The Rise Of The Betrayed Luna (Amorah and Holmes) novel Chapter 51

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AMORAH

I stood in the center of the chamber, staring at the space where the twins had been seconds ago. The ground was the same, the markings still visible, but they were gone without a trace. My mind tried to follow what had just happened, but it refused to settle on anything that made sense.

Voices rose around me, breaking the silence that had followed the collapse. Accusations formed quickly, elders stepping forward, guards shifting positions, and Holmes trying to push his way back into control.

None of it held my attention because the only thing that mattered was the empty space in front of me.

I turned toward Bethany immediately.

She had not moved from where she stood, her posture calm, her breathing even. There was no urgency in her expression, no sign that anything had gone wrong, and that was what confirmed everything.

She had expected this.

“You knew,” I said.

Her attention shifted to me slowly, not rushed, not defensive. That same faint smile remained, and it made my chest tighten in a way I did not like.

“I prepared,” she replied.

“That was not preparation,” I said. “That was planning for this exact outcome.”

She did not deny it..

Holmes stepped forward again, his voice cutting across the rising noise.

“What did you do,” he demanded.

Bethany did not look at him.

“What needed to be done,” she answered.

“That was not the agreement,” Holmes said.

Her attention moved to him briefly.

“You were too focused on controlling the moment,” she said. “I focused on securing it.”

The words settled hard.

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Holmes’s expression shifted, something close to realization breaking through the frustration. It was the first time he looked uncertain, and it confirmed what I had already seen.

He had not known everything.

Conrad moved then.

He stepped forward without raising his voice, but the effect was immediate. The room reacted before anyone spoke, the noise cutting off, the movement slowing, and every wolf present shifting their attention toward him.

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Seal the exits be said.

The command did not need repetition.

His wolves moved instantly, positioning themselves at every point of exit within the chamber. The doors were already closed, but now they were guarded in a way that left no room for movement.

“No one leaves,” he added.

The weight of that settled across the room.

Holmes turned toward him, his authority slipping in the space of a single moment.

“You do not have the right to take control of my territory,” he said.

Conrad did not look at him.

“This is no longer your territory to command,” he replied.

Not the elders, not the guards, not even Holmes.

Because everyone felt it.

The difference in authority was no longer something that could be ignored.

I did not wait.

While the room remained locked in, I moved toward the nearest guard standing along the inner edge of the chamber. He was one of Bethany’s, placed close enough to act if needed, and that made him exactly who I wanted.

I grabbed him by the front of his shirt and pulled him forward

“Where are they,” I demanded.

He resisted at first, his posture tightening, his attention flicking toward Bethany as if waiting for direction. That hesitation told me enough.

“You don’t look at her,” I said. “You answer me.”

“I don’t know anything,” he replied.

I tightened my grip, forcing him to meet my eyes.

“You were positioned too close to not know something,” I said. “Try again.”

His breathing changed slightly.

That was all I needed.

“The moment the energy broke, they were already being moved,” he said.

My chest tightened.

“Moved where?” I asked.

“There’s a passage,” he replied. “Beneath the chamber.”

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the worls landed sharply.

I let go of him, stepping back as my attention shifted to the ground beneath us. The structure of the chamber had always been solid, reinforced, built to hold rites like this, but that did not mean there were no hidden sections.

“There’s an access point,” I said.

Conrad moved closer.

“Where,” he asked.

The guard hesitated again.

I stepped forward once more, but Conrad spoke before I could act.

“Answer,” he said.

The command was enough.

“Behind the central marking,” the guard replied. “It opens from below.”

I looked down at the center of the chamber. The same space I had been staring at before. The same place where the twins had stood.

“They were taken before the collapse finished,” I said.

“Yes,” the guard admitted.

That explained it. Bethany had not been reacting to the outcome. She had already secured it.

I turned toward her again.

“You prepared for failure,” I said.

She met my attention without hesitation.

“I prepared for every outcome,” she replied.

“That includes losing control of the rite,” I said.

“I never lost control,” she answered.

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The certainty in her voice did not change. That was what made it worse. Holmes stepped closer to her, his frustration no longer contained.

“You moved them without telling me,” he said.

“They needed to be secured,” she replied.

“You went behind my back,” he added.

“I went ahead of you,” she corrected.

The difference was clear.

He had been reacting.

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he had been planning

I turned back to the center of the chamber, my thoughts moving quickly now.

“They’re already gone from here,” I said.

“Yes,” Conrad replied.

I looked at him.

“Then we go after them,” I said.

He did not respond immediately.

That pause was enough to make me stop.

“This is not a simple path,” he said.

“They don’t have time to move far,” I replied.

“That’s not the point,” he said.

I frowned slightly.

“What do you mean,” I asked.

His attention stayed on me, steady, measured.

“They want us to follow,” he said.

The realization hit immediately.

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