Conrad stayed where he was. “Why?”

“Because it changes nothing.” I admitted softly. “He still betrayed me knowingly.”

Conrad’s expression tightened slightly at that. I could tell he hated every reminder of what Holmes and Bethany did to me.

I stood from the couch carefully and the room toward him. My body felt heavier lately as the pregnancy progressed,

and Conrad noticed immediately.

His hand moved automatically to my waist to steady me.

“You’re exhausted again,” he said quietly.

“I’m pregnant,” I replied. “Apparently that’s my personality now.”

A small laugh escaped him before he kissed my forehead. The warmth in his expression made something soften inside me again.

That was the difference.

Holmes always made love feel conditional. Like I had to earn stability constantly.

Conrad never made me fight for basic care.

Later that evening, Conrad pulled me away from the endless council updates and intelligence reports completely. He shut down the screen in his office before I could protest.

“You need one night without politics,” he said firmly.

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The territory might collapse without me reviewing reports.”

“It survived before you started terrorizing council elders.”

I narrowed my eyes at him. That sounds disrespectful.”

“It was affectionate”

I laughed quietly despite myself.

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The storm started not long after dinner. Rain hit the massive windows while thunder rolled across the territory outside.

Kyra sat on the floor painting quietly while Zane helped Conrad assemble nursery furniture badly. The entire situation looked like a disaster waiting to happen.

“You’re holding that backward,” Conrad muttered.

Zane frowned immediately. “No, I’m not.”

“You attached the side panel upside down.”

“That sounds like a design problem.”

Kyra snorted loudly from the floor. “You’re terrible at this.”

“I’m learning.” Zane argued.

“You’ve been learning the same drawer for twenty minutes.”

I leaned back against the couch while laughter escaped me before I could stop it. All three of them looked toward me immediately.

Conrad’s expression changed first.

“You’re laughing more lately,” he said quietly.

I realized he was right.

Not forced smiles. Not relief after surviving something.

Kyra held up her painting proudly toward me. “Look.”

The painting was messy and slightly uneven, but I immediately recognized the four figures standing together beneath a dark sky.

“You made us a family portrait,” I said softly.

Kyra nodded seriously. “And the baby.”

A tiny figure stood between us in the painting.

My chest tightened unexpectedly.

Conrad looked at the painting for a long moment before quietly placing one hand against my shoulder. The touch felt protective without being possessive.

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the stuum grew worse later that night. Thunder shook the windows hard enough that Kyra eventually climbed onto the couch beside me while pretending she was not nervous.

“I’m not scared,” she insisted.

“You jumped three times,” Zane replied.

“I hate loud weather.”

Conrad sat beside me and pulled a blanket over all of us. Somehow the twins ended up half asleep against us while the storra continued outside.

For one evening, politics disappeared completely.

No council discussions. No succession hearing. No Bethany.

I rested my head against Conrad’s shoulder while his arm stayed securely around me. Zane was already asleep beside him, and Kyra kept tracing small circles against the blanket sleepily.

“This feels dangerous,” I murmured quietly.

Conrad glanced down at me. “What does?”

“Getting used to this.”

His expression softened immediately. “You’re allowed to have something good, Amorah.”

I looked at him carefully in the dim light.

That fear had followed me for years without me realizing it fully. Every good thing always felt temporary before.

But Conrad never made me feel

temporary.

Later, after the twins finally went to bed, Conrad and I stayed alone in the bedroom while the rain softened outside.

Music played quietly from somewhere near the windows. Conrad walked toward me slowly before offering his hand.

I looked at him suspiciously. “Are you trying to dance?”

“Yes.”

“You realize neither of us is good at that.”

“I’m Supreme Alpha,” he replied calmly. “I’m automatically excellent at everything.”

“That’s genuinely embarrassing.”

He grinned slightly. “Come here anyway.”

I placed my hand in his,

The dance was slow and uneven, mostly just swaying together quietly in the middle of the room. Conrad kept one hand against my waist carefully while I rested my head against his chest.

“You’ve changed,” he said softly after a while.

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