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Chapter 126
Darius
We arrived, and I went to my room.
After Zora and I had settled in, I took the photocopied letter and knocked on my mother’s door. I hoped she did not make it hard for my sake because I was tired of the lies.
My mother opened the door and was surprised to see me. She smiled and let me in.
“I must have done something right for you to come looking for me this morning,” She said with a smile and offered me a seat. I sat and thanked
her.
“How is Zora? Is she alright? I hope she is eating and resting. These are the early stages. She shouldn’t be going about with you,” She said, and I smiled and leaned forward.
“She is fine, mother,” I said and sighed.
“I am here to have a private discussion with you, and I need you to be honest with me,” I said, and her smile dropped.
“I need you to tell me the truth because what I discovered is explosive. It can ruin our family. I need you to come clean and tell me the truth, so I will know how to handle the situation,” I said, and she frowned at me.
“Why are you speaking like this, darling? I won’t lie to you about anything. I love you and your brother, and your know it,” She said, sounding a bit hurt, and I nodded.
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“Okay, I want to know what transpired between you and Jenny Lawrence Babanin. There was a lot of bad blood between you two, so I do not understand why she would visit you in our house,” I said, and she became uncomfortable.
“She just came to say hello and reconcile,” She said, and I got irritated.
“Mother, you better tell me the truth. I have a letter from Jenny’s records. She has a record claiming you wrote it and accusing you of killing father,” I said, and she stood up and shook her head.
“How can you say such a thing about me? It is all lies. I warned her to stop spewing that nonsense about me. You do not know how that bitch was. She was obsessed with your father..” She said, and I cut her sentence to stop her from deviating. She always did that when backed into a
corner.
“Tell me the truth, mother,” I said, and she shook her head.
“Please sit down,” I told her, letting my command through, and she reluctantly did as I said.
“I know he was unfair to you. I know everything. Zora told me about Alissa, and I learned other things. I am not trying to judge you, I just need to know what to do,” I said and sighed.
“She is lying. I can never hurt Collier. He was my husband.” She said, and I shook my head.
“Yes, I know, but he hurt you, mother. He tried to divorce you because of his fated, made you care for her, murdered most of your family members, and tried to give your family seat to his son. He did a lot of hurtful things to you,” I said, and she looked at me, shocked.
“How did you know he tried to take my family seat from me?” She asked me with disbelief. I bowed my head and then looked at her.
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“I did some research and saw a letter Jenny wrote to you to alert you that father wanted to give your family seat to his son, David,” I said, and she was speechless.
I had her where I wanted, so it was time to ask again. Now that she knew I had information, she would not resolve to lie.
“Mother, please tell me you had no hand in this. Tell me that Jenny is lying and you did not have father killed.” I said, staring into her eyes. Her tears were a dead giveaway. She was shaking and sweating. I could see it, but I needed her to say it.
“Answer me, mother,” I said, and she wiped away her tears.
“She was fucking him, Darius. I had no choice. They were working against me, all of them, against us.” She said, and my knees gave out, and I fell on them with tears streaming down my eyes. Everything she told me was a lie. Everything I knew was a lie. Every hate I harboured against Hardy was doctored. I was a puppet. My mother’s puppet.
“I had to. Collier had done enough, Darius. My family headed the council. He did not only wipe them out but banned me from sitting on their seat because he wanted to make his fated lady and luna.
Things went back to normal when Alissa died, and we lived for many
years.
I couldn’t say I was happy because he kept a harem and had mistresses, but he wasn’t trying to divorce me anymore, and you and your brother were growing into fine men. I was content.
Then Jenny told me he planned to give my seat to his bastard. I was livid. I was preserving that seat for Abelardo, and the council had approved that he ascend the chair to lead them.
Collier was planning on going on a pilgrimage when he decided to give my seat to his bastard.
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We had a heated argument after Jenny told me what he was planning.
I would later find out that she was his mistress and that she told me, hoping it would end my marriage and she could slide in. That bitch.
During our argument, your father threatened to deal with me if I did not comply.
When I told him I won’t stand for it, and I would fight him for it, he came to the sickest decision. He said I could keep my seat and give it to whomever I liked because he would make David lord. After all, he is an Alpha and his son, even if he did not marry his mother.
I couldn’t have it, and knowing he was serious, I was determined to end
his terror.
He had shamed me so many times I refused to let him shame my children. So I did what I had to do.
