Chapter 141
Conrad POV
I turned to the small, quiet voice coming from the doorway and saw the woman who had always looked after me. Her eyes were full of worry, and Arthur led her into the room with a comforting hand.
I’m confused. “Mary, how do you know about any of this?“.
“When I told you about my life before Liam’s pack. It was at Alpha Leroy’s pack. That’s where I was born. My mother was your grandmother’s nanny as a child and later became her head maid. I grew up with your Grandmother and was being trained to be a nanny to her or other Alpha pups. It wasn’t a mistake that she ended up at Liam’s pack. She came to find
me“.
I collapse into a chair and look around. I had always trusted Mary, as she had kept this secret from me the entire time she
knew me.
“How. How did you get her out? Why did you let her suffer so long if you knew where she was?“.
“I’m part of a secret order called the Order of Light. We use coded sentences to send messages between packs at the borders. As omegas are the workers, no one sees us as threats, so if we are talking to another omega about gardening or supplies, no one questions it. We only had a rough location on your grandmother, and even then, we couldn’t get through the guards or your grandfather or father. It was only when your grandfather died that she had her chance“.
I hang my head in the chair. My Grandmother did so much to protect me. Now I learned what she did to save her pack and basically ensure I was created. She protected me so much and had been doing so since she was 18 until her death.
I freeze suddenly, realising something else. I look at Mary with menacing eyes, and she takes a step back as if she knows
the question that is coming.
“Why do you call yourselves the Order of Light?“.
Tears start to form as she looks down. “If you’re asking, then you already know“.
I sneer at her. “Say it“.
She shakes her head.
I put my power into my Alpha Command and scream at her.
“SAY IT“.
“Our main mission is to protect and guide the blessed wolves“. She starts sobbing as Arthur puts a supportive arm around her.
“You knew. From the moment I told you Jace found his mate YOU KNEW“. I was livid at her.
She starts pleading with me. “Conrad, please. I couldn’t tell you. Either of you. If the bond is forced, manipulated, or pressured in any way, it becomes corrupt. She never would have loved you back if you pushed her too early“.
Jace’s yellow eyes had shifted, and we stared her down. She shows me her neck to submit, but that will not make up for this level of betrayal.
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“You could have told me. You could have chosen to tell your Alpha King, but instead you deceit. You could have told me, and I would have marked her as soon as she was ready so she would be safe. She wouldn’t have been taken from me if you told me any of this“.
She has no idea what to say to me and stands there shaking.
Liam places a hand on my shoulder. “Come on, buddy. That’s not true. She’s not the enemy here“.
I push him off. “Did you know. Did you know she existed when she was at her old pack? Did you know what they were doing to her?“.
“We did everything we could to get her out. Less than 30 of us remained at that point as we were being hunted by your father. Everyone but me died trying, so I was ordered to wait for one or both of you to escape and care for you both“.
Lying bitch. “You should have died trying. Why didn’t you go with them on the rescue mission? Where you so useless to
them as well, they kept you at home in the kitchen. Or did you want her to stay away? Have your pretend son all to yourself as you failed at that to“.
Arthur’s booming voice tries to take control of the room. “THAT’S ENOUGH. I understand you’re hurting and worried at the moment, but that is no way to speak to the woman who has cared for you“.
The anger inside was just growing. Creeping up through my body, needing to get out. To get answers. To get revenge.
I start laughing in a wicked tone. “You’re just as pathetic. Couldn’t protect your Luna? Couldn’t save your daughter? Couldn’t be a half–decent Beta to take over your pack?“.
“I said that enough“.
Mary is quietly sobbing and pleading with me. “Please, Conrad. If there was anything I could do for Lewana……..”
I grab the nearest object to me. A half–full coffee mug that has long gone cold, and I hurl it at her. Arthur immediately protects her by hiding her and taking the full brunt of the force on his back. The entire room gasped and took cover under the nearest desk.
“YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO USE HER NAME. SHE IS LUNA QUEEN TO YOU. ALL OF YOU“.
Liam steps up and tries to get in the middle of Mary and me. Bad choice.
“Buddy, this is a lot to take in, and you need to calm down. Let’s go for a run, and we will come back to this later“.
“I always knew you would be on her side and not mine. You’re meant to be my Beta and stand by me always, not protect deceivers. You can’t agree with anything she has done“.
“Right now, I only know you have lost your shit and wouldn’t attack Mary like this if you had it together“.
I give Mary a death stare. “You’re dead to me“.
She starts hysterically crying while Arthur tries to comfort her. I go to leave when Liam grabs me to try to keep me here.
“What the hell was that?“.
As I turn to meet his eyes, I punch him in the jaw and send him flying into a table. I snap at him while he stares at me in
shock.
